Hayne, Paul Hamilton, 1830-1886

Abstract

Papers include letters, poems, and clippings from and about poet Paul Hamilton Hayne of Charleston, South Carolina. Also included is correspondence between his wife Mary Middleton Hayne and his aunt Susan B. Hayne, poems and letters from Paul Hamilton Hayne's son William H. Hayne, and typescript poems of Arthur Hugh Clough and Sidney Lanier.

Collection Overview Collection contains typescripts, publications, photographs, and other materials including correspondence and newspaper clippings gathered by Daniel Morley McKeithan. McKeithan wrote primarily about Paul Hamilton Hayne, and his papers contain numerous published articles on Hayne, correspondence about locating Hayne manuscripts and uncollected poems, a few copies of Hayne documents, and two photographs and negatives of "Copse Hill," the cottage near Augusta, GA, where Hayne lived from...