When William Cullen Bryant and his wife, Frances, purchased the Roslyn Harbor property that would become Cedarmere in 1843, they became...

In this current presidential election year it is fitting to recall another significant American election. In 1860, noted journalist and...

Excerpted from Edgar Allan Poe’s April 1846 lengthy analysis of the publication of The Complete Poetical Works of W. C. Bryant, the...

Born November 3, 1794 in Cummington, Massachusetts, William Cullen Bryant had been practicing law, writing poetry and reviews in...

November 3, 2019 marks the 225th birthday of William Cullen Bryant (1794-1878), our Library’s namesake. In 1875, Bryant built a “Reading...

In February 1843, journalist and poet, William Cullen Bryant (1794-1878) wrote to his brother, “Congratulate me! There is a probability...

Following their return from Europe in September of 1836, Mrs. Frances Bryant and her two daughters, Frances (1822-1893) and Julia...

In late 1836, William Cullen Bryant (1794-1878), noted poet and editor of the New York Evening Post newspaper, invited a young lawyer to...

The Groves were God's first temples. Ere man learned To hew the shaft, and lay the architrave, And spread the roof above them - ere he...

A pillar of American Romanticism, William Cullen Bryant’s greatest muse was the beauty of the natural world. His idyllic verse of...

When Bryant Library namesake William Cullen Bryant’s daughter, Frances (1822-1893) married Parke Godwin in 1842, she became the first in...

On this important holiday that honors the life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., we remember the powerful rhetoric he administered as a...

November 3rd, 2020, marks the 226th anniversary of William Cullen Bryant's birthday. In his 67th year, Bryant wrote The Third of...

William Cullen Bryant, our library's founder and namesake, held abolitionist views and was instrumental in securing northern votes for...

Enjoy this digitized version from the Library of Congress of a 1904 illustrated collection of William Cullen Bryant's poetry. LC Catalog...

The following was written by former archivist Myrna Sloam for the Bryant Library November/December 2012 newsletter. November 3rd 2012...

A version of the following article by former LHC Archivist Myrna Sloam was originally published in the November/December 2009 Bryant...

A version of the following article by former LHC Archivist Myrna Sloam originally appeared in the July/August 2004 Bryant Library...

Born in 1794, noted journalist and poet W.C. Bryant, was also known for his active and healthy lifestyle. In 1871, at the age of 76, he...

The following article by former LHC Archivist Myrna Sloam was originally published in the November/December 2002 Bryant Library...