American Authors
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John Quincy Adams Adams National Historical Park The Diaries of John Quincy Adams Jul 11 1767 -
Feb 23 1848		 Adams Crypt
John Adams Adams National Historical Park John Adams Library Oct 30 1735 -
Jul 4 1826		 Adams Crypt
Mortimer J. Adler Dec 28 1902 -
Jun 28 2001
James Agee James Agee Collection at the Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center Nov 27 1909 -
May 16 1955		 Agee Family Farm
Louisa May Alcott Orchard House Nov 29 1832 -
Mar 6 1888		 Sleepy Hollow Cemetery
Thomas Bailey Aldrich Thomas Bailey Aldrich House
The Thomas Bailey Aldrich House		 Thomas Bailey Aldrich Papers at The Library of Congress
Thomas Bailey Aldrich Papers at the Harvard University Library
Thomas Bailey Aldrich Papers at Penn State Library
Thomas Bailey Aldrich Letters at The University of New Hampshire Library
Thomas Bailey Aldrich Collection at the Princeton University Library		 Nov 11 1836 -
Mar 19 1907		 Mount Auburn Cemetery
Maxwell Anderson Maxwell Anderson Collection of Papers at The New York Public Library Dec 15 1888 -
Feb 28 1959		 Anderson Family Cemetery
Sherwood Anderson The Sherwood Anderson Archive at the Smyth-Bland Regional Library Sep 13 1876 -
Mar 8 1941		 Round Hill Cemetery
Maya Angelou Maya Angelou Archive at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture at the New York Public Library Apr 4 1928 -
Richard Bach Jun 23 1936 -
James Baldwin James Baldwin Early Manuscripts and Papers at the Yale University Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library Aug 2 1924 -
Nov 30 1987		 Ferncliff Cemetery and Mausoleum
Hubert Howe Bancroft The Bancroft Collection at the University of California’s Bancroft Library May 5 1832 -
Mar 2 1918		 Cypress Lawn Memorial Park
L. Frank Baum L. Frank Baum- Oz Museum L. Frank Baum Collection at Columbia University May 15 1856 -
May 6 1919		 Forest Lawn Memorial Park
Saul Bellow Jun 10 1915 -
Apr 5 2005		 Morningside Cemetery
Stephen Vincent Benét Jul 22 1898 -
Mar 13 1943		 Evergreen Cemetery
Elizabeth Bishop Elizabeth Bishop Papers at Vassar College Archives and Special Collections Feb 8 1911 -
Oct 6 1979		 Hope Cemetery
Samuel George Blythe
Erma Bombeck Online Erma Bombeck Museum, University of Dayton Online Erma Bombeck Museum, University of Dayton Feb 21 1927 -
Apr 22 1996		 Woodland Cemetery and Arboretum
T. C. Boyle Dec 2 1948 -
Ray Bradbury Aug 22 1920 -
Jun 5 2012		 Westwood Village Memorial Park
Arthur Brisbane Dec 12 1863 -
Dec 25 1936		 Batavia Cemetery
Louis Bromfield Malabar Farm Dec 27 1896 -
Mar 18 1956		 Malabar Farm
Gwendolyn Brooks Jun 7 1917 -
Dec 3 2000		 Lincoln Cemetery
William Cullen Bryant William Cullen Bryant Homestead
Cedarmere (William Cullen Bryant)		 William Cullen Bryant Manuscript Holdings at the University of Virginia Nov 3 1794 -
Jun 12 1878		 Roslyn Cemetery
Pearl S. Buck Pearl S. Buck Birthplace Pearl S. Buck International
Pearl S. Buck Collection at the Harry Ransom Center		 Jun 26 1892 -
Mar 6 1973		 Green Hills Farm Grounds
Thornton W. Burgess Thornton W. Burgess Museum Jan 14 1874 -
Jun 5 1965		 Springfield Cemetery
John Burroughs John Burroughs Association Apr 3 1837 -
Mar 29 1921		 Burroughs Memorial Field
William S. Burroughs William S. Burroughs Papers at the New York Public Library Feb 5 1914 -
Aug 2 1997		 Bellefontaine Cemetery
Erskine Caldwell Erskine Caldwell Birthplace and Museum Erskine Caldwell Collection at the University of Minnesota Dec 17 1903 -
Apr 11 1987		 Scenic Hills Memorial Park
Truman Capote Monroeville Courthouse Sep 30 1924 -
Aug 25 1984		 Westwood Village Memorial Park
Willa S. Cather Willa Cather Childhood Home Willa S. Cather Archive at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Dec 7 1873 -
Apr 24 1947		 Old Burying Ground
Bennett Cerf May 25 1898 -
Aug 27 1971		 Cremated
Raymond Chandler Jul 23 1888 -
Mar 26 1959		 Mount Hope Cemetery
John Cheever John Cheever Literary Manuscripts at Brandeis University May 27 1912 -
Jun 18 1982		 First Parish Cemetery
Kate Chopin Kate Chopin House Feb 8 1851 -
Aug 22 1904		 Calvary Cemetery and Mausoleum
James Fenimore Cooper The James Fenimore Cooper Society James Fenimore Cooper Collection of Papers at The New York Public Library Sep 15 1789 -
Sep 14 1851		 Christ Churchyard
James Cozzens James Cozzens Collection at Harvard University Aug 19 1903 -
Aug 8 1978		 Unknown
Michael Crichton Oct 23 1942 -
Nov 5 2008		 Unknown
E. E. Cummings E. E. Cummings Collection at the University of Texas’ Harry Ransom Center Oct 14 1894 -
Sep 3 1962		 Forest Hills Cemetery and Crematory
Emily Dickinson The Emily Dickinson Museum: The Homestead and the Evergreens Dec 10 1830 -
May 15 1886		 West Cemetery
John Dos Passos The Papers of John Dos Passos at the University of Virginia Library Jan 14 1896 -
Sep 28 1970		 Yeocomico Episcopal Churchyard
Frederick Douglass Frederick Douglass National Historic Site Frederick Douglass Papers at The Library of Congress Feb 7 1818 -
Feb 20 1895		 Mount Hope Cemetery
Theodore Dreiser Theodore Dreiser Collection at Cornell University Library Aug 27 1871 -
Dec 28 1945		 Forest Lawn Memorial Park
Paul Laurence Dunbar Paul Laurence Dunbar House Jun 27 1872 -
Feb 9 1906		 Woodland Cemetery and Arboretum
Deborah Eisenberg Nov 20 1945 -
T. S. Eliot T. S. Eliot Collection at the Princeton University Library Sep 26 1888 -
Jan 4 1965		 St Michael and All Angels Churchyard
Ralph Waldo Emerson The House of Ralph Waldo Emerson May 25 1803 -
Apr 27 1882		 Sleepy Hollow Cemetery
William Faulkner Rowan Oak (William Faulkner) William Faulkner: Literary Manuscripts, University of Mississippi Libraries Sep 25 1897 -
Jul 6 1962		 Oxford Memorial Cemetery
Harry Emerson Fosdick May 24 1878 -
Oct 5 1969		 Ferncliff Cemetery and Mausoleum
Benjamin Franklin Benjamin Franklin House The Benjamin Franklin Collection at the Yale University Library Jan 17 1706 -
Apr 17 1790		 Christ Church Burial Ground
Jonathan Franzen Aug 17 1959 -
Douglas Freeman May 16 1886 -
Jun 13 1953		 Hollywood Cemetery
Robert Frost The Frost Place
The Frost Farm
Robert Frost Stone House Museum		 The Robert Frost Collection at The University of New Hampshire Library
The Robert Frost Collection at The Library of Congress
The Robert Frost Collection at the Jones Library
The Robert Frost Collection at Dartmouth College Library		 Mar 26 1874 -
Jan 29 1963		 Old Bennington Cemetery
Hamlin Garland The Hamlin Garland Society Sep 14 1860 -
Mar 4 1940		 Neshonoc Cemetery
Mary Gay Decatur Cemetery
Allen Ginsberg Allen Ginsberg Papers at Stanford University Department of Special Collections, Green Library
Allen Ginsberg Collection at the Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center		 Jun 3 1926 -
Apr 5 1997		 Gomel Chesed Cemetery
Zane Grey Zane Grey Museum Zane Grey Collections Jan 31 1875 -
Oct 23 1939		 Lackawaxen and Union Cemetery
Alex Haley Alex Haley Childhood Home The Alex Haley Collection at the African American Research Library and Culture Center Aug 11 1921 -
Feb 10 1992		 Alex Haley Childhood Home
Jupiter Hammon Lloyd Manor (Jupiter Hammon) Unknown
Joel Chandler Harris The Wren’s Nest (Joel Chandler Harris) The Joel Chandler Harris Collection at The University of Georgia Library Dec 9 1848 -
Jul 3 1908		 Westview Cemetery
Nathaniel Hawthorne The Old Manse (Nathaniel Hawthorne)
House of Seven Gables Historic Site (Nathaniel Hawthorne)		 Jul 4 1804 -
May 19 1864		 Sleepy Hollow Cemetery
Joseph Heller Joseph Heller Collection at Brandeis University Libraries, Robert D. Farber University Archives & Special Collections Department
Joseph Heller Archive at the University of South Carolina Library Rare Books and Special Collections		 May 1 1923 -
Dec 12 1999		 Cedar Lawn Cemetery
Ernest Hemingway Ernest Hemingway’s Home
Birthplace of Ernest Hemingway		 The Speiser and Easterling-Hallman Foundation Collection of Ernest Hemingway at the University of South Carolina
The Ernest Hemingway Collection at The Ohio State University Library
The Ernest Hemingway Collection at the JFK Library		 Jul 21 1899 -
Jul 2 1961		 Ketchum Cemetery
O. Henry O. Henry Museum
O. Henry House		 Sep 11 1862 -
Jun 5 1910		 Riverside Cemetery
Patrick Henry Red Hill Patrick Henry National Memorial Patrick Henry Collection at the Princeton University Library May 29 1736 -
Jun 6 1799		 Henry Cemetery
S. E. Hinton Jul 22 1950 -
Langston Hughes Langston Hughes Collection at the Yale University Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library Feb 1 1902 -
May 22 1967
John Irving Mar 2 1942 -
Washington Irving Washington Irving’s Sunnyside Washington Irving Collection of Papers at The New York Public Library
Washington Irving Collection at Stanford University		 Apr 3 1783 -
Nov 28 1859		 Sleepy Hollow Cemetery
Henry James The Henry James Collection at The University of Rochester Apr 15 1843 -
Feb 28 1916		 Cambridge Cemetery
Robinson Jeffers Robinson Jeffers Tor House Foundation Robinson Jeffers Papers at The University of Alabama Jan 10 1887 -
Jan 20 1962		 Cremated
Thomas Jefferson Monticello Thomas Jefferson Papers at The Library of Congress Apr 13 1743 -
Jul 4 1826		 Monticello
Sarah Orne Jewett The Jewett House Sarah Orne Jewett Papers at the University of New Hampshire Library Sep 3 1849 -
Jun 24 1909		 Portland Street Cemetery
James Weldon Johnson The James Weldon Johnson Collection at the Yale University Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library Jun 17 1871 -
Jun 26 1938		 Green-wood Cemetery
James Jones James Jones Literary Society Nov 6 1921 -
May 9 1977		 Poxabogue-Evergreen Cemetery
George S. Kaufman George S. Kaufman Collection at the Library of Congress Nov 16 1889 -
Jun 2 1961		 Cremated
Garrison Keillor Aug 7 1942 -
Jack Kerouac The Beat Museum The Jack Kerouac Archive at the New York Public Library Mar 12 1922 -
Oct 21 1969		 Edson Cemetery
Ken Kesey Sep 17 1935 -
Nov 10 2001		 Kesey Family Farm
Frances Parkinson Wheeler Keyes Beauregard-Keyes House Jul 21 1885 -
Jul 3 1970		 Oxbow Cemetery
Stephen King Sep 21 1947 -
Martin Luther King, Jr. MLK, Jr. National Historic Site Martin Luther King, Jr. Collection at Morehouse College Jan 15 1929 -
Apr 4 1968		 Martin Luther King, Jr. Center
Sidney Lanier Sidney Lanier Birthplace Sidney Lanier Collection at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Feb 3 1842 -
Sep 7 1881		 Green Mount Cemetery
Harper Lee Monroeville Courthouse Apr 28 1926 -
Sinclair Lewis Sinclair Lewis Boyhood Home Sinclair Lewis Collection of Papers at The New York Public Library Feb 7 1885 -
Jan 10 1951		 Greenwood Cemetery
Abraham Lincoln Lincoln Home Visitor Center (Abraham Lincoln) Abraham Lincoln Papers at the Library of Congress
Abraham Lincoln Collection at The University of Iowa Libraries		 Feb 12 1809 -
Apr 15 1865		 Oak Ridge Cemetery
Vachel Lindsay Vachel Lindsay Home Vachel Lindsay Collection at the Princeton University Library
Vachel Lindsay Collection at the Amherst College Archives and Special Collections		 Nov 10 1879 -
Dec 5 1931		 Oak Ridge Cemetery
Jack London Jack London Ranch The Jack London Collection at the Sonoma State University Library
The Jack London Book Collection at Utah State University		 Jan 12 1876 -
Nov 22 1916		 Jack London State Historic Park Cemetery
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Maine Historical Society: Wadsworth Longfellow House
Longfellow House – Washington’s Headquarters National Historic Site		 Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Collection at Bowdoin College Feb 27 1807 -
Mar 24 1882		 Mount Auburn Cemetery
Robert Lowell The Robert Lowell Collection at Washington University in St. Louis Mar 1 1917 -
Sep 12 1977		 Stark Cemetery
Amy Lowell The Amy Lowell Collection of Manuscripts at the Harvard University Library
Amy Lowell Papers at Vassar College Libraries, Archives and Special Collections		 Feb 9 1874 -
May 12 1925		 Mount Auburn Cemetery
Abbott Lowell Dec 13 1856 -
Jan 6 1943		 Mount Auburn Cemetery
Norman Mailer The Norman Mailer Center Norman Mailer Collection at the Harvard Film Archive Jan 31 1923 -
Nov 10 2007		 Provincetown Cemetery
John Phillips Marquand The Marquand-Sedgwick Family Collection at Boston University Nov 10 1893 -
Jul 16 1960		 Sawyer Hill Burying Ground
Edgar Lee Masters The Edgar Lee Masters Collection Aug 23 1868 -
Mar 5 1950		 Oakland Cemetery
Cormac McCarthy Jul 20 1933 -
Carson McCullers Carson McCullers Center Columbus State University Carson McCullers Collection at the University of Texas’ Harry Ransom Center
Carson McCullers Center Columbus State University		 Feb 19 1917 -
Sep 29 1967		 Oak Hill Cemetery
Herman Melville Herman Melville’s Arrowhead House Herman Melville Collection at the Princeton University Library’s Manuscripts Division Aug 1 1819 -
Sep 28 1891		 Woodlawn Cemetery
Edna St. Vincent Millay Steepletop (Edna St. Vincent Millay) The Edna St. Vincent Millay Collection at Skidmore College Lucy Scribner Library Feb 22 1892 -
Oct 18 1950		 Steepletop Cemetery
Arthur Miller Arthur Miller Collection at the University of Delaware Special Collections Department Oct 17 1915 -
Feb 10 2005		 Roxbury Center Cemetery
Margaret Mitchell The Margaret Mitchell House Margaret Mitchell Collection at the Atlanta History Center Nov 8 1900 -
Aug 16 1949		 Oakland Cemetery
Marabel Morgan Jun 25 1937 -
Christopher Morley Knothole (Christopher Morley) Christopher Morley Collection at Haverford College Library Special Collections May 5 1890 -
Mar 28 1957		 Roslyn Cemetery
Toni Morrison Feb 18 1931 -
John Muir John Muir Historical Site The John Muir Papers at the University of the Pacific Holt-Atherton Special Collections Apr 21 1838 -
Dec 24 1914		 Muir-Strentzel Hanna Cemetery
Lewis Mumford The Lewis Mumford Collection at Monmouth University Library Special Collections Oct 19 1895 -
Jan 26 1990		 Unknown
Reinhold Niebuhr Jun 21 1892 -
Jun 1 1971		 Stockbridge Cemetery
Kathleen Norris Jul 16 1880 -
Jan 18 1966		 Alta Mesa Memorial Park
Frank Norris Frank Norris Collection of Papers and Related Material at the University of California at Berkeley Bancroft Library Mar 5 1870 -
Oct 25 1902		 Mountain View Cemetery
Flannery O’Connor Flannery O’Connor Childhood Home Foundation
Andalusia Farm (Flannery O’Connor)		 Flannery O’Connor Collections at the Emory University MARBL Manuscripts, Archives, and Rare Book Library
Flannery O’Connor Collection at Georgia College		 Mar 25 1925 -
Aug 3 1964		 Memory Hill Cemetery
Eugene O’Neill Tao House (Eugene O’Neill)
Eugene O’Neill Historic House		 The Louis Sheaffer Eugene O’Neill Collection at the Connecticut College Charles E. Shain Library Oct 16 1888 -
Nov 27 1953
Thomas Paine Thomas Paine National Historical Association Jan 29 1737 -
Jun 8 1809		 Thomas Paine National Historical Association
Dorothy Parker Alan Campbell and Dorothy Parker Collection at the University of Michigan Special Collections Library Aug 22 1893 -
Jun 7 1967
John Howard Payne Jun 9 1792 -
Apr 9 1852		 Oak Hill Cemetery
Sylvia Plath Oct 27 1932 -
Feb 11 1963		 St Thomas a Beckett Churchyard
Edgar Allan Poe The Museum of Edgar Allan Poe
Edgar Allan Poe National Historical Site
Edgar Allan Poe Cottage
Baltimore Poe House and Museum		 The Edgar Allan Poe Collection of Susan Jaffe Tane at Cornell University Library Division of Rare Manuscript Collections
Edgar Allan Poe Collection at the Enoch Pratt Free Library Special Collection Department		 Jan 19 1809 -
Oct 7 1849		 Westminster Burial Ground
Katherine Anne Porter The Katherine Anne Porter Literary Center Katherine Anne Porter Collection at the Princeton University Library’s Manuscripts Division May 15 1890 -
Sep 18 1980		 Indian Creek Cemetery
William Hickling Prescott May 4 1796 -
Jan 28 1859		 Cathedral Church of Saint Paul
Mario Puzo Oct 15 1920 -
Jul 2 1999		 West Babylon Cemetery
Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings Historic State Park Antioch Cemetery
Craig Rice Craig Rice Papers at the University of Southern California Archival Collections
David Riesman Sep 22 1909 -
May 10 2002
James Whitcomb Riley James Whitcomb Riley Home
James Whitcomb Riley Birthplace and Museum		 Oct 7 1849 -
Jul 22 1916		 Crown Hill Cemetery
Kenneth Roberts The Papers of Kenneth Roberts at Dartmouth College Rauner Special Collections Library Dec 8 1885 -
Jul 21 1957
Theodore Roethke Theodore Roethke House May 25 1908 -
Aug 1 1963		 Oakwood Cemetery
Will Rogers Will Rogers Memorial Museum Nov 4 1879 -
Aug 15 1935		 Wiley Post Memorial
Theodore Roosevelt Theodore Roosevelt Collection of Papers at The New York Public Library
Theodore Roosevelt Collection at the Harvard College Library		 Oct 27 1858 -
Jan 6 1919		 Youngs Memorial Cemetery
Carl Sagan Nov 9 1934 -
Dec 20 1996		 Lakeview Cemetery
J. D. Salinger J. D. Salinger Collection at the University of Texas’ Harry Ransom Center
J. D. Salinger Collection at The New York Public Library		 Jan 1 1919 -
Jan 27 2010		 Unknown
Carl Sandburg The Carl Sandburg State Historic Site
Carl Sandburg Home		 Carl Sandburg Collection at University of Illinois Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Carl Sandburg Collection at the California State University Northridge Oviatt Library		 Jan 6 1878 -
Jul 22 1967		 The Carl Sandburg State Historic Site
Arthur Schlesinger, Jr. Arthur Schlesinger, Jr. Papers at The New York Public Library Oct 15 1917 -
Feb 28 2007		 Mount Auburn Cemetery
Neil Simon Jul 4 1927 -
Upton Sinclair Upton Sinclair Papers at The New York Public Library
Upton Sinclair Collection at the Claremont Colleges Library, Honnold Library
Upton Sinclair Collection at Indiana University Lilly Library		 Sep 20 1878 -
Nov 25 1968		 Rock Creek Cemetery
Anne Bethel Spencer Spencer House and Garden (Anne Bethel Spencer) Feb 6 1882 -
Jul 12 1975		 Forest Hill Cemetery
Elizabeth Cady Stanton Elizabeth Cady Stanton House Elizabeth Cady Stanton Papers at Vassar College Library Archives and Special Collections Nov 12 1815 -
Oct 26 1902		 Woodlawn Cemetery
Gertrude Stein Gertrude Stein Collection at the University of Texas’ Harry Ransom Center Feb 3 1874 -
Jul 29 1946		 Cimetière du Père Lachaise
John Steinbeck The Steinbeck House
National Steinbeck Center		 National Steinbeck Center Archives and Collections
John Steinbeck Collection at the University of Texas’ Harry Ransom Center
John Steinbeck Collection at Ball State University Libraries Archives and Special Collections		 Feb 27 1902 -
Dec 20 1968		 Garden of Memories Memorial Park
Wallace Stevens Wallace Stevens Collection of Papers at The New York Public Library
The Wallace Stevens Collection at the Yale University Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library		 Oct 2 1879 -
Aug 2 1955		 Cedar Hill Cemetery
Robert Louis Stevenson Robert Louis Stevenson Museum Robert Louis Stevenson Collection of Papers at The New York Public Library
Robert Louis Stevenson Center at Syracuse University Library Special Collections Research Center		 Nov 13 1850 -
Dec 3 1894		 Robert Louis Stevenson Museum
Harriet Beecher Stowe The Harriet Beecher Stowe Center
Harriet Beecher Stowe House		 Harriet Beecher Stowe Collection of Papers at The New York Public Library Jun 14 1811 -
Jul 1 1896		 Phillips Academy Cemetery
Gene Stratton-Porter Cabin in Wildflower Woods (Gene Stratton-Porter) May 21 1868 -
Dec 3 1924		 Stratton-Porter State Historic Site
Booth Tarkington Booth Tarkington Materials at Colby College Library Special Collections
Booth Tarkington Collection at the Princeton University Library’s Manuscripts Division		 Jul 29 1869 -
May 19 1946		 Crown Hill Cemetery
Henry David Thoreau Thoreau Farm Trust
The Thoreau Institute at Walden Woods (Henry David Thoreau)		 Henry David Thoreau at the University of Rochester River Campus Libraries Department of Rare Books, Special Collections and Preservation Jul 12 1817 -
May 6 1862		 Sleepy Hollow Cemetery
James Thurber Thurber House (James Thurber) James Thurber: Writings and Drawings at the Library of America
James Thurber Papers at The Ohio State University Libraries Rare Books and Manuscripts		 Dec 8 1894 -
Nov 2 1961		 Green Lawn Cemetery
Scott F. Turow Apr 12 1949 -
Mark Twain The Mark Twain House and Museum
Mark Twain Boyhood Home and Museum		 The Mark Twain Papers at The Bancroft Library University of California, Berkeley
Samuel L. Clemens Papers at Vassar College Library Archives and Special Collections
Samuel L. Clemens Papers at Columbia University Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Mark Twain Papers at the Clifton Waller Barrett Library at the University of Virginia		 Nov 30 1835 -
Apr 21 1910		 Woodlawn Cemetery
John Updike The John Updike Society and Archive at Franco Library, Alvernia University
John Updike Compositions at the Harvard University Houghton Library
John Updike Collection at the Reading Public Library		 Mar 18 1932 -
Jan 27 2009		 Cremated
Gore Vidal Gore Vidal Collection at the University of Texas’ Harry Ransom Center Oct 3 1925 -
Kurt Vonnegut Kurt Vonnegut Memorial Library Nov 11 1922 -
Apr 11 2007		 Unknown
Alice Walker Feb 9 1944 -
David Foster Wallace David Foster Wallace Collection at the University of Texas’ Harry Ransom Center Feb 21 1962 -
Sep 12 2008		 Unknown
Noah Webster Noah Webster House Noah Webster Family Papers at the Amherst College Archives and Special Collections Oct 16 1758 -
May 28 1843		 Grove Street Cemetery
Eudora Welty Eudora Welty House Apr 13 1909 -
Jul 23 2001		 Greenwood Cemetery
Edith Wharton The Mount Estate and Gardens Jan 24 1862 -
Aug 11 1937		 Cimetière des Gonards
E. B. White The E. B. White Collection at Cornell University Library Division of Rare Manuscript Collections Jul 11 1899 -
Oct 1 1985		 Brooklin Cemetery
Walt Whitman Walt Whitman House
Walt Whitman Birthplace State Historic Site and Interpretive Center		 Walt Whitman Collection at the Yale University Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Walt Whitman Collection at the Library of Congress Rare Books and Special Collections		 May 31 1819 -
Mar 26 1892		 Harleigh Cemetery
John Greenleaf Whittier Whittier Home (John Greenleaf Whittier)
Whittier Birthplace (John Greenleaf Whittier)		 John Greenleaf Whittier Papers at The New York Public Library Dec 17 1807 -
Sep 7 1892		 Union Cemetery
Kate Douglas Wiggin Kate Douglas Wiggin Collection at San Jose State University Special Collections and Archives
Kate Douglas Wiggin Collection at Bowdoin College Special Collections and Archives		 Sep 28 1856 -
Aug 24 1923		 South Buxton Cemetery
Thornton Wilder Thornton Wilder Family Website
Thornton Wilder Collection at the Yale University Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Thornton Wilder Collection at the Princeton University Library’s Manuscripts Division
Thornton Wilder Collection at Oberlin College Library Special Collections		 Apr 17 1897 -
Dec 7 1975		 Mount Carmel Cemetery
Laura Ingalls Wilder Walnut Grove (Laura Ingalls Wilder)
Laura Ingalls Wilder Museum
Laura Ingalls Wilder Home and Museum
Laura Ingalls Wilder Historic Home		 Feb 7 1867 -
Feb 10 1957		 Mansfield Cemetery
Tennessee Williams Tennessee Williams Welcome Center and Museum
Tennessee William’s Birthplace		 The Tennessee Williams Collection at the University of Texas’ Harry Ransom Center
The Historic New Orleans Collection: Tennessee Williams
Tennessee Williams Papers at Columbia University’s Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Tennessee Williams Collection at the University of Delaware Special Collections Department		 Mar 26 1911 -
Feb 25 1983		 Calvary Cemetery and Mausoleum
William Carlos Williams Sep 17 1883 -
Mar 4 1963		 Hillside Cemetery
Tom Wolfe Mar 2 1931 -
Thomas Wolfe Thomas Wolfe Memorial The Thomas Wolfe Collection at the University of North Carolina Oct 3 1900 -
Sep 15 1938		 Riverside Cemetery
Herman Wouk The Nancy Dawson and Herman Wouk Collection at the Columbia University Library
Herman Wouk Papers at The New York Public Library		 May 27 1915 -
Richard Wright Sep 4 1908 -
Nov 28 1960		 Cimetière du Père Lachaise