A short introduction to the goals and purposes of the site, a brief history of its development, and a discussion of its theoretical basis entitled The Rationale of [Our] Hypertext, available in a Frames or No Frames format.

An historical overview of one of the most popular and influential periodicals in 19th century America.  Includes background on what the Companion was to contemporary audiences, and what it means for readers and scholars today.   Also available in No Frames format.   Included in this section are annotated Tables of Contents from the Companion issues in which Dickinson's poetry appeared. 

Instructions on how to use this hypertext.  Tips on using the frames-based Version Viewer and Navigating the Hypertext.  Browser information is also included here.

This is designed to be the primary investigative tool in the Archive.   This enables a user to simultaneously view transcriptions of The Youth's Companion's printed texts of Emily Dickinson's poetry, a diplomatic rendering of Dickinson's manuscript of the poem, and a collation of major variant texts.   Uses frames.   For No Frames use of the various tools in this section, access each Dickinson poem in the next section individually.

Reprinted above are the versions of Emily Dickinson's poems printed in The Youth's Companion.   Each poem contains links to its specific Diplomatic Rendering and Collation of Variant Readings.  This section is non-frames compatible.

This section contains reproductions of Dickinson's holograph texts of The Youth's Companion poems, replicated as closely as possible in print format.   This section is non-frames compatible.

A collection of all variant readings of The Youth's Companion poems, using the Companion text as the base-text.   Differences catalogued by edition's year.   This section is non-frames compatible.

A brief account of how each Companion poem came to appear in print form, both in The Youth's Companion and elsewhere.  This section is non-frames compatible.

A timeline showing chronicling the various appearances of the poems in the Archive in The Youth's Companion and other publications.  This section is non-frames compatible.

Scanned replications of Dickinson's manuscripts of the poems appearing in The Youth's Companion.  This section is non-frames compatible.

Scanned replications of Dickinson's poems from actual pages of The Youth's Companion.  This section is non-frames compatible.

Scanned images from issues of The Youth's Companion, including advertisements, premium offers, reproduced pages; also includes some miscellanious Emily Dickinson images.   This section is non-frames compatible.

Working bibliography of sources found in essays throughout the Archive.  See also List of Collated Witnesses.

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