Robert Frost Primary Sources

Historical documents. What clues can you gather about Robert Frost, the time, place, players, and culture?

A Boy's Will

Frost's first poetry collection.

North of Boston

Frost's second poetry collection, which first made him famous.

Mountain Interval

Frost's 1916 poetry collection.

"The Road Not Taken"

Frost's poem from Mountain Interval.

"Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening"

Frost's poem from the Pulitzer-winning collection New Hampshire.

"The Death of the Hired Man"

A 1915 poem from North of Boston.

Lectures

Transcripts of Frost's lectures at Bread Loaf School of English, Middlebury College.

Letters and Manuscripts

An assortment of Frost's papers, from the Middlebury archives.

The Bouquet

A magazine written by Frost's children and family friends in 1914.

Obituary

Frost's 1963 obituary in The New York Times.