| Creator |
Library Company of Philadelphia, collector. |
| Title |
Things left in books collection. Poetry clippings, 1820-1920. |
| Physical Description |
30 items (in 1 folder) ; up to 31 x25 cm. |
| Description |
The poems in this collection were clipped from newspapers, except one which is separately printed. All are in English except
for 2 in German. Many of the poems are by women. Identified authors include: Lizette Woodworth Reese, Eliza Cook, Mary E.
Hewitt, Sarah m. B. Piatt, L. H. Sigourney, Lottie Chatterton, Mrs. Ormsby, Eugene Field, George Fleming Richardson, William
B. Tappan, Charles W. Everest, N. S. McFetridge, Barry Gray, Robert Frame, and Joseph Brenan. See box list for details.
|
| Notes |
Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012. |
| Biographical / historical note |
This collection includes clipped poems found in books that are part of the Library Company's collections. The books in which
they were found are not identified. Since the mid 1980s, the Library Company no longer separates such materials without tracking
the connection through accession numbers. This collection gathers items from several sources, and is open to new additions.
|
| Genre |
Insertions (Provenance). |
|
Ephemera. |
|
Clippings. |
|
Poems. |
| Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Books & Other Texts| Rare| Coll LCP Ephemera Things Poetry 3321.F.149 |
| Accession number |
3321.F.149a-cc |
