Contain more than 1100 numbered extracts from works by various authors; a number of the poems are signed or initialed by William Warren Porter (1776-1804) or his sister, so possibly the books were compiled by a member of the Porter family.
Description:
Anonymous manuscript. and Binding: vellum, without titles.
Anonymous MS. and Collection of verse by various authors; includes a transcript of "The Diamond", written in 1734, by William Shenstone (1714-1763); also, two watercolor drawings on the first page.
Description:
For information on the source of acquisition, consult the appropriate curator. and p. 41-42 excised. 122 blank pages at end not digitized.
Subject (Name):
Barbauld, Mrs. (Anna Letitia), 1743-1825. Poems, Campbell, Thomas, 1777-1844, Coleridge, Samuel Taylor, 1772-1834, Davenport, R. A. (Richard Alfred), 1777?-1852, Doddridge, Philip, 1702-1751, Mundy, Francis Noel Clarke, 1738 or 9-1815, Scott, Walter, Sir, 1771-1832, and Shenstone, William, 1714-1763
Manuscript containing a cycle of 16 sermons on I Corinthians 15:55-57 delivered from July 27 to November 9, 1718, and two sermons on Psalms 23:4 delivered by ""Mr. Bragge"" in April, 1721.
Correspondence, autograph manuscripts, and one printed broadside song documenting aspects of the social and creative life of the poet John Hall-Stevenson. Contents include manuscripts of verses by John Hall-Stevenson and Robert Lascelles; letters by members of his club and social circle, including a lengthy letter by Jean-Baptiste Tollot discussing Laurence Sterne's character and good nature (1762 April 4) and another describing events in Geneva immediately after the expulsion of Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1764 January 8); and related correspondence, including a letter of advice from Hall-Stevenson to his grandson John Wharton and several business letters received by Wharton. The printed broadside song, "Trout Hall," is extensively annotated in Hall-Stevenson's hand.
Description:
Formerly owned by William Durrant Cooper. Purchased from Paul Grinke on the Edwin J. Beinecke Book Fund, 1972., John Hall-Stevenson (1718-1785), was a poet, a country gentleman, and a close friend of Laurence Sterne, whom he met at Cambridge and who based the character of Eugenius in Tristram Shandy on him. Hall-Stevenson founded a club of "Demoniacks," which met at "Crazy Castle," his country seat, and was loosely modeled on Sir Francis Dashwood's Monks of Medmenham. His published works included Crazy Tales and Fables for Grown Gentlemen, both of which were reprinted several times during his lifetime. He died at home in March, 1785., and The collection also contains a photocopy of W. Durrant Cooper's "Seven Letters Written by Sterne and His Friends;" a copy of the bookseller's catalogue; and a handwritten finding aid for the collection.
The collection contains Elizabeth Bacon Custer's journal, started in 1852 but not kept up, and papers relating to her husband, including fragments of his letters to her, letters to George Custer, and military orders.
Description:
Gift of Mrs. Marguerite Merington.
Subject (Name):
Custer, Elizabeth Bacon, 1842-1933, Custer, George A. (George Armstrong), 1839-1876, and Merington, Marguerite, 1857-1951
Two drafts of Chopin's Le dernier roman du monde (Editions Cyanuur, 1970). One draft, typescript, typescript carbon, and autograph manuscript, corrected. Second draft, typescript, corrected, includes leaves of concrete poetry not present in the other draft. Accompanied by a printed volume of the work.
Subject (Topic):
Authors, French--20th century--Archives and Concrete poetry, French