Collection consists of a diary, in the form of letters written to Bodichon's father, Benjamin Leigh Smith. These letters cover the period 6 Dec 1857 to 11 Jun 1858, and describe in detail the tour of America made by Barbara Bodichon and her husband E...
Description:
are available on microfilm
Subject (Geographic):
Southern States and United States
Subject (Name):
Bodichon, Eugène., Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882., Gratton, Mr., Longden, Dorothy., Ludlow, Isabella Leigh Smith., Mott, Lucretia, 1793-1880., and Smith, Benjamin Leigh.
Subject (Topic):
Enslaved persons, Social conditions, Description and travel, and Social life and customs
The collection consists of a set of five bronze portrait plaques issued by the Grolier Club between 1892 and 1911 to commemorate American authors. The authors include: Nathaniel Hawthorne (1892, modeled by Désiré Ringel d'Illzach, 17.2 cm. in diamet...
Description:
The Grolier Club was founded in New York on January 23, 1884, by Robert Hoe and eight other bibliophiles to foster the study, collecting, and appreciation of books and works on paper, and their art, history, production, and commerce.
Subject (Name):
Brenner, Victor D. 1871-1924. (Victor David),, Burroughs, Edith Woodman, 1871-1916., Calverley, Charles, 1833-1914., Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882, Flanagan, John F., 1865-1952., Hawthorne, Nathaniel, 1804-1864, Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth, 1807-1882, Lowell, James Russell, 1819-1891, Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849, Ringel d'Illzach, Jean Désiré, 1847-1916., and Grolier Club.
Autograph manuscript letter, signed, praising Ellen Sturgis Hooper's poetry. Enclosed with the letter are autograph manuscript copies of three recent poems of his own in return: "Forerunners", "The House", and "Loss and Gain". Also includes a manuscri...
Description:
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882) was an American author.
Subject (Name):
Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882., Hooper, Ellen Sturgis, 1812-1848., and Persephone (Greek deity)
Subject (Topic):
Authors, American, Poets, American, Transcendentalists (New England), and Women poets, American
