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Barbara Leigh Smith Bodichon collection, 1857-1858

Creator:
Bodichon, Barbara Leigh Smith, 1827-1891
Call Number:
GEN MSS 119
Image Count:
186
Abstract:
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 Eugène Bodichon. Their itinerary included the Mississippi River, New Orleans, Mobile, Montgomery, Savannah, Wilmington, Washington, Philadelphia, Boston, and parts of Canada. In her letters Bodichon discusses the condition and education of slaves and the rights of freed slaves; women's rights in America, and other aspects of life, conditions, and customs. Also described are visits to Lucretia Mott and Ralph Waldo Emerson. In addition to Bodichon's letters to her father, the collection contains her letters from the same time period to Joseph Gratton, Dorothy Longden, and Isabella Leigh Smith Ludlow, and a letter from Eugène Bodichon to Benjamin Smith which he enclosed with his wife's letter to her father of 1858 May 27. and Also included is a sketchbook of sketches by Bodichon in pencil, pen and ink and watercolor which she made during a tour of Louisiana
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
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Barbara Leigh Smith Bodichon collection, 1857-1858

2.
Portrait plaques of American authors

Creator:
Grolier Club
Published / Created:
1892-1911.
Call Number:
YCAL MSS 902
Container / Volume:
Box
Image Count:
6
Abstract:
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 diameter, issued in an edition of 173 copies in bronze and 3 in silvered bronze); James Russell Lowell (1896, modeled by Charles Calverley, 17.5 cm. in diameter, issued in an edition of 372 copies in bronze and 3 in silvered bronze); Edgar Allan Poe (1909, modeled by Edith Woodman Burroughs, 18 cm. in diameter, issued in an edition of 277 in bronze and 3 in silver); Ralph Waldo Emerson (1909, modeled by Victor D. Brenner, 18.5 cm. in diameter, issued in an edition of 300 copies in bronze and 3 in silver); and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1911, modeled by John F. Flanagan, 19 x 14.5 cm., issued in an edition of 300 copies in bronze and 3 in silver). There are two copies each of the Emerson and Longfellow plaques, and one copy each of the Hawthorne, Lowell, and Poe plaques
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., Title supplied by cataloger., and Captions in English.
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.
Subject (Topic):
Authors, American
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Portrait plaques of American authors

3.
Ralph Waldo Emerson letter to Ellen Sturgis Hooper, 1845 May 22.

Creator:
Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882
Call Number:
YCAL MSS FILE 141
Container / Volume:
(File)
Image Count:
9
Abstract:
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 manuscript poem in an unidentified hand, possibly Ellen Sturgis Hooper's, titled "Persephone". With envelope
Description:
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882) was an American author., Ellen Sturgis Hooper (1812-1848) was an American poet and transcendentalist., and In English.
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
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Ralph Waldo Emerson letter to Ellen Sturgis Hooper, 1845 May 22.