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1.
A collection of enigmas, charades, conundrums, &c, 1792 and later

Creator:
Peach, Miss
Call Number:
Osborn c389
Image Count:
2
Resource Type:
unspecified
Abstract:
Manuscript, in two hands, of a collection of about 100 word puzzles and riddles, many in verse. The word "fortune," for example, is represented by the following rhyme: "My first is a Preposition/My second a Composition/And the whole an Acquisition." ...
Description:
In English.
Subject (Name):
Peach, Miss.
Subject (Topic):
Charades, English literature, English poetry, Puzzles, Riddles, Women authors, and Word games
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > A collection of enigmas, charades, conundrums, &c, 1792 and later

2.
A room of one's own

Creator:
Woolf, Virginia, 1882-1941
Published / Created:
1929.
Call Number:
1975 2236
Image Count:
4
Description:
BEIN 1975 2236: Bookplate of Katherine and Elias Johnson.
Publisher:
Leonard and Virginia Woolf at the Hogarth Press
Subject (Topic):
Women authors, English fiction, History and criticism, and Women in literature
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > A room of one's own

3.
A spirituall testament dedicated to the Ladyes Vavasor and Ingram, [ca. 1700].

Call Number:
Osborn c126
Image Count:
40
Resource Type:
unspecified
Abstract:
Manuscript of a devotional essay, much of which is addressed to God in the second person, on acceptance of and spiritual preparation for death, including resolution to repent and reform one's way of life, arrangements for the receipt of final sacramen...
Description:
In English.
Subject (Topic):
Death, Religious aspects, Christianity, English, Devotional literature, English, and Women authors
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > A spirituall testament dedicated to the Ladyes Vavasor and Ingram, [ca. 1700].

4.
Collection towards forming a history of the now obsolete office of the Master of the Revells, [1874].

Creator:
Burn, Jacob Henry, -1869
Call Number:
Osborn d1
Image Count:
366
Abstract:
Manuscript, in primarily one hand, of a collection of several hundred documents related to the office of the Master of the Revels, including printed matter, engravings, and handwritten notes. The volume contains historical information pertaining to t...
Description:
Partial finding aid available.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain., Great Britain, and England
Subject (Name):
Buck, George, Sir, 1560-1622., Burn, Jacob Henry, -1869., Herbert, Henry, Sir, 1595-1673., Killigrew, Charles, 1655-1724 or 1725., and Killigrew, Thomas, 1612-1683.
Subject (Topic):
English drama, History, Royal households, Theater, Women authors, and Officials and employees
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Collection towards forming a history of the now obsolete office of the Master of the Revells, [1874].

5.
Commonplace book, 1814-1816

Call Number:
Osborn d69
Image Count:
7
Resource Type:
unspecified
Abstract:
Manuscript collection of poems, mostly unattributed, with some attributed to Maria Banks (Woodley) Riddell (1772-1808) two of which are dated 1789, and some attributed to "W" and to "L." Contents include: lengthy narrative poems on brave knights and a...
Description:
Paper watermark: 1810.
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Name):
Riddell, Maria, 1772-1808. and Tighe, Mary, 1772-1810.
Subject (Topic):
Classical poetry, Classicism, History, Elegiac poetry, English, English poetry, Classical influences, Fables, English, Ghost stories, English, Hymns, English, Occasional verse, English, Religious poetry, English, and Women authors
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Commonplace book, 1814-1816

6.
Diaries, 1807-1821

Creator:
North, Susan North, Baroness, 1797-1884
Call Number:
Osborn d157
Image Count:
133
Resource Type:
unspecified
Abstract:
Holograph diaries of a year in Clifton, and journeys to Hanover and Germany. The first volume, a diary dated at Clifton in 1807-1808, details the child author's daily social and educational activities. She studies French verbs and reads Roman histor...
Description:
In English.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain and Germany
Subject (Topic):
Children's writings, English, Education, Travelers' writings, English, Women authors, Description and travel, and Social life and customs
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Diaries, 1807-1821

7.
Diary, 1853-1858

Creator:
Wantage, Harriet Sarah Loyd-Lindsay, Baroness, 1837-1920
Call Number:
Osborn d315
Image Count:
65
Resource Type:
unspecified
Abstract:
Holograph diary kept intermittently by Harriet Sarah Loyd from her sixteenth birthday in 1853 until May of 1858. Topics include family life, friends and social events such as dances and country house visits, travel in England and on the Continent, and...
Subject (Name):
Wantage, Harriet Sarah Loyd-Lindsay, Baroness, 1837-1920.
Subject (Topic):
Women authors and Young women
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Diary, 1853-1858

8.
Gleanings in prose and verse, 1799

Creator:
Taylor, Joseph
Call Number:
Osborn fc185
Image Count:
378
Resource Type:
unspecified
Abstract:
Manuscript, in a single hand, of a collection of about 390 entries in verse and prose, which present satirical as well as sentimental and elegiac perspectives on the subjects of love, women, religion, and death. Titles include A reflection on death; ...
Description:
In English.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Bishop, Samuel, 1731-1795., Butler, Samuel, 1612-1680., Cowper, William, 1731-1800., Newton, Isaac, 1642-1727., Rogers, Samuel, 1763-1855., Taylor, Joseph., and Forton Gaol.
Subject (Topic):
Elegiac poetry, English, English wit and humor, Epigrams, Epitaphs, Occasional verse, English, Sentimentalism in literature, Verse satire, English, Women authors, Women, Conduct of life, and Religious life and customs
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Gleanings in prose and verse, 1799

9.
Journal of a four months' absence from England, in the summer of 1815 - including a tour in

Creator:
Watts, Jane (Waldie), 1793-1826
Call Number:
Osborn d185
Image Count:
123
Resource Type:
unspecified
Abstract:
Holograph diary of a stay in Brussels and France after the Battle of Waterloo. Many of the author's observations reflect the recent battle; she reports, for example, on the celebrations in Brussels when its inhabitants receive news of Napoleon's surr...
Description:
In English.
Subject (Geographic):
France, Great Britain, and Belgium
Subject (Name):
Eaton, Charlotte Ann (Waldie), 1788-1859., Henry IV, King of France, 1553-1610., Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821., Waldie, John, 1781-1862., and Watts, Jane (Waldie), 1793-1826.
Subject (Topic):
Theater, Travelers' writings, English, Waterloo, Battle of, Waterloo, Belgium, 1815, Women authors, Description and travel, and Social life and customs
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Journal of a four months' absence from England, in the summer of 1815 - including a tour in Flanders, Holland, and France; and a short residence at Brussels and Paris in 2 volumes. Volume 2nd, [1815].

10.
Journals 1809 and 1810, 1809 April-1810 December

Creator:
De Crespigny, Mary
Call Number:
Osborn d73
Image Count:
97
Resource Type:
unspecified
Abstract:
The diary is concerned mostly with fashionable life in London, containing many lists of guests, descriptions of parties, masques, and "revels," details of evening dress and costumes, and sometimes sharp commentary on incidents such as waiting for her ...
Description:
Mary Champion de Crespigny (1750-1812) was married to the Admiralty official (later baronet) Claude William Champion de Crespigny. She entertained a fashionable Naval and court circle that included the Prince of Wales, and also published at least one ...
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
De Crespigny, Claude Champion, Sir, d.1818. and De Crespigny, Mary.
Subject (Topic):
Upper class, Social life and customs, Women authors, and Brighton (England)
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Journals 1809 and 1810, 1809 April-1810 December