The first two issues of a monthly literary magazine circulated in manuscript by the Female Literary Association of Alfred, New York. Issues include volume 1, no. 1, dated June 1, 1846 and titled "Flower Gatherer," and volume 1, no. 2, dated September 28, 1846 and titled "A Juvenile Bo[u]quet." Issues contain verse and brief commentary by area residents on historical and contemporary topics, such as relations between European settlers and Native American Indians, fashion, music, and education in local schools. Authors include Adelia M. Grinnell, Martha J. Langworthy, Amanda Potter, and Lydia M. Shaw.
Description:
From Vol. 1, No. 1: "Published monthly by the Female Literary Association of Distr. No. One, Alfred, Allegany County, New York."
Subject (Geographic):
Alfred (N.Y.)--Social life and customs--19th century and Allegany County (N.Y.)--Social life and customs--19th century
Subject (Name):
Grinnell, Adelia M., Langworthy, Martha J., Potter, Amanda, and Shaw, Lydia M.
Subject (Topic):
American literature--19th century, American literature--Women authors, Authors, American--19th century, Indians in literature, and Women authors, American
Mary Elizabeth Phillips papers relating to James Fenimore Cooper
Container / Volume:
Box 1 | Folder 2
Image Count:
27
Resource Type:
Archives or Manuscripts
Abstract:
Papers consist of a draft, typescript, corrected, and other materials relating to Phillips's work on James Fenimore Cooper. Other materials include a bibliography of works relating to Cooper held by Rudolf Drescher, a memorandum of agreement between Phillips and the publisher John Lane Company, correspondence, page proofs, and printed ephemera. Correspondence includes letters from John Lane Company, Dodd Mead, & Company, The University Press, and other publishers.
Description:
Gift of Mary M. Bean, 2010., James Fenimore Cooper (1789-1851), American novelist., and Mary Elizabeth Phillips (1957-1945), biographer.
Subject (Name):
Cooper, James Fenimore, 1789-1851 and Drescher, Rudolf
Subject (Topic):
American literature--19th century, Authors and publishers--United States, Authors, American--19th century, Authors, American--20th century--Archives, and Publishers and publishing--United States
The first two issues of a monthly literary magazine circulated in manuscript by the Female Literary Association of Alfred, New York. Issues include volume 1, no. 1, dated June 1, 1846 and titled "Flower Gatherer," and volume 1, no. 2, dated September 28, 1846 and titled "A Juvenile Bo[u]quet." Issues contain verse and brief commentary by area residents on historical and contemporary topics, such as relations between European settlers and Native American Indians, fashion, music, and education in local schools. Authors include Adelia M. Grinnell, Martha J. Langworthy, Amanda Potter, and Lydia M. Shaw.
Description:
From Vol. 1, No. 1: "Published monthly by the Female Literary Association of Distr. No. One, Alfred, Allegany County, New York."
Subject (Geographic):
Alfred (N.Y.)--Social life and customs--19th century and Allegany County (N.Y.)--Social life and customs--19th century
Subject (Name):
Grinnell, Adelia M., Langworthy, Martha J., Potter, Amanda, and Shaw, Lydia M.
Subject (Topic):
American literature--19th century, American literature--Women authors, Authors, American--19th century, Indians in literature, and Women authors, American
Mary Elizabeth Phillips papers relating to James Fenimore Cooper
Container / Volume:
Box 1 | 3-4
Image Count:
55
Resource Type:
Archives or Manuscripts
Abstract:
Papers consist of a draft, typescript, corrected, and other materials relating to Phillips's work on James Fenimore Cooper. Other materials include a bibliography of works relating to Cooper held by Rudolf Drescher, a memorandum of agreement between Phillips and the publisher John Lane Company, correspondence, page proofs, and printed ephemera. Correspondence includes letters from John Lane Company, Dodd, Mead & Company, The University Press, and other publishers.
Description:
Gift of Mary M. Bean, 2010., James Fenimore Cooper (1789-1851), American novelist., and Mary Elizabeth Phillips (1957-1945), biographer.
Subject (Name):
Cooper, James Fenimore, 1789-1851, Dodd, Mead & Company, John Lane Company, and University Press (Cambridge, Mass.)
Subject (Topic):
American literature--19th century, Authors and publishers--United States, Authors, American--19th century, Authors, American--20th century--Archives, and Publishers and publishing--United States
Mary Elizabeth Phillips papers relating to James Fenimore Cooper
Container / Volume:
Box 1 | Folder 5
Image Count:
27
Resource Type:
Archives or Manuscripts
Abstract:
Papers consist of a draft, typescript, corrected, and other materials relating to Phillips's work on James Fenimore Cooper. Other materials include a bibliography of works relating to Cooper held by Rudolf Drescher, a memorandum of agreement between Phillips and the publisher John Lane Company, correspondence, page proofs, and printed ephemera. Correspondence includes letters from John Lane Company, Dodd, Mead & Company, The University Press, and other publishers.
Description:
Gift of Mary M. Bean, 2010., James Fenimore Cooper (1789-1851), American novelist., and Mary Elizabeth Phillips (1957-1945), biographer.
Subject (Name):
Cooper, James Fenimore, 1789-1851 and John Lane Company
Subject (Topic):
American literature--19th century, Authors and publishers--United States, Authors, American--19th century, Authors, American--20th century--Archives, and Publishers and publishing--United States
Notebook containing verse and notes for lyceum speeches by Atkins, along with receipts and drawings. Topics covered in speeches include Middlefield, Connecticut history and education, the fugitive slave law, and temperance movement. Accompanied by one silhouette drawing and one clipping, the "Swan Song of Parson Avery," by John G. Whittier.
Description:
Notebook written from both sides. Continuous pagination provided by cataloger. and Thomas Atkins (1797-1882), author.
Subject (Geographic):
Middlefield (Conn. : Town)--History
Subject (Name):
Atkins, Thomas,--1797-1822, United States.--Fugitive slave law (1793), and Whittier, John Greenleaf,--1807-1892
Subject (Topic):
Authors, American--19th century and Temperance--United States
Collection contains correspondence, writings, and personal papers relating to Eugene Field. Correspondence consists chiefly of letters to Field from family members, editors, publishers, and writers. Correspondents include Chicago area editors and publishers, such as Victor Fremont Lawson, Melville Elijah Stone, Harriet Monroe, and Slason Thompson, as well as George Washington Cable, Augustin Daly, Field's brother Roswell Martin Field, Hamlin Garland, Hildegarde Hawthorne, Meredith Nicholson, Whitelaw Reid, Bram Stoker, Herbert Stuart Stone, and Francis Wilson. Personal papers include biographical material, writings, and printed ephemera.
Description:
Eugene Field (1850-1895), Chicago poet and journalist. and Purchased from David J. Holmes on the Jockey Hollow Fund, 2010.
Subject (Topic):
American literature--19th century, Authors, American--19th century, and Journalists--United States--19th century
