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Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-07-114
Overview
This collection is comprised of the single volume, anonymously written manuscript, entitled, "Hole in the Wall."
Dates:
1828
Collection
Identifier: BMC-M7
Overview
Joseph Conrad (1857-1924), a novelist and short story writer, was born Jozef Konrad Teodor Korzeniowski in Berdichev, Ukraine, and became a British citizen in 1886. Best known for his short story "Heart of Darkness" (1902), Conrad also wrote a number of novels on his travels. The collection includes letters from Conrad and third party letters, as well as three corrected typescript drafts.
Dates:
1898 - 1943
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-07-119
Overview
This collection is comprised of the single volume manuscript of poetry, written by Thomas Fisher. Poems included in the volume are largely related to related to American history.
Dates:
Undated.
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-07-135
Overview
"Foundations of English Literature," written by F.B. Gummere, a professor of English at Haverford, discusses the history of the English language, and the history of various genres of English literature.
Dates:
Undated.
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-07-039
Overview
Samuel J. Gummere's manuscripts detail his time traveling through Iowa's prairies, and include both poetry and prose.
Dates:
1857
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-07-118
Overview
This collection is comprised of the single volume manuscript of poetry written by Henry Hartshorne. Poems included in the volume are related to nature, aging, loss, and friendship.
Dates:
1845-1847
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-07-110
Overview
"Satan's Harbginer Encountered, His False News of a Trumpet Detected, His Crooked Ways in the Wildernesse, laid open to the view of the impartial & judicious, Being Some thing by way of answer to Daniel Leeds his book entitled News of a Trumpet Sounding in the Wildernesse etc. wherein is shown," as indicated by the title, was a response to Daniel Leed's publication, which criticized the Society of Friends and sought to correct the accusations made by Leeds. The original manuscript was...
Dates:
Undated.
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-07-066
Overview
Robert H. Morgan's dissertation focuses on Quaker ideals and principles, as well as Quakers' reactions to contemporary life as exhibited through Quaker literature prior to 1825.
Dates:
1939
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-07-070
Overview
Henry Stanley Newman's "Among the Red Indians" provides a narrative of Newman's travels among Native Americans west of the Mississippi River in 1889. The manuscript was prepared for Mary S. Kimber when she was proposing to write a book on the work that American Friends did with indigenous peoples, which was published in 1917 and entitled "Friends and the Indians." Newman's manuscript was never published. The manuscript describes the various settlements that Newman and his wife visited on...
Dates:
Undated.
Collection
Identifier: BMC-M100
Overview
The Queen's Dolls' House was created between 1921 and 1924 as a gift from the British people to their monarch. The project was organized by Princess Marie Louise, a cousin of the king, who solicited artists, authors,and craftsmen for donations for the various rooms and furnishings. The majority of this collection is 396 letters addressed to the Princess Marie Louise by artists who had been invited to contribute works for the print files in the library of the dollhouse. These letters...
Dates:
1922 - 1923