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
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
Per Seyersted papers concerning Leslie Marmon Silko
Container / Volume:
Box 1 | Folder 8
Image Count:
5
Resource Type:
Archives or Manuscripts
Abstract:
The papers consist of materials sent by Leslie Marmon Silko to Per Seyersted, a professor in the American Institute at Oslo University, Norway. Along with letters from Silko to Seyersted from 1974-1995 are drafts of writings by Silko, several photographs, and an offprint of an interview of Silko done by Seyersted.
Description:
Leslie Marmon Silko (1948-), native American writer, author of Ceremony and Almanac of the Dead. and Purchased from Per Seyersted on the Alfred Z. Baker, Jr. Fund, 1995.
Subject (Name):
Silko, Leslie, 1948-
Subject (Topic):
American fiction--Indian authors, Indian authors--20th century--Archives, Indians in literature, Native American literature, and Novelists, American--20th century--Archives
Material consists of one autograph manuscript draft, signed and corrected, and one typescript carbon draft of a short story. Typescript draft inscribed in an unidentified hand: "written before 1928". Accompanied by a typescript note by Fitzgerald's agent Harold Ober providing a synopsis of the story.
Description:
F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896-1940), American author. and Purchased from William Reese Co. (Sotheby's sale, 2012 June 15, lot 99) on the Sinclair Lewis Fund, 2012.
Subject (Name):
Fitzgerald, F. Scott (Francis Scott), 1896-1940 and Ober, Harold, 1881-1959
Subject (Topic):
American literature--20th century and Authors, American--20th century--Archives
Holograph. and The Cloud Messenger. Ode for Chorus and Orchestra, founded on a Sanscrit poem of Kalidasa. Words and Music by Holst. Op. 30. First performed by Balfour Gardiner in 1913. A piano score has been published; this orchestral score has not been published. See Imogen Holst, Gustav Holst (London, 1938), pp 37, 41, 173.
Alternative Title:
Cloud messenger
Description:
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