4 undated typescript documents (13 p.), apparently drafts written by John N. E. Brown for an unpublished biography of his wife, Faith Fenton, after her death in 1936: an annotated draft of Chapter One, titled "Memories of Faith Fenton", describes Brown's 1898 journey to the Yukon in the company of William Ogilvie, the Territory's first commissioner, and of Ogilvie's 1897 interview with Fenton for the Toronto Globe; a draft of Chapter Two, describing Fenton's journey with the Yukon Field Force and her arrival in Dawson; a draft relating Brown's first glimpse of Fenton on the streets of Dawson; and an annotated draft tracing Fenton's family history and early youth. Also includes a TLS on Toronto Globe stationary from A. A. McIntosh to Dr. John N. E. Brown, encouraging a proposed biography of Fenton and permitting Brown's use of Fenton's Globe columns. A cabinet card photograph of Faith Fenton accompanies the papers, taken by J. Bruce of Bruce's Photographic Art Studio, Toronto.
Description:
Faith Fenton was the pen name of Alice Freeman, a Toronto school teacher who wrote newspaper columns for the Toronto Globe and the Toronto Empire in the 1890s. In 1898, she became the Globe's special correspondent in the Yukon Territory, and accompanied the Yukon Field Force to Dawson to cover the Klondike gold rush. On January 1, 1900, she married Dr. John N. E. Brown, the secretary of the Yukon Territory and physician to the commissioner, William Ogilvie. The couple remained in Dawson for several years, returning to Toronto in 1905. Fenton died on January 10, 1936. and Purchased from Sindell and Company on the William Robertson Coe Fund, 2004.
Subject (Geographic):
Dawson (Yukon)--Description and travel
Subject (Name):
Brown, John N. E. (Nelson Elliot), Canada. Canadian Army. Yukon Field Force, Fenton, Faith, 1857-1936, Globe and Mail (Firm), McIntosh, A. A, and Ogilvie, William, 1846-1912
Subject (Topic):
Frontier and pioneer life--Yukon--Klondike River Valley, Women journalists--Canada, Women pioneers--Yukon--Klondike River Valley, and Women--West (U.S.)
Canon's wanderings in dreamland, Canon's wanderings through ways unknown, and Christmas Eve with the spirits, or, The canon's wanderings in dreamland
Description:
Advertising matter: [12] p. at end not included in pagination. Original wrappers., BEIN Gimbel/Dickens H90 2: Bookplate of Henry Alexander. Advertising matter: [12] p. at end not included in pagination. Original wrappers., and Title page printed in red and black.
Publisher:
Bull, Simmons, and Co.,
Subject (Name):
A.R. Dorrington and Co, Alexander, Henry--Bookplate, Dickens, Charles,--1812-1870.--Christmas carol, and Dickens, Charles,--1812-1870--Characters--Ebenezer Scrooge
Correspondence, autograph manuscripts, and one printed broadside song documenting aspects of the social and creative life of the poet John Hall-Stevenson. Contents include manuscripts of verses by John Hall-Stevenson and Robert Lascelles; letters by members of his club and social circle, including a lengthy letter by Jean-Baptiste Tollot discussing Laurence Sterne's character and good nature (1762 April 4) and another describing events in Geneva immediately after the expulsion of Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1764 January 8); and related correspondence, including a letter of advice from Hall-Stevenson to his grandson John Wharton and several business letters received by Wharton. The printed broadside song, "Trout Hall," is extensively annotated in Hall-Stevenson's hand.
Description:
Formerly owned by William Durrant Cooper. Purchased from Paul Grinke on the Edwin J. Beinecke Book Fund, 1972., John Hall-Stevenson (1718-1785), was a poet, a country gentleman, and a close friend of Laurence Sterne, whom he met at Cambridge and who based the character of Eugenius in Tristram Shandy on him. Hall-Stevenson founded a club of "Demoniacks," which met at "Crazy Castle," his country seat, and was loosely modeled on Sir Francis Dashwood's Monks of Medmenham. His published works included Crazy Tales and Fables for Grown Gentlemen, both of which were reprinted several times during his lifetime. He died at home in March, 1785., and The collection also contains a photocopy of W. Durrant Cooper's "Seven Letters Written by Sterne and His Friends;" a copy of the bookseller's catalogue; and a handwritten finding aid for the collection.
Subject (Topic):
Authors, English--18th century and English literature--18th century
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
Two scripts, typescript, representing revisions of Harold Arlen's 1946 stage musical, St. Louis Woman. Scripts are entitled Harold Arlen's Blues Opera, dated "Nov. 1957," and Harold Arlen's Free and Easy, circa 1959. The Blues Opera, annotated in an unidentified hand, is "based on a play by Arne [sic] Bontemps & Countee Cullen" and both scripts acknowledge "lyrics by Johnny Mercer." Free and Easy is inscribed "Property of: Stanley Ross..."
Description:
Formerly owned by Stanley Ross. Purchased from Royal Books on the Edwin J. Beinecke Book Fund, 2013. and Harold Arlen (1905-1986), composer and songwriter.
Subject (Name):
Arlen, Harold, 1905-1986
Subject (Topic):
American drama--20th century, Authors, American--20th century, Dramatists, American--20th century, Musicals--Production and direction, and Theater--Production and direction
Two scripts, typescript, representing revisions of Harold Arlen's 1946 stage musical, St. Louis Woman. Scripts are entitled Harold Arlen's Blues Opera, dated "Nov. 1957," and Harold Arlen's Free and Easy, circa 1959. The Blues Opera, annotated in an unidentified hand, is "based on a play by Arne [sic] Bontemps & Countee Cullen" and both scripts acknowledge "lyrics by Johnny Mercer." Free and Easy is inscribed "Property of: Stanley Ross..."
Description:
Formerly owned by Stanley Ross. Purchased from Royal Books on the Edwin J. Beinecke Book Fund, 2013. and Harold Arlen (1905-1986), composer and songwriter.
Subject (Name):
Arlen, Harold, 1905-1986
Subject (Topic):
American drama--20th century, Authors, American--20th century, Dramatists, American--20th century, Musicals--Production and direction, and Theater--Production and direction
Per Seyersted papers concerning Leslie Marmon Silko
Container / Volume:
Box 1 | Folder 7
Image Count:
3
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
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