Group of letters, photographs, and clippings chiefly related to Read's poem "Sheridan's Ride," and its composition on the morning of James E. Murdoch's recitation at Pike's Opera House in Cincinnati, October 31, 1864. It includes four letters written by Read and one by E. D. Grafton; copies of accounts by Leon Vanloo and Davis L. James, describing how and where Read wrote the poem; a collage by Grafton showing Murdoch reciting the poem; photographs of Read and his wife Hattie by Grafton and others; and clippings regarding the placement of a plaque on the house in which the poem was written.
Description:
Thomas Buchanan Read, American poet.
Subject (Geographic):
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Poetry
Subject (Name):
Grafton, E. D., James, Davis L., Literary Club of Cincinnati, Murdoch, James Edward, 1811-1893, Read, Harriet Denison Butler, Read, Thomas Buchanan, 1822-1872, Sheridan, Philip Henry, 1831-1888--Poetry, and Vanloo, Leon
Subject (Topic):
Authors, American --19th century --Archives and Poets, American
Freedman's Baptist Association for the Creek Nation (Indian Territory)
Call Number:
Zc41 F87
Image Count:
20
Description:
Beinecke Library copy imperfect: cover of 17th wanting., Description based on: Seventeenth (First day, Wednesday, August 22, 1894-fifth day, Sunday, August 26, 1894); title from caption., and Latest issue consulted: Seventeenth (First day, Wednesday, August 22, 1894-fifth day, Sunday, August 26, 1894).
Publisher:
Freedman's Baptist Association for the Creek Nation, Indian Territory],
Subject (Name):
Freedman's Baptist Association for the Creek Nation (Indian Territory)--Periodicals
Subject (Topic):
Baptists--Oklahoma--Congresses and Baptists--Oklahoma--Periodicals
BEIN Zc52 +A93: 1902, 1904 have stamp: The University of Texas Library.
Publisher:
Von Boeckmann, Moore & Schutze, state printers
Subject (Name):
University of Texas.--Library--Stamp
Subject (Topic):
Fish culture--Texas--Periodicals, Fisheries--Texas--Periodicals, Fishes--Conservation--Texas--Periodicals, Fishes--Texas--Periodicals, and Oysters--Texas--Periodicals
San Francisco prices current, and shipping list (Letter sheet edition)
Description:
Description based on: Thursday, Dec. 15, 1853; title from masthead., Latest issue consulted: Thursday, Dec. 15, 1853., Printed in 4 columns., and Publisher varies.
Publisher:
Published ... by Bonnard, Johnson & Doyle
Subject (Geographic):
San Francisco (Calif.)--Commerce--Newspapers
Subject (Topic):
Prices--California--San Francisco--Newspapers and Shipping--California--San Francisco--Newspapers