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
Collection of photographs of, relating to, or once owned by Ezra Pound. Subjects include a series of photographs of factories and manufacturing processes collected by Pound in the 1930s.
Description:
Ezra Pound (1885-1972), American poet. and Purchased in 1973 with a few additions from various sources.