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Women authors, American -- Biography

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Battle hymn of the republic

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233292595]
Identifier: Vault MSS 537
Scope and Contents

Printed item commemorating the founding of the New England Women's Club. The item was hand addressed to Mrs. Mary J. Judah and signed by the president of the club, Julia Ward Howe, in November 1892. The item includes all five verses of the "Battle Hymn of the Republic" and an account by Mrs. Howe of how she came to write the poem.

Dates: 1892

Byrl Brown Dorland newspaper clippings

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230320423]
Identifier: MSS SC 2182
Scope and Contents

Photocopies of newspaper clippings. The items are either by Dorland or about her and her work. Some of the materials deal with Dorland's interest in the career and grave of the American writer, Washington Irving (1783-1859).

Dates: 1979-1983

Letter, envelope, and newspaper clipping, 1894

 Item — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197233283131], Folder: 51-52
Identifier: Vault MSS 2
Scope and Contents

Handwritten and signed letter, addressed to Barton O. Aylesworth, dated 20 Nov. 1894, and composed in Washington, DC. Alden writes he received a forwarded letter from his mother, Isabella Macdonald Alden, an American author. This missive was written by Aylesworth requesting information on Isabella Alden. Raymond Alden responds to the inquiry and informs Aylesworth where he might find published information on his mother.





Dates: 1894