American poetry -- 19th century
Found in 27 Collections and/or Records:
Harriet Adeline Fowler Allen autograph book and poems
Volume containing handwritten autographs and poems. The autographs were written to Harriet Allen and usually include poems.
The Andersonville Prison
Photocopy of a handwritten poem. The item includes "chorus" sections probably meaning it was meant to be sung. The item relates to the conditions of the Andersonville prison during the American Civil War. The date of the item is unknown.
George B. Bailey papers
Holographs; typescript; printed forms (photocopy). The collection includes a journal (l p. by wife, Elizabeth) which describes life in Salt Lake Valley and related problems with the United States government in 1856-1857 and gives genealogical data on the Bailey and Young families. Also included are a letter fragment, poem by George, and 6 Latter-day Saint Church family group sheets of the George Smith Bailey and Victoria Price family.
Battle hymn of the republic
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.
Blarney Stone on Beech Hill
Handwritten and signed poem. The date of the item is uncertain.
Joseph W. Booth diaries and poems
Handwritten diaries and poems. These journals were kept from 1885 to 1928 when Booth was in Alpine, Utah, at the Brigham Young Academy in Provo, Utah, and in Turkey and Armenia as a missionary and as mission president.
The brave old cedars
Handwritten and signed poem by Zitella Cocke or Coche. The poem is on the beauty of cedar trees. The date of composition of the poem is uncertain.
By the temple they pass
Handwritten poem by an unknown author, probably a Mormon, dealing with the religious significance of temples.
Robert H. Campbell sketchbook
Sketchbook with sketches and poems produced when Campbell was on vacation at Sebago Lake, Maine, in 1881. They were done in pencil and ink. The sketches are of scenes and persons Campbell saw or met. The poems largely reflect on life and the nature of Campbell's surroundings. A photocopy of the book is also available.
Robert James Coffey autobiography and poems
One bound volume and one loose volume of autobiographical notes, poems, and scrapbook materials along with photocopies of the collection. Coffey served in a Pennsylvania regiment of the Union Army during the American Civil War (1861-1865). He participated in a large number of campaigns and gives detailed accounts of army life. There are also printed copies of many of the poems Coffey was able to publish.