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American poetry -- 19th century

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 47 Collections and/or Records:

Joseph W. Booth diaries and poems

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 155
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1885-1916

The brave old cedars

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230336700]
Identifier: MSS 917
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1900

By the temple they pass

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230319227]
Identifier: MSS SC 2095
Scope and Contents

Handwritten poem by an unknown author, probably a Mormon, dealing with the religious significance of temples.

Dates: approximately 1900

Robert H. Campbell sketchbook

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230346204]
Identifier: MSS 382
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1881

Robert James Coffey autobiography and poems

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 1633
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1861-1903

Edwin Charles Cox poems

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 1040
Scope and Contents

Handwritten book of poems with photocopies for patron use. Cox dedicated his poems to his wife, Julien. Cox writes poems on numerous topics including Mormon theology and morals.

Dates: 1899

The death of Pat Hennessy

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230233915]
Identifier: MSS SC 110
Scope and Contents

Handwritten poem telling of an Indian raid on a wagon train. "Clara Foltz, Attorney at Law" is stamped on the back of the second page.

Dates: approximately 1800s

Julia Dillman poems

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230321090]
Identifier: MSS SC 2267
Scope and Contents

Handwritten poems. The items are on numerous themes including the death of family members and loved ones, birthdays, current events, and spirituality. Many of the items refer to events in the Price, Utah area.

Dates: 1886-1899

Sylvia Worsley Dixon literary papers

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197232541489]
Identifier: MSS 1495
Scope and Contents

The collection includes typescripts and holographs of free-form poems and lyrics written by Dixon for various friends, relatives, and theatrical productions.

Dates: 1955-1979

John T. Dorcheus correspondence and genealogy

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197230363555]
Identifier: MSS 1718
Scope and Contents Correspondence, newspaper clippings, poetry, genealogies, temple record books, and miscellaneous items. The materials deal with Dorcheus, his family, and his genealogy. Most of the correspondence was between Dorcheus and his son, John Alexander Dorcheus, and other family members in 1918 when John was serving in the United States Army. John was killed in action on 7 Oct. 1918. One letter is from John Alexander's wife expressing grief at the loss of her husband. Also included is a "Branch...
Dates: 1881-1976