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American poetry -- 19th century

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 47 Collections and/or Records:

Eliza R. Snow poetry, 1852, 1856

 Series
Identifier: Vault MSS 772 Series 5
Scope and Contents

Contains poetry by Eliza R. Snow for Thomas Bullock before he serves in the British mission and in celebration of the Mormon pioneers entering the Salt Lake valley. Dated 1852 and 1856.

Dates: 1852, 1856

Moses Franklin Farnsworth papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 1678
Scope and Contents

Correspondence, record books, pension petitions, certificates, pamphlets, articles of incorporation, poems, blessings, poems, and miscellaneous items. The materials relate to Farnsworth's activities particulary in the Mormon Church. Included in the collection are letters from the fourth president of the Mormon Church, Willford Woodruff, patriarchal blessings, letters relating to Mormon polygamy, and a book recording the work done in the Manti Temple of the Mormon Church.

Dates: 1870-1900

Eugene Field poems

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233292280]
Identifier: Vault MSS 582
Scope and Contents

Handwritten poems and a letter fragment. The missive is from the bottom of a page with Field's signature on it. The poems are "In New Orleans" which is signed and "The Baby Prayer" from which the signature has been cut out.

Dates: 1880-1894

Go forth this night into the silence, date of production not identified

 Item — Box 13: Series 2 [Barcode: 31197232550753], Folder: 6
Identifier: Vault MSS 792 Series 2 Sub-Series 6 Item 12
Scope and Contents

Poem written by Thomas L. Kane. Date of production not identified.

Dates: Majority of material found within date of production not identified

God save our governor

 Digital Record
Identifier: VMSS772_S6_F10_I3
Dates: 1854

Goose Creek melody

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233288577]
Identifier: Vault MSS 307
Scope and Contents

Handwritten poem to be sung to the tune "Goose Creek." The item is a parody of the battle of Crooked River and George M. Hinkle. The items is believed to have been written by a Mormon in or around Nauvoo, Illinois, near the year 1840. On the back is written, "Militia called by Samuel W. Richards."

Dates: approximately 1840

Greeting to counselor George W. Larkin on the fiftieth anniversary of his birth

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230339993]
Identifier: MSS 74
Abstract

The folder contains a photocopy of a printed poem dedicated to George W. Larkin, a patriarch for the Mormon Church in the Weber Stake in 1898.

Dates: 1898

Harriet Fowler Allen autograph book and poems

 Digital Record
Identifier: MSSSC1942
Dates: 1888

Harvey Coe Hullinger genealogies

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197231564003]
Identifier: MSS 1321
Scope and Contents

Typewritten notes, genealogies, family histories, and poems related to Mormon Church historical events. The materials relate to Mormons living in Vernal, Utah.

Dates: approximately 1900

Helen Hunt Jackson papers

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197233293965]
Identifier: Vault MSS 664
Scope and Contents

Handwritten and signed letters, poem, and manuscripts. The letters deal with personal and business matters. The manuscripts are leather bound holographs of Jackson's works "Christmas in the Pink Boarding House," "Passion Play at Oberammergau," "The People's Choice," and "Parson Williams Sabbath Breaking." Also included are a signed poem titled "Lifted Over," and a book by Jackson titled "Colorado." Also includes an image of Helen Hunt Jackson.

Dates: 1873-1941