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Literary - Addresses, Articles, Essays, Poetry and Short Stories, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.
Arranged by type of written material, then alphabetically by author, if known.
Artificial collection composed of original material, handwritten or typed, of addresses, articles, essays, poetry and short stories. Most material was received in the 1930s or 40s.
Original handwritten or typed speeches, articles, editorials and essays.
"The Aspirations of Youth, together with the Valedictory Address." By R.C. Anderson of Prince Edward County, Virginia.
"Cedar Mountain and the Battlefield." Finished Easter Sunday, March 28, 1937, Title page, 3 maps, 22 typed carbon pages.
Scope and Contents "The Demands Upon the Young Men of the South." 16 handwritten pages. Top of first page, "Class of 1884. Samil Meek Jr. – Ark. "Eternal vigilance the price of success." An address before the Calliopean Literary Society of the Southwestern Baptist University of Jackson Tenn(essee). May 30, 1882. 8 handwritten pages. "The Good a Debating Society Does Its Members." 4 handwritten pages. undated "Push and Punch." "Spoken by S.T.W. Meek, Jr. June 27th, 1879…" Concerns Arkansas. 8 manuscript pages.
"Virginia." Appears to be a school paper written about the beginnings of Virginia. 6 handwritten pages.
Both papers appear to be school papers. "Patrick Henry." 15 handwritten pages. "George Washington." 12 handwritten pages.
"Thomas Jefferson and the University of Virginia." An essay, possibly written as an academic paper. 48 manuscript pages.
Scope and Contents One of the essays is written on stationery from "Law and Collection Office of William G. Scott" with an address in Bel Air, Maryland and a partial date of 188_. "Franklin and the Hutchinson letters." undated 1 handwritten page. "The Necessity or Utility of Latin and Greek." undated 1 handwritten page.
"Composed in November 1937 in his 93rd year…by Geo. W. Shreve, Ex Confederate, of 93 Locust Street, Santa Cruz, Cal." "The Battle of Fredericksburg, December 13, 1862." 14 manuscript pages.
"The Love of Liberty." Written sometime after 1830's. 12 handwritten pages.
Scope and Contents "American Dramatists." "..alphabetical list of Play-writers…" with details of the plays and life of the writers. undated 4 handwritten pages. "The Broken Promise." undated 2 handwritten pages. "Rodmoor." undated 7 typed pages. "Sir Knights of our own Southland." An address. undated 1 typed page. Book review on B. L. Putnam Weale's second novel. The novel is about China. undated 16 typed pages
A book review on "Some reminiscences" by William L. Royall. 12 typed pages bound as a legal document. 2 copies.
An article on the Old Negro mammy. 2 typed pages.
An article on the modern novel. 5 typed pages. 2 copies. An article on "Woman's Sphere" and "Woman's Realm." 7 typed pages. Editorial to "The Whig" about Mr. Pendleton's resolution. Writer thinks we should reduce the expenditures of the government. Handwritten in pencil. Possibly written by Thomas Grimke White.
A small book bound with wood. Inside labels says, To Mr. A.B. Williams from B.W. Bowers, May 24, 1906.
Printed poetry by Miss Meta Glass, President of Sweet Briar College.
51 pieces. Dates of these poems are unknown, but probably range from mid 1800's to early 1900's. Genre includes newspapers, cards, broadsides, books, postcards and music store advertisements. Titles include: Cottage by the Sea, Mary of Argyle, Uncle Ned, On de Oder Side of Jordon, Cary Me Back to Ole Virginny, The Course of Empire, The Old Sexton, The Bell of St. Paul's, Some Fugitive Rhymes by An Old Confederate Soldier, The Conquered Banner, The Roses nowhere bloom so white as in Virginia, Old Virginia Moves at Last, When Love for His Maker Awoke in Man, The Dance Began, Join Hands, poem by Judge George L. Christian of Richmond, Virginia about Civil War, poems from the December 1930 issue of the American Poetry Magazine, The Wages of Sin, Mistakes (1854) by Annie, The Fox Meditates by Rudyard Kipling and illustrated by Lionel Edwards, The Three Reasons by John G. Saxe, Enigma by John P. Brown, The Young Widow, The Wife of Crawford by L.H. Sigourney, A Gem, Growing Old Together, I Find No Light, Hymeneal Poem and Christmas Bells.
Pages from the publication, "St. Nicholas," with poems by Helen Thayer Hutcheson.
Scope and Contents Gift of Printed Poetry Gift received in 1931. Arthur W. Johnson was a 1921 graduate of The College of William and Mary. Many of these poems are pasted onto a cotton stock paper. Some have the signature of Rachel Annabelle. "All Hail to the Stars and Stripes" and "Unfurl the Glorious Banner." Flyer edition, dated approximately 1861. Boston, Massachusetts. "Poetry from the Connecticut Herald." "The Blandensburg Races." 1815. "A Dialogue Between Death and a Lady." undated "General Wolfe. Death of Gen. Wolfe." undated "The Dying Words of Captain Robert Kidd" (A noted pirate, who was hanged at Execution Dock, in England). undated "The Girl I Left Behind Me, Together with the Answer." undated "The Lamp-Lighter's Address." January 1, 1824. "Rosanna." undated "Saw Ye My Hero George and the Rosary." A Poem about Martha Washington when she saw George Washington at the Battle of Monmouth. undated "A Song composed by the British Butchers after the Fight at Bunker-Hill, on the seventeenth of June, 1775." Undated, but could be 18th century. A 1880 reprint of the same poem. "Tid the Grey Mare or Young Jonny, the Miller." "Mary's Dream." Undate
"The Careless Good Fellow." Typed poem found in papers of Wyndham Robertson and given to William and Mary. "The Dying Soldier." Copied from the last few pages of "Adventures of General Coriolanus Flam", a manuscript now in the hands of Charles F. Heartman. February 25, 1926.
Alphabetical by author.
"Columbia." July 1814. 2 pages.
"Twilight Dews." September 28, 1830.
"The Ministry of the Flowers."
Scope and Contents Cover of manuscript, "J.C. Robertson, Alleghany College, Blue Sulphur, Richmond, Virginia…Blue Sulphur Springs, Greehbrier Co., Va. R. Roberson, Richmond. "The Student." undated 9 pages.
Written on front, "George Thompson of England", Portland, February 25, 1864." Poem about freedom.
Scope and Contents Little Things are best". Addressed to Miss Stott. undated 1 page. "A Present of Doggerele to E.A. Henry, Jr." October 10, 1808. 1 page. "Adams and Liberty." Possibly written soon after the Revolutionary War, but glued on a newspaper dated November 19, 1845. "Ou a Jamais Eater-Suit." About land-case and water-case. November 13, 1859. "Anniversary." Probably written by a woman. September 29, 1869. "Are We Almost There?" Addressed to Mrs. Patsy Holladay. About a girl dying. undated "Hans Breitman's Party." Written in a mix of German and English. Humorous. undated "Hop". Addressed to Miss Philomela Rollo. undated "Shall We Know Each Other There?" About Heaven. undated "Two Pictures." Comparing young and old face of his wife. Written on back of stationery for W.W. Scott, State Law Librarian, Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia. February 22, 1912. "The Washing Day." undated "Remember Thee …" Partial Poem. Signature could be "M. Lou Bowles." undated "A Memento to the Departed!" January 1852. "From Georgia's Southern…Potomac's Either strand, Where Carolina's Fountains…" …" Possibly from a prisoner of war during the Civil War. Written on the back of an account sheet. undated "As I was going to …town I broke my yoke…" undated "If." Anon. About love. undated "To My Friend." C.H……of Ohio. Washington, D.C. July 10, 1846. "Reader, if ..the hand of envious care…" and "Melphemene! Fair muse to thee…" Two poems on one sheet with different handwriting. "Coroper's Grave." "It is a place where poet's …" undated "Cottage by the Sea." "The Last Rose of Summer." undated "In Virginia." Partial author name, Harry Currault…" undated Poem on one sheet about manufacturers and cars, with a play on words. undated. Handwritten poem "A Damsel burnt for not submitting to Popish Idolatry" by unknown and undated. Handwritten hymn "Come you that fear the Lord." Handwritten music for a "Spanish Hymn."
Alphabetical by author.
"Homeward bound." 5 pages, Fighting Fire and Water. 7 pages, Our First Ride. 7 pages, "When Scotsmen meet." 5 pages and The Pioneer. 7 pages. "In the days of long ago." 2 pages, The Spirit of William. 2 pages, and Untitled (An incomplete story) 13 pages. "In the Vale of Flesh." 1 copy with 22 pages, 1 copy with 16 pages. "Won't Behave, A Story of Friendship Village." Draft with 18 pages and a draft with 59 pages. "The Land of the Winding Trail." 39 pages. "Squash." 11 pages. " Little Jim. 8 pages. Note: These stories are typed with some editing marks.
The opening chapter of a humorous novel. Handwritten. 2 pages
Written in 1938. Nancy D. Morton was the daughter of Dr. S. Morton and is probably a teenager when she wrote this story. "Elizabeth. (The Run-Away)." Handwritten in pencil. 148 pages.
Incomplete story about a boy who plays the violin. Handwritten. 8 pages.