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Commonplace book of Amelia Davis

  • CA NSHDA MS-2-470, SF Box 43, Folder 11
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Item is a notebook kept between 1838-1839 by Amelia Davis, containing poetry excerpts, prayers, notes on history, and pictures of famous poets.

Commonplace Book of geographical terms and racial attributes

  • CA NSHDA MS-2-152, SF Box 32, Folder 1
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Item is a 19th-century notebook in copperplate script containing descriptions of geographical properties and racial attributes, with some associated maps or schemas. Some pages contain what appear to be later additions of poetry or notes and sketches in pencil by a different hand.

Letter from Bryce McMaster to Evelyn Walton

  • CA NSHDA MS-2-156, SF Box 27, Folder 7
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Item is a letter to Mrs. Evelyn A. Walton from war poet Bryce McMaster, in which he discusses several poems.

Manuscript of "Hid Treasure, or The Labours of a Deacon, and Other Poems," by Charles Fenerty

  • CA NSHDA MS-2-158, SF Box 19, Folder 7
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Item is a manuscript of "Hid Treasure, or The Labours of a Deacon and Other Poems" dated April 29, 1919, which is possibly when the pages were taped into the bound scrapbook with the title embossed on the spine. A contents page lists both published and unpublished poems, including "Betula Nigra," "The Prince's Lodge," and the title poem, "Hid Treasure." The manuscript date is unknown, but the poems themselves range in date from ca.1839-1886. Robert R.J. Emmerson's name appears as co-author on the title pape, but it has been scratched out along with the second of two epigraphs.

Poetry copybook of Colin Campbell

  • CA NSHDA MS-2-157, SF Box 27, Folder 5
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Item is a poetry copybook in which Colin Campbell and other family members and friends entered verses. Many are dated (1840-1842) and signed with place names, including those of Weymouth, Liverpool, and Horton.