Box VMF 15
Contains 28 Results:
Ruzena Stanley Manuscript
Autograph comment on the Animals' Arrival [poem] by Elizabeth Jennings. Stanley points out that "this will always be the Moon Poem" because the poem was supposedly written on the day when the first picture of the moon surface appeared in the papers. Verso, picture postcard, 1 page
Frederic George Stephens Collection
George Santayana Manuscript
Autograph copy of "To a lady" [poem] by Santayana. Copy in unknown hand. Untitled; published as "To a Lady, Who Had Offered Him a Wreath of Laurel" in The Poet's Testament by Santayana. Note at bottom reads "G.S. to N.T. unpublished." In pencil, note in ink, 1 page
Scrapbook
Percy Bysshe Shelley Letter
Autograph letter signed from Shelley to Mr. [Richard W.] Hayward, his solicitor, authorizing him to pay "the debt of Mrs. Peacock" [Jane Gryffydh Peacock, mother of Shelley's friend Thomas Love Peacock]. 2 pages
Wilbur Henry Siebert Manuscript
Inquiry concerning the Underground Railroad, printed questionnaire signed, from Siebert to an unnamed recipient, with manuscript revision, seeking information and specific details about the Underground Railroad during the Civil War. 1 page
James Stephens Collection
Consists of seven manuscript poems by Stephens, three autograph letters from Stephens to Dilys Powell, and two tear sheets.
James H. Shields Manuscript
Autograph manuscript of a speech delivered by Shields on the occasion of the reburial in a stone sarcophagus of the remains of Julien Dubuque, first white settler in Iowa. 16 pages