Literature
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 30 Collections and/or Records:
"Hole in the Wall"
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-07-114
Overview
This collection is comprised of the single volume, anonymously written manuscript, entitled, "Hole in the Wall."
Dates:
1828
Joshua L. Baily commonplace books
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-03-005
Overview
Joshua Longstreth Baily (1826-1916) was a Quaker merchant in the dry goods business, and was involved in African American causes, peace issues, and temperance. Volume 1 contains extracts organized by topics such as: benevolence, courage, doing for Jesus, fear, forgiveness, honesty, lying, missionaries, prayer, resignation, and truthfulness. Volume 2 contains extracts of essays on literature and copied poems.
Dates:
Undated.
Lucy Evans Chew diaries and papers
Collection
Identifier: BMC-M90
Overview
Lucy Evans Chew graduated from Bryn Mawr College in 1918. Shortly after her graduation, she married Samuel Chew, an English professor at Bryn Mawr. For the majority of their married life, the Chews remained in the area surrounding Bryn Mawr. The Lucy Evans Chew Collection is primarily comprised of 58 volumes of her diaries from the years from 1920 to 1968. The diaries include descriptions of her daily life, her association with the college, her travels, and her reflections on her life.
Dates:
1912 - 1967
Found in:
Bryn Mawr College
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Lucy Evans Chew diaries and papers
Comfort family financial records
Item
Identifier: HC.MC-975-08-004
Overview
This collection is comprised of two volumes of the financial records of the Comfort family.
Dates:
1803-1912
Joseph Conrad collection
Collection
Identifier: BMC-M7
Overview
Joseph Conrad (1857-1924), a novelist and short story writer, was born Jozef Konrad Teodor Korzeniowski in Berdichev, Ukraine, and became a British citizen in 1886. Best known for his short story "Heart of Darkness" (1902), Conrad also wrote a number of novels on his travels. The collection includes letters from Conrad and third party letters, as well as three corrected typescript drafts.
Dates:
1898 - 1943
Found in:
Bryn Mawr College
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Joseph Conrad collection
Sarah Wistar Cope commonplace books
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-03-008
Overview
This collection is comprised of two volumes of the commonplace books of Sarah Wistar Cope. The first volume includes extracts on moral and religious topics, poetry, and pressed leaves. The second volume includes a memorandum of a religious visit to New York, extracts, and an "account of Joseph Hoag's family."
Dates:
1824
Phyllis Dubsky Feldkamp papers
Collection
Identifier: BMC-M89
Overview
Phyllis Dubsky Feldkamp attended Bryn Mawr College as part of the class of 1937, and was a journalist living in France in the 1950s and 1960s where she began writing about fashion. She served as the Fashion and Style Editor for the Philadelphia Bulletin from 1968 to 1982, and also did much free-lance writing. The collection includes interviews and correspondence with figures in the fashion industry, and copies of nearly all of her writings. Additionally, it contains over 300 photographs,...
Dates:
1930 - 2017
Found in:
Bryn Mawr College
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Phyllis Dubsky Feldkamp papers
Thomas Fisher manuscript
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-07-119
Overview
This collection is comprised of the single volume manuscript of poetry, written by Thomas Fisher. Poems included in the volume are largely related to related to American history.
Dates:
Undated.
Deborah Haines commonplace book
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-03-018
Overview
The commonplace book of Deborah Haines includes poetry, short stories, and hymns, all religious in nature.
Dates:
1753
Hartshorne, Haines & Rodman family commonplace book
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-03-019
Overview
The commonplace book of the Hartshorne, Haines, and Rodman families includes quotes and extracts related to religion and morals, including extracts of the Pilgrim's Progress. The specific author is unknown.
Dates:
Undated.
