Quakers -- Poetry
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
David Proskauer Quaker Music
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-950-296
Overview
This collection consists of Quaker music written by David Proskauer. It contains both handwritten and printed works, notably A Young Woman's Quaker Life, which feautures the poem Barbara Fretchie by John Greenleaf Whittier, and Proskauer's Quaker Voices: A Cantata, which features poems such as First Day Thoughts by John Greenleaf Whittier, Draw Breath by Geoffrey Weedon, Psalm 139 v. 1-7, Sonnet for a Quaker Wedding by Kenneth Boulding, and Faith by John Gould Fletcher. He's also included...
Dates:
1994 - 2018
John Greenleaf Whittier Manuscript Collection
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-MSS-063
Overview
John Greenleaf Whittier was a New England Quaker poet, journalist, and abolitionist. His poetry, inspired by his religious and moral beliefs, was well regarded during his lifetime, and he was respected by both Orthodox and Hicksite Quakers. The collection contains Whittier correspondence, manuscript poetry, books, photographs and miscellaneous material.
Dates:
1708-1896