Guide to the Alma Lutz Collection of English and American
Women Authors,
1801-1863
Table of Contents
- Collection Summary
- Administrative History
- Scope and Content Note
- Subject Headings
- Administrative Information
- Access and Use
- Encoding Information
- Container List
Collection Summary
| Repository: | Archives and Special Collections Library, Vassar College Libraries |
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| Creator: | Lutz, Alma |
| Title: | Alma Lutz Collection of English and American Women Authors |
| Dates: | 1801-1863 |
| Quantity: | 0.3 cubic ft (1 box) |
| Abstract: | A collection of manuscript letters (mostly formal notes), poetry, etc., of prominent nineteenth-century women authors. |
| Forms of Materials: | Correspondence, mansucripts |
Administrative History
Manuscript poetry, letters, autographs, engravings, and calling cards of Maria Edgeworth, Caroline L. Herschel, Hannah More, Lydia Huntley Sigourney, Lady Emmeline Stuart Wortley, and others, including several anonymous authors, 1801-1863 and undated.
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Scope and Content Note
A collection of manuscript letters (mostly formal notes), poetry, etc., of prominent nineteenth-century women authors.
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Access and Use
Access
This collection is open for research according to the regulations of the Vassar College Archives and Special Collections Library without any additional restrictions.
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Subject Headings
Names:
- Edgeworth, Maria, 1767-1849.
- Herschel, Caroline Lucretia, 1750-1848.
- More, Hannah, 1745-1833.
- Sigourney, L. H. (Lydia Howard), 1791-1865.
- Stuart-Wortley, Emmeline, Lady, 1806-1855.
Subjects:
- Women authors, American.
- Women authors, English.
- Women poets.
Document Types:
- Engravings.
- Poems.
- Autographs.
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Encoding Information
Encoded by Elizabeth Clarke, August 2007.
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Administrative Information
Preferred Citation
Alma Lutz Collection of English and American Women Authors, Archives and Special Collections Library, Vassar College Libraries.
Processing Information
Original processing date unknown.
Acquisition Information
Gift of Alma Lutz (VC 1912), ca. 1974.
Custodial History
A large portion, perhaps all, of the collection was purchased by Lutz from Goodspeed's Book Shop, Boston, in 1949.
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Container List
| Folder 1.1 | List of the collection |
| Folder 1.2 | Information about collection |
| Folder 1.3 | Abdy, Maria — Manuscript poems for The Forget-me-not and Keepsake, 1835 |
| Folder 1.3 | Abdy, Maria — Note to Miss C. Toulmin, 1841 |
| Folder 1.4 | Aquilar, Grace — Note to Dr. Skelton MacKensie, 1844 |
| Folder 1.5 | Austin, Sarah — Note to Monsieur M. de Manotti. |
| Folder 1.6 | Baillie, Joanna — Letter to My dear Sir, Hampstead, n.d. |
| Folder 1.6 | Baillie, Joanna — Engraving of portrait by Sir W. Newton from Eclectic Magazine |
| Folder 1.7 | Barbauld, Anna Letitia — Letter to Miss Harris, n.d. |
| Folder 1.8 | Blessington, Marguerite (Lady Blessington) — Note to Miss Toulmin, 16 August 1825 |
| Folder 1.8 | Blessington, Marguerite (Lady Blessington) — Engraving of Grafin von Blessington. |
| Folder 1.9 | Busk, Mrs. William — Manuscript poem, "The Savior of His Country." |
| Folder 1.10 | Cappe, Catherine — Letter to a young friend, Miss Harris, York, 25 Feb 1812 |
| Folder 1.10 | Cappe, Catherine — Engraving of portrait |
| Folder 1.11 | Carleton, Caroline — Manuscript poems, "A Song of Australia" and "The Song of Australia" (The Gawler prize poem) |
| Folder 1.12 | Cayne, Charlotte — Manuscript poem, "The Anemone" |
| Folder 1.13 | Cook, Eliza — Letter to Wiley & Putnam, from Ingress Abbey, Greenhithe, Kent, 21 Mar 1844 |
| Folder 1.14 | Crawford, Mrs. — Manuscript poem, "The Day Dreamer" |
| Folder 1.15 | Crosland, Camilla — To J. P. Fields, 31 May 1852 |
| Folder 1.16 | Crowe, Catherine Stevens — Formal note re her address in Edinboro, 25 Apr (20 Aug.) |
| Folder 1.17 | Dudley, Lady — Formal note from St. James Square, 24 Apr n.y. |
| Folder 1.18 | Edgeworth, Maria — Part of a letter, signed |
| Folder 1.18 | Edgeworth, Maria — Also, signature on scrap of paper. |
| Folder 1.19 | "Elizabeth" — Manuscript poem, "To My Sibyl’s Senses" |
| Folder 1.20 | Fox, Miss (niece of Charles James Fox) — Letter of introduction, 6 July 1808 |
| Folder 1.21 | Garner, Theodosia — Manuscript poem, "On the Portrait of Her Majesty," n.d. |
| Folder 1.22 | Godwin, Catherine Grace (Garnett) — Manuscript poem, "The Turkish Tomb" |
| Folder 1.23 | Grant, Ann — Short note |
| Folder 1.23 | Grant, Ann — Engraving |
| Folder 1.24 | Hall, Anna Maria — Letter to Miss Tomlinson, 29 Apr 1844 |
| Folder 1.24 | Hall, Anna Maria — Autograph on picture of the Rosery, Old Brompton, undated |
| Folder 1.25 | Hemans, Felicia — Manuscript poem with note to Alaric A. Watts, Manchester |
| Folder 1.25 | Hemans, Mrs. Felicia — Also, photograph or engraving of sculptured head |
| Folder 1.26 | Hepney, Catherine — Manuscript poem, "Come Enjoy a Happy Sight" |
| Folder 1.27 | Herschel, Caroline Lucretia — A leaf from her notebook, pasted on the back of an engraving of Hester Lynch Piozzi |
| Folder 1.28 | Hobbs, I. N. — Manuscript poem, "Lines Addressed to Richard Lane, the Sculptor, on Seeing the Statue of His Dead Child" |
| Folder 1.29 | Hofland, Mrs. B[arbara] — Letter to a young friend, undated |
| Folder 1.29 | Hofland, Barbara — Manuscript poem, undated, "On the Fine Arts" |
| Folder 1.30 | Holmes, Mrs. Tom — Manuscript poem, "Italy," 1842 |
| Folder 1.31 | Howitt, Mary — To William, 9 June |
| Folder 1.32 | Jersey, Lady — Formal note, undated |
| Folder 1.33 | Jewsberry, Geraldine Endsor (Mrs. Fletcher) — Undated poems: "The Paysanne in the City," "A Lover’s Ballad" |
| Folder 1.34 | Keating, Eliza H. — Manuscript poem, "Virginius and His Daughter" |
| Folder 1.35 | L., M. A. — Manuscript poem, "Maid," for The Forget-me-not, 1828 |
| Folder 1.36 | Lawrence, Hannah — Manuscript poems: "Swanhilda’s Song" and "The Dying Knight" |
| Folder 1.37 | "Mariana" — Manuscript poem, "My Hope of Heaven" |
| Folder 1.38 | Martineau, Harriet — Signed letter, typescript, article, March 1835 |
| Folder 1.39 | Maur, Lady Charlotte S. — Manuscript poem, "Polish Martial Hymn," 1837 |
| Folder 1.40 | More, Hannah — Note re: payment of 660 pounds, Bath, dated 18 Feb 1801 |
| Folder 1.40 | More, Hannah — Copy of portrait |
| Folder 1.40 | More, Hannah — Engraving of Wrington Church Yard and grave of Hannah More |
| Folder 1.41 | Morgan, Lady Sydney Owenson — Note to Lydia Meovrolli, undated |
| Folder 1.41 | Morgan, Lady Sydney Owenson — Engraving of portrait by Berthon |
| Folder 1.42 | Morgan, H.C. (of Bangor) — Manuscript poem, "On the Death of Mrs. Cotton," 12 Oct 1823 |
| Folder 1.42 | Morgan, H.C. (of Bangor) — Note re: Mrs. Morgan and print of her mother’s castle, Mettingham, Suffolk |
| Folder 1.43 | Morley, Countess of — Manuscript poem, "Epilogue," 1834 |
| Folder 1.44 | Opie, Mrs. Amelia — Place card and autograph |
| Folder 1.45 | Pigott, Harriet — To Dear Sir, 18 August 1841 |
| Folder 1.27 | Piozzi, Mrs. Hester Lynch — Engraving from an original drawing by J. Jackson; on back of it is pasted a leaf from Caroline Herschel’s notebook |
| Folder 1.46 | Porter, Jane — Note to Emerson, undated |
| Folder 1.46 | Porter, Jane — Engraving of portrait by G. H. Harlow |
| Folder 1.47 | Power, Anna Marsh — Manuscript poem: "The Mountain Child," 1842 |
| Folder 1.47 | Power, Anna Marsh — Manuscript poems: "Lines on the Portrait of Miss Meyer," 1843 |
| Folder 1.48 | St. John, Lady Isabel — Manuscript poem, "Lines Written in a Book of Travellers in Italy," 1829 |
| Folder 1.48 | St. John, Lady Isabel — Engraving of portrait by J. Hayter |
| Folder 1.49 | Savage, Anna — Manuscript poem, "The Fairy King," 1843 |
| Folder 1.50 | Sheridan, Louisa H. — Manuscript poem, "A Youthful Abbot," 1838 |
| Folder 1.51 | Sigourney, Lydia Huntley — Note, from Hartford, CT, to Frederick Shobert, editor of Forget-me-not, London, 10 Jan 1830 |
| Folder 1.51 | Sigourney, Lydia Huntley — Manuscript of "Last Words of an Indian Chief" |
| Folder 1.52 | Sinclair, Catherine — Letter from Edinburgh, to Dear Madam (probably Mrs. Greene, one of her readers in America (Mr. Green) mentioned), 3 Sep 1847 |
| Folder 1.52 | Sinclair, Catherine — Calling card with "Cleopatra’s needle" written on it, undated |
| Folder 1.53 | Smith, Lydia B. — Manuscript poems: "The Hero’s Sword" and "The Night Watch at Sea," 1836 |
| Folder 1.54 | Sparrow, Alicia Jane — Manuscript poem, "Hannibal," Unpublished, 1843 |
| Folder 1.55 | Thomas, Mrs. Edward — Manuscript poem, "Love," 1843 |
| Folder 1.56 | Toulmin, Camilla — Letter to Dr. N.S. MacKenzie, undated |
| Folder 1.56 | Toulmin, Camilla — Manuscript poem, "On the Fate of the President Steamship," London, 10 May 1841 |
| Folder 1.57 | Trollope, Frances — Note to Mrs. Gratten inviting Emma to Covent Garden, undated |
| Folder 1.58 | Vernon, Honorable Caroline — Manuscript poem, "Goodbye and How D’y Do" |
| Folder 1.59 | Victoire, Victoire — Manuscript poem, "Song," 1843 |
| Folder 1.60 | Wilson, Mrs C. Baron (Mrs. Cornwall Baron-Wilson) — Letter to Dr. S. MacKenzie, undated |
| Folder 1.60 | Wilson, Mrs C. Baron (Mrs. Cornwall Baron-Wilson) — Manuscript poem, "Poets Die in Autumn" |
| Folder 1.60 | Wilson, Florence — Manuscript poem, "Flowers," 1843 |
| Folder 1.61 | Wilson, Florence — Manuscript poem for Keepsake, "Stanzas," undated |
| Folder 1.62 | Wortley, Lady Emmeline Stuart — Manuscript poem, "Gypsy Children Caught in a Storm" |
| Folder 1.62 | Wortley, Lady Emmeline Stuart — Manuscript poem, "Death and the Child" |
| Folder 1.62 | Wortley, Lady Emmeline Stuart — Manuscript poem, "Lines on Haddon Hall" |
| Folder 1.62 | Wortley, Lady Emmeline Stuart — Manuscript poem, "To a Lady in a Reverie," 1836 |
| Folder 1.62 | Wortley, Lady Emmeline Stuart — Manuscript poem, "Song," 1863 |
| Folder 1.62 | Wortley, Lady Emmeline Stuart — Manuscript poem, "On the Portrait of the Honorable Mrs. Craven" |
| Folder 1.63 | Wyatt, Lady — Manuscript poem, "A Broken Heart" |
| Folder 1.63 | Wyatt, Lady — Manuscript poem, "Ask Not If I’ve Loved Thee," 1862 |
| Folder 1.64 | Youatt, Elizabeth — Letter to Mrs. Wilson, 11 Mar 1842 |
| Folder 1.65 | Unsigned — Manuscript poem: "The Lament of a Quiet Gentleman Who Had Three Gay Daughters" |
| Folder 1.66 | Unidentified items (5 items) |
| Folder 1.67 | Index cards describing collection |