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David Henry White notebook
- Title
- David Henry White notebook, 1855-1868.
- Author
- White, David Henry.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Mixed material | Request in advance | MssCol 18072 | Schwarzman Building - Manuscripts & Archives Room 328 |
Details
- Description
- .1 linear foot (1 folder)
- Summary
- Notebook, presumed to belong to David Henry White, containing 83 doggerel poems in which are embedded names, addresses, and cities of the friends of the writer and compiler of the notebook. Poems contain commentary on political and social issues of the day. The writer appears to have been an ardent Republican and abolitionist and to have taught at a school for Black children in Richmond, Va. some time after the Civil War. Some notations in the book are in a shorthand or code.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Notebooks.
- Poems.
- Access (note)
- Apply to Manuscripts and Archives Division for access at http://www.nypl.org/mssref.
- Call Number
- MssCol 18072
- OCLC
- 802880508
- Author
- White, David Henry.
- Title
- David Henry White notebook, 1855-1868.
- Restricted Access
- Apply to Manuscripts and Archives Division for access at http://www.nypl.org/mssref.
- Occupation
- Teachers.
- Research Call Number
- MssCol 18072