Research Catalog

Title

Morning glories / by Josephine D. (Henderson) Heard.

Author

Heard, Josephine Delphine Henderson, 1861-

Publication

Philadelphia, Penna. : [publisher not identified], 1890.

Supplementary Content

Plain text PDF available via the African American Women Writers of the 19th Century Project

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Details

Additional Authors

Speaker Print, printer.

Description

[4], v, [6], 10-108 pages : 1 portrait; 19 cm.

Donor/Sponsor

Home to Harlem Project funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

Subjects

• American poetry > African American authors
• United States > Race relations
• Black author
• African Americans > Poetry
• Heard, Josephine Delphine Henderson, 1861- > Portraits

Note

• "Entered, According to Act of Congress, in the Year 1890, by Josie D. (Henderson) Heard, of Philadelphia, Pa. In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington, D.C."--copyright statement, p. [2], 1st count.
• "Speaker, Print, Lancaster, Pa."--printer statement, page [2], 1st count.
• Poems.
• Includes biographical sketch of the author.

Additional Formats (note)

• Available as part of The Digital Schomburg, a project providing electronic access to collections on the African Diaspora and Africa from The New York Public Library.

Source (note)

• from Arthur A. Schomburg;

Provenance (note)

• is part of the original collection purchased from Arthur A. Schomburg in 1926.

Contents

• pt. 1. Dedication, etc. Historical sketch of the authoress -- Introduction.
• pt. 2. Musings. Retrospect -- To Whittier -- Welcome to Hon. Frederick Douglass -- The parting kiss -- The question -- Farewell to Allen University -- Night -- The parting -- Assurance -- Hope -- Fame—Truth -- Sunshine after cloud -- Slumbering passion -- The advance of education -- Mother -- The outcast -- The earthquake -- To youth -- On Genessarett -- He comes not to-night -- Welcome home -- Sabbath bells -- The day after conference -- The quarrel -- Thou lovest me -- Gen. Robert Small -- Admiration -- My husband's birth-day -- Decoration Day -- Who is my neighbor? -- Eternity -- The quarto-centennial -- Heart-hungry -- I will look up -- Hope thou in God! -- To Clement's Ferry -- The birth of time -- Tennyson's poems -- Thy own love-letters -- Matin hymn! -- I love thee! -- My canary—My mocking bird -- Morn -- Do you think?—music -- Mother's love -- My grace is sufficient -- Where do school days end? -- The birth of Jesus -- A happy heart—when I would die -- December—judge not! -- Unuttered prayer -- Who gives freely, etc. -- Wilberforce -- Easter morn -- The city by the sea -- Forgetfulness! -- The new organ -- Deception -- Out in the desert.
• pt. 3. The race problem. The black Sampson -- They are coming? -- Rt. Rev. Richard Allen.
• pt. 4. Obituaries. He Hath need of rest! -- Gone over the hill to rest! -- Bishop James A. Shorter -- A message -- Bereft -- Resting -- James M. Rathel -- The national cemetery -- Solace -- An epitaph -- Appendix. Letters, congratulations, etc.

Call Number

Sc Rare 811-H (Heard, J. D. H. Morning glories)

OCLC

13480401

Author

Heard, Josephine Delphine Henderson, 1861-

Title

Morning glories / by Josephine D. (Henderson) Heard.

Publisher

Philadelphia, Penna. : [publisher not identified], 1890.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Additional Formats

Available as part of The Digital Schomburg, a project providing electronic access to collections on the African Diaspora and Africa from The New York Public Library.

Provenance

Copy in Sc Rare 811-H (accession no. B527137) is part of the original collection purchased from Arthur A. Schomburg in 1926.

Source

Purchase; from Arthur A. Schomburg; 1926. Copy in Sc Rare 811-H (Heard, J. D. H. Morning glories), Schomburg Center, Manuscripts, Archives & Rare Books.

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Plain text PDF available via the African American Women Writers of the 19th Century Project

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Local Subject

Black author.

Added Author

Speaker Print, printer.

Schomburg, Arthur Alfonso, 1874-1938, former owner.

Research Call Number

Sc Rare 811-H (Heard, J. D. H. Morning glories)

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