Victorian Poetry Caucus @ NAVSA
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VPC previously partnered with the both the Armstrong Browning Library and the University of Delaware Library's Mark Samuels Lasner Collection to provide monthly images of a poetry text or other items related to poets from the nineteenth-century. We are very grateful for their participation in this project from 2018-2023! Please continue to enjoy this sample of archival materials.
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To see more images and materials from the University of Delaware Library and the Mark Samuel Lasner Collection, go here.
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To explore the Armstrong Browning Library archives, go here.
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Helen A. Manville's "A Winter Evening Picture" in Heart Echoes. London; Macmillan & Co., 1899. pp. 164-5. 19th Century Women Poets Collection. 19th Cent PS2359 .M72. Armstrong Browning Library, Baylor University , Waco, Texas.
Frances Smith Marriot's "The Old Year" in The Votive Offering. London: Victoria Press, 1862. 19th Century Women Poets Collection. Armstrong Browning Library, Baylor University , Waco, Texas.
The Improved Game of Star Authors: Game B. New York; McLoughlin Bros., 1888. 19th Century Book Collection. Armstrong Browning Library, Baylor University , Waco, Texas.
The Improved Game of Star Authors: Game B. New York; McLoughlin Bros., 1888. 19th Century Book Collection. Armstrong Browning Library, Baylor University , Waco, Texas.
Yeovil Book Society's "Abstract of the Rules and Fines" tipped into Mary Anne Davis' Fables in Verse: From Aesop, La Fontaine, and Others. London: Printed for J. Harris, 1813. 19th Century Women Poets Collection. Armstrong Browning Library, Baylor University, Waco, Texas.
Yeovil Book Society's "Abstract of the Rules and Fines" tipped into Mary Anne Davis' Fables in Verse: From Aesop, La Fontaine, and Others. London: Printed for J. Harris, 1813. 19th Century Women Poets Collection. Armstrong Browning Library, Baylor University, Waco, Texas.
"A Tribute to E.B.B." inscribed on the front flyleaf of The Complete Poetical Works of Elizabeth Barrett Browning. Cambridge Edition. Boston: Houghton, Mifflin, and Co., 1900. Rare Book Collection. Armstrong Browning Library, Baylor University, Waco, Texas.
Jane Rutland's "To the Readers of this Unpretending Book" in Poems Grave and Gay, from the Finchley Woods. First edition. London: printed for the author, Elm Villas, East End, Finchley, 1865. 19th Century Women Poets Collection. Armstrong Browning Library, Baylor University , Waco, Texas.
Lara & Luisa Rejon's needlework design of Robert Browning's poem, "Home-Thoughts from the Sea." ND. Modern Collection. Armstrong Browning Library, Baylor University, Waco, Texas.
Robert Browning's "Stanza 10" in So Here then is the Last Ride. Hand illumined by Lily Ess. East Aurora, NY: Roycrofters, 1900. Rare Book Collection. Armstrong Browning Library, Baylor University, Waco, Texas.
Parke Vanparke's "Mrs. Elizabeth Barrett Browning" in Discursions and Diversions. Philadelphia: Jas. B. Rodergers, 1866. Rare Book Collection. Armstrong Browning Library, Baylor University, Waco, Texas.
[Hoole] Hofland, Barbara. "Lines Presented with a Snow Drop to a Little Girl, Just Recovered from a Severe Illness" in Poems. Sheffield: Printed by J. Montgomery ... and sold by Vernor and Hood ... London, 1805. 19th Century Women Poets Collection. Armstrong Browning Library, Baylor University , Waco, Texas.
Mrs. Jane Loudon's British Wild Flowers. 3rd Edition. London: James Nelson & Co., 1859. 19th Century Collection. Armstrong Browning Library, Baylor University, Waco, Texas.
Robert Browning's "K. de K. Bronson." 1883 November 4. Robert Browning Manuscripts, E0219. Armstrong Browning Library, Baylor University, Waco, Texas.
Mary Howitt's duplicate receipt of payment from Harper Brother's. 1845 September 16. Victorian Manuscripts. Armstrong Browning Library, Baylor University, Waco, Texas.