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Charles Godfrey Leland papers

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Main Author:	Leland, Charles Godfrey 1824-1903 (Creator)
Collection:	Charles Godfrey Leland Papers
Collection Number:	0363
Format:	Manuscript
Language:	English
Subjects and Genres:	Arts and Crafts Movement. Children's Literature Decorative Arts > Instruction > 19th Century Decorative Arts > Instructions > 19th Century Folklore Literature > American > 19th Century Publishing > Book Illustrations.
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Physical Description:	12.0 Linear feet 35 boxes, 2 volumes
Summary:	The published and unpublished manuscripts of Charles G. Leland, prominent literary figure. Among the items are: essays, poetry, academic studies at Princeton, 1841-45; travel diaries, 1845, 1847, 1856. Leland's interest in art education is shown in his manuscripts: "How to establish schools, classes or circles in the minor arts;" "Nature and Art Culture;" "Compendium of the Minor Arts;" "Eye Memory;" "Manual of Design;" "Profitable Work, Leather Work, Wood Carving;" "Relief Painting or Gesso, Plaster of Paris;" "One Hundred Profitable arts, drawings, designs, sketches;" and others. Among his illustrated literary works are: proof sheets of Meister Karl Sketch Book; Hans Breitman Ballads; the manuscripts of "Mottoes for Every Occasion," "Travels in Shadow Land," "Witch Ballads," "The Witchcraft of Dame Darrel of York," "The Dead Alive," "Dreams," "The Goths' Mother Goose," "German Nursery Rhymes," "Children Stories and Fables," "Proverbs," "Rules of Etiquette for Men About Town," "Slaves and Contrabands," "Flaxius on Politics," "Legends of Birds," "Those Six Cabbages," "Sea Foam Fairies," "Milton and Dante," "Martin Luther," "Wayside Wanderers and Vagabonds," "Roman Lays and Legends;" epigrams, essays, poetry, narratives in German, French, and Italian; drawings and sketches from life of characters in Italy, Germany, France, and other countries; designs for book covers; playbills, ca. 1853-67; newspaper clippings; curiosa and mementoes. A large portion of the collection is composed of Leland's correspondence with eminent persons of the period, and with his publishers: Ticknor and Fields, Sheldon and Company, R. Shelton Mackenzie, 1861; Henry W. Longfellow, 1855; Madame Anita de Barrera, 1858; and others. Series II is a small collection of Leland Papers including; Charles Godfrey Leland (1824-1903) family letters written to his sisters and his brother, 1845-1890 and undated (13) and 3 poems. Letters of Henry Perry Leland (1828-1868) written to his family and a letter, 1860, written to his friend Leslie reflecting his reaction to the first visit of the Japanese Embassy to the United States, which arrived in Philadelphia June 9, 1860. Leland, Sherman letters, 1849-1850, re: ancestry. Sherwood, George letters to Charles Godfrey Leland, 1901-1902, re: ancestry. Hill, William G. letters to Charles Godfrey Leland, 1898-1900, (5) re: ancestry. (Information on Series II taken from shelf list card).

Physical Description:

12.0 Linear feet 35 boxes, 2 volumes

Summary:

The published and unpublished manuscripts of Charles G. Leland, prominent literary figure. Among the items are: essays, poetry, academic studies at Princeton, 1841-45; travel diaries, 1845, 1847, 1856. Leland's interest in art education is shown in his manuscripts: "How to establish schools, classes or circles in the minor arts;" "Nature and Art Culture;" "Compendium of the Minor Arts;" "Eye Memory;" "Manual of Design;" "Profitable Work, Leather Work, Wood Carving;" "Relief Painting or Gesso, Plaster of Paris;" "One Hundred Profitable arts, drawings, designs, sketches;" and others. Among his illustrated literary works are: proof sheets of Meister Karl Sketch Book; Hans Breitman Ballads; the manuscripts of "Mottoes for Every Occasion," "Travels in Shadow Land," "Witch Ballads," "The Witchcraft of Dame Darrel of York," "The Dead Alive," "Dreams," "The Goths' Mother Goose," "German Nursery Rhymes," "Children Stories and Fables," "Proverbs," "Rules of Etiquette for Men About Town," "Slaves and Contrabands," "Flaxius on Politics," "Legends of Birds," "Those Six Cabbages," "Sea Foam Fairies," "Milton and Dante," "Martin Luther," "Wayside Wanderers and Vagabonds," "Roman Lays and Legends;" epigrams, essays, poetry, narratives in German, French, and Italian; drawings and sketches from life of characters in Italy, Germany, France, and other countries; designs for book covers; playbills, ca. 1853-67; newspaper clippings; curiosa and mementoes. A large portion of the collection is composed of Leland's correspondence with eminent persons of the period, and with his publishers: Ticknor and Fields, Sheldon and Company, R. Shelton Mackenzie, 1861; Henry W. Longfellow, 1855; Madame Anita de Barrera, 1858; and others. Series II is a small collection of Leland Papers including; Charles Godfrey Leland (1824-1903) family letters written to his sisters and his brother, 1845-1890 and undated (13) and 3 poems. Letters of Henry Perry Leland (1828-1868) written to his family and a letter, 1860, written to his friend Leslie reflecting his reaction to the first visit of the Japanese Embassy to the United States, which arrived in Philadelphia June 9, 1860. Leland, Sherman letters, 1849-1850, re: ancestry. Sherwood, George letters to Charles Godfrey Leland, 1901-1902, re: ancestry. Hill, William G. letters to Charles Godfrey Leland, 1898-1900, (5) re: ancestry. (Information on Series II taken from shelf list card).

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