Mary G. Phillips valentines and songbook
Scope and content
Valentine sent from Puerto Rico to Mary Geisler Phillips, circa 1898; valentine addressed "From H. to Mary," May 13, 1903, from Jamaica; and accompanying handmade heart-shaped arrangements of milkweed silk (?), lace, and dried flowers. Also, a child's writing notebook, containing exercises in copying out poems and spelling vocabulary words. Much of the notebook was later repurposed as a scrapbook for lyrics of sentimental popular songs, undated but probably from the turn of the 20th century, and all printed in Philadelphia. Songs include "Shells of the Ocean," "What is Home Without a Mother," "Spiritual Rail-way," "Gentle Jennie Gray," and others. Two of the songs are by Alice Hawthorne (pseudonym of Septimus Winner), and one is by General William F. Small, but the rest are anonymous. Publishers include J.H. Johnson and also Auner and Johnson, each of them billed as a "song publisher, card and job printer." Several of the songs are described as being sung in theaters.
Dates
- 1898?-1903.
Creator
- Phillips, Mary Geisler, 1881-1964 (Collector, Person)
- Winner, Septimus, 1827-1902. (Person)
- Small, William F. (Person)
Language of Material
In English.
Extent
7 items. (7 items.)
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Repository
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca NY 14853
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