Book reviews.
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Barbara O'Dair papers
Collection
Identifier: 7936
Content Description
The Barbara O'Dair papers are comprised of the subject files and realia of writer and editor Barbara O’Dair and document the activist work and writings of key figures in the Feminist Sex Wars that defined feminist discourse and publishing in the 1980s and 1990s. The writings and activities of the Feminists Against Censorship Taskforce (FACT) and Caught Looking, Inc., both in which O’Dair was involved, are most represented, through organization files, meeting minutes, press releases,...
Dates:
1982 - 1993
Report on Morris Bishop, history of Cornell University
Collection — Manuscript box 16 - folder 1: [Barcode: 31924065303871]
Identifier: 14-18-m.481
Scope and content
Review of Bishop's A History of Cornell (typescript, carbon copy). Quotes were used in publicity for the book.
Dates:
1962.
Susan Jaffe Tane Melville collection
Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31924092811573]
Identifier: 8539
Scope and content
Reviews of Herman Melville's work in contemporary American and British periodicals, including the Athenaeum, Littell's living age, and the Spectator. Works reviewed include Omoo, Mardi, Redburn, Moby-Dick, The piazza tales, The confidence man, Typee, and White-Jacket. A brief obituary notice in the Athenaeum in 1891 documents how Melville was remembered at that time. Also included in the collection are letters from Melville to publisher Richard Bentley and to James Billson (letters cataloged...
Dates:
1849-1984-(bulk 1849-1891).