Administrative/Biographical Note
Lizette Woodworth Reese (1856-1935) was a poet from Huntingdon (Waverly), Maryland.
She spent her life in Baltimore, and was named Maryland's poet laureate in 1931. Reese
co-founded the Women's Literary Club of Baltimore, was a member of the Edgar Allan
Poe Society of Baltimore, and also received an honorary doctorate from Goucher College.
Scope & Content
Arrangement
Single item.
Provenance Information
Provenance and Acquisition Information
Accession information is unknown.
Processing Note
Upon arrival this manuscript was housed in an acid free folder in a box with 4 other
manuscripts. Previously assigned Ms. Coll #5.
Descriptive Rules Used
Describing Archives: a Content Standard (DACS)
Archives Processing Manual: Description (2015): The processing manual used in Special Collections for all descriptive platforms, including
PastPerfect.
Subject Headings
Creators
Reese, Lizette Woodworth, 1856-1935
Subjects
American poetry--Women authors--20th century
