Lizette Woodworth Reese manuscript

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Overview

Title:Lizette Woodworth Reese manuscript
Call Number:Coll155
Creator:Reese Lizette Woodworth 1856-1935
Dates:1935
Size:1 box (.25 linear feet)
Abstract:Collection consists of a single page, handwritten manuscript of the poem “Tears” by Lizette Woodworth Reese. The manuscript is dated October 3, 1935.
Language:English
Citation:Lizette Woodworth Reese manuscript, Collection 155, Special Collections, University of Maryland, Baltimore County (Baltimore, MD).

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

Single item.

Provenance Information

Accession information is unknown.

Upon arrival this manuscript was housed in an acid free folder in a box with 4 other manuscripts. Previously assigned Ms. Coll #5.

Access & Use

No restrictions.

Reproductions allowed for research purposes. Copyright maintained by the creator.

Subject Headings

  • American poetry–Women authors–20th century