{"id":4413,"date":"2026-08-17T21:09:00","date_gmt":"2026-08-17T21:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/finding-aids\/coll155\/"},"modified":"2026-09-03T15:11:27","modified_gmt":"2026-09-03T15:11:27","slug":"coll155","status":"publish","type":"finding_aid","link":"https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/finding-aids\/coll155\/","title":{"rendered":"Lizette Woodworth Reese manuscript"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Overview<\/h1>\n
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Title:<\/td>\nLizette Woodworth Reese manuscript<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Call Number:<\/td>\nColl155<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Creator:<\/td>\nReese, Lizette Woodworth, 1856-1935<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dates:<\/td>\n1935<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Size:<\/td>\n1 box (.25 linear feet)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Language:<\/td>\nEnglish<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Abstract:<\/td>\nCollection consists of a single page, handwritten manuscript of the poem “Tears” by Lizette Woodworth Reese. The manuscript is dated October 3, 1935.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Citation:<\/td>\nLizette Woodworth Reese manuscript, Collection 155, Special Collections, University of Maryland, Baltimore County (Baltimore, MD).<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n
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Administrative\/Biographical Note<\/h1>\n

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.<\/p>\n

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Scope & Content<\/h1>\n

Arrangement<\/h2>\n

Single item.<\/p>\n

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Provenance Information<\/h1>\n

Provenance and Acquisition Information<\/h2>\n

Accession information is unknown.<\/p>\n

Processing Note<\/h2>\n

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

Descriptive Rules Used<\/h2>\n

Describing Archives: a Content Standard (DACS)<\/p>\n

Archives Processing Manual: Description (2015)<\/a><\/p>\n

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Access & Use<\/h1>\n

Finding Aids<\/h2>\n

Finding Aid: \/specialcollections\/finding-aids\/coll155\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Access Conditions<\/h2>\n

No restrictions.<\/p>\n

Conditions Governing Reproductions and Use<\/h2>\n

Reproductions allowed for research purposes. Copyright maintained by the creator.<\/p>\n

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Subject Headings<\/h1>\n

Creators<\/h2>\n

Reese, Lizette Woodworth, 1856-1935<\/p>\n

Subjects<\/h2>\n

American poetry–Women authors–20th century<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"template":"","meta":{"ep_exclude_from_search":false},"class_list":["post-4413","finding_aid","type-finding_aid","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/finding_aid\/4413","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/finding_aid"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/finding_aid"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4413"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}