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Archyology : the long lost tales of Archy and Mehitabel
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Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
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Stories and poems relate the misadventures of Archy, the literary cockroach, and his feline friend Mehitabel.
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In 1855 Whitman published at his own expense a volume of 12 poems, Leaves of Grass, which he had begun working on probably as early as 1847. It was criticized because of Whitman's exaltation of the body and sexual love and also because of its innovation in verse form--that is, the use of free verse in long rhythmical lines with a natural, "organic" structure
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Manuscripts
A manuscript collection of Gaelic verse, 11th to 19th century, selected and copied by the scribe Tadhg O'Connaill, in 1827. Written in Gaelic script with occasional English comments.
mssHM 4543
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Manuscripts
The majority of the collection is related to Marvin Sanford and his work in socialism, labor unions, and communism. The collection is comprised of 72 manuscripts, most of which are typescripts of articles by various socialist writers including Daniel De Leon, Samuel A. DeWitt, Edward Keating, Gustavus Myers, Emil Seidel, and Norman Thomas. Also included are articles and research notes written by Marvin Sanford. There are 88 pieces of correspondence, most of which are written to Marvin Sanford and chiefly deal with socialism and politics in California. Authors of correspondence include DeForest Sanford, Charles Pierce LeWarne and the World Socialist Party of the United States. The ephemera is comprised of newspaper clippings, and copies of Sanford's publications "Free Society," "The Searchlight," and "The Voice of Militant Labor." The entire collection covers socialism, communism, and union and labor issues, but more specifically the following topics and people are discussed: Edward Bellamy, cooperative societies including the Llano Colony, Eugene V. Debs, Ricardo Flores Magón, the Industrial Workers of the World, Jack London, and Thomas Mooney.
mssSanford
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Manuscripts
Two autograph letters written by Janet Lewis to Hallett Smith, a Huntington Library Senior Researcher. The first letter (January 12, HM 83570), confirms a date for Lewis to read her poems at the Library; the second letter (February 12, HM 83571), thanks Smith for a tour of the Library and presents a copy of her book of poems: The Ancient Ones. Both letters were originally laid into this book when it was presented to the Library.
mssHM 83570-83571
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A signed, autograph manuscript; the preface was written in Glengyle, Perthshire, Scotland. The manuscipt subtitle: With comments in verse from various Oriental Sources -- as made by Indian Mussulman. The manuscript contains ninety-nine names of Allah written in Arabic in red ink; there is one color drawing in the volume and a painting in oil on the cover.
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