Descriptive Summary
Important Information for Researchers
Collection Scope and Content Summary
Indexing Terms
Descriptive Summary
Title: Sarah Sandford commonplace book of poetry
Date: 1842
Collection Number: MS-M049
Creator:
Sandford, Sarah
Extent:
0.1 linear foot
(1 folder)
Languages: The collection is in English.
Repository:
University of California, Irvine. Library. Special Collections and Archives.
Irvine, California 92623-9557
Abstract: Sarah Sandford of Lodi, New York recorded her favorite poems by Lord Byron, William Wordsworth, Letitia Elizabeth Landon,
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, and others in this handwritten notebook. She also recorded a recipe for ginger snaps and a Biblical
passage.
Important Information for Researchers
Access
The collection is open for research.
Publication Rights
Property rights reside with the University of California, but the material is in the public domain. For permissions to reproduce
or to publish, please contact the Head of Special Collections and Archives.
Preferred Citation
Sarah Sandford Commonplace Book of Poetry. MS-M49. Special Collections and Archives, The UC Irvine Libraries, Irvine, California.
Acquisition Information
Gift of Professor Robert Folkenflik and Vivian Folkenflik in memory of Nora Folkenflik, 2004.
Processing History
Processed by Michelle Light, 2007.
Collection Scope and Content Summary
The handwritten notebook by Sarah Sandford of Lodi, New York is titled "Commonplace book of poetry" on its second page. Within
the notebook, Sandford recorded her favorite poems by Lord Byron, William Wordsworth, Letitia Elizabeth Landon, Henry Wadsworth
Longfellow, and others. She also recorded a recipe for ginger snaps and a Biblical passage.
The sewn notebook (16.5 cm x 19.5 cm) was commercially produced with a marbled paper cover. The first 32 leaves have writing
on them; the last 11 leaves are blank.
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Subjects
Sandford, Sarah -- Archives
English poetry -- 19th century
American poetry -- 19th century
Genres and Formats of Materials
Commonplace books -- 19th century -- Women authors
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