Guide to the Sarah Sandford Commonplace Book of Poetry MS.M.049
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Title: Sarah Sandford commonplace book of poetry
Identifier/Call Number: MS.M.049
Physical Description:
0.1 Linear Feet
(1 folder)
Date (inclusive): 1842
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.
Language of Material:
English
.
The collection is open for research.
Property rights reside with the University of California, but the material is in the public domain. For permissions to reproduce
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Sarah Sandford Commonplace Book of Poetry. MS-S025. Special Collections and Archives, The UC Irvine Libraries, Irvine, California.
Date accessed.
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Gift of Professor Robert Folkenflik and Vivian Folkenflik in memory of Nora Folkenflik, 2004.
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.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Commonplace books -- 19th century
English poetry -- 19th century
American poetry -- 19th century
box MS-S001
Folder 1