Register of the Artemisia D. Anderson Poetry Notebook, 1888-1927

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Holt-Atherton Department of Special Collections

University Library, University of the Pacific

Stockton, CA 95211

Phone: (209) 946-2404

URL: https://www.pacific.edu/university-libraries/find/holt-atherton-special-collections

Register of the Artemisia D. Anderson Poetry Notebook, 1888-1927

Collection number: Mss221

Holt-Atherton Department of Special Collections

University Library

University of the Pacific

Contact Information

Holt-Atherton Department of Special Collections
University Library, University of the Pacific
Stockton, CA 95211
Phone: (209) 946-2404
URL: https://www.pacific.edu/university-libraries/find/holt-atherton-special-collections

Processed by:: Don Walker
Date Completed:: 1993
Encoded by:: Don Walker

Descriptive Summary

Title: Artemisia D. Anderson Poetry Notebook,

Date (inclusive): 1888-1927

Collection number: Mss221

Creator: Artemisia D. Anderson

Extent: 0.25 linear ft.

Repository: University of the Pacific. Library. Holt-Atherton Department of Special Collections

Stockton, CA 95211

Shelf location: For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the library's online catalog.

Language: English.

Administrative Information

Access

Collection is open for research.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Artemisia D. Anderson Poetry Notebook, Mss221, Holt-Atherton Department of Special Collections, University of the Pacific Library

Biography

Artemisia Draper Anderson (1858-after 1927) was a Mormon housewife and poet. She lived for most of her life with her husband, Ephraim, and their seven children, in Moroni, Utah. Mrs. Anderson wrote chiefly about her family, friends, church and the flora, fauna and geography of Utah. Mr. Franklin Beard gave Holt-Atherton a photocopy of Mrs. Anderson's 158 page notebook in 1982. The original remains in the family's possession.

Scope and Content Note

This collection consists of a photocopy of Artemisia Anderson’s 158-page poetry notebook, a photograph of Mrs. Anderson, and a typed transcription of the notebook.

BOX 1: ARTEMISIA ANDERSON POETRY NOTEBOOK, 1888-1927

1.1 "My Maple Canyon" [5 l.]

1.2 "The Return of Halley's Comet," 1910 [2 l.]

1.3 "The Indian Prayer," 1888 [2 l.]

1.4 "Evening musings," 1913 [2 l.]

1.5 "Minnie & her friends," 1909 [1 l.]

1.6 "A Returning missionary," 1916 [3 l.]

1.7 "For a Absent Mother, Wells B.," 1916 [1 l.]

1.8 "Sentiments & Toasts," 1916 [1 l.]

1.9 "Going on a Mission," 1916 [2 l.]

1.10 "Moroni," 1916 [1 l.]

1.11 "Mt. Pleasant. Pyramid," 1916 [1 l.]

1.12 "The Selected No. 1," 1916 [4 l.]

1.13 "Baby," 1916 [1 l.]

1.14 "To Vilate C. Anderson," n.d. (c1916) [4 l.]

1.15 "Special to the Herald Republican," 1916 [1 l.]

1.16 "Ode to 'Aunt Art' & 'Uncle Eph'," 1916 [4 l.]

1.17 "Lady. Jane. Moroni Sanpete," 1916 [4 l.]

1.18 "My Noble Steed, Dick," n.d. [2 l.]

1.19 "A Tribute to Troop E," 1916 [3 l.]

1.20 "To Annie B. Anderson," 1916 [2 l.]

1.21 "True Friends," 1916 [2 l.]

1.22 "Book Mark for Mrs. Jolleys Social," n.d. [1 l.]

1.23 "Composed for George H. Draper's sixty-first birthday," n.d. [4 l.]

1.24 "A Trip to the Uintah Basin," 1916 [5 l.]

1.25 "What stamps furrows on your brow...," n.d. [1 l.]

1.26 "A Visit to the Old Home," 1916 [3 l.]

1.27 "E.E.M. My Boy," n.d. [1 l.]

1.28 "Williams Dream," n.d. [3 l.]

1.29 "Forty Years of My Life," 1917 [3 l.]

1.30 "Silver Wedding of Mr. & Mrs. Nielson," 1916 [3 l.]

1.31 "Moroni. Feb. 17, 1917," 1917 [2 l.]

1.32 "These lines are composed for my father's 110 birth Anniversary," 1917 [3 l.]

1.33 "Registration Day of All Men From Twenty-one to Thirty-one," 1917 [2 l.]

1.34 "Going to Utah, Composed For Orrin Draper," 1917 [5 l.]

1.35 "The Family Tree," 1918 [3 l.]

1.36 "Reading the Honored List," 1918 [2 l.]

1.37 "To Wife & Mother," 1927 [1 l.]

1.38 "Greetings," n.d. [1 l.]

1.39 "Birthday Greetings for Jabez Faux Jr.," 1918 [1 l.]

1.40 "Composed for Jabez Faux Ser. 82nd birthday," 1919 [2 l.]

1.41 "Composed for the selebration to honer returned Soldiers," 1919 [1 l.]

1.42 "From the Old Book," 1898 [1 l.]

1.43 "A Loving Tribute to the Returning Officers of the Moroni Relief Society," n.d. [5 l.]

1.44 "Composed for Ephraim Anderson, 63 Birthday," 1919 [2 l.]

1.45 "To a Slandered Boy," 1920 [1 l.]

1.46 "The Decan Janeter," 1920 [2 l.]

1.47 "One Who Failed," n.d. [2 l.]

1.48 "Autumn," n.d. [1 l.]

1.49 "Grand Pa Faux 84th Birthday," 1921 [1 l.]

1.50 Address before the first meeting, Daughters of the Utah Pioneeers, 1921 [2 l.]

1.51 "A Letter of Condolence to Sister's Children," 1921 [1 l.]

1.52 "A Loving Tribute to the Retiring Bishopric of West Ward," 1922 [5 l.]

1.53 "Grandma Elliason's Hands," 1922 [2 l.]

1.54 "Pretty Polley," 1923 [3 l.]

1.55 "Polley VanVuran," n.d. [3 l.]

1.56 "Sun Rise in Sanpete Valley," 1923 [1 l.]

1.57 "Sun Set in Sanpete Valley.," 1923 [1 l.]

1.58 "To Aunt Art," 1923 [2 l.]

1.59 "The Story My Mother Told," 1923 [2 l.]

1.60 "To My Husband," [listed in a table of contents, not found]

1.61 "Wonderous Utah," n.d. [1 l.]

1.62 "M.J. Morley, Mrs.," 1925 [1 l.]

1.63 "A.G. Christiensen, Mrs.," 1925 [1 l.]

1.64 "Friend Susie," 1925 [2 l.]

1.65 "The Pioneers," n.d. [3 l.]

1.66 "The M.H. Club," n.d. [2 l.]

1.67 "The Dress," 1926 [3 l.]

1.68 "The Journey of Life," 1926 [2 l.]

1.69 "The History Spread," 1926 [2 l.]

1.70 "Pictures in the Coals," 1926 [2 l.]

1.71 "Content to Wait," 1926 [2 l.]

1.72 "To Aunt Art," by Melvina Drape Blackham, 1925 [1 l.]

1.73 Address on A Tribute to Mothers, 1927 [3 l.]

1.74 "Tribute to Mrs. Lars Nielson," 1927 [2 l.]

1.75 "My Mother," n.d. (1927?) [7 l.]