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1.

Collection Title:
Creator:
Blankfort, Michael, 1907-1982
Inclusive Dates:
1936-1936
Abstract:
Typescript of a Federal Theatre Project play about abolitionist John Brown and his raid on Harpers Ferry, West Virginia in 1859. The cover reads "Battle Hymn, by Michael Blankfort and Michael Gold."
Type of Material:
Manuscripts (document genre)
Subject:
Harpers Ferry (W. Va.) -- History -- John Brown’s Raid, 1859 -- Drama.
Authors.
Radicalism
Abolitionists in literature.
Abolitionists -- United States.
Radicalism in literature.
Radicalism -- United States.
Radicals -- United States.

2.

Collection Title:
Creator:
Powell, Alice.
Inclusive Dates:
1862-1867
Abstract:
33 issues of a monthly manuscript of family news and drawings from the Powell family of Kent, England. "Ben Buckhurst" refers to Buckhurst Hill, where the family lived, "ben" being the Scottish word for hill or mountain.
Type of Material:
Manuscripts (document genre)
Family newsletters.
Subject:
Buckhurst Hill (England)
Kent (England) -- Intellectual life.
Kent (England) -- Manners and customs.
Art -- Illustrators
Family histories -- 19th century.

Creator:
Watson, William, 1917-2006.
Inclusive Dates:
1950-2006
Abstract:
Bill Watson and his wife Marie were long-time "artists in residence" for Paradise Press, a small private press owned by Hal Leader in Buffalo, New York. The collection includes printed material from Paradise Press as well as a few items from Watson's previous press, Wm. J. Keller, Inc., a small amount of biographical material, an essay by Watson on Unitarian Universalism, and two books.
Type of Material:
Books.
Broadsides (notices)
Leaflets.
Manuscripts (document genre)
Quotations (texts)
Subject:
Publishers.
Printers.
Publishing, printing and book arts
Publishers and publishing.
Small presses -- New York (State)