The final, and perhaps most critical assignment of our course was to transcribe and comprehend the diaries of author “Michael Field”, the compound pseudonym held by poets and dramatists Katherine Bradley and Edith Cooper. Deciphering the handwriting was the key to visualizing the daily life of the first woman aesthete […]
Nicholas Santiago
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May 18, 2018 931 Thomas Jefferson Pkwy Charlottesville, VA 22902 To whom it may concern, This is an open letter voicing concern regarding the lack of representation, respect, and tribute to the 18th century African slaves at the Monticello Plantation. We are a group of research undergrad […]
As the Antiquarian Booksellers’ Association of America’s (ABAA) New York International Antiquarian Book Fair marked its 58th year, over 200 rare book collectors gathered and exhibited their manuscripts, paintings, books and other ephemera. Oddities and strangeness was included in every stall, including bizarre photos and lithographs, and obscure letters from […]
The Mark Samuels Lasner Collection at the University of Delaware held an unpublished letter and biographical entry by English essayist and aesthete Walter Pater (1839-1894) and bore the unofficial title of “My dear Madam,” Reference Code:105880. It was sold to the Lasner Collection for USD $600. Below are the original […]
