poetry

Elizabeth Cobbold album of papercut valentines

Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31151034399000]

Identifier: MS-0936

Content Description

A bound album of papercut valentines and accompanying poems created by Elizabeth Cobbold in the early 19th century.

Dates: approximately 1806-approximately 1814

Found in: Special Collections

HIV/AIDS epidemic writings and ephemera

Collection

Identifier: MS-1019

Scope and Contents This collection contains writings and ephemera related to the HIV/AIDS epidemic dated 1983-2021. The majority of the items were created in the 1980s and 1990s by HIV and AIDS activist and public health organizations in San Francisco. Many items are educational, such as an AIDS education activity book published in collaboration between the San Francisco AIDS Foundation and 18th Street Services, and “Recommended Standards for the Operation of Sex Clubs, Bathhouses, and Commercial Sex...

Dates: 1983 - 2021; Majority of material found within 1989 - 1993

Found in: Special Collections

Rod McKuen radio scripts

Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31151034381099]

Identifier: MS-0903

Abstract

Rod McKuen (1933-2015) was an American poet and singer-songwriter. The collection consists of fifteen radio scripts written principally by McKuen for his shows on KROW Oakland AM radio: eight from "Rhonda Vou with Rod" and seven from "Rendezvous with Rod." These typescripts may represent McKuen's earliest surviving work, dated November 18, 1950 to January 10, 1953.

Dates: 1950 November 18-1953 January 10

Found in: Special Collections

Samuel W. Brown poem and watercolor paperwork

Collection — Box BW-5: [Barcode: 31151030141711]

Identifier: MS-0764

Abstract

This item is a folded paper that opens to reveal a watercolor painting of an iris flower at the center of an eternal knot of love poem by Samuel W. Brown, created approximately in the 1860s. There is currently no biographical information on the creator Samuel W. Brown.

Dates: approximately 1860s

Found in: Special Collections

Walter Summer papers

Collection

Identifier: PIMS-0122

Abstract Walter Summer (1923-2015) was a composer, writer, artist, and art exhibitor. He graduated in 1947 with a Bachelor of Science from Johns Hopkins and a Bachelor of Music and certificate in Harmony from the Peabody Conservatory. Summer wrote music, poetry, and prose throughout his adult life, often under the pen name Walter Summer d'Eté. His works were never published. In the 1990s he created computer-generated visual art and prepared computer-engraved scores of his earlier compositions. The...

Dates: 1940 - 2005

Found in: Peabody Archives

Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:

Elizabeth Cobbold album of papercut valentines

HIV/AIDS epidemic writings and ephemera

Rod McKuen radio scripts

Samuel W. Brown poem and watercolor paperwork

Walter Summer papers

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