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Additional authors

1. Coan, T. M, 1836-1921
2. Cranch, Christopher Pearse, 1813-1892
3. Frothingham, Octavius Brooks, 1822-1895
4. Gifford, Frances Eliot, 1844-1931
5. Gifford, R. Swain (Robert Swain), 1840-1905
6. McKim, Charles Follen, 1847-1909
7. Putnam, George Haven, 1844-1930
8. Stedman, Edmund Clarence, 1833-1908
9. Stoddard, Richard Henry, 1825-1903
10. Taylor, Bayard, 1825-1878
11. Vaux, Calvert, 1824-1895

Description

1. .86 linear foot (2 boxes, 2 volumes)

Summary

1. Volumes of the manuscript periodical issued and privately circulated by The Fraternity, a social literary club, between 1877 and 1878. Issues contain poems, short stories, essays, and letters, as well as pen and ink, pencil, and painted illustrations. Editors and contributors include G. H. Putnam, Octavius Brooks Frothingham, Robert Swain Gifford and his wife Frances E. Gifford, Bayard Taylor, E.C. Stedman, R.H. Stoddard, Christopher Pearse Cranch, Calvert Vaux, Charles Follen McKim, T. M. Coan, and others.

Subject

1. Fraternity (Literary Club)
2. American literature -- 19th century -- Periodicals.

Genre/Form

1. Drawings.
2. Essays.
3. Poems.
4. Sketches.
5. Watercolors (paintings)

Call number

1. MssCol 1071

Language

1. English

Access (note)

1. Apply to Manuscripts and Archives Division for access at http://www.nypl.org/mssref.

Added author

1. Coan, T. M, 1836-1921.
2. Cranch, Christopher Pearse, 1813-1892.
3. Frothingham, Octavius Brooks, 1822-1895.
4. Gifford, Frances Eliot, 1844-1931.
5. Gifford, R. Swain (Robert Swain), 1840-1905.
6. McKim, Charles Follen, 1847-1909.
7. Putnam, George Haven, 1844-1930.
8. Stedman, Edmund Clarence, 1833-1908.
9. Stoddard, Richard Henry, 1825-1903.
10. Taylor, Bayard, 1825-1878.
11. Vaux, Calvert, 1824-1895.