Grammatica graeca, 1763

Bound volume containing a handwritten Greek grammar compiled by Joseph Drury beginning in 1763. The last sixteen pages contain a historical poem beginning, “Mason might once assert a Poets Claim. / But he must needs write.” The poem contains references to the “Great Patriot P—,“ the Roman conquest of Gall, Caeser, Versailles, and includes the verses, “How the King doth all his Cooks excel / Besides he longs to kiss his P / Saving your presence Louis keeps a whore.”

Taẕkirah-ʼi ashʻār-i zanān-i vilāyat-i Īrān va-ghayruhu musammá ba-Javāhir al-ʻajāyib : manuscript, 1849

Unbound.

Kalimāt al-shuʻarāʼ : manuscript, undated

Unbound.

[ Islamic hymns] : manuscript, undated

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Women of the year award recipients, from left to right: Cicely Tyson, Pearl Bailey, and Maya Angelou

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Poet May Sarton

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Daniela Gioseffi, Feminist poet and belly dancer

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Poet Adrienne Rich

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Poet and writer Rita Mae Brown

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Emma Lazarus Room in Union Building

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Bella Abzug attends press conference at NY City Hall celebrating dedication of Russian writer and poet Tatyana Mamonova

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Poet May Sarton at book fair

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Sarah Lechner, poet at Cerridwen Salon

: Title and date provided by Freda Leinwand.

Virginia Scott, poet attending Cerridwen Salon in New York

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Penelope Schott, Poet at Cerridwen Salon

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