Parke Godwin Papers, 1830-1900 (mostly 1850-1880)

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Collection Overview

Creator:

Godwin, Parke, 1816-1904

Title:

Parke Godwin Papers

Repository:

Manuscripts Division

Permanent URL:

http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/z316q165z

Dates:

1830-1900 (mostly 1850-1880)

Size:

10 boxes and 3.96 linear feet

Storage Note:

ReCAP (scarcpxm): Box 1-10

Language:

English

Abstract: Consists of a wide range of published and unpublished manuscripts of Parke Godwin (Princeton Class of 1834).

Collection Description & Creator Information

Scope and Contents

The collection consists of a wide range of published and unpublished manuscripts of Godwin (Princeton Class of 1834), including History of France, A New Study of the Sonnets of Shakespeare, A Playspell Abroad, Teachers of the Ninetheenth Century (three chapters of this projected book), numerous essays (several on the Civil War period), four plays, five stories, two folders of poetry, and notes and fragments for other works. In addition, the collection houses a folder of correspondence, a list of sub-committees for the American Committee of the Statue of Liberty, and six folders of unidentified papers of others.

Arrangement

Roughly grouped into Works, Notes, Correspondence, and Miscellaneous.

Collection Creator Biography:

Godwin, Parke, 1816-1904

Parke Godwin was an American journalist and author based in New York City. In the 1850s he became an ardent abolitionist. An associate editor of Putnam's Magazine, Godwin became sole editor from January 1868 to November 1870.

Collection History

Acquisition:: Donated by Elizabeth Love Godwin in 1956.
Appraisal: No appraisal information is available.
Processing Information: Folder inventory prepared by Peter Runfola '2012.

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