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Joseph Lemuel Chester papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0146
Finding aid note: Stored onsite at the Woodson Research Center.

Scope and Contents

This collection consists of five items: an original copyright document for Chester’s book “Greenwood Cemetery and Other Poems”, a handwritten poem entitled “To Georgie”, an undated leaflet of several printed poems, and two letters of a personal nature from correspondents in Blackheath, South Carolina.

Dates

  • 1843 - 1880

Creator

Access Restrictions

This material is open for research.

Conditions Governing Access

Stored onsite at the Woodson Research Center.

Restrictions on Use

Permission to publish material from the Joseph Lemuel Chester Papers, 1843-1880 must be obtained from the Woodson Research Center, Fondren Library.

Biographical Note

Joseph L. Chester was born in Norwich, Connecticut in 1821. After a brief school-teaching experience in Ballston, New York, he removed to New York City where he became interested in politics and then journalism. In 1845 he moved to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania where he spent the rest of his life. He was a poet, writer, City Council member, anti-slavery spokesman and an avid genealogist. He died in 1882.

Extent

0.25 Linear Feet (1 folder of 5 items)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Overview

This collection contains Joseph Lemuel Chester's writing and correspondence.

Acquisition Information

Purchased November 1961. Recommended by Rice History Professor Hardin Craig

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Finding Aid & Administrative Information

Title
Guide to the Joseph Lemuel Chester papers, 1843-1880
Status
Completed
Date
2008
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin
Language of description note
English

Repository Details

Repository Details

Part of the Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas Repository

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Contact:
Fondren Library MS-44, Rice University
6100 Main St.
Houston Texas 77005 USA

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