Month: May 2020

Image of Edith Eaton, from the private collection of Diana Birchall by Msavich via Wikimedia / CC by Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International Edith Maude Eaton, also known by Sui Sin Far, was one of the first known half-Chinese, half-white authors to publish in the United States. She used her unique racial position to document the … Continue reading A Digital Surrogate for an Overlooked Author: Edith Maude Eaton’s Mrs. Spring Fragrance

The Emily Dickinson Archive, found at http://www.edickinson.org, describes itself as “an open access website for the manuscripts of Emily Dickinson.” Inside, one can browse a collection of images of Dickinson’s handwritten manuscripts, which are housed separately under links leading to library archives maintained by the American Antiquarian Society, Amherst College, Beinecke Library, Boston Public Library, … Continue reading Emily Dickinson’s Original Manuscripts (but online!)

You probably don’t know what a digital surrogate is. I didn’t a few months ago. And even when I initially learned it, my professor had to explain it to me multiple times. I will do my best to give you guys a concise, coherent definition, because understanding this term is going to be very integral … Continue reading A Lack of Digital Surrogates for Louisa May Alcott

The materials in this transcription project have been acquired by Yale Library through sources other than Edwin J. Beinecke but have been digitized and preserved by curators of the library as part of the Robert Louis Stevenson Collection. This digital collection provided by the Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library at Yale University contains hundreds … Continue reading Typescript Transcriptions: Letters between Fanny Van de Grift Stevenson and Robert Louis Stevenson

Portrait of Alice Duer Miller by an unknown photographer, date unknown, from the Alice Duer Miller Papers, Collection BC-17-Photographs. Barnard College Library, via Wikimedia. On July 28, 1874, Alice Duer Miller — who, through her feminist poetry, would grow up to influence political opinion and the suffrage movement— was born to wealthy parents in New … Continue reading Scribbling in Alice Duer Miller’s Bibliography

Image of Sui Sin Far, Image from the private collection of Diana Birchall, granddaughter of Winnifred Eaton via Wikimedia / CC by S.A>-4.0 The first time I read through our syllabus, I almost didn’t notice Sui Sin Far. She was listed as our second to last set of readings—an assignment too far into the future … Continue reading Sui Sin Far and Cultural Translation: Chinese Diaspora Then and Now

"They who have no voice nor vote in the electing of representatives do not enjoy liberty, but are absolutely enslaved to those who have votes." --------------Benjamin Franklin This is the first quote to appear in Alice Duer Miller's final section of Are Women People?, The Unconscious Suffragists . She takes quotes from different people talking … Continue reading A Selection From Are Women People? Poems by Alice Duer Miller

Alice Duer Miller by unknown photographer via Wikipedia / public domain Alice Duer Miller is a name that in many ways was swept away with the forces of history. Her legacy and voice should not be forgotten; her activism for suffrage combined with her writing career produced important pieces. I will attempt to compile a … Continue reading Alice Duer Miller Biography and Bibliography: A Scribbling Woman Who Should Be Remembered