Manuscript/Mixed Material Collected poems of Edwin James Barclay.

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Title

Collected poems of Edwin James Barclay.

Summary

Poems on a variety of subjects; titles include Monrovia, Song of the Dead. Barclay, a member of Liberia's True Whig political party, served as the country's 18th president from 1930-1944.

Names

Barclay, Edwin J. (Edwin James), 1882-1955.
Daniel Murray Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

Monrovia, 1901.

Genre

Poems--Liberia--Monrovia--1901

Notes

- Typescript (carbon copy).
- Accompanying material: calling card of James Robert Spurgeon, United States Secretary of Legation, Monrovia, Liberia.
- Pages [33-54] appear to be blank, except p. [37], which repeats first line of p. 16 [i.e. 17]; other pages have faint reverse image of a text.
- Cataloged as manuscript: qr05 05-09-91

Medium

32, [22] p. ; 20 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

E449 .D16 vol. 14, no. 2

Digital Id

http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.rbc/lcrbmrp.t1402

Library of Congress Control Number

91898192

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https://lccn.loc.gov/91898192

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Chicago citation style:

Barclay, Edwin J, and Daniel Murray Pamphlet Collection. Collected poems of Edwin James Barclay. Monrovia, 1901. Manuscript/Mixed Material. https://www.loc.gov/item/91898192/.

APA citation style:

Barclay, E. J. & Daniel Murray Pamphlet Collection. (1901) Collected poems of Edwin James Barclay. Monrovia. [Manuscript/Mixed Material] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/91898192/.

MLA citation style:

Barclay, Edwin J, and Daniel Murray Pamphlet Collection. Collected poems of Edwin James Barclay. Monrovia, 1901. Manuscript/Mixed Material. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/91898192/>.

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