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Blanche Nevin Collection
Title
Blanche Nevin Collection
Object ID
MG0039
Date Range
1905-1940
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Collection
Blanche Nevin Collection
Title
Blanche Nevin Collection
Description
Collection contains correspondence, poetry, and newspaper articles.
Admin/Biographical History
Blanche Nevin (1841-1925), artist and poet, was born in Mercersburg, Franklin County, Pennsylvania. She was the daughter of John Williamson Nevin, a theologian, teacher, and minister, and Martha Jenkins, daughter of the politician and iron master at Windsor Forges, Robert Jenkins. When Dr. Nevin became the president of Franklin & Marshall College in 1855, he moved the family to Lancaster. They moved to Windsor Forges (or Windsor Place) from 1856 to 1858, while Dr. Nevin acted as executor of his mother-in-law's estate, and then moved permanently to Caernarvon Place on Columbia Avenue (the present site of Degel Israel Synagogue). The Nevin children were well-educated and cultivated for society, as their parents had been.
Blanche was the nation's first noteworthy sculptress. In 1889, she sculpted the statue of Revolutionary War General Peter Muhlenberg, which stands in the National Statuary Hall at the U.S. Capitol. She also sculpted the bust of President Woodrow Wilson. Lancastrians are most familiar with her Lion in the Park (1905) at Reservoir Park and her horse drinking fountain (1898) at the intersection of Columbia Avenue and West Orange Street. Blanche composed a number of poems and set several to music; many were inspired by Lancaster County, her travels, and family and friends. Her poems include: "Great-Grandma's Looking-Glass" (1895), "One Usual Day" (1916), and "To My Door" (1921).
She bought Windsor Place in Caernarvon Twp. in 1897, restored the mansion house and the name Windsor Forges, and added a studio. Furniture and other influences from her travels adorned the house and grounds. She also owned a house in Manasquan, New Jersey; spent time with friends in New York and Philadelphia; and traveled a great deal, especially during the winter.
Her obituary in a Lancaster County newspaper states, "The simple, unpretentious neighbors of Miss Nevin never questioned her foreign ideas and eccentricities, but accepted her for the true, human qualities which she so abundantly possessed."
Date Range
1905-1940
Year Range From
1905
Year Range To
1940
Date of Accumulation
1905-1940
Creator
Aungst, John
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives South
Storage Wall
Side 01
People
Appel, Roberts
Appell, John
Carmichael, Catharine
Dock, Mrs.
Forney, J. G.
Gable, S. Edw.
Jenkins, Catharine Carmichael
Jenkins, Robert
Magee, David F.
Nevin, Blanche
Shenk, H. H.
Shoemaker, Henry W.
Other Creators
LancasterHistory (Organization)
Subjects
Sculptors
Poets, American
Letters
Poetry
Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)
Search Terms
Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)
Correspondence
Lancaster Automobile Club
Letters
Newspaper clippings
Poetry
Poets
Sculptors
Windsor Forge
Manuscript groups
Finding aids
Extent
1 box, 3 folders, .15 cubic ft.
Object Name
Archive
Language
English
Object ID
MG0039
Related Item Notes
MG-730 Blanche Nevin Papers
Access Conditions / Restrictions
No restrictions.
Copyright
Collection may not be photocopied. Please direct questions to Research Center Staff at research@lancasterhistory.org.
Permission for reproduction and/or publication must be obtained in writing from LancasterHistory.
Credit
Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Other Numbers
MG-39
Classification
MG0039
Description Level
Fonds
Custodial History
This collection was cataloged in 1998; added to database 15 May 2018.
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Gentle Jimmy Brown : the bashful bard of Bart

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Author
Hensel, W. U.
Date of Publication
1915
God. �file:///Volumes/LCHS%3BLCHSFS01/OCR%20Journal%20Project/PDF%20Biblio%20Info/Pwebrecon.cgi.txt Author: Hensel, W. U. (William Uhler), 1851-1915. Title: Gentle Jimmy Brown : the bashful bard of Bart / by W. U. Hensel. Primary Material: Book Subject(s): Brown, James Scott, 1826-1890. Poets
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Responsibility
by W. U. Hensel.
Author
Hensel, W. U.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1915
Physical Description
[4]-15 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 19, no. 1
Notes
Although the subtitle for this article is absent from the first page, the table of contents for this issue does include the subtitle "the Bashful Bard of Bart".
Subjects
Brown, James Scott, - 1826-1890.
Poets, American - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 19, number 1 (1915), p. 5-15Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.19
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Lloyd Mifflin : poet/artist of the Susquehanna

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Author
Stolzfus, Thelma.
Call Number
905.748 SM (July 1981)
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by Thelma Stolzfus.
Author
Stolzfus, Thelma.
Physical Description
p. 20 - 23.
Notes
Susquehanna Magazine (July 1981).
Includes 3 sonnets.
Subjects
Mifflin, Lloyd, - 1846-1921.
Poets, American - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Susquehanna River - Poetry.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Periodical Article
Call Number
905.748 SM (July 1981)
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Martha Keller, poet : with biographical contributions by her daughter, Martha R. Goppelt

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Author
Bixler, Miriam Eyde.
Date of Publication
1984
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Responsibility
by Miriam E. Bixler.
Author
Bixler, Miriam Eyde.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1984
Physical Description
32-41 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 88, no. 1
Subjects
Rowland, Martha Eleanor Keller, - 1902-1971.
Keller family.
Poets, American
Women poets - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.
Additional Author
Goppelt, Martha R.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 88, number 1 (1984), p. 32-41Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.88
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Memory's daughters : the material culture of remembrance in eighteenth-century America

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Author
Stabile, Susan M.,
Date of Publication
2004.
Call Number
974.81102 S775
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Responsibility
Susan M. Stabile.
ISBN
0801440319 (acidfree paper)
Author
Stabile, Susan M.,
Place of Publication
Ithaca
Publisher
Cornell University Press,
Date of Publication
2004.
Physical Description
xiii, 284 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Notes
This book studies the writings of Elizabeth Fergusson, Hannah Griffitts, Deborah Logan, Annis Stockton, and Susanna Wright.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 235-276) and index.
Summary
"They wrote and exchanged thousands of poems and maintained elaborate handwritten commonplace books of memorabilia. Through their creativity and celebrated hospitality , they initiated a salon culture in their great country houses in the Delaware Valley .... Susan Sabile shows that these female writers sought to memorialize their lives and aesthetic experience - a purpose that stands in marked contrast to the civic concerns of male authors in the republican era." [from the dust cover]
Subjects
Women - Pennsylvania - Philadelphia
Women poets, American - Pennsylvania - Philadelphia - Biography.
American poetry
Memory - Pennsylvania - Philadelphia
Material culture - Pennsylvania - Philadelphia
Architecture, Domestic - Pennsylvania - Philadelphia
Commonplace books.
Souvenirs (Keepsakes) - Pennsylvania - Philadelphia
Women and literature - United States
Philadelphia (Pa.) - Intellectual life - 18th century.
Philadelphia (Pa.) - Biography.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.81102 S775
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The young Lloyd Mifflin writes John Ruskin

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Author
Guntharp, Matthew G.
Date of Publication
1980
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Responsibility
by Matthew Guntharp.
Author
Guntharp, Matthew G.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1980
Physical Description
10-16 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v.84, no. 1
Subjects
Mifflin, Lloyd, - 1846-1921.
Poets, American - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 84, number 1 (1980), p. 10-16Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.84
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