Lee Cohen Harby Papers
   
   
Inventory
   
         
     
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I.   Genealogical information: Isaac Harby and Rachel Mordecai family  
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II.   Photograph (1891): Cabinet card of Lee Cohen Harby   
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III.   Correspondence: letter (1891) from S. Harby (a cousin) to Lee C. Harby re. the Delhi, NY Harbys.   
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IV.   Publications     
         
  A. Poetry (1880s1890s): most are clippings; one typescript; many handwritten annotations; all have been photocopied:   
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  • "King Solomon’s Choice" 1880 (original removed and cataloged)
   
   
  • "Daphne" 1889 (clipping)
   
   
  • "Fraternity" ca. 1890s (clipping)
   
   
  • "A Kingdom Rich With Love" 1898 (clipping)
   
   
  • "November" 1891 (clipping)
   
   
  • untitled poem on program cover, Women’s Fund of the Exposition, Charleston, SC, 1901
   
   
  • "At Yule Tide" ca. 1890s (clipping)
   
   
  • "A Christmas Chorus" ca. 1890s (clipping)
   
   
  • "Vagaries. (After Taking Opium) ca. 1890s (clipping)
   
   
  • "Flag Song of Texas" ca. 1890s (clipping)
   
   
  • "To Mrs. Daniel Goldschmidt" 1894 (clipping)
   
   
  • "The Stranded Ship" ca. 1890s (clipping)
   
   
  • "The Lesson of Easter ca. 1890s (typescript)
   
         
  B. Publications-Texas (1886-1896): newspaper essays about life in Houston; article re. visit to Texas Senate (Austin); historical sketch of Corpus Christi; historical anecdotes about Nacogdoches, TX  
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  C. Publications-Misc. (1859-1901): clippings, essay topics include: reminiscences of Christmas on a southern plantation; four part series "In the Days When We Were Young," covers plantation life (includes slave life)-printed in the Jewish Messenger (1886); article challenging traditional observance of Yom Kippur; Jewish working girls and religious observances; Texas press day, SC Inter State and West Indian Exposition.  
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V.   Clippings about Harby (1887-1911): Mentions of trips taken, articles and short stories published, papers given; move back to Charleston; efforts to involve Canadian women in SC Inter State and West Indian Exposition; efforts to have United Confederate Veterans Reunion (1899) in Charleston; tributes published in Texas newspapers.   
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VI.   Scrapbook (1888-1890): compiled by Harby; contains clippings about her life and many publications; from newspapers in Texas, New York and South Carolina; mentions of "The City of a Prince," published in the Magazine of American History (October 1889)  
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VII.   Lily Lee Harby; clipping of her story, "Jephtha’s Daughter," published in The Sabbath Visitor (December 1982)  
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