[Next Project] Poetry by Frances Ellen Watkins Harper

[Weijia Cheng]

For my next project, I will be working on a poetry collection for Frances Ellen Watkins Harper. I checked out a copy of her complete poems and started working on a spreadsheet. I am not done with my research yet, but just based on the presence of several uncollected poems so far this will have to be an omnibus.

[Alex Cabal]

OK!

On 7/13/24 10:00 PM, Weijia Cheng wrote:
> For my next project, I will be working on a poetry collection for
> Frances Ellen Watkins Harper. I checked out a copy of her complete poems
> and started working on a spreadsheet

> <https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1xNTShLWPD4mroL3cUb0Ce0AhqJdKnehsr1zhS7g7mz0/edit?usp=sharing>. I am not done with my research yet, but just based on the presence of several uncollected poems so far this will have to be an omnibus.
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[Weijia Cheng]

Ok, I have finished the initial research and have been able to identify the appropriate sources for almost all of the poems, which is great.

The only edge case I found is that one of the uncollected poems, "A Fairer Hope, A Brighter Morn," was only published in a pamphlet that lacks a printed date. As you can see in the link, though, the Library of Congress hosts a copy of it and in the rights and access section it says "The contents of the Library of Congress African American Perspectives collection have no known copyright restrictions and are free to use and reuse." The page also notes that the Library of Congress copy has "189-" inscribed on the cover, which I think strongly implies that it was generally published in the 1890s. Is this enough evidence for us to say that this poem is cleared for inclusion?

[Alex Cabal]

I think so, because the publisher Donohue and Henneberry changed its
name to M. A. Donohue & Co in 1901, so this must have been published
before hten.

On 7/15/24 1:14 PM, Weijia Cheng wrote:
> Ok, I have finished the initial research and have been able to identify
> the appropriate sources for almost all of the poems, which is great.
>
> The only edge case I found is that one of the uncollected poems, "A
> Fairer Hope, A Brighter Morn," was only published in a pamphlet

> <https://www.loc.gov/item/90898304/> that lacks a printed date. As you

> can see in the link, though, the Library of Congress hosts a copy of it
> and in the rights and access section it says "The contents of the
> Library of Congress African American Perspectives collection have no
> known copyright restrictions and are free to use and reuse." The page
> also notes that the Library of Congress copy has "189-" inscribed on the
> cover, which I think strongly implies that it was generally published in
> the 1890s. Is this enough evidence for us to say that this poem is
> cleared for inclusion?
>
> On Sunday, July 14, 2024 at 9:21:28 AM UTC-7 Alex Cabal wrote:
>
> OK!
>
> On 7/13/24 10:00 PM, Weijia Cheng wrote:
> > For my next project, I will be working on a poetry collection for
> > Frances Ellen Watkins Harper. I checked out a copy of her
> complete poems
> > and started working on a spreadsheet
> >

> <https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1xNTShLWPD4mroL3cUb0Ce0AhqJdKnehsr1zhS7g7mz0/edit?usp=sharing <https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1xNTShLWPD4mroL3cUb0Ce0AhqJdKnehsr1zhS7g7mz0/edit?usp=sharing>>. I am not done with my research yet, but just based on the presence of several uncollected poems so far this will have to be an omnibus.

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