Scope and Contents The bulk of this collection consists of correspondance (folders 3-9, most from 1854-1868, but the earliest letter undated may be as early as 1851), mostly from Emma Kitchel nee Pruden to her sister Phebe (some to other relatives, etc.). Also contains several pages of a diary and verses (folder 2) and miscellaneous items (folder 10) calling card, Civil War flier, photograph). The donor numbered and transcribed the letters, the transcriptions are housed in folder 1 (a few letters are labelled...

Abstract

This is a collection of miscellaneous materials by and about a number of writers who lived, or were connected with, Newark. It consists of several large folders devoted to material on individual writers and one folder containing items relating to a number of different individuals.