"Hymn to Humanity" broadside

Access and use

Location of collection:
Washington and Lee University, Leyburn Library
Special Collections and Archives
James G. Leyburn Library
Washington and Lee University
204 W. Washington Street
Lexington, VA 24450
Contact for questions and access:
POC: Tom Camden
Phone: (540) 458-8649
Phone: (540) 463-8109
Fax: (540) 463-8964
Restrictions:

This collection is open for research use.

Terms of access:

The materials from Washington and Lee University Special Collections are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study, pursuant to U.S. Copyright law. The user assumes full responsibility for any use of the materials, including but not limited to, infringement of copyright and publication rights of reproduced materials. Any materials used should be fully credited with the source.

Preferred citation:

"Hymn to Humanity" Broadside (WLU Coll. 0488), Special Collections and Archives, James G. Leyburn Library, Washington and Lee University, Lexington, Va.

Summary

Extent:
0.15 Linear Feet 1 oversize folder
Creator:
Wisteria Press
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

"Hymn to Humanity" Broadside (WLU Coll. 0488), Special Collections and Archives, James G. Leyburn Library, Washington and Lee University, Lexington, Va.

Background

Scope and content:

This collection contains one broadside published in a limited and numbered edition by Wisteria Press in February 1998. The broadside is of poet Phillis Wheatley's poem "Hymn to Humanity." This broadside is copy number 66.

Biographical / historical:

From Biography.com: Phillis Wheatley was purchased and enslaved by John Wheatley of Massachusetts as a personal servant to his wife. They educated Phillis, and she began writing poetry. He published her first poem at age 12. Her first volume of poetry Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral in 1773.

Acquisition information:
Purchase
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Indexed terms

Subjects:
Broadsides
Names:
Wheatley, Phillis, 1753-1784