Transcription, St. Mark’s-in-the-Bouwerie. Patience Worth composes the poems “A Magnifying Glass,” “A Dutch Garden,” “Sunset,” “The Curtains over the Altar,” “Harvest-Tide,” “One Hundred Years Ago in This Church,” “Prepared Instruments,” “Folk Song,” “Mahatma Ghandi,” “A Looking Glass,” “Singing,” and more. (6 pages), 1928 Oct 28

Item — Box: 1, Folder: 7

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Scope and Contents

From the Collection:

The collection includes correspondence of Pearl Curran and miscellaneous material relating to her career; 29 typescript volumes of dialogues between Patience Worth and the family and friends of Pearl Curran, 1913-1937; loose typescripts of selected dialogues, 1916-1928; one bound volume titled “Odds and Ends” of miscellaneous writings, poems, etc. by Patience Worth; a typescript by Casper Yost of Patience Worth’s The First Book of Panda, 1915-1916; partial typescript manuscripts of Patience Worth’s works Redwing and The Merry Tale; a book of poetry written by Patience Worth for members of the Parrish family; loose poems written for Mrs. Dudley French and others; original and photocopy newspaper clippings regarding Pearl Curran and Patience Worth; a photograph of Pearl Curran’s gravesite; and correspondence of the Missouri Historical Society with donor Mrs. A.B. Smith.