While Stainforth kept a very detailed catalog of his collection of women’s writing, he also kept personal scrapbooks with clippings of smaller pieces of writing. Scrapbooking was a common hobby during his time, and people would often exchange them with eachother. The pieces in Stainforths are all written by women and are by and large … Continue reading Interesting Discoveries in Stainforth Scrapbooks
2 New Stainforth Books at SCU
Archives and Special Collections at Santa Clara University are thrilled to announce that we have acquired two new Stainforth books (bib records forthcoming, they are being cataloged): Philips, Katherine. Poems by the Most Deservedly Admired Mrs. Katherine Philips, the Matchless Orinda. London: printed for Jacob Tonson, within Grays-Inn Gate next Grays-Inn Lane. 1710. *This is … Continue reading 2 New Stainforth Books at SCU