Sallie Ruberry Burgess papers, [1887-1915?].

ArchivalResource

Sallie Ruberry Burgess papers, [1887-1915?].

Consisting of 2 undated manuscripts, words and music for "Our Angelus," words attributed to Sallie Burgess; photocopy from scrapbook of "Somewhere," World War I poem by Sallie R. Burgess, with comments on her inspiration for the poem and its appreciation by Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands and others. Privately printed booklet of poems [ca. 1915?] by Sallie R. Burgess and her sister, Anne Custis Burgess, with separate title pages and sections identifying authorship, with cover title, "Greetings / Heart to Heart"; also including incomplete obituary for Henry William Ravenel, L.L.D. (1814-1887).

4 items.

Related Entities

There are 3 Entities related to this resource.

Ravenel, Henry William, 1814-1887

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6p953gj (person)

Born in 1814 in St. John's Parish, South Carolina; Educated in South Carolina private schools and South Carolina College, now the University of South Carolina; one of the few distinguished botanists of his time and received international acclaim for his research on non-flowering plants, Cryptogams. His earlier interest was Phaenogams, flowering plants. His collections were given to the Charleston Museum and Converse College in Spartanburg, S.C. From the description of Henry William ...

Burgess, Anne Custis.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6sf52gf (person)

Burgess, Sallie Ruberry, 1867-1947.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6bz8cks (person)

Daughter of Dr. Thomas Leslie Burgess (1824-1896) and Frances Anne Mayes Burgess (1840-1903) of Clarendon County, S.C.; sister of Anne Custis Burgess, composer of "Carolina: the state song," whose name was sometimes published as Anna Curtis Burgess. From the description of Sallie Ruberry Burgess papers, [1887-1915?]. (University of South Carolina). WorldCat record id: 47801514 ...