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Two pages from a scrapbook of clippings of short articles by Celestia R. Colby written between 1853 and 1857. The articles on these pages are titled "'I Have No Time To Read,'" "Letter From The West," and "Rainy Days." They are pasted over household…

Two pages from a scrapbook of clippings of short articles by Celestia R. Colby written between 1853 and 1857. The articles on these pages are titled "A Wholesome Moral Influence At Home," "Patience," and "Cultivator Circle--Girls' Wages--Ohio…

Scrapbook page containing newspaper clipping of article titled "Rachel Crothers the Woman Playwright Who Has Grown Famous In Writing 'The Three of Us,' 'The Coming of Mrs. Patrick' and 'Myself Bettina.'"

Scrapbook page containing newspaper clipping of article about playwright Rachel Crothers titled "Woman Playwright Things Her Sex Shows More Sympathy for the Sister Who Has Strayed From Path of Conventional Morality..."

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43
[...] under the life giving influence of the summer
sun. Failing, totally failing in this my dearest
aspiration, my soul ["if" crossed out, "is" written above] ever filled with sorrow
and sadness, for the loss to myself and…

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44
Same Evening 24th
It is now nearly midnight - I've been sitting
up alone for an hour or two writing and
holding silent communion with a picture,
the shadowy face of Annie. Strange how
much of companionship I found in…

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["59" crossed out, "61" written to right]
wrote half a dozen pages of foolscap to Mrs S. then
went to bed but not to sleep, for I was wakeful and
could have written all night. The spirit was still
upon me all the forenoon, but I…

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62
Oct 9th 1858
One year ago yesterday since I said good
bye to Annie on the cars. Wanted to write
some last night but was too "deeply, darkly,
desperately," steeped in indigo to trust myself
with a pen only for the tedium of…

Half-length studio portrait of Celestia Colby seated with her arms folded across her lap and facing the camera. Colby is wearing a dark dress and cloak.

Studio portrait photograph of June Rose Colby. The sitter wears a high necked, ruffle front dress and is directly facing the camera.