Among the Redwood Library’s esteemed holdings is a wonderful collection of eighteenth and nineteenth century pattern books. These books range in style and medium from eighteenth century needlepoint designs, to nineteenth century iron works. One of the perks of working in Special Collections is the daily occurrence of finding something “new.” Studies in Design by Dr. […]
Polly Lawton by Bradley Brayton Bucklin, undated. Gift of George P. Lawton, 1876. Mary “Polly” Lawton (1761-1793) was born to a wealthy Quaker family in Newport. She is mentioned in George Champlin Mason’s 1884 work Reminiscences of Newport, when he recounts the meeting of Polly and Count Segur. “Louis-Philippe Comte de Segur” by Unknown (French school) […]
Uncle Tom’s Cabin; or Life Among the Lowly, 1852 Among one of the most prized and recognizable treasures in the Redwood’s collection is a first edition copy of Uncle Tom’s Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe. When it was published, Uncle Tom’s Cabin was the most popular novel of the nineteenth century, and only the second most influential and famous […]
