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Being but men : poem

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Call Number:
F0494
Repository:
University of Delaware Library Special Collections
Extent:
1 item (1 page)
Language:
English
Preferred Citation:
MSS 0099, F0494, Monk Gibbon, Being but men : poem, Special Collections, University of Delaware Library, Newark, Delaware.
Date:
[1929] (inclusive)
Creator:
Gibbon, Monk, 1896-
Form:
Poems
Abstract:
Poem titled "Being But Men" by Irish poet Monk Gibbon.

Irish poet and author Monk Gibbon (1896-1987) was a contemporary of W. B. Yeats, George Russell [AE] and George Moore. He has written a variety of literary works including biography and travel.

"(William) Monk Gibbon 1896-1987." Biography Resource Center http://galenet.galegroup.com (accessed March 20, 2007).

This is a holograph eight-line poem written and signed by Monk Gibbon. The poem was originally laid in a copy of the printed Christmas card in which this poem was originally published (Special Collections call number: SPEC PR 6013 .I23 B45x 1929).

Box 29, F0494: Shelved in SPEC MSS 0099 manuscript boxes.

Purchase, 1995.

Processed and encoded by Debra Johnson, March 2007. Further encoded by George Apodaca, September 2015.

This item forms part of MSS 0099 Miscellaneous Literary and Historical Manuscripts.

Item originally laid in a copy of the printed Christmas card in which this poem was originally published: Monk Gibbon,

Being But Men, ([London : William Jackson (Books) Limited,] 1929-30 [i.e. 1929]). (Special Collections call number: SPEC PR 6013 .I23 B45x 1929).

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University of Delaware Library Special Collections
Finding Aid Author
University of Delaware Library, Special Collections
Finding Aid Date
2007 March 20
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Collection Inventory

Monk Gibbon poem "Being But Men", [1929].
Box 29 Folder F0494
Physical Description

Autograph manuscript signed, 1 p.

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