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MF 5750, Series E, Reels 2-4

Buhler (Mary Edith) Papers

(Mss. 1192, 1210, 1333)

Inventory

Louisiana and Lower Mississippi Valley Collections

Special Collections, Hill Memorial Library

Louisiana State University Libraries

Baton Rouge, Louisiana State University

Reformatted 2007

Contents of Inventory

Biographical/Historical Note	4
Scope and Content Note	4
Series Descriptions	5-8
Index Terms	9-10
Container List	11

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Summary

Size.	983 items, 7 manuscript volumes, 8 printed volumes

Geographic locations.	East Baton Rouge Parish, La.; New Orleans, La.; Natchez, Miss.; New York, N.Y.; Nashville, Tenn.; Barbados

Inclusive dates.	1866-1931

Bulk dates.	1881-1922

Language.	English

Summary.	Papers of Mary Edith Buhler, chiefly poems and other written works by Buhler, as well as a travel diary and notebook of poems.

Organization.	Arranged by series.

Restrictions on access.	If collection is on microfilm, copies must be made from microfilm.

Related collections.	John Robert Buhler Papers, Mss. 1311 Buhler Family Papers, Mss. 1192, 1210, 1238, 1311, 1333

Copyright.	Copyright of the original materials is retained by descendants of the creators in accordance with U.S. copyright law.

Citation.	Mary Edith Buhler Papers, Mss. 1192, 1210, 1333, Louisiana and Lower Mississippi Valley Collections, LSU Libraries, Baton Rouge, La.

Stack location(s).	C:50; H:17; Vault:1

Also available on:	Microfilm 5750, Series E, Reels 2-4 Omissions: Theodore Roosevelt letter, 1918.

Biographical/Historical Note

Mary Edith Buhler, a poet and journalist, was a native of Natchez, Mississippi. Mary, her parents, John Robert Buhler (1829-1886) and Mary Buhler (nee Reynolds, 1826-1903), and her three sisters lived on the Independence Plantation near Natchez. This plantation belonged to the Smiths, grandparents of John Robert Buhler. Mary later lived and worked in New Orleans, Louisiana, and New York City. A volume of her poetry was published under the title The Grass in the Pavement" (1918). She died in 1931 or 1932.

Scope and Content Note

Papers consist chiefly of poems, articles, and other writings by Mary Edith Buhler, printed items, and personal papers. Among the numerous poems by Buhler is a collection entitled "Salute to adventures" which was prepared for publication but was not published. Two notebooks containing poems (1881-1922) and three scrapbooks containing clippings of published poems and articles by Buhler and articles related to the theater are included. Printed items include a copy of "The grass in the pavement," monographs related to religion, history, art, and literature, programs, bulletins, and newspaper clippings. Personal papers are comprised of genealogical materials and items related to family history, a travel diary (1931) documenting Mary Buhler’s trip to Barbados, and a letter (1918) from Theodore Roosevelt in which he comments on her poetry.

Series Descriptions

Stack Location	Box	Folder	Dates	Contents

				Series I, Poems, 1881-1931, undated

C:50	1	1	1907-1931, undated	281 items Handwritten poems by M.E. Buhler

		2	1919, undated	2 items Typewritten copy of “M.E.B. index of all published poems, excluding those in book The Grass in the Pavement to date Oct.1, 1919;” lists the names of 229 poems

				Typewritten list of 113 poems

		3	1886-1922, undated	78 items Typewritten copies of poems

		4	1905-1919	125 items Newspaper clippings of poems pasted on sheets of paper with index and front page with title “Salute to Adventurers” by M.E. Buhler with acknowledgements for reprinting to various newspapers and periodicals, apparently material to be used for another book of poems.

		5	June 1905-Sept.1919, undated	308 items Newspaper and other clippings of poems pasted on sheets of paper of approximately 200 different poems

		6	Undated	293 items Loose newspaper clippings of poems by Mary Edith Buhler

C:50	2	12	1914, undated	15 items Newspaper clippings of poems other than M.E.B.

C:50	3		1881-1906	Vol.2, Notebook of handwritten copies of poems

H:17	--	--	1914-1922	Vol.4, Notebook of handwritten copies of poems

H:17	--	--	1906-1917	Vol.6, Scrapbook of newspaper clippings of poems

Stack Location	Box	Folder	Dates	Contents

				Series II, Articles and Stories, 1857-1932

C:50	2	7	1857, 1915	2 items Handwritten copy of article published in Nashville newspaper, Aug.1857

				Clipping of letter from M.E. Buhler to editor of the New York Times concerning “Gunda’s Obituary”

		8	Undated	1 item Handwritten copy of article “Tobacco and Am. Indians”

		9	1917-1924, undated	27 items 1 handwritten, 26 typewritten articles by M.E. Buhler of New York City

		10	1906-1913, undated	59 items Newspaper clippings and other clippings by M.E.B.

		11	1912-1932, undated	40 items Newspaper clippings and other articles written by M.E.B. and others

H:17	--	--	1887-1916	Vol.5, Scrapbook Newspaper clippings of column “Round About in New York,” articles, and poems,

H:17	--	--	1910-1914	Vol.7, Scrapbook Column “Here and There in New York,” and newspaper clippings of pictures and articles pertaining to theater

				Printed Items, 1883-1920
C:50	2	13	1883-1932	6 items Program for “Lawrence Garrett as Lanciotto, Lord of Rimini in the Hon. Geo. H. Boker’s Tragedy of Francesca Da Rimini” Academy of Music, New Orleans, 1883.

				2 Bulletins of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1923, 1932.

Stack Location	Box	Folder	Dates	Contents

C:50	2	13	1883-1932	Bulletin of Public Lectures of American Museum of Natural History, Oct., Nov., Dec. 1917.

				Order form The Grass in the Pavement by M.E. Buhler

C:50	3	--	1893	Manual of the Congregational Church (First Church of Christ), Wethersfield, Conn. Comprising historical and biological memoranda, chronological catalogue, confession of faith, covenant, and standing rules, and Present List of the Church. The manual of 1860 as compiled by Stephen Chester is reprinted entirely. (Hartford, Conn., Press of the Case, Lockwood & Brainard Company, 1893)

		--	1909	The Wayfarer in New York, introduction by Edward S. Martin (New York: Macmillan Company, 1909). On page 95 is the poem “In City Hall Park,” written by Mary Edith Buhler

		--	1918	The Grass in the Pavement, by M.E. Buhler (New York: James T. Whiter & Co., 1918)

		--	1919	Exhibition, 1919, New York Microscopical Society.

				The Reynolds Family Association of America (1892-1922, Thirty-first Annual Report compiled by Mrs. Anna C. Ripper, Secretary). Historical Collections edited by Marion H. Reynolds

		--	1910	“The Metropolitan Museum of Art. The Wing of Decorative Arts.” Supplement to the Bulletin of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. March 1910.

		--	1916	Historical Sketch of Columbia Lodge, No. 91, F.&A.M. Read at the Stated meeting held Monday, October 23, 1917, celebrating the 150^th Anniversary, also the Golden Masonic Jubilee 1866-1916 of Brother P.M. Julius F. Sachse (Philadelphia, 1916)

		--	1920	Transactions of the Huguenot Society of South Carolina.

Stack Location	Box	Folder	Dates	Contents

				Personal Papers, 1981-1931 and undated.
C:50	2	14	undated	Genealogical data compiled by Mary E. Buhler

C:50	3	--	1921	Vol.3, Notebook containing genealogical notes
			1931	Vol.1, Travel diary from New York to Barbados
		--
C:50	3	1	1918	Theodore Roosevelt letter (original at Vault:1)

Index Terms

Articles.

Buhler family.

Bulletins.

Diaries.

Manuscripts (for publication)

Poems.

Programs.

Scrapbooks.

Women journalists--Louisiana--New Orleans.

Women j ournalists--Mississippi.

Women journalists--New York

Women poets, American--Louisiana--New Orleans.

Women poets, American--Mississippi.

Women poets, American--New York

Container List

Stack Location	Box	Folder	Contents

C:50	1	1-6	Poems, handwritten and typewritten copies, and clippings, 1886-1931, undated.

	2	7-14	Articles and stories, handwritten and typewritten copies, and clippings, 1857-1932.


	3	1	Theodore Roosevelt letter, 1918 (photocopy) v. 1, Travel diary, 1931 v. 2, Notebook of poems, 1881-1906 v. 3, Notebook of genealogical notes, 1921 Printed volumes (8), 1883-1920

H:17	--	--	v. 4, Notebook of poems, 1914-1922 v. 5, Scrapbook of poem, column, and article newspaper clippings, 1887-1916 v. 6, Scrapbook of poem newspaper clippings, 1906-1917 v. 7, Scrapbook of column and article newspaper clippings, 1910-1914.

Vault 1			Theodore Roosevelt letter, 1918 (original).
MF 5750, Series E		Reels 2-4	Omissions: Theodore Roosevelt letter, 1918.