Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open for research use.

Preferred Citation

MSS 16645,Myra G. Straw collection of essays and homemade newspaper, Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library, University of Virginia Library.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

This collection was purchased from Jeffrey Rovenpor by the Small Special Collections Library at the University of Virginia Library on October 14, 2018.

Content Description

Amateur newspaper and handwritten essays by a young woman from Hopkinton, New Hampshire in the 19th century. Four handwritten essays, totaling eleven pages, plus a manuscript amateur newspaper, all signed by the author. The essays include a four page spoof titled "Autobiography of an old stove," describing the life of a stove from its existence as a lump of ore in an iron mine, to the manufactory, to being used in a schoolhouse. The other essays are titled "Summer," "Our talents," and "A critics report."