Description
A fair copy of "My Maryland," a poem by James Ryder Randall later utilized in a Civil War battle hymn and as the lyrics for the state anthem of Maryland, "Maryland, My Maryland." It is unknown if this is a fair copy by Randall himself or by another creator.
Creation Date
1861
City
Pointe Coupee
State/Province
Louisiana
Creator Life Dates
1839-1908
Keywords
James Ryder Randall, James Randall, poetry, poem, My Maryland, Maryland My Maryland, Pointe Coupe, Louisiana, song
Resource Identifier
070428-25
Date Digital
10-6-2013
Document Type
Manuscript
Disciplines
Ethnomusicology | Literature in English, North America | Other Music | Political History | Social History | United States History
Publisher
Wofford College
Format (medium)
manuscript
Format (IMT)
Language
en-US
Digitization Specifications
600ppi or 800ppi 24-bit depth color; Scanned with an Epson 15000 Photo scanner with Epson Scan software; Archival master is a TIFF; Original converted to JPEG with Irfan View, Fast Stone, or GIMP software. JPEGs compiled in PDF using Adobe Acrobat XI Pro.
Source
The original from which this digital representation is taken is housed in The Littlejohn Collection at Wofford College, located in the Sandor Teszler Library.
Recommended Citation
Randall, James Ryder, "James Randall poetry manuscript" (1861). Broadus R. Littlejohn, Jr. Manuscript and Ephemera Collection. 18.
https://digitalcommons.wofford.edu/littlejohnmss/18
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 License.
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