Samantha at Saratoga or "Racin' After Fashion"
Object NameBook
Author
Marietta Holley
(American, 1836 - 1926)
Publisher
Hubbard Brothers
(American (Philadelphia, PA))
Date1887
OriginUSA
MediumPaper
ClassificationsBooks, Manuscripts, Documents, Personal Symbol & Correspondence
Credit LineGift of Dennis Wendell. In the Farm House Museum Collection, Farm House Museum, University Museums, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa.
Object number90.9.15
Status
Not on viewCollections
CultureAmerican
Label TextMarietta Holley (pen names, Jemyma, and later, Josiah Allen's Wife) was an American humorist who used satire to comment on U.S. society and politics. Holley enjoyed a prolific writing career and was a bestselling author in the late 19th century, though she was largely forgotten by the time of her death. Holley is remembered as one of America's significant early female humorists who’s work appealed to all classes of society.
Locations
- (not entered) Iowa State University, Farm House Museum
Object Name: Book
W. B. Conkey Company
1887
Object number: 86.10.21
Object Name: Book
American Sunday School Union
1834
Object number: 90.9.25
Object Name: Book
American Baptist Publication Society
1847
Object number: 90.9.39
Object Name: Book / Adveertising
Merchant's Gargling Oil Company
1872
Object number: 90.9.32
Object Name: Book
Rand, McNally & Company
c. 1910
Object number: 90.9.20
Object Name: Book
United States History Company
1894
Object number: 90.9.35
Object Name: Book
Thomas Y. Crowell & Co.
c. 1902
Object number: 90.9.31
Object Name: Book
Publius "Virgil" Vergilius Maro
Object number: 90.9.30