{"id":405,"date":"2015-03-04T11:12:17","date_gmt":"2015-03-04T16:12:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/csc-history-of\/?page_id=405"},"modified":"2015-07-20T09:43:51","modified_gmt":"2015-07-20T13:43:51","slug":"perry","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/csc-history-of\/highlighted-collections\/personal-libraries\/perry\/","title":{"rendered":"Library of Thomas Sergeant Perry"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_542\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-542\" style=\"width: 191px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/csc-history-of\/files\/2015\/03\/TSP-portrait-1889.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-542\" src=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/csc-history-of\/files\/2015\/03\/TSP-portrait-1889.jpg\" alt=\"TSP portrait 1889\" width=\"191\" height=\"240\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/csc-history-of\/files\/2015\/03\/TSP-portrait-1889.jpg 278w, https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/csc-history-of\/files\/2015\/03\/TSP-portrait-1889-238x300.jpg 238w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 191px) 100vw, 191px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-542\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">1889 portrait of Thomas Sergeant Perry by Lilla Cabot Perry. (http:\/\/www.the-athenaeum.org)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The personal library of Thomas Sergeant Perry exemplifies his vast range of literary knowledge and interests. These volumes were given by his daughter, <a title=\"Margaret Perry (Donor)\" href=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/csc-history-of\/the-people\/highlighted-donors\/m-perry-donor\/\" target=\"_blank\">Margaret Perry<\/a>, beginning in 1948.<\/p>\n<p>Perry&#8217;s library confirms his reputation as a remarkably attentive reader. It features acknowledged and newer masters of American poetry in the 19th and early 20th centuries.<\/p>\n<p>Works consulted:<\/p>\n<p>Cocks, Fraser. Report on Special Collections. February 1985. Colbiana Collection. Colby College Special Collections.<\/p>\n<p>Margaret Perry donor file. Colby College Special Collections.<\/p>\n<p>Robinson, Edwin Arlington. <em>Selections from the Letters of Thomas Sergeant Perry<\/em>. New York: MacMillan, 1929. Print.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/digitalcommons.colby.edu\/cq\/vol2\/iss9\/5\/\" target=\"_blank\">Two Friends of Robinson<\/a>.&#8221; <em>Colby Library Quarterly<\/em>. Waterville, ME: Colby College Library. February 1949. Print and web.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #993300\"><em>IN THE CATALOG&#8230;<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Books in Perry&#8217;s library are described in the Colby Libraries web catalog and are designated with a PERRY prestamp before the call number.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #993300\"><em>RELATED MANUSCRIPT COLLECTION<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The <a title=\"Thomas Sergeant Perry Collection\" href=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/csc-history-of\/t-s-perry-collection\/\" target=\"_blank\">Thomas Sergeant Perry Collection<\/a> contains correspondence, manuscripts, and clippings.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The personal library of Thomas Sergeant Perry exemplifies his vast range of literary knowledge and interests. These volumes were given by his daughter, Margaret Perry, beginning in 1948. Perry&#8217;s library confirms his reputation as a remarkably attentive reader. It features acknowledged and newer masters of American poetry in the 19th and early 20th centuries. Works [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":405,"featured_media":0,"parent":332,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/csc-history-of\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/405"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/csc-history-of\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/csc-history-of\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/csc-history-of\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/405"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/csc-history-of\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=405"}],"version-history":[{"count":21,"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/csc-history-of\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/405\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1805,"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/csc-history-of\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/405\/revisions\/1805"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/csc-history-of\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/332"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/csc-history-of\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=405"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}