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This collection includes diaries kept by S.H.M. Byers from July 23, 1859 thru June 6, 1864; a manuscript autobiographical piece composed in French by Byers entitled "A Little Sketch of My Life in French", March 1, 1919; Byers' handwritten journal of "my first poems" including verses composed during the Civil War; a scrapbook of poems published in newspapers, with some accompanying ephemera; a scrapbook of manuscript and printed sheet music including titles "Were I the Wind", "Memories", and "Los Angeles the Beautiful (A Song for a City)"; single pieces of sheet music for "The Rose of Iowa" and "Sherman's March to the Sea" (lyrics by Byers); and two letters--one written by Lawrence Byers to fellow graduates of William Penn College (1892) and one written by S.H.M. Byers to Edward Marshall Boggs (July 27, 1928).

"With Fire and Sword" from Samuel Hawkins Marshall Byers. American poet, diplomat, and soldier in the Civil War (1838-1933).

"A Layman's Life of Jesus" from Samuel Hawkins Marshall Byers. American poet, diplomat, and soldier in the Civil War (1838-1933).