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Finding Aid for the Garrett W. McQuiddy Poem, 1897 July 24


MS-3116

University of Tennessee Special Collections Library, Knoxville, TN


Collection processed by: Will Dewey, July 11, 2007
Finding Aid written by: Will Dewey, July 11, 2007
Encoded by: Will Dewey, July 11, 2007

Summary Information
Title: Garrett W. McQuiddy Poem

Date/Date Range :   1897 July 24

Extent: 0.1 linear feet

Abstract:
This collection houses a love poem entitled "Pride" written by Garrett W. McQuiddy on July 24, 1897. It appears to be a telegram sent from Anderson, Tennessee to Dardanelle, Arkansas printed on a Nashville, Chattanooga, and St. Louis Railway Train Order form.

Call number: MS-3116

Repository: University of Tennessee Special Collections Library, Knoxville, TN

Access and Use
Aquisition Information:
Collection was purchased by Special Collections on March 25, 2007.
Access Restrictions:
Collection is open for research.
Copyright:
The copyright interests in this collection remain with the creator. For more information, contact the Special Collections Library.
Preferred Citation:
[Identification of Item], Garrett W. McQuiddy Poem, MS-3116. University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Special Collections Library.

Arrangement

Collection consists of a single folder.


Biography / History

Garrett Webb McQuiddy was born in July of 1872 in Tennessee. At about the time this poem was written, he was working as a preacher in Grundy County, Tennessee. He later moved to Oklahoma, where he served as the pastor of the Guthrie First Christian Church, married Clara Carroll (1886-1959), and had least two children. He died in 1941.


Collection Scope and Content Note

This collection consists of a love poem entitled "Pride" written by Garrett W. McQuiddy on July 24, 1897. It appears to be a telegram sent from Anderson, Tennessee to Dardanelle, Arkansas printed on a Nashville, Chattanooga, and St. Louis Railway Train Order form.

Subject Terms

  • Love poetry, American.
  • Poets, American -- Southern States.
Contents List
Box   1     Folder   1    
Garrett W. McQuiddy Poem, 1897

Scope Note:

Transcription of Poem

July 24th 1897

Anderson, Tenn.

We parted ne'er to meet again,/One sultry night in May;/And thoughts of that bitter end,/Will haunt us till the judgement day.

Had she but known the grief and pain/Her cruel words alone could give,/She would have asked me to remain,/And at her side forever more to live.

'Twas pride alone that closed my lips,/From offering words of joy and love;/And still upon my heart she sits/Like him who reigns in peace above.

Composed by; Garrett W. McQuiddy

Dardanelle, Ark.

(L.N.M.)