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Size | Approximately 1000 items |
Abstract | Books, printed materials, ephemera, memorabilia, and audio recordings related to Clement Clarke Moore's Christmas poem "A Visit from St. Nicholas" collected by white librarian William Porter Kellam (1905-1993) from the mid to late twentieth century. The collection contains numerous editions and printings of Moore's 1823 poem popularly known as "The Night Before Christmas" including those with illustrations by American artists Thomas Nast, Norman Rockwell, Arthur Rackham, and Grandma Moses; pastiches and parodies including Cajun Night Before Christmas (1974) and Judith Viorst's A Visit from St. Nicholas (To a Liberated Household) (1977); miniature and popular children’s editions; and printings in anthologies. Other printed materials and ephemera include Christmas cards, advertisements, coloring books, children's activity books, sheet music, articles about Moore and the poem, cartoons, posters, magazines, and newspapers. Memorabilia includes matchbooks, puzzles, a children's View-Master toy (stereoscopic viewer) and reels, panoramas, and a department store display. Audio recordings are commercial 12-inch LP records with recitations of the poem included. Acquired as part of the Rare Book Collection. |
Creator | Kellam, William Porter, 1905-1993. |
Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Rare Book Collection. |
Language | English |
Encoded by: Laura Hart, November 2019
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William Porter Kellam (1905-1993) of McLeansville, N.C., was a librarian at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Duke University and library director at the University of Georgia.
Back to TopBooks, printed materials, ephemera, memorabilia, and audio recordings related to Clement Clarke Moore's Christmas poem "A Visit from St. Nicholas" collected by white librarian William Porter Kellam (1905-1993) from the mid to late twentieth century. The collection contains numerous editions and printings of Moore's 1823 poem popularly known as "The Night Before Christmas" including those with illustrations by American artists Thomas Nast, Norman Rockwell, Arthur Rackham, and Grandma Moses; pastiches and parodies including Cajun Night Before Christmas (1974) and Judith Viorst's A Visit from St. Nicholas (To a Liberated Household) (1977); miniature and popular children’s editions; and printings in anthologies. Other printed materials and ephemera include Christmas cards, advertisements, coloring books, children's activity books, sheet music, articles about Moore and the poem, cartoons, posters, magazines, and newspapers. Memorabilia includes matchbooks, puzzles, a children's View-Master toy (stereoscopic viewer) and reels, panoramas, and a department store display. Audio recordings are commercial 12-inch LP records with recitations of the poem included. Acquired as part of the Rare Book Collection.
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