Holograph copy of Survivors, a collection of poetry by George Edward Gee, c.1947

Manuscript fair copy holograph of Gee's printed collected poems as published in, Survivors. The poems are dated from 1890 to 1938. The subjects of his poetry include boyhood in Nottingham, the American North-West, his family, natural history, and vistas of countryside and mountains.

George Edward Gee appears to have spent much of his life in Nottinghamshire but made frequent visits to North America. No details are known about him beyond his writings as a poet.

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LANGUAGE: English

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Specific details concerning the acquisition of the manuscript are unclear. It seems to have been acquired by the library of University College Nottingham (now The University of Nottingham) in about 1947. Gee donated a published copy of Survivors to University College Nottingham in 1947 which is now in The University of Nottingham Department of Manuscripts and Special Collections' East Midlands Collection. A manuscript annotation to the preface of that volume suggests that Gee compiled the collection while in Poulsbo, Washington, USA.