Rare Book Collections

Happy Days Childhood. Fireside Series. Boston: Lothrop, 1904. https://fsu-flvc.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01FALSC_FSU/pag4dr/alma990274490340306576.

John MacKay Shaw (1897-1984) was a Scottish-born American businessman and philanthropist who collected works of British and American poetry related to the theme of childhood. His collection of over 5,000 first and rare editions of major poets, Victorian gift books, children’s periodicals, and reference works was donated to FSU Libraries and 1959 and has continued to grow, now encompassing over 25,000 volumes

• Search the Shaw Collection on the library catalog.
• To find digitized selections from the Shaw Collection, search the Juvenile Literature, The Poetry of Sacred Song, Poetry During World War I, and the John MacKay Shaw Childhood in Poetry collections on Diginole.
• Items from the collection can also be viewed on the digital exhibit John MacKay Shaw: The Man Behind the Collection.

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