The David Freeman Collection -- English Literature
Donated by the family of the late David W. Freeman, Professor of English at Sir Wilfred Grenfell College, the collection contains 36 titles printed between the seventeenth and twentieth centuries. The collection
reflects the donor's interest in the history of the book. The majority of the works in the collection are of English literature, including poetry, drama, epigrams and emblems, but there are also some ecclesiastical titles and reference works related to book history and to printing. The collection contains several scarce and valuable titles, including a first edition of William Cartwright's Comedies, Tragi-Comedies with Other Poems, Humphrey Moseley, 1651; and Edward Larkin's Speculum Patrum: A Looking-Glasse of the Fathers, Henry Eversden, 1659.
Access to the David W. Freeman Collection
The collection is not yet catalogued. A bibliography of the titles held in The David W. Freeman Collection is available on the Digital Archives Initiative website. The collection is not open for browsing. To see physical copies of items in the collection, or to find out more about the collection, please contact Special Collections Librarian, Patrick Warner, at pwarner@mun.ca.