The collection consists of a signed manuscript poem with title Ad astra, "To the stars." The poem, published in 1889, is a love poem celebrating nature and the sky.
In Rare Books and Manuscripts, University Libraries, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA (#1975-0140R/A-S)
Part Of:
Allison-Shelley manuscript collection
Administrative History:
Frank Dempster Sherman was an American architect, mathematician, poet, and genealogist. He studied at Columbia and Harvard, and later taught architecture at Columbia, but also emerged as a popular and proficient poet of light verse. Noted for his wit, sympathy, and diverse interests, Sherman also wrote children's verse under the pseudonym Felix Carmen. The last years of his life were spent compiling and refining a Sherman family genealogy.
