How Did You Die?

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The Salvation Army Central Territory Museum

Name/Title

How Did You Die?

Entry/Object ID

2018.18.9

Scope and Content

Poem "How Did You Die?" by Edmund Vance Cooke, typed in black ink on white/cream paper. The title ("HOW DID YOU DIE?") is centered above the poem and the author's name ("-- EDMUND VANCE COOKE" is below and aligned to the right. The poem was written by Edmund Vance Cooke after 1894. It is unknown when and by whom this document was typed, but it was probably in the early 20th century--likely during the second half of World War I (c. 1917-1919)--and possibly typed by, if not given to, a member of the Burdick family.

Acquisition

Accession

2018.18

Source or Donor

Feack, Pamela

Acquisition Method

Gift

Credit Line

Gift of Pamela Feack in memory of Floyd O. "Pa" and Samantha Minerva "Minnie, Ma" Saunders Burdick, Cecil May Burdick Goodwin, Grace Belle Burdick Yates, and Fern Ann Goodwin Feack

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Poem

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Literary Works

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Relationships

Related Events

Event

World War I