tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post5277299917049887708..comments2023-10-20T11:17:47.246-04:00Comments on Two Nerdy History Girls: Recreating Emily Dickinson's 1883 Black CakeUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-59564163106346739142015-12-17T11:44:27.424-05:002015-12-17T11:44:27.424-05:00Thank you to Karen Anne and to Isabella Bradford/S...Thank you to Karen Anne and to Isabella Bradford/Susan Holloway Scott for clearing up my confusion. Either I misheard or misremembered (either is possible) or the guide was mistaken (sadly, also a possibility). I am not in Amherst, my husband and I were "passing through" in mid-November and took the tour then. Lab Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11527127633619894794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-54969211256904147532015-12-17T08:41:00.068-05:002015-12-17T08:41:00.068-05:00Stephanie, I like the idea of Emily Dickinson beat...Stephanie, I like the idea of Emily Dickinson beating all those eggs, too! I also loved the fact that the two women recreating the cake were both named Emily. :)Isabella Bradford/Susan Holloway Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00997375216314200469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-6546669787398449842015-12-17T08:39:49.536-05:002015-12-17T08:39:49.536-05:00Karen Anne, you beat me to it! :) Lab Lisa, the de...Karen Anne, you beat me to it! :) Lab Lisa, the desk in Amherst is a faithful, line-for-line reproduction of the one in the Houghton Library Collection. If you'd like to see it in person (I'm guessing you're in MA, if you were just in Amherst), Houghton has tours that feature the Emily Dickinson room as well as the John Keats Room. The tours are free and open to the public - more info here http://hcl.harvard.edu/info/tours/Isabella Bradford/Susan Holloway Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00997375216314200469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-44566304140304943142015-12-17T03:41:44.566-05:002015-12-17T03:41:44.566-05:00I found at https://www.emilydickinsonmuseum.org/no...I found at https://www.emilydickinsonmuseum.org/node/429<br /><br />"Exact reproductions of Emily Dickinson's writing stand and bureau were created by Boyd Allen and Caleb Schultz, respectively, of the North Bennet Street School in Boston. Gifts of Amos and Barbara Hostetter, longtime supporters of the Emily Dickinson Museum, the stand and bureau were based on the originals in Harvard University's Houghton Library Emily Dickinson collection."<br />Karen Annehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13306986336556283751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-81119593400572276652015-12-16T18:53:44.147-05:002015-12-16T18:53:44.147-05:00I love the idea that, under her modest dresses, Em...I love the idea that, under her modest dresses, Emily had crazy strong biceps. She'd have to, to mix that cake!Stephanie Gaylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10868521469605870243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-89089839762827951192015-12-16T16:50:41.442-05:002015-12-16T16:50:41.442-05:00I'm a bit puzzled. We visited Amherst a few we...I'm a bit puzzled. We visited Amherst a few weeks ago and I thought the tour guide at Dickinson's house indicated that the "small desk on which she wrote [her poems]" was in its original place in her bedroom. Lab Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11527127633619894794noreply@blogger.com