Jeannette Vaughn Konley letter
Collection — Folder: S1328
Identifier: S1328
Scope and Contents
On Sunday, October 25, 1958, Jeannette Vaughn Konley wrote a ten-page letter to her friend, Margarette Ball Dickson. Jeannette mentions various newspapers which reported her being named Poet Laureate of Indiana. She is pleased that the honor is "bestowed by fellow poets and is no mere accolade of royalty with [?] such as that which caused Robert Browning to write of William Wordsworth: 'Just for a handful of silver he left us, just for a riband to stick in his coat.'" She continues to discuss her poems and Margarette's text books on patterns for poems.
Regarding her job, Jeannette wrote: "Processing thousands of unemployed who storm our gates every day takes a lot out of me mentally and physically. They are all unhappy people and altho there are such few jobs to offer them, I must try to encourage them not to be too despondent. My little apartment where I live alone is a haven of refuge because it is peaceful and quiet."
Regarding her job, Jeannette wrote: "Processing thousands of unemployed who storm our gates every day takes a lot out of me mentally and physically. They are all unhappy people and altho there are such few jobs to offer them, I must try to encourage them not to be too despondent. My little apartment where I live alone is a haven of refuge because it is peaceful and quiet."
Dates
- 1958
Creator
- Konley, Jeannette Vaughn (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Legal title, copyright, and literary rights reside with Rare Books and Manuscripts, Indiana State Library, Indianapolis, IN. All requests to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted to Rare Books and Manuscripts.
Biographical Note
Jeannette Vaughn Konley was born in Chicago, Illinois. A longtime resident of Gary, Indiana, she was a guardian of Camp Fire Girls for 14 years, a Girl Scout leader for 5 years, and a recreational supervisor of activities in parks, playgrounds, and settlement houses for 7 years. She also worked for the Indiana Unemployment Security Division in Hammond, Indiana. Konley was an Indiana Poet Laureate for her work "Cradled in the Dunes".
Source:
Thompson, Donald E., "Indiana authors and their books, 1917-1966". Crawfordsville, IN: Wabash College, 1974.
Source:
Thompson, Donald E., "Indiana authors and their books, 1917-1966". Crawfordsville, IN: Wabash College, 1974.
Extent
0.01 Cubic Feet (1 folder)
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
There is only one item in this collection.
Custodial History
This collection was received by Rare Books and Manuscripts as a donation.
Accruals
No further additions are expected.
Processing Information
Collection processing and finding aid completed 2017/12/21 by Nikki Stoddard Schofield.
Creator
- Konley, Jeannette Vaughn (Person)
- Title
- Jeanette Vaughn Konley collection
- Status
- Completed
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Rare Books and Manuscripts Repository
Contact:
140 North Senate Avenue
Indianapolis, Indiana 46204 U.S.A.
317-232-3671
140 North Senate Avenue
Indianapolis, Indiana 46204 U.S.A.
317-232-3671
