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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."

Dates

  • 1958

Creator

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.

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.
Title
Jeanette Vaughn Konley collection
Status
Completed
Description rules
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Script of description
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Repository Details

Part of the Rare Books and Manuscripts Repository

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