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Poetry scrapbook pages

 Collection — Folder: S3098
Identifier: S3098

Scope and Contents

The collection consists of part of a disassembled scrapbook containing poems, newspaper clippings, and notes from an unknown creator in the United States, ranging from 1909 to 1946 and undated, concerning poetry, art, music lyrics, poets, and journalists, many concerning or from Indiana creators. The bulk of the collection is clippings from newspapers and other sources.

Known poets and lyricists included: James Whitcomb Riley, William M. Herschell, Edgar A. Guest, Mary E. Bostwick, Francis Scott Key, Rose Hartwick Thorpe, Max Ehrmann, James B. Elmore, Anne McQueen, Theodore Garrison, Emma Colbert, M. W. Anderson, Emily Dickinson, S. E. Kiser, A. W. Saint, Louis Dorn, Ethel Lippmann Patterson, Nixon Waterman, Sam Walter Foss, S. W. Gillilan, Tom M. Morgan, Kate Trader Barrow, Arthur J. Burdick, Washington Gladden, Joaquin Miller, Wilbur D. Nesbit, C. E. Merrifield, Richard Hevey, Richard Henry Stoddard, Henry Van Dyke, Ogden Nash, Alonzo Rice, Rudyard Kipling, George E. Cable, John Finley, Frances Morrison, and Mary Moberly.

Newspapers and periodicals where the clippings originated include: the Decatur Herald, Indianapolis Star, Chicago Record-Herald, Indianapolis Press, Century, The Saturday Evening Post, Christian Endeavour World, Kansas City Journal, Indianapolis News, Purdue Exponent, and the Denver Republican.

Dates

  • 1909-1946, undated

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

No information about the creator of this scrapbook is available.

Extent

0.01 Cubic Feet (1 folder)

Language of Materials

English

Arrangement

This collection is arranged numerically.

Custodial History

This collection was recieved by Rare Books and Manuscripts as a donation.

Accruals

No further additions are expected.

Processing Information

Collection processing and finding aid completed 1999/05/26 by Philip N. Williams. EAD finding aid created on 2024/03/20 by A.J. Chrapliwy.
Title
Poetry scrapbook pages
Status
Completed
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the Rare Books and Manuscripts Repository

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