Women poets
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 8 Collections and/or Records:
Ada Perry Beinhacker collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S0098
Scope and Contents
This collection contains several items from Ada Perry Beinhacker, including an undated sample advertisement and envelope for the “Zonas Corn Leaf” plaster manufactured by Johnson and Johnson; an undated “The Readers Friend” bookmark from the George W. Shults, Jr. drugstore of Cambridge City, Indiana; 2 teacher’s licenses issued to Flora Harvey to teach in Marion County, Indiana dated March 26, 1887 and March 31, 1888; clippings of the January 23, 1934 newspaper articles, “Artist Pays Tribute to...
Dates:
1887-1945, undated
Emma Shields Nunemacher Carleton collection
Collection — Folder S0218
Identifier: S0218
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of 22 letters to Emma from Indianapolis poet and newspaperman Daniel L. Paine (1830-1895), regarding Indianapolis life, the works of other Indiana writers, including James Whitcomb Riley, and advice on Carleton’s writing (1889-1895). His wife was named Minnie, and he had a son named Dan.Many of Emma’s poems are included. Some are hand-written, some typed, and some published. There are two letters from Emma, one in 1897 to Mrs. Duns, and one in 1916 to Mr....
Dates:
1889-1935
Frances Marvel Gnass collection
Collection
Identifier: L042
Scope and Contents
This collection contains items from Frances Marvel Gnass’s family, including Joseph Brown’s ciphering book of mathematical operations and business accounting practices (1840-1843); a promissory note for payment to Isaac Brown (1857), and a page of accounting notations of the Brown family (1869-1877); Edith Walker’s autograph book (1888-1893); and a full-page from the Crawfordsville Journal and Review that lists soldiers buried in Montgomery County, Indiana by...
Dates:
1840-2008
Jeannette Vaughn Konley letter
Collection — Folder S1328
Identifier: S1328
Scope and Contents
This collection comprises a 10-page letter from Jeannette Vaughn Konley to her friend, Margarette Ball Dickson, on October 25, 1958, regarding reporting on Konley becoming Poet Laureate of Indiana as well as her civil service career dealing with unemployment.
Dates:
1958
Marjorie Kahl Lawrence papers
Collection
Identifier: L231
Scope and Contents
This collection includes handwritten and typed poems and poetry volumes, correspondence from students, Christmas cards with poems and woodcut illustrations, scrapbooks, newsletters, writings, scrapbooks, travel journals, and a wax grooved disc from Marjorie Kahl Lawrence in Mulberry, Lawrence, and other places in Indiana and Nebraska, ranging from 1922 to 1989, regarding her literary work and career, education and teaching, family life, and travel in Europe.
Dates:
1922-1989
Mary H. Vawter letter
Collection — Folder S2320
Identifier: S2320
Scope and Contents
This collection includes a one-page handwritten letter sent by Mary H. Vawter of Nashville, Brown County, Indiana to Miss Mary E. Schell of the Indiana State Library. Dated June 1947 and sent with two copies of her "little book of poems," the letter mentioned that visitors were welcome and included directions on how to find her home.
Dates:
1947/06
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Mary H. Vawter letter
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,...
Dates:
1909-1946, undated
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Poetry scrapbook pages
Sarah T. Bolton papers
Collection — Folder S0139
Identifier: S0139
Scope and Contents
This collection includes a handwritten letter with and accompanying autograph and poem excerpt and two poems from Sarah T. Bolton in Indianapolis, Indiana ranging from 1850 to 1892, with one undated, regarding marriage, life, toil, and death.
Dates:
1850-1892, undated
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Sarah T. Bolton papers
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