American poetry -- 20th century
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 36 Collections and/or Records:
Edna Lee Plowman collection
Collection — Folder S1066
Identifier: S1066
Scope and Contents
This collection includes 27 pages of typed and handwritten poetry from Edna Lee Plowman in Indiana ranging from 1922 to 1957 regarding her impressions of life in Indiana.
Dates:
1922-1957
Enos B. Heiney collection
Collection — Folder S1945
Identifier: S1945
Scope and Contents
This collection includes letters from Benjamin S. Parker to Enos Heiney in New Castle, Indiana ranging from 1898-1911 regarding the publication of "Poets and Poetry of Indiana."
Dates:
1898-1911
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Enos B. Heiney collection
Ethel Arnold Tilden letters
Collection — Folder S217
Identifier: S0217
Scope and Contents
This collection includes one typed, signed letter and one autographed, signed letter from Ethel Arnold Tilden in Greencastle, Indiana regarding poems she has written and information she requested from the library.
Dates:
1933 May; undated
Folklore collection
Collection — Folder S1543
Identifier: S1543
Scope and Contents
This collection includes various articles about Indiana folklore, beginning with a 10-page manuscript on folk music and ballads, compiled by Herbert Halpert, editor of "Hoosier Folklore," Paul G. Brewster, author of "Ballads and Songs of Indiana," and the Writers Program of the WPA. In a small envelope, there are three poems written by Virginia Scott Miner of Kansas City, Missouri: (1) Chief Pokagon; (2) Heaven is an Orchard; and (3) Indiana Names. A three-page ballad entiled "Martha Hopkins"...
Dates:
1925-1941
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Folklore collection
Frank Carleton Nelson correspondence
Collection — Folder S844
Identifier: S0844
Scope and Contents
This collection includes a typed, signed letter from Frank Carleton Nelson in Auburn, Indiana on 1927/08/17 regarding the publication of his most recent book of poetry.
Dates:
1927/08/19
House fly collection
Collection — Folder S1537
Identifier: S1537
Scope and Contents
Only two small pieces of paper are in this collection. The undated paper states: "No flies mean a clean city. Cleanliness means efficiency, better homes, better schoools, better humanity, less sickness. Swat the fly." On the other side of that paper is: "Swat The Fly Week, April 28 to May 3."The second paper is entltled "Journal of a Female House Fly," starting with its going into winter quarters on November 2, 1918, and coming out of winter quarters on April 20, 1919. Eight more...
Dates:
1919
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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House fly collection
James Whitcomb Riley collection
Collection
Identifier: L135
Scope and Contents
The collection contains letters, postcards, handwritten poems and printed copies, and a calling card from James Whitcomb Riley in Indiana, including a scrapbook of letters from Riley to Kentucky author Madison Cawein, as well as other materials such as clippings, postcards, biographies, regarding Riley, ranging from 1876 to 1947 and undated.
There are also broadsides and printed portraits of Riley, ranging from 1900 to 1947 and undated (OBD038).
There are also broadsides and printed portraits of Riley, ranging from 1900 to 1947 and undated (OBD038).
Dates:
1876-1947
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
Julia L. Dumont Gordon papers
Collection — Folder S527
Identifier: S0527
Scope and Contents
This collection includes newspaper articles, death notices, printed and autographed poems, and autographed, signed letters from various authors in Indiana, Washington, D.C., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and other locations ranging from 1829-1926 regarding legal cases, speeches, family matters, obituaries and celebrations of war heroes.
Dates:
1829-1926, undated
June Winona Snyder speech
Collection — Folder S1218
Identifier: S1218
Scope and Contents
This is an eight-page, typed speech from June Winona Snyder given to the Indiana State Federation of Poetry Clubs on October 9, 1943, in Indianapolis, Indiana, concerning the organization, its activities, and the war effort.
Dates:
1943/10/09
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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June Winona Snyder speech
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