Poetry
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 132 Collections and/or Records:
"My Deborah Lee" poem
Collection — Folder S2126
Identifier: S2126
Scope and Contents
This collection contains a page from an edition of Frank Leslie's Budget of Fun circa 1860s. The page has printed material on both sides, including the poem, "My Deborah Lee," a parody of Edgar Allan Poe's "Annabel Lee" that was reprinted from the Cincinnati Commercial with no author credited. The poem has a couple lines that refer to Indiana: "That a nice girl live, as ye Hoosiers know," and...
Dates:
circa 1860s
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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"My Deborah Lee" poem
Myrtie Barker collection
Collection
Identifier: L583
Scope and Contents
This collection includes correspondence, newspaper articles, clippings, manuscripts, books, family papers, awards, and other materials from Myrtie Barker and the Barker family in Indianapolis, Indiana ranging from 1907 to 1985 regarding her career as a writer and family life. There is also an oversize folder with a Sagamore of the Wabash award certificate, 1981/01/07; signed card from Indianapolis News staff, undated, and I Am...
Dates:
1907-1985
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Myrtie Barker collection
Nancy Hovarter papers
Collection
Identifier: S0685
Scope and Contents
This collection includes a postcard and a letter sent to Nancy Hovarter in Angola, Indiana from her daughter Hattie Weirich in Toledo, Ohio on August 12, 1924, and from her granddaughter Ruth and family in Glenwood, Iowa on Augutst 24, 1931, respectively concerning travel, unemployment, farming, drought, and the swarm of grasshoppers which devastated Midwestern crops in 1931. There is also a letter to Hattie Weirich in Kendallville, Indiana from her sister Lydia in Orland, Indiana on July 15,...
Dates:
1884-1931
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Nancy Hovarter papers
Patrick family collection
Collection — Folder S1955
Identifier: S1955
Scope and Contents
This collection contains a copy book used by several members of the Patrick family of Jennings County, Indiana and includes account entries made by Jeremiah Patrick regarding his duties as treasurer of district No. 4, Township No. 6, Range 9 East (1846-1849); poetry and songs written by Lora and Mariah Jane "Jennie" Patrick (1868-1870, undated); and poems and autographs from family and friends (1869-1894, undated). The collection also contains a clipping of the poem "Yuba...
Dates:
1846-1901
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Patrick family collection
Paul Herring diary
Collection — Folder S0640
Identifier: S0640
Scope and Contents
This collection includes 97 photocopied pages of Paul Herring's 1873 diary. Herring's entries are in both English and German and he refers to himself as "the writer". Most entries start with a description of the weather and they relate daily activities of his family and himself. Remarks about farming activities are a common theme, but he also describes special days such as Decoration Day (May 30), Independence Day, Thanksgiving, and Christmas. Also included are hymns in German, and poems by...
Dates:
1873
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Paul Herring diary
Peter Michels poem
Collection — Folder S2645
Identifier: S2645
Scope and Contents
This collection contains a photocopy of a poem called “Shiloh” by Peter Michels. Written and printed sometime after he moved to New Castle, Indiana (circa 1880s-1920s), Michel’s poem has ten stanzas and relates events that took place during the Battle of Shiloh on April 6 and 7, 1862 as remembered by “one who was in that battle two days and was not 17 years old.”
Dates:
circa 1880s-1920s
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Peter Michels poem
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
Poets' Study Club of Terre Haute collection
Collection
Identifier: L400
Scope and Contents
This collection includes minutes and treasurers' reports; copies of the round table newsletter; letters from Poets' Study Club of Terre Haute and members; bulletins for the Indiana State Federation of Poetry Clubs; writings by Lillian Robertson Beck and miscellaneous papers and publications in Terre Haute and Crawfordsville, Indiana and elsewhere in the United States ranging from 1939 to 1976 regarding poetry, hymnody and writing.
Dates:
1939-1976
Preston Kiser letters
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S3018
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of photocopies of U.S. Civil War letters from Preston Kiser to his wife and children, ranging from 1861 to 1862, with miscellaneous additional materials. Kiser’s letters describe military life in camp, illnesses, and home activities. Each copied letter is accompanied by a typed transcription created by Frances Alma Newkirk Reber, Kiser's great-granddaughter between 1982 and 1984. The materials have been left as Reber organized them, so there is not strict...
Dates:
1861-1872, 1982-1984
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Preston Kiser letters
Reading and recitation booklet
Collection — Folder S1907
Identifier: S1907
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of a bound notepad of 27 pages containing typed copies of poems, monologues, and short essays frequently used for reading and recitation activities circa 1890-1910. The following works are part of the collection: "Poor Little Joe" by David Law Proudfit; "Pain in a Pleasure Boat" by Thomas Hood; "Peter Sorgum in Love: A Capital Yankee Story" by Alf Burnett; "Home Again" by unknown author; "Uncle Pete and Marse George" by unknown author; "Mrs. Britzenhoeffer's Trouble" by...
Dates:
circa 1890-1910
