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Edgar Lee Masters papers

Collection — Box: 58

Identifier: MS-SC1010

Scope and Contents 72 letters to Edwin P. Reese discuss his writing, work on new ed. of Spoon River, Atlantis, Mirage and a book about his father. Also several mentions of Clarence Darrow and his work on the Leopold-Loeb case and his and William Jennings Bryan on the Scopes trial. He writes at length about Bryan in several letters. He also gives his opinions of Carl Sandburg, Theodore Dreiser and Amy Lowell. Occasional mention of politics and opinions of Calvin Coolidge. Occasional mention of his son, Hardin, his...

Dates: Created: 1924 - 1942

Found in: Manuscript Collection

Edward John Pratt, "Lincoln"

Collection — Box: 68

Identifier: MS-SC1209

Scope and Contents Handwritten manuscript of the poem titled "Lincoln" which he read at the Feb. 11, 1941 celebration of the Mid-Day Luncheon Club.

Dates: Created: 1941

Found in: Manuscript Collection

Hugh Oliver Argraves papers

Collection — Box: 2

Identifier: MS-SC37

Scope and Contents Consists of typescripts and drafts of 4 plays and 44 poems written by Hugh O. Argraves of Rockford, Illinois. Many poems concern his service during World War II.

Dates: Created: 1940-1965

Found in: Manuscript Collection

L. O. Renne, "The Sangamon"

Collection — Box: 70

Identifier: MS-SC1259

Scope and Contents Poem recounting life in the Sangamon River Valley. Typed and signed by author.

Dates: Created: April 1942

Found in: Manuscript Collection

Miner Family papers

Collection — Box: 60

Identifier: MS-SC1054

Scope and Contents Correspondence is mostly of the Thomas family and includes many letters from Julia (Thomas) Barker to Ellen (Thomas) Miner. In one letter, she mentions a visit from Mary and Robert Lincoln and Mary's need to visit the grave. Also includes letters from Julia and Ellen's brother Marshall while attending medical school in Philadelphia; from Jane Pond in Louisiana, whose family headed a girls' seminary there, includes a description, 1851, of Oakland College in Mississippi; from Julia and Ellen's...

Dates: Created: 1837 - 1955

Found in: Manuscript Collection

Priscilla M. Babb papers

Collection

Identifier: MS-BC746

Scope and Contents This collection is composed of the personal papers of Marion Priscilla Carpenter Babb (Priscilla M. Babb) including her correspondence, diaries, and original manuscripts of poetry and prose, 1907-1969. The papers are divided into three series, the first contains Babb’s personal correspondence, diaries/journals, primarily from her time as a student at Illinois State Normal University (now Illinois State University), during the late 1920s. This series also includes household financial documents...

Dates: 1907-1969

Found in: Manuscript Collection

"The Portfolio" by the Waverly Literary Society

Collection — Box: 67

Identifier: MS-SC1201

Scope and Contents First and second issue of Vol. 5 compiled in February and April of 1849 consisted of essays and poetry by the members who had as their most frequent themes love, nature, death and moral character.

Dates: Created: 1849

Found in: Manuscript Collection

The Prairie Casket, Waverly, Illinois

Collection — Box: 68

Identifier: MS-SC1208

Scope and Contents Issue number 5 of the first volume of the journal contains essays, poems and short stories on such topics as "Woman", "Reed Bird Shooting, "Lady Fenwick's Monument", "Our Western Home", "Domestic Scene" and eleven other works. Letter, 1856, Salter to Thayer, re: family news.

Dates: Created: 1854 - 1856

Found in: Manuscript Collection

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