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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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