Poetry
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
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
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Edgar Lee Masters papers
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
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Hugh Oliver Argraves papers
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
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Miner Family papers
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
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Priscilla M. Babb papers