American poetry -- 20th century.
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:
Anna Whitcomb Papers
Collection
Identifier: M/A 0065
Description of Contents
One box of 11 folders and 1 scrapbook. Poems, snapshots, travel diary of trip to Alaska in 1936.
Dates:
1929 - 1980
Collection on Charles H. Foster
Collection
Identifier: M/A 0282
Description of Contents
The Charles H. Foster Collecton consists of a single box and contains materials such as: correspondence, manuscripts, and materials related to his donation of items to the Minneapolis Public Library. Several folders contain incoming and outgoing correspondence with author Truman Nelson.
Dates:
1940 - 1995
Collection on Lucille Barrett
Collection
Identifier: M/A 0005
Description of Contents
One box. It contains 2 issues of Harper's Monthly Magazine. Issue number 857 (October 1921) contains Barrett's poem “Autumn Trail,” and issue 859 (December 1921) contains an excerpt from correspondence between the magazine and the Lucille Barrett's parents, noting the author's early death. The April and December 1915 editions of Douglas School-Life Magazine, published by the seventh and eighth grade students of Minneapolis’ Douglas School, both contain poems by Lucille Barrett as an eighth...
Dates:
1915 - 1921
Collection on the Myers-Nelson Family
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: M/A 0304
Description of Contents
Consists of a volume of poems by Myers, Myers-Nelson and Patten compiled by Myers as a tribute to his daughter. This contains some biographical material, as well. Also included is a clipping file on Myers and his wife, Hazel.
Dates:
1947 - 1969
Midwest Federation of Chaparral Poets Records
Collection
Identifier: M/A 0037
Description of Contents
Five boxes. Collection includes correspondence from 1948-1965, 1971-1973, 1974-1978, 1981, and 1982-1984. Also included are clippings, photos, biographies, scrapbooks, publications, membership lists, bulletins, history, rules and regulations, meeting minutes and poems from members.
The following bound poetry pamphlets were lost to water damage in the basement flood of Regent Maxine Larson: Fall 1994, Fall 1995, Fall 1996, Spring 1997, Spring 1999, Fall 2001.
The following bound poetry pamphlets were lost to water damage in the basement flood of Regent Maxine Larson: Fall 1994, Fall 1995, Fall 1996, Spring 1997, Spring 1999, Fall 2001.
Dates:
1947 - 2007
Minneapolis Poetry Society and the League of Minnesota Poets Records
Collection
Identifier: M/A 0107
Description of Contents
Two boxes. Collection consists of a large number of newspaper clippings, snapshots, clippings of published poems, event invitations and programs, scrapbooks, press notices, membership rolls.
Dates:
1934 - 1982
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