Poetry Day Broadside

Collection

Identifier: MC 680

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Scope and Content Note

Printed broadside announcing "Arkansas' First Poetry Day," October 15, 1948, sponsored by the National League of American Penwomen, Arkansas Branch. Includes halftone of Rosa Zagnoni Marinoni.

Dates

1948

Creator

National League of Pen Women. Arkansas Branch (Organization)

Language of Materials

Materials are in English.

Access Information

Access Restrictions Apply: Access copy is available for researchers. Access to original with permission.

Please call (479) 575-8444 or email specoll@uark.edu at least two weeks in advance of your arrival to ensure availability of the materials.

Use Information

No Use Restrictions Apply.

No Interlibrary Loan.

Standard Federal Copyright Laws Apply (U.S. Title 17).

Biographical Note

Poetry Day was first declared by Arkansas governor Ben Laney in 1948 and was sponsored by the National League of American Pen Women. Later governor Winthrop Rockefeller proclaimed October 15 as Poetry Day in Arkansas as Rosa Zagnoni Marinoni Day.

Extent

0.1 Linear Feet (1 folder)

Additional Description

Abstract

Printed broadside announcing "Arkansas' First Poetry Day," October 15, 1948.

Arrangement of the Papers

The collection consists of a single item, housed in a box with other smaller manuscript collections.

Acquisition Information

The Poetry Day Broadside was purchased by Special Collections, University of Arkansas Libraries in 1984 from South by Southwest Books of Fayetteville, Arkansas.