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Poetry

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 14 Collections and/or Records:

Bod-Caw Epic

 Collection
Identifier: MS B63
Scope and Content Note

A mounted clipping concerning Arkansas' "first heroic poem."

Dates: undated

Albert Howard Carter Manuscript

 Collection
Identifier: MS C25
Scope and Content Note

Typescript of poems, together with photocopy of poems and of manuscript of musical score with lyrics.

Dates: undated

Josephine Criser Notebook

 Collection
Identifier: MC 443A
Scope and Content Note

Composition book filled with handwritten poems and stories, "Odds and Ends of Poetry and Prose," circa 1921. Some copied and some apparently written by Criser, who was evidently a student at Winthrop College, Rock Hill, South Carolina.

Dates: ca. 1921

Clara Humphrey Crowder Broadside

 Collection
Identifier: MS C88
Scope and Content Note

Broadside of poem entitled "Arkansas' Birth".

Dates: undated

Beverley Githens Dresbach Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MC 134
Scope and Content Note

The papers include Beverley Githens Dresbach and Glenn Ward Dresbach poems, correspondence, manuscripts, scrapbooks, and photographs.

Dates: 1890-1971

Glenn Ward Dresbach Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS D81
Scope and Content Note Correspondence, literary manuscripts, newspapers, magazines, clippings, scrapbooks, advertisements, announcements, certificates, commission, greeting cards, invitations, lists, memoranda, military orders, notes, notices, photographs, programs, remittance advices, reports and other documents; pertaining primarily to the literary career of the internationally celebrated Arkansas poet, but also to his personal, familial, business, social, civic, military and other affairs, and to Beverley...
Dates: 1907-1968

Fontaine Richard Earle Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MC 68
Scope and Content Note

The papers in the collection consist of sermons, essays, lectures, letters, and poetry written by Earle during his lengthy career, along with broadsides, tracts, and newspaper clippings he collected, all of which have been arranged into five series.

Dates: 1856-1907

John Gould Fletcher Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS F63
Scope and Content Note Series I. Literary manuscripts. 32 boxes. Arranged by form in 9 groups --poems; prose books published and unpublished; translations; essays; lectures and lecture notes; short stories; plays; and miscellaneous items. In another Fletcher collection, the Supplementary Papers, Series 2 includes 25 additional itemized manuscripts. Series II. Notebooks. 129 items. Notes on experiences, drafts or ideas for writings....
Dates: 1881-1960

Edsel Ford Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS F75
Scope and Content Note Correspondence, literary manuscripts, scrapbooks, photographs, printed material and other papers of the Arkansas prize winning poet and University of Arkansas Distinguished Alumnus Edsel Ford. Correspondents include Kenneth L. Beaudoin, Thomas Stuart Cleworth, Everett McKinley Dirksen, Beverly Githens Dresbach, Glenn Ward Dresbach, Orval Eugene Faubus, Walter John Lemke, Rosa Zagnoni Marinoni, Archibald MacLeish, Harriet Monroe, Thomas Moult, David Wiley Mullins, James Purdy, Otto Ernest...
Dates: 1928-1982; Majority of material found within circa 1950-1970

Augustus Hill Garland Poem

 Collection
Identifier: MS G21
Scope and Content Note

Printed broadside dated at Washington, Arkansas October 25, 1855, containing eleven stanza poem captioned, "Lines written in memory of their little boy, and dedicated to Mr. A. H. and Mrs. V. Garland. By E. W. G."

Dates: 1855

John Fletcher Gould Supplementary Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS F63s 298
Scope and Contents

Correspondence, literary manuscripts, genealogical records, clippings, and other materials pertaining to the childhood, education, professional activities and relations, and other aspects of the life and work of the Arkansas Pulitzer Prize-winning poet, writer, and critic John Gould Fletcher, and to his interest in genealogy and family history.

Dates: circa 1902-1973

Scott Greer Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MC 1350
Scope and Content Note

The collection primarily consists of published works of poetry edited by or including the work of Scott Greer; also included is an unpublished compilation of poetry by Greer.

Dates: 1941-1963

Poetry Day Broadside

 Collection
Identifier: MC 680
Abstract

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

Dates: 1948

Maggie Aldridge Smith Collection Addendum

 Collection
Identifier: MC 6b
Scope and Content Note Materials include poetry, articles, and books written by Maggie Smith. Also included is correspondence by Smith and her extended family, and newspaper clippings pertaining to Smith and topics of interest. Genealogical materials pertain to relations of Smith, including the Aldridge, Chastain, and Sager families, as well as efforts to preserve the Simon Sager cabin. Other genealogical materials relate primarily to families from Benton County, Arkansas, including the diary and photo album of...
Dates: 1828-2006