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LOC/P/P8. Poetry

 Record Group Term
Identifier: LOC/P/P8

Found in 44 Collections and/or Records:

Sally Elliott Allen papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Ax 239
Abstract

Sally Elliot Allen (1880-1943) was a Pacific Northwest writer and playwright. The collection (1906-1943) contains play, novel, novelette, short-story, and poetry manuscript material, correspondence, published stories and poems, a scrapbook, mementos, and personal materials.

Dates: 1906-1943

W. H. Auden letter and poem

 Collection — Multiple collection box [SFM 024] 1: [Barcode: i18652736]
Identifier: SFM 024
Abstract

Letter from Auden to Brian [Howard]. On the verso of the letter is a poem, Chanson, written in French.

Dates: 19--

Eugene Barnes and David Dougherty manuscript

 Collection — Multiple collection box [Coll 393] 1: [Barcode: 35025042752051]
Identifier: Coll 393
Abstract

Eugene Barnes and David Dougherty published an edited work based on an original volume of medieval poetry, Le geste de Garin de Monglane, also known as the Cheltenham Manuscript. The collection consists of a typed, annotated, and edited manuscript of their work, Le Galien de Cheltenham.

Dates: 1981

Iris Thorpe Barry papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Ax 227
Abstract

Iris Thorpe Barry was a writer of poetry, short stories, and crime and suspense novels. The collection contains manuscripts of poems, short stories, and novels, correspondence, memorabilia and publicity, and published works, 1925-1975.

Dates: 1925-1975

Josef Berger papers

 Collection
Identifier: Coll 058
Abstract

Josef Berger (1903-1971) was a children's book author, political speechwriter, poet, and lyricist. The collection includes correspondence, manuscripts, speeches, and published articles, relating to Berger's interest in American history, politics, and culture.

Dates: 1918-1982

Elizabeth Bishop correspondence and book of poetry

 Collection — Multiple collection box [A 214] 1: [Barcode: i50138315]
Identifier: A 214
Abstract

Elizabeth Bishop was a poet who won the Pulitzer Prize for poetry in 1956 for her collection of poems titled Poems: North and South: A Cold Spring. The collection (1947-1950) contains original and typed transcripts of letters from Bishop to Carley Dawson, a book of poetry by Bishop, and a poem by Carley Dawson.

Dates: 1947-1950

Blossom-time, [not after 1924]

 Collection — Multiple collection box [SFM 056] 1: [Barcode: i19791021]
Identifier: SFM 056
Abstract

Poem handwritten and signed by Hazel Hall.

Dates: before 1924

Verne Bright papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Ax 263
Abstract

Verne Bright (1893 - ) was an Oregon author of poetry who also worked as a newspaper reporter, and as an English teacher. The collection contains correspondence, manuscripts, memorabilia, genealogy research, sketches, scrapbooks, and publications.

Dates: 1899-1975

Witter Bynner poems

 Collection — Multiple collection box [CA 1916 Jan 1] 1: [Barcode: i50165847]
Identifier: CA 1916 Jan 1
Abstract

Witter Bynner (1881-1968) was an American poet. The collection contains two handwritten poems written in 1916, with the titles, "A Thrush in the Moonlight," and "To No One in Particular."

Dates: 1916 January 1

Glen Stemmons Coffield papers

 Collection
Identifier: Coll 217
Abstract

During World War II, Glen Stemmons Coffield (1917-1981) was an intern at the famous Civilian Public Service (CPS) camp for conscientious objectors, Camp Waldport, whose Untide Press published two of his books of poems. Later, he was an active force in the Beat and San Francisco Renaissance scenes throughout his creative career. The Coffield Papers contain Coffield's essays, periodicals, plays, poems/poetry-books, prose and miscellaneous work.

Dates: 1943-1981

Dean Collins papers

 Collection
Identifier: Coll 461
Abstract

Dean Collins (1887-1969) was an Oregon journalist, writer and poet. The collection includes manuscripts, scrapbooks and memorabilia covering Collins' writing career as well as family correspondence and some financial records.

Dates: 1860-1967

Mary Carolyn Davies papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Ax 407
Abstract

Mary Carolyn Davies was a prolific Oregon writer who wrote lyric poems, children’s verse, a novel, short stories, and several one-act plays. The collection (1907-1956) contains manuscripts, correspondence with publishers, published volumes, a scrapbook, photographs, and the manuscripts and college notebooks of Grace Ella Davies Wells.

Dates: circa 1860-1956; Majority of material found within 1907-1934

Elizabeth Head Fetter papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Ax 743
Abstract

Elizabeth Head Fetter (1904-1972) was an author of mystery novels and novels dealing with female psychology, and a free-lance writer of short stories and magazine articles. The collection contains professional and personal correspondence including fan mail, day journals and travel diaries, manuscript materials, book reviews by Fetter, photographs and published material.

Dates: 1931-1971

Ethel Nestell Fortner papers

 Collection
Identifier: Coll 182
Abstract

Ethel Nestell Fortner (1907-1987) was a teacher, principal, and poet. The collection includes correspondence, manuscripts, biographical material, subject files, reviews, publications, scrapbooks, manuscripts by others, audio and reel-to-reel tapes, books, and photographs.

Dates: 1958-1986

Ethel Romig Fuller papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Ax 650
Abstract

Ethel Romig Fuller (1883-1965) was poetry editor of The Oregonian newspaper and in 1957 she was appointed Poet Laureate of Oregon by Governor Robert D. Holmes. The collection contains poetry manuscripts, correspondence, scrapbooks and photographs.

Dates: 1924-1965

Grace E. Hall papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Ax 792
Abstract

Grace E. Hall (?-1939) was a journalist, author, and poet. Collection consists of manuscripts of her books, articles, speeches, vignettes, poetry, clippings, and miscellaneous items.

Dates: circa 1939

W. H. Hardy letter to Fred Lockley

 Collection — Multiple collection box [CA 1918 Nov 18] 1: [Barcode: i50165872]
Identifier: CA 1918 Nov 18
Abstract

W. H. Hardy was a member of the U.S. Navy and was a member of the Naval expedition to Japan in 1852-1854, Commanded by Mathew C. Perry, that resulted in opening up trade routes with Japan. The collection contains a letter dated November 18, 1918 from Hardy to Fred Lockley, and a poem commemorating Perry.

Dates: November 18, 1918

Howe family papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ax 051
Abstract

The Howe family comprises Henry Clay Howe (1832-1889) and his wife Letitia, their son Herbert C. Howe (1872-1940) and daughter Lillian Howe. The collection contains diaries, correspondence, photographs, and genealogical papers of the Howe family, manuscripts by Herbert C. Howe, and a ledger of the Oswego Canal Company of NY.

Dates: 1859-1939

Bertram Huffman papers

 Collection — Box 1 : [Barcode: 35025041749652]
Identifier: Ax 676
Abstract

Bertram Wilson Huffman (1870-1953) of Summerville, Union County, Oregon, who worked for railroads and drove horses, became a celebrated writer and poet in Oregon. The collection (1889-1945) contains manuscripts of poems, articles, and essays, photographs, clippings of published pieces, and correspondence.

Dates: 1889-1945

Walter Evans Kidd papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ax 203
Abstract

Walter Evans Kidd was a noted poet and author of short stories. He was born in 1901 and raised in the Portland, Oregon area. He was educated at the University of Oregon, the University of Iowa and the University of Denver. He held teaching positions at various institutions and published numerous works under the pseudonym Conrad Pendleton. This collection contains correspondence from colleagues and friends as well as other professional materials.

Dates: 1921-1969

Lois Dykeman Kleihauer papers

 Collection
Identifier: Coll 143
Abstract

Consists of professional correspondence; manuscripts of short stories, poetry, and books; published stories; royalty statements and contracts; and books, including her novel Don't Ever Leave Me.

Dates: 1944-1985

Cameron La Follette papers

 Collection
Identifier: Coll 432
Abstract

Cameron La Follette is a poet and environmental activist, dedicated to preserving the Oregon coastline. She has previously worked as the director of the Coastal Futures Project for 1000 Friends of Oregon, then as the Land Use Director for the Oregon Shores Conservation Coalition, and following that, as the Land Use Director for the Oregon Coast Alliance. The papers contain La Follette's original poetry and environmental papers.

Dates: 1977-2011

Ben Hur Lampman papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ax 426
Abstract Ben Hur Lampman (1886-1954) worked as a compositor, printer, and editor in North Dakota, then as editor and publisher of the Gold Hill News in Gold Hill, Oregon (1912-1916). From 1916, he was an editorial writer for the Portland Oregonian and also wrote stories and essays for a variety of periodicals. He was designated Poet Laureate of Oregon in 1951. The collection contains manuscripts for books, poems, editorials, essays, correspondence with magazine editors, speeches, printed material,...
Dates: 1912-1954

Lucy Larcom letter

 Collection — Multiple collection box [CA 1884 Sept 15] 1: [Barcode: i50104469]
Identifier: CA 1884 Sept 15
Abstract

Lucy Larcom (1824-1893) was a poet, and novelist who wrote about her experiences working in a textile mill beginning at age eleven. The collection (1884) contains one letter that includes a handwritten poem from Larcom to a "Mrs Bray," regarding other writers, and Larcom's growing pile of unanswered mail.

Dates: 1884 September 15

Rose Hawthorne Lathrop letter

 Collection — Multiple collection box [SFM 082] 1: [Barcode: i19249792]
Identifier: SFM 082
Abstract

Letter from Lathrop to Mr. [Edmund] Stedman thanking him for compliments extended about a book of verses.

Dates: 19--?

Fanny Heaslip Lea papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Coll 022
Abstract

Fanny Heaslip Lea (1883-1955) was a journalist and author of short stories, novels, plays, and poetry. The collection contains manuscripts, correspondence, and memorabilia, 1912-1955.

Dates: 1912-1955

Sarah Litsey papers

 Collection — Multiple collection box [A 286- A 287] 1: [Barcode: 35025042616207]
Identifier: A 287
Abstract

Sarah Litsey (1901-1996) was a 20th century novelist, poet, and writing teacher from Kentucky. The Sarah Litsey papers includes three handwritten novel drafts, loose typescript notes and passages, as well as editor's comments from Virginia Kirkus.

Dates: 1943, 1961

Blanche Lofton papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Ax 282
Abstract

Blanche Lofton (1885-1971) was an Oregon poet and author. The collection consists of manuscripts of Lofton's poetry and prose, correspondence, scrapbooks, and miscellaneous papers.

Dates: 1938-1963

Eleanor T. MacMillan papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Coll 093
Abstract

Largely consists of writings in manuscript and printed form including poems, short stories, essays, reviews of work of other authors, and the play School Days in the Land of Oz. Also includes one folder of correspondence, 1902-1958.

Dates: 1902-1958

Joaquin Miller letter to Lee Moorhouse

 Collection — Multiple collection box [CA 1907 July 12] 1: [Barcode: i5020001x]
Identifier: CA 1907 July 12
Abstract

Joaquin Miller (1837-1913) was the pen name of Cincinnatus Hiner Miller, a Northwest writer, newspaper publisher, and poet. The collection contains a letter by Miller to Lee Moorhouse, dated July 12, 1907.

Dates: 1907 July 12