League of Minnesota Poets

The League of Minnesota Poets was organized in St. Paul in February 1934 as "an organization of men and women who are willing to work zealously to make Minnesota poetry conscious and conscious of its own poets." Its major objectives were to encourage the study of Minnesota poetry in the state's schools, to discover and create newspaper and magazine outlets for the work of Minnesota poets, to publish periodic collections of verse, and to accumulate material for an historical scrapbook of the League's activities.

During the 1930s, 1940s, and early 1950s the League held membership meetings; participated in radio prorgrams; and sponsored exhibits, poetry contests, and other activities. The Moccasin, which began in 1935 as a bulletin for members, was expanded in 1935 to a quarterly poetry magazine.