Historian and biographer Marchette Gaylord Chute (1909-) wrote such works as: Geoffrey Chaucer of England (1947); Shakespeare of London, (1949); and Ben Jonson of Westminster (1953). Chute also wrote and illustrated Rhymes about Ourselves (first printed in 1932), a collection of childrens' poetry. One such poem, on fairies, reads:
You can't see fairies unless you're good. That's what Nurse said to me. They live in the smoke of the chimney, Or down in the roots of a tree; They brush their wings on a tulip, Or hide behind a pea. But you can't see fairies unless you're good, So they aren't much use to me.
John H. Wrenn is a former Professor of English at the University of Colorado at Boulder. A scholar of American writers from the Midwest, Wrenn wrote Edgar Lee Masters (with Margaret M. Wrenn, 1983) and John Dos Passos [1961].
Begun in 1930, the Writers' Conference was held during the summers at the University of Colorado, Boulder, as part of the Summer School program. The conference was established to provide professional training by experienced writers. Margaret Robb, who taught English and sponsored Associated Women Students at the University of Colorado, Boulder, directed the summer Writers' Conference. Robb was a recipient of the University of Colorado's Robert L. Stearns Award (awarded yearly for extraordinary achievement or service) in 1967.
From the guide to the Marchette Gaylord Chute and John H. Wrenn Correspondence (MS 185), 1963-1966, (University of Colorado at Boulder Libraries. Special Collections Dept.)
