Reese, Lizette Woodworth, 1856-1935

Variant names

Hide Profile

Miss Lizette W. Reese (1856-1935) taught school in Baltimore, Maryland for 45 years. She retired in 1921 and concentrated her efforts as a poetess. Many collections of her poems were published in book form.

From the description of Papers, 1928-1934. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122498089

American writer.

From the description of Letter [manuscript] : Baltimore, Maryland, to Wilbur Needham, Hinsdale, Illinois, 1923 November 9. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647805920

Lizette Woodworth Reese was an American poet. Flourishing in the early part of the 20th century, she wrote personal, straightforward poems in traditional forms, taking her inspiration from her observations of the world around her. Her work foreshadows the 20th century transition from artificial Victorian verse to the dynamic, creative voice of Modern poets.

From the description of Lizette Woodworth Reese letter and poems, 1929-1934. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 50217923

Archival Resources
Role Title Holding Repository
referencedIn Lizette Woodworth Reese Collection, 1926 Nov 22 University of Virginia. Library. Special Collections Dept.
referencedIn French, John Calvin, 1875-. John Calvin French papers, 1928-1957. Johns Hopkins University, Sheridan Libraries and the Milton S. Eisenhower Library
creatorOf Reese, Lizette Woodworth, 1856-1935. Autograph letter signed L.W. Reese to: "Dear Katherine Lee Bates, Dear Friend." January 12, 1927. Wellesley College
referencedIn Maryland Manuscripts Collection, 1664-1981, 1664-1981 University of Maryland (College Park, Md.). Libraries
creatorOf Akins, Zoë, 1886-1958. Papers pertaining to "The Enchanted Years" [manuscript], 1919-1922. University of Virginia. Library
creatorOf Wilson, James Southall, 1880-1963. Correspondence relating to the Southern Writers Convention sponsored by the "Virginia Quarterly Review" at the University of Virginia, October 23-24, 1931 [manuscript], 1931-1932. University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn Thomas Bird Mosher papers, 1890-1939 (inclusive) 1895-1924 (bulk). Houghton Library
creatorOf Maryland State Poetry Society. Records, 1956-1986. University of Baltimore Library
creatorOf Reese, Lizette Woodworth, 1856-1935. Autograph letter signed Lizette Woodworth Reese to:"Miss [Elizabeth] Manwaring" February 16, 1930. Wellesley College
referencedIn Sparr, Oreste. [Song collection / Oreste Sparr]. University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library
referencedIn Lizette Woodworth Reese Collection, 1935 Jan 17 University of Virginia. Library. Special Collections Dept.
referencedIn Robert Hillyer Papers, 1906-1962 Syracuse University. Library. Special Collections Research Center
creatorOf Mosher, Thomas Bird, 1852-1923. Thomas Bird Mosher papers, 1890-1939 (inclusive) 1895-1924 (bulk). Houghton Library
creatorOf Reese, Lizette Woodworth, 1856-1935. Letter 1899, October 10, Baltimore, Marlyland [to] Mr. [Edwin] Markham, [Staten Island] / Lizette Woodworth Reese. Wagner College, Horrmann Library
referencedIn Turnbull, Grace Hill, 1880-1976,. Oral history interview, 1971. Maryland historical society
referencedIn Lizette Woodworth Reese Collection, 1923 Nov 9 University of Virginia. Library. Special Collections Dept.
referencedIn Braithwaite, William Stanley, 1878-1962. Papers, 1897-1930 Houghton Library
creatorOf Reese, Lizette Woodworth, 1856-1935. Letter 1923, January 29, Baltimore, Maryland [to] Mr. [Edwin] Markham, [Staten Island] / Lizette Woodworth Reese. Wagner College, Horrmann Library
creatorOf Reese, Lizette Woodworth, 1856-1935. Miracle : poem, 1923, December 30. Brown University Archives, John Hay Library
referencedIn The Moldenhauer Archives at Harvard University: Manuscript music compositions, 1880-1985. Houghton Library
creatorOf Reese, Lizette Woodworth, 1856-1935. Typed letter signed Lizette Woodworth Reese to: Miss Constance Alexander. Wellesley College
referencedIn Henry Oscar Houghton additional papers, 1839-1895 Houghton Library
creatorOf Reese, Lizette Woodworth, 1856-1935. Autograph letter signed Lizette W. Reese to: "Katharine Lee Bates" December 26, 1921. Wellesley College
creatorOf Reese, Lizette Woodworth, 1856-1935. Autograph letter signed Lizette W. Reese to: "Miss Bates" December 16, 1921. Wellesley College
creatorOf Reese, Lizette Woodworth, 1856-1935. Letter to Thomas Mabbott. [Baltimore, MD]. 1924 Jan. 20. University of Iowa Libraries
creatorOf Reese, Lizette Woodworth, 1856-1935. Additional papers of Lizette Woodworth Reese [manuscript], 1887-1933. University of Virginia. Library
creatorOf Reese, Lizette Woodworth, 1856-1935. Autograph letter signed Lizette Woodward Reese to: "Katharine Lee Bates" October 10, 1925. Wellesley College
referencedIn Jesse Belle Rittenhouse Collection, 1902-1932 University of Virginia. Library. Special Collections Dept.
creatorOf Reese, Lizette Woodworth, 1856-1935. Correspondence with Lucy Cautley, Baltimore, MD, April 15, 1935 and Shaun O. Brown, Baltimore, Maryland, March 20, 1927 / Lizette Reese. University of Wisconsin - Madison, General Library System
creatorOf Naomi Duff Smith papers, 1928-1859, null University of Maryland (College Park, Md.). Libraries
referencedIn Tudor and Stuart Club collection, 1896-1956. Johns Hopkins University, Sheridan Libraries and the Milton S. Eisenhower Library
creatorOf Reese, Lizette Woodworth, 1856-1935. Correspondence to Lewis George Sterner, 1927. University of Pennsylvania Library
creatorOf Reese, Lizette Woodworth, 1856-1935. Letters to Wilbur Needham [manuscript], 1923. University of Virginia. Library
creatorOf Reese, Lizette Woodworth, 1856-1935. Letter 1921, February 18, Baltimore, Maryland [to] Mr. [Edwin] Markham, [Staten Island] / Lizette Woodworth Reese. Wagner College, Horrmann Library
referencedIn Robinson, Corinne Roosevelt, 1861-1933. Papers, 1847-1933 Theodore Roosevelt Collection, Harvard College Library, Harvard University
creatorOf Wilson, James Southall, 1880-1963. Papers of James Southall Wilson [manuscript], 1904-1962. University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn Turnbull, Francese Hubbard Litchfield, d. 1927. Francese Hubbard Litchfield Turnbull papers, 1870-1927. Johns Hopkins University, Sheridan Libraries and the Milton S. Eisenhower Library
creatorOf Reese,Lizette Woodworth, 1856-1935. Letter 1899, November 23, Baltimore,Maryland [to] Mr. [Edwin] Markham, [Staten Island] / Lizette Woodworth Reese. Wagner College, Horrmann Library
creatorOf Reese, Lizette Woodworth, 1856-1935. Autograph letter signed Lizette Woodworth Reese to: "My dear Miss Bates" October 26,1921. Wellesley College
creatorOf Willcox, Louise Collier, 1865-1919. Papers of Louise Collier Willcox, 1870-1933. University of Virginia. Library
creatorOf Reese, Lizette Woodworth, 1856-1935. Letter to Charles Lee Lewis, 1935 January 17. University of Virginia. Library
creatorOf Reese, Lizette Woodworth, 1856-1935. Autograph letter signed Lizette Woodworth Reese to: "Miss [Elizabeth] Manwaring" January 20, 1930. Wellesley College
referencedIn Century Company records New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division
creatorOf Croker, Maria Briscoe, 1875-1962. To Lizette who wrote of brambles [manuscript] : poem. University of Virginia. Library
creatorOf Reese, Lizette Woodworth, 1856-1935. Letter 1924,January 12, Baltimore, Maryland [to] Mr. [Edwin] Markham, [Staten Island] / Lizette Woodworth Reese. Wagner College, Horrmann Library
creatorOf Ludington, Miriam. Autograph card signed Miriam A. Ludington to: [?]. Wellesley College
creatorOf Heimerl, Elizabeth, 1906-. A thorn tree in Spring / words by Lizette Woodworth Reese ; music by Elizabeth Heimerl. University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library
referencedIn Thomas Bird Mosher papers, 1890-1939 (inclusive) 1895-1924 (bulk). Houghton Library
creatorOf Reese, Lizette Woodworth, 1856-1935. Letter 1926, Decmember 19, Baltimore, Maryland [to] Mr. [Edwin] Markham, [Staten Island] / Reese, Lizette Woodworth. Wagner College, Horrmann Library
creatorOf Bates, Katharine Lee, 1859-1929. Typed letter unsigned November 10, 1925. Wellesley College
referencedIn Browne, William Hand, 1828-1912. William Hand Browne collection, 1842-1973. Johns Hopkins University, Sheridan Libraries and the Milton S. Eisenhower Library
creatorOf Morris, Anna Wharton, 1868-1957. Papers, 1729-1957. Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
referencedIn Raney, McKendree Llewellyn, 1877-1964. McKendree Llewellyn Raney papers, 1929-1954. Johns Hopkins University, Sheridan Libraries and the Milton S. Eisenhower Library
creatorOf Reese, Lizette Woodworth, 1856-1935. Autograph postcard signed Lizette W. Reese to: "Miss Bates" April 11, 1922. Wellesley College
referencedIn Maryland Poets collection, 1888-1947. Johns Hopkins University, Sheridan Libraries and the Milton S. Eisenhower Library
creatorOf Reese, Lizette Woodworth, 1856-1935. Autograph letter signed Lizette Woodworth Reese to: "My dear Miss Metcalf" Wellesley College
creatorOf Maryland Manuscripts Collection, 1664-1981, 1664-1981 University of Maryland (College Park, Md.). Libraries
referencedIn Witter Bynner papers, 1829-1965. Houghton Library
creatorOf Reese, Lizette Woodworth, 1856-1935. Autograph letter signed Lizette W. Reese to: "Dear friend" April 21, 1922. Wellesley College
creatorOf Reese, Lizette Woodworth, 1856-1935. Lizette Woodworth Reese letter and poems, 1929-1934. Pennsylvania State University Libraries
referencedIn Woodberry Poetry Room (Harvard College Library) poetry readings, 1931- (ongoing). Woodberry Poetry Room, Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University
referencedIn Horace Elisha Scudder correspondence Houghton Library
creatorOf Reese, Lizette Woodworth, 1856-1935. Autograph note signed Lizette W. Reese to: [Miss Bates]. Wellesley College
creatorOf Poe Memorial Association. Correspondence of the Poe Memorial Association [manuscript], 1899-1911. University of Virginia. Library
creatorOf Reese, Lizette Woodworth, 1856-1935. Letter to Mr. Boyd [manuscript], 1915 March 1. University of Virginia. Library
creatorOf Tunstall, Virginia Hunter Lyne, d. 1987. Papers of Virginia Hunter Lyne Tunstall [manuscript] 1869-1959. University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn Houghton Mifflin Company contracts, 1831-1979 (inclusive) 1880-1940 (bulk). Houghton Library
referencedIn A Collection of autographs in the Goucher College Library. Goucher College, Goucher College Library
referencedIn Additional papers, ca. 1870-1922. Houghton Library
creatorOf Reese, Lizette Woodworth, 1856-1935. Letter [manuscript] : Baltimore, Maryland, to Wilbur Needham, Hinsdale, Illinois, 1923 November 9. University of Virginia. Library
creatorOf Carpenter, Margaret Haley. Papers of Margaret Haley Carpenter [manuscript], 1898-1985, bulk 1953-1985. University of Virginia. Library
creatorOf Reese, Lizette Woodworth, 1856-1935. Autograph note signed Lizette W. Reese to:"Dear Poet and Friend." September 2, 1927. Wellesley College
creatorOf Reese, Lizette Woodworth, 1856-1935. Papers of Lizette Woodworth Reese [manuscript], 1893-1936. University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn Frank Harris Collection, 1926-1930 University of Virginia. Library. Special Collections Dept.
referencedIn Jay B. Hubbell Papers, 1816-1998 and undated, bulk 1920-1979 David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library
referencedIn Goodwillie, Mary C., 1870-1949. Mary C. Goodwillie papers, 1916-1948. Johns Hopkins University, Sheridan Libraries and the Milton S. Eisenhower Library
creatorOf Papers, 1725-1961. New York State Historical Documents Inventory
creatorOf Reese, Lizette Woodworth, 1856-1935. Autograph letter signed Lizette Reese to: [Miss Bates]. Wellesley College
referencedIn Harrison, Elizabeth Stuart Letcher, d. 1914. List of books presented by Southern writers to the Poe Alcove, 1900 June 1. University of Virginia. Library
creatorOf Reese, Lizette Woodworth, 1856-1935. Letters, 1925-1934, Baltimore, to Philip D. Sherman, Oberlin, Ohio. Brown University Archives, John Hay Library
creatorOf Reese, Lizette Woodworth, 1856-1935. Letter 1922, December 10, Baltimore, Maryland [to] Mr. [Edwin] Markham, [Staten Island] / Lizette Woodworth Reese. Wagner College, Horrmann Library
creatorOf Reese, Lizette Woodworth, 1856-1935. Papers, 1928-1934. Library of Virginia
Role Title Holding Repository
Relation Name
associatedWith Aldis, Mary, b. 1872, person
associatedWith Alexander, Constance Grosvenor. person
associatedWith Allen, Hervey, 1889-1949, person
associatedWith Baldwin, Charles Sears, 1867-1935, person
associatedWith Bates, Katharine Lee, 1859-1929. person
associatedWith Benét, William Rose, 1886-1950, person
associatedWith Boyd, Mr., person
associatedWith Braithwaite, William Stanley, 1878-1962, person
associatedWith Bridges, Robert, 1858-1941, person
associatedWith Brown, Abbie Farwell, 1871-1927, person
associatedWith Browne, Anita, person
associatedWith Browne, William Hand, 1828-1912. person
associatedWith Brown, Shaun O. person
associatedWith Brown, Warren Wilmer, person
associatedWith Burr, Amelia Josephine, b. 1878, person
associatedWith Burt, Maxwell Struthers, 1882-1954, person
associatedWith Burton, Richard, 1861-1940, person
correspondedWith Bynner, Witter, 1881-1968 person
associatedWith Cairns Collection of American Women Writers corporateBody
associatedWith Carpenter, Margaret Haley. person
associatedWith Cautley, Lucy. person
correspondedWith Century Company corporateBody
associatedWith Chappell, Naomi. person
associatedWith Chesterton, G. K. (Gilbert Keith), 1874-1936 person
associatedWith Cone, Helen Gray, 1859- person
associatedWith Croker, Maria Briscoe, 1875-1962. person
associatedWith Daly, T. A. (Thomas Augustine), 1871-1948, person
associatedWith Davis, Lambert, 1905- person
associatedWith De la Mare, Walter, 1873-1956, person
associatedWith Deland, Margaret Wade Campbell, 1857-1945, person
correspondedWith Dellenbaugh, Frederick Samuel, 1853-1935 person
associatedWith De Menil, Alexander Nicolas, 1849- person
associatedWith Deutsch, Babette, 1895-1982, person
associatedWith England, Robert D., person
associatedWith Farrar, John Chipman, 1896-1974, person
associatedWith Fisher, Mahlon Leonard, b. 1874, person
associatedWith Flammer, Harold, 1889-1939, person
associatedWith French, John Calvin, 1875- person
associatedWith Garrison, Theodosia Pickering, 1874-1944, person
associatedWith Garvin, Margaret Root, person
associatedWith Gilder, Jeannette L. (Jeannette Leonard), 1849-1916, person
associatedWith Glasgow, Ellen Anderson Gholson, 1873-1945, person
associatedWith Goodwillie, Mary C., 1870-1949. person
associatedWith Harcourt, Alfred, 1881-1954, person
associatedWith Heimerl, Elizabeth, 1906- person
associatedWith Heyward, DuBose, 1885-1940, person
associatedWith Hillyer, Robert, 1895-1961. person
associatedWith Hiss, Alger, person
associatedWith Houghton, Henry Oscar, 1823-1895 person
associatedWith Houghton Mifflin Company. corporateBody
correspondedWith Hubbell, Jay B., 1885-1979 person
associatedWith Huckel, Oliver, 1864-1940, person
associatedWith Johnson, Robert Underwood, 1853-1937 person
associatedWith Lewis, Charles Lee, 1886- person
associatedWith Lindsay, Vachel, 1879-1931, person
associatedWith Litchfield, Grace, 1849-1944, person
associatedWith Lowell, Amy, 1874-1925. person
associatedWith Ludington, Miriam. person
associatedWith Mabbott, Thomas Ollive, 1898-1968, person
associatedWith MacKaye, Percy, 1875-1956, person
associatedWith Manwaring, Elizabeth Wheeler, b. 1879. person
associatedWith Markham, Edwin, 1852-1940, person
associatedWith Marks, Jeannette Augustus, 1875-1964, person
associatedWith Maryland State Poetry Society. corporateBody
associatedWith Masters, Edgar Lee, 1868-1950, person
associatedWith McKinsey, Folger, 1866-1950, person
associatedWith McLane, James Latimer, b. 1898, person
associatedWith Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956, person
associatedWith Metcalf, Antoinette B.P., 1873-1962. person
associatedWith Moldenhauer, Hans person
associatedWith Morley, Christopher, 1890-1957, person
associatedWith Morris, Anna Wharton, 1868-1957. person
associatedWith Morris, Harrison S. (Harrison Smith), 1856-1948 person
associatedWith Morton, David, 1886-1957, person
associatedWith Mosher, Thomas Bird, 1852-1923. person
associatedWith Needham, Wilbur, person
associatedWith Noguchi, Yoné, 1875-1947, person
associatedWith O'Higgins, Harvey Jerrold, 1876-1929, person
associatedWith Oliver, John Rathbone, 1872-1943 person
associatedWith Overton, Grant Martin, 1887-1930 person
associatedWith Page, Curtis Hidden, 1870-1946 person
associatedWith Peabody, Josephine Preston, 1874-1922 person
associatedWith Percy, William Alexander, 1885-1942, person
associatedWith Perry, Bliss, 1860-1954, person
associatedWith Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849. person
associatedWith Poe Memorial Association. corporateBody
associatedWith Raney, McKendree Llewellyn, 1877-1964. person
associatedWith Rede, Kenneth, person
associatedWith Rice, Alice Caldwell Hegan, 1870-1942, person
associatedWith Rice, Cale Young, 1872-1943, person
associatedWith Richards, Waldo, Mrs., d. 1927, person
associatedWith Rittenhouse, Jessie B. (Jessie Belle), 1869-1948, person
associatedWith Rives, Amélie, 1863-1945, person
associatedWith Robertson, David Allan, 1880-1961, person
associatedWith Robinson, Corinne Roosevelt, 1861-1933, person
associatedWith Robinson, Edwin Arlington, 1869-1935, person
associatedWith Schauffler, Robert Haven, 1879-1964, person
associatedWith Scudder, Horace Elisha, 1838-1902 person
associatedWith Seccombe, Mary, person
associatedWith Seiffert, Marjorie Allen, 1885-1970, person
associatedWith Shepherd, Henry E. (Henry Elliot), 1844-1929, person
associatedWith Sherer, Adelaide A., person
associatedWith Sherman, Philip D. (Philip Darrell), 1881-1957, person
associatedWith Smith, C. Alphonso (Charles Alphonso), 1864-1924 person
associatedWith Smith, George Adam, Sir, 1856-1942, person
associatedWith Smith, Naomi Duff. person
associatedWith Sparr, Oreste. person
associatedWith Stockett, Maria Letitia, 1884- person
associatedWith Stork, Charles Wharton, 1881-1971, person
associatedWith Tewson, William Orton, 1877-1947 person
associatedWith Towne, Charles Hanson, 1877-1949, person
associatedWith Tunstall, Virginia Hunter Lyne, d. 1987. person
associatedWith Turnbull, Francese Hubbard Litchfield, d. 1927. person
associatedWith Turnbull, Grace Hill, 1880-1976, person
associatedWith University of Wisconsin--Madison. Libraries. Dept. of Special Collections. corporateBody
associatedWith Untermeyer, Louis, 1885-1977, person
associatedWith Ward, Christopher, 1868-1943, person
associatedWith Wheelock, John Hall, 1886-1978, person
associatedWith White, William Allen, 1868-1944, person
associatedWith Whiting, Lilian, 1847-1942, person
associatedWith Willcox, Louise Collier, 1865-1919. person
associatedWith Williams, Jesse Lynch, 1871-1929, person
associatedWith Wilson, James Southall, 1880-1963. person
associatedWith Woodberry Poetry Room (Harvard College Library). corporateBody
Place Name Admin Code Country
Maryland
Subject
American literature
Book reviewing
Women poets, American
Women poets, American
Occupation
Activity

Person

Birth 1856-01-09

Death 1935-12-17

Female

Americans

English

Information

Permalink: http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w65t3m7c

Ark ID: w65t3m7c

SNAC ID: 69198034