McGinley, Phyllis, 1905-1978

American playwright and memoirist.

From the description of Lillian Hellman Papers, 1904-1984 (bulk 1934-1984). (Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center (HRC); University of Texas at Austin). WorldCat record id: 78685575

Lillian Hellman, the author of Little Foxes and Watch on the Rhine, was the executor of the estate of the novelist Dashiell Hammett.

From the description of Miscellaneous manuscripts, 1979. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155885924

American poet, essayists, humorist, lyricist, teacher.

From the guide to the Phyllis McGinley Papers, 1897-1978, (Special Collections Research Center, Syracuse University Libraries)

Phyllis McGinley was born March 21, 1905, in Ontario, Ore., and died February 22, 1978, in New York, NY. She was a poet, essayist, and writer of children's stories. She describes her Colorado childhood as wild and wooly. After attending college in Ogden, Utah, she got a teaching job in New Rochelle, NY. When her poetry began selling regularly to magazines, she moved to Manhattan. She married, and was delighted at becoming a housewife-writer. It was McGinley who wrote, at age 6: "Sometimes in the evening When the sky is red and pink I love to lie in the hammock And think and think and think."

Biographical source: Something About the Author, vols. 2, 24, 44

From the guide to the Phyllis McGinley Papers, 1967, (University of Minnesota Libraries Children's Literature Research Collections [clrc])

American poet, lyricist, essayist, and childrens' book author Phyllis McGinley (1905-1978) was elected to the National Academy of Arts and Letters in 1955 and won the Pulitzer Prize in 1961 for her light verse collection, Times Three: Selected Verse from Three Decades with Seventy New Poems . McGinley's collections of poetry include Confessions of a Reluctant Optimist (1973); Love Letters (1954); Stones from a Glass House (1946); A Pocketful of Wry (1940); One More Manhattan (1937); and On the Contrary (1934).

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 Phyllis McGinley and Margaret Robb Letters (MS 212), 1961-1962, (University of Colorado at Boulder Libraries. Special Collections Dept.)