Marilla Waite Freeman papers 1921-1959

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Marilla Waite Freeman papers 1921-1959

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Marilla Waite Freeman was born in Honeoye Falls, New York, in 1870. After receiving a degree in literature from the University of Chicago in 1897, Freeman became a librarian. Her career included positions with the the Newberry Library, St. Joseph's Hosipital, and various public libraries, including those in Michigan City, Indiana; Davenport, Iowa; Newark, New Jersey; and Cleveland, Ohio. She also published numerous essays on literacy, poetry, and the importance of literature. She died in Yonkers, New York, in 1961. The papers consist largely of correspondence and ephemera relating to her support of the Academy of American Poets. Some personal correspondence with friends, family members, and authors is present, including several exchanges with Frieda Lawrence, wife of D.H. Lawrence, relating to books written about Lawrence, as well as a testimonial from the Commissioners of the Goodwyn Institute of Memphis presented to Freeman on the event of her departure from the institute

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New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division

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New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division

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Lawrence, Frieda von Richthofen, 1879-1956

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Frieda Emma Johanna Maria von Richthofen was born on August 11, 1879 in Metz, France. In 1912, Frieda met David Herbert (D.H.) Lawrence, and they married in 1914. Frieda Lawrence was intimately involved with D.H. Lawrence's work. Facets of her personality are often discernable as components of characters in his poems and novels. After D.H. Lawrence's death in 1930, Frieda settled in New Mexico. Frieda died in Taos on August 11, 1956. From the guide to the Frieda Lawrence Photograph C...

Freeman, Marilla Waite

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Academy of American Poets

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The Academy of American poets was founded in 1934 by Mrs. Hugh Bullock to encourage, stimulate, and foster the production of American poetry by providing fellowships for poets, sponsoring national book awards for poets of all accomplishments, offering prizes in American universities and numerous other public programs, and bringing poetry into the daily lives of Americans. The Academy's series of readings, lectures, and dialogues, offered annually since 1963, has achieved a national reputation. ...