Lindsay-Wakefield family papers, 1879-1982.

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Lindsay-Wakefield family papers, 1879-1982.

Personal and family papers of the American poet, Vachel Lindsay.

10 boxes (3.3 linear ft.)

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SNAC Resource ID: 6383195

Houghton Library

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Mencken, H.L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956

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Masefield, John, 1878-1967

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Chenery, William Dodd

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Miller, J. A.

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William B. Feakins, Inc

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Saturday Review

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Colby College

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Roderick, Virginia.

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Joy Lindsay Blair.

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Untermeyer, Louis, 1885-1977

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Louis Untermeyer was a noted author, editor, and translator. His tastes were eclectic, and his friendships many; he produced more than one hundred books, and volumes of letters. His numerous poetry anthologies have helped introduce verse to generations of schoolchildren. From the description of Heinrich Heine, paradox and poet, 1936. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 56550722 From the description of Louis Untermeyer letter to Judith Wright McKinn...

Twinem, L. L.

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Pickerell, Fanny Taylor.

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Kettering, Eunice Lea, 1906-2000

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William Blake

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Adrian Voisin

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Wakefield, Paul.

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Mid-day luncheon club.

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Mitchell Kennerley, publisher

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Elizabeth Mann Wills

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C. W. Wells

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Thompson, Rudolph W.

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Wilcox, Susan

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Ames, Edward Scribner, 1870-1958

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Edward Scribner Ames was born in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, on April 21, 1890. He was the son of a Disciples of Christ Minister, and became a minister himself after his graduation from Drake College (A.G., 1889, A.M., 1891). Ames received his B.D. from Yale in 1892, and accepted a doctoral fellowship at the University of Chicago in 1894. Ames studied under James Hayden Tufts, and in 1895 he became the first person to receive a Ph. D. from the University's newly formed philosophy departm...

Outlook Magazine

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Olive Lindsay.

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Catharine Frazee Lindsay

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Morley, Christopher, 1890-1957

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American author and journalist. From the description of Letter to unidentified recipient [manuscript], 1940 October 25. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647810653 Christopher Morley was an American editor, an author, and a Rhodes scholar. Morley was one of the founders of the "Saturday Review of Literature," of which he was an editor from 1924 to 1940. A prolific author, he wrote more than 50 books. His novels include PANASSUS ON WHEELS (1917), THE HAUNTED BOOKS...

Anita Loos

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Everybody's Magazine.

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Lindsay, Elizabeth Conner, 1901-1954

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John Bressmer Company.

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Vachel Thomas Lindsay

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Gulfport College

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Blair, Joy Lindsay.

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Vachel Lindsay

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Brody, Alter, 1895-

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New York Times Magazine

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Pulsifer, Harold Trowbridge, 1886-1948

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Springfield Water, Light and Power.

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Mercer, Jane Wheeler.

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Daniels, Bertha.

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Carpenter, George

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Catharine Wakefield Ward.

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44th street theater

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Hiram College

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Frances Frazee Hamilton

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Bosco, Adaline M.

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Ladies Home Journal.

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Kettering, Eunice Lea, 1906-2000

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Lindsay, Vachel, 1879-1931

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Nicholas Vachel Lindsay was born in Springfield, IL. He studied in Ohio, Chicago, and New York and acquired a reputation as a poet and lecturer. Lindsay became famous for his walk from Springfield, IL to New Mexico in 1912, and for an unusual method of writing poetry. In 1924 he arrived in Spokane where he worked as a columnist for the "Spokesman-Review". He returned to Springfield in 1929, and at the time of his death was a major figure in American poetry. From the description of Co...

Evans, Willietta

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Thomas Fogarty.

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Cornell University

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Lindsay family.

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Lindsay was an American poet. From the guide to the Lindsay-Wakefield family papers, 1879-1982., (Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University) ...

Mayfield, John S.

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Information contained in the collection indicates that Owen Mayfield (1628-1685) was a 17th century vintner in Cambridge, England. He was named auditor of the city in 1664, alderman in 1669-1670 and Mayor in 1671. He also owned and operated a tavern called The Mitre in Trumpington Street in St. Edward's parish, and was Vintner to the University. English merchant tokens are small coins, often of copper or copper alloy, that were put out by merchants, cities, companies, et...

Gilman, Gertrude

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Eleanor Dougherty

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Tittle, Walter, 1883-1966

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American artist. From the description of Walter Tittle portraits, 1922. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754867171 Walter Tittle, artist. From the description of Portraits of Billie Burke, 1929. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122484986 Painter, etcher; Carmel, Calif. Middle name: Ernest. From the description of Walter Tittle diaries, 1902-1958. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 84929623 ...

François Trives.

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Poetry Theatre League.

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Ward, Marian De C.

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Paul Wakefield

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Robert Palmer.

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Hull, Vera Bull.

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Lindsay, Vachel, 1879-1931

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Nicholas Vachel Lindsay was born in Springfield, IL. He studied in Ohio, Chicago, and New York and acquired a reputation as a poet and lecturer. Lindsay became famous for his walk from Springfield, IL to New Mexico in 1912, and for an unusual method of writing poetry. In 1924 he arrived in Spokane where he worked as a columnist for the "Spokesman-Review". He returned to Springfield in 1929, and at the time of his death was a major figure in American poetry. From the description of Co...

George Fitch.

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Frank Mott

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Colorado & Southern Railway.

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State Register

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Vachel Lindsay Wakefield

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Blair family

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Olive Lindsay Wakefield

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News Review (NY).

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Eltar, Leonore

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Leonore Eltar.

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Harriet Moody

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Eleanor Dougherty Trives

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Bogardus, Fred B., Dr.

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Masters, Edgar Lee, 1868-1950

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Edgar Lee Masters was an American poet, novelist, biographer, and essayist. From the description of Edgar Lee Masters collection of papers, 1919-1949. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 86164224 From the guide to the Edgar Lee Masters collection of papers, 1919-1949, (The New York Public Library. Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature.) Masters was an Illinois poet best known for the Spoon River Anthology. F...

Dearborn independent

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Saturday evening post.

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Phi beta kappa

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Collegiate scholastic honor society founded in 1776 at the College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Va. From the description of Phi Beta Kappa records, 1776-2006 (bulk 1900-2000). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70983375 The national Phi Beta Kappa Society, America's oldest and most prestigious honor society, was founded in 1776 at the College of William and Mary in Virginia. Membership in the national society is a significant achievement, which honors excellen...

McPherson, John

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Springfield Public Schools.

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Lindsay, Olive

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American Mercury

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Malone, Ted, 1908-1989

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Ted Malone was a popular radio broadcaster best known for his folksy storytelling and poetry readings. In 1929, he started the program "Between the Bookends" at KMBC in Kansas City. Some of his other radio programs included "Pilgrimage of Poetry" and "American Pilgrimage". He served as a correspondent for ABC during World War II, interviewing soldiers for human interest stories. Malone worked for all of the major networks during his approximately 50-year career. From the description ...

Graham, Stephen, FRACP

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Wilford J. Kramer.

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Armbruster, Rose.

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Lindsay, Elizabeth Conner, 1901-1954

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Disciple Church

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O. Hittenrauch

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Century Magazine

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Lake Springfield (Illinois).

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Wakefield, Olive Lindsay.

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Dougherty, Eleanor

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Wakefield family,

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Springfield Marine Bank (Ill.)

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Oldest banking institution in Illinois. Chartered as Springfield Marine and Fire Insurance Company in 1851. Empowered to insure property and commercial cargoes and to perform all banking functions except issuing currency. Ceased insurance business after 1855. Changed name to Springfield Marine Bank in 1884. From the description of Records, 1851-1927. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 21259335 ...

Albert Davies.

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Whitlock, Brand, 1869-1934

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U.S. minister to Belgium, 1914-1920. From the description of Letters from schoolchildren of Ghent, Belgium, 1915 March. (University of Toledo). WorldCat record id: 14084889 Toledo mayor, lawyer, author, and diplomat. From the description of Letter, 1916 April 11, Brussels, to Alexander L. Smith, Toledo, Ohio. (University of Toledo). WorldCat record id: 13994096 Lawyer, author, mayor of Toledo, ambassador to Belgium. From the description of Le...

Frank, Glenn, 1887-1940

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Editory of Century Magazine. President of the University of Wisconsin, 1925-1937. Works include "The Politics of Industry" and "An American Looks at His World." From the description of Glenn Frank autograph [manuscript], 1928 Oct 29. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 276780808 ...

Benét, William Rose, 1886-1950

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American poet, novelist, and editor. From the description of Letter to a dealer [manuscript], n.d. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647806176 Editor of The Chimaera. From the description of ALS, [1915]-1916. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122500150 This may not really be Benét's writing. Although the verse appears to be signed by him the writer's intent may have been simply to ascribe the verse to him. Also, it is on letterhead engraved "MM...

Accent

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