Madeline Gleason Papers, 1947-1971

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Madeline Gleason Papers, 1947-1971

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Madeline Gleason (1913- ) was a poet, playwright, and painter. She founded the San Francisco Poetry Guild, organized the first poetry festival in America (1947), and taught master workshop in poetry at the Poetry Center, San Francisco State College (1959-60). The collection consists of Gleason's literary papers, correspondence, clippings, and ephemera.

1 box (0.5 linear ft.)

eng,

University of California, Los Angeles. Library Special Collections.

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Gleason, Madeline

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Gleason was born Jan. 26, 1913; although employed by a brokerage firm (1944-68), she was a poet, playwright, and painter; founder of San Francisco Poetry Guild; organized the first poetry festival in America (1947); taught master workshop in poetry at the Poetry Center, San Francisco State College (1959-60); her published works include The metaphysical needle (1949), Concerto for bell and telephone (1957) and contributions to various anthology publications. From the description of Pa...