Letters to Paul L. Benjamin. Iowa City, IA., 1920-1922.

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Letters to Paul L. Benjamin. Iowa City, IA., 1920-1922.

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1) Concerning Benjamin's request for Piper's opinion of Sandburg's poetry; including a brief character sketch of Sandburg. 1920 Feb. 22. 2) Answering Benjamin's request for autobiographical material; including information about the members of the English Club at Nebraska; enclosing a copy of "Land-Bound". Including a carbon copy each of Piper's poem "Land-Bound" 1896, a letter to Piper from Benjamin's secretary, and a reply letter to Piper from Benjamin. 1920 Dec. 20. 3) Concerning the genesis of Piper's book Barbed Wire; enclosing two poems dealing with the subject of Nebraska rustlers; explaining about the English Club at the University of Nebraska and the influences of Professor Ansley. Including four reviews of Barbed Wire and two poems from N. K. Grigg's Lyrics of the Lariat, "Jim Farrow" and "Maverick Joe", and a letter from Benjamin's secretary to Piper. 1921 Jan. 9. 4) Recalling their quest of Puddingstone Inn; mentioning the rush of school business; requesting a note from Benjamin to be used in a circular to get lecture dates. 1921 Oct. 9. 5) Enclosing poems printed in magazines other than The Midland and The Measure; assuring Benjamin of Piper's doing something about the background for Barbed Wire soon. Including three sheets of poems. 1922 Mar. 31. 6) Pointing out ways in which writers exploited the settlement of the frontier; explaining how Piper's book Barbed Wire presents accurately and vividly the social history of the South-Platte country in the seventies and eighties.

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Benjamin, Paul L.

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Ansley, Clark Fisher, 1869-1939.

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