Papers, 1934-1939.

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Papers, 1934-1939.

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A collection of letters written by contributors to "Poetry out of Wiscsonsin," edited by Raymond Edward Francis Larsson and August W. Derleth in 1937. There are nearly a hundred letters from Derleth dealing with the collecting and selecting of poems for the anthology, and several from Grant Hyde Code of the Brooklyn Museum and George N. Shuster of the "Commonweal." There are also manuscript drafts of the anthology with annotations and emendations by the editors; collections of Derleth's and Larsson's own poems; and a number of poems that were not included in the published anthology.

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Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project

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Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project

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Derleth, August, 1909-1971

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Code, Grant Hyde

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Larsson, Raymond Ellsworth, 1901-

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Shuster, George Nauman, 1894-....

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Epithet: of 'The Commonweal' British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001185.0x000151 Notre Dame student, 1911-1915; faculty member and head of the Department of English, 1920-1924; an editor of The Commonweal, 1925-1937; President of Hunter College, 1940-1960; State Commissioner for Bavaria, 1950-1951; Assistant to the President of Notre Dame, 1960-1976. From the description of Papers, 1918-1977. (Universit...