Letters and portrait, 1936-1973.

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Letters and portrait, 1936-1973.

Letter, 1936 November 24, Van Wyck Brooks to Miss Van Alen thanking her for a review and declining to write one in return. Portrait of Vachel Lindsay by Harold Silverman.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7290111

University of Virginia. Library

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Ford, Alice F.,

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Le Brocquy, Louis, 1916-2012

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Van Alen, Miss,

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Le Brocquy, Sybil

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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...

Silverman, Harold,

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Brooks, Van Wyck, 1886-1963

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American author and critic. From the description of Typed letter signed : Westport, Ct., to Stark Young, 1937 Apr. 10. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270874884 Van Wyck Brooks was an author and educator, known for his study of, and influence on, American culture. After graduating from Harvard, he sought a literary career in New York and London, writing chiefly for magazines. While teaching at Stanford he developed his first books of criticism, leading up to his first signifi...