Lindsay-Wakefield family papers, 1879-1982.

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Lindsay-Wakefield family papers, 1879-1982.

Correspondence is both professional and family related. Correspondents include: Joy Lindsay Blair, Eleanor Dougherty, Frances Frazee Hamilton, Catharine Frazee Lindsay, Elizabeth Conner Lindsay, Vachel Thomas Lindsay, Edgar Lee Masters, Adlai Ewing Stevenson, Olive Lindsay Wakefield, Paul Wakefield, and Susan Wilcox. Lindsay compositions include holograph manuscripts, drawings, typescripts, and scores, with much of this material inscribed to family members. Also includes photographs, maps, biographical miscellany, and printed materials relating to Lindsay (tributes, clippings, reviews, programs of lectures, and promotional material).

10 boxes (3.3 linear ft.)

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SNAC Resource ID: 7794373

Houghton Library

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Stevenson, Adlai E. (Adlai Ewing), 1900-1965

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Adlai Ewing Stevenson II (February 5, 1900 – July 14, 1965) was an American lawyer, politician, and diplomat. Raised in Bloomington, Illinois, Stevenson was a member of the Democratic Party. He served in numerous positions in the federal government during the 1930s and 1940s, including the Agricultural Adjustment Administration, Federal Alcohol Administration, Department of the Navy, and the State Department. In 1945, he served on the committee that created the United Nations, and he was a me...

Wakefield, Olive Lindsay,

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Lindsay, Elizabeth Conner, 1901-1954

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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...

Wakefield family.

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Wilcox, Susan

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Blair, Joy Lindsay.

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Wakefield, Paul

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Hamilton, Frances Frazee, 1866-,

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Lindsay family.

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Lindsay was an American poet. From the description of Lindsay-Wakefield family papers, 1879-1982. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612193359 ...

Lindsay, Vachel Thomas.

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Lindsay, Catharine Frazee, 1848-1922,

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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...

Dougherty, Eleanor,

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