Naomi Long Madget papers, 1932-1993.

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Naomi Long Madget papers, 1932-1993.

Materials include biographical data; correspondence; published and unpublished writings, notebooks, and manuscripts, including the beginnings of an autobiography, the manuscripts, "Songs to a Phantom Nightingale", her first book, "Songs for a Rainy Day," and "No Need for Sound"; programs of readings; book reviews; news clippings of poems and articles; scrapbooks; and photographs.

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SNAC Resource ID: 8061682

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