Elinor Pillsbury papers [manuscript], 1917-1974.

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Elinor Pillsbury papers [manuscript], 1917-1974.

Collection includes: Writing by Pillsbury, including newspaper articles, poetry and short stories, 1919-1962; Correspondence regarding Sidney Lanier, 1940-1942, Women's Forum Controversy, 1962, and community organizations, 1961-1962; Diaries, 1943-1973; Notebooks, including one belonging to Eva Pillsbury; Account books; Miscellaneous.

1.5 cubic feet (2 document cases, 2 flat boxes and 1 oversize folder)

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SNAC Resource ID: 8096364

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Oregon journal (Portland, Or.)

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Pillsbury, Evan

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Lanier, Sidney, 1842-1881

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Sidney Lanier was a noted Southern poet and composer, born in Macon, Georgia, on Feb. 3, 1842. He graduated from Oglethorpe University and voluntarily fought for the Confederacy as a member of the 2nd Battalion Infantry (Georgia), and the Signal Corps. It is likely that Lanier contracted tuberculosis during his stay at at Union prison camp, and the complications from that disease would affect Lanier his entire life. After the war, Lanier worked as a tutor and headmaster at an academy in Alabama ...

Pillsbury, Elinor, 1898-1987.

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Elinor Pillsbury (1898-1987) was a poet and "Club Reporter" for the Oregon Journal newspaper for nearly thirty years. From the description of Elinor Pillsbury papers [manuscript], 1917-1974. (Oregon Historical Society Research Library). WorldCat record id: 727061505 From the guide to the Elinor Pillsbury papers, 1917-1974, (Oregon Historical Society Research Library) ...