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Poetry

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 25 Collections and/or Records:

Aili Jarvenpa papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: IHRC1122
Abstract

Jarvenpa's papers include, among a variety of other documents, manuscript drafts of her translations, correspondence, articles, notes on Finnish Americana, and her journals.

Dates: 1940-1990

Arrowhead Poetry Society records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S2446
Abstract

This collection consists of published poems and biographical information by and about the members of the Arrowhead Poetry Society. There are no original manuscripts in the collection; all of the poems are clipped from printed sources or contained in booklets where they were originally printed.

Dates: 1960-1980

Bill Holm papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss100
Abstract

This collections contains the papers of Minnesota poet, musician, and essayist Bill Holm (1943-2009), including manuscripts, correspondence, published works, journals, publicity, teaching curricula, and materials collected from Holm's travels.

Dates: 1922 - 2009; Majority of material found within 1954 - 2008

Alison Brown scrapbook

 Collection — Volume 1
Identifier: S3146
Abstract

The collection consists of one scrapbook containing correspondence including thank you and business letters received and sent, circa 1917–1946, news clippings of poems by and articles about Alison Brown, and one photograph of Brown.

Dates: 1917-1946

Jerome E. Cooley papers

 Collection — Box SC
Identifier: S3188
Abstract

The collection contains poems and some other writings, most of which seem to have been authored by Cooley.

Dates: circa 1895-1925

Countee Cullen Correspondence Collection

 Collection
Identifier: GV001
Abstract

The collection consists of letters from poet Countee Cullen to his childhood friend William Fuller Brown, Jr. Much of the correspondence refers to Cullen's writing and includes many handwritten and manuscript copies of poems.

Dates: 1918-1939; Majority of material found within ( 1918-1927)

Dan D' Amelio papers

 Collection
Identifier: IHRC3333
Abstract

Published and unpublished poems, stories, and movie script re. Italian immigrant experience. Collection consists of three bound volumes (Notebooks 1-3) of Dan D'Amelio's writings (typescripts, print-outs, photocopies), including poems, articles, memoirs, and "A scene-by-scene treatment for a movie".

Dates: 1880-2003

David H. K. Anderson papers

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: IHRC202
Abstract

Papers consist of a biographical sketch and family history, portrait, unpublished poems, manuscript copy of an essay on W.B Yeats, fellowship application, notes, a letter from Robert Hayden (Consultant in Poetry, Library of Congress), and a tape recording of Anderson reading from 'Lines in Snow' at the Library of Congress in 1978.

Dates: 1977-1991

Duluth Poet Laureate collection

 Collection
Identifier: U6269
Abstract

The collection contains materials from four poets during their tenure as Duluth Poet Laureate: Barton Sutter from 2006-2008, Sheila Packa from 2010-2012, Ellie Schoenfeld from 2016-2018, and Gary Boelhower from 2018-2020.

Dates: 2006-2022

Elizabeth Jackson papers

 Collection
Identifier: ua-00209
Abstract

The collection consists of the personal papers of Elizabeth Jackson, professor of English literature at the University of Minnesota. It contains correspondence, photographs and a set of notebooks.

Dates: 1908-1968

Gerald Kegler collection of Robert Bly published works and news clippings

 Collection
Identifier: Mss081E
Abstract

This collection contains published works by and about poet, translator, and activist, Robert Bly. In addition, there is a small amount of articles by and about Bly, as well as a catalog from a small press which features many Bly-related materials.

Dates: 1967, 1970, 1973, 1977, 1980-1982, 1984-1986, 1990-2001, 2004-2005, undated; Majority of material found within 1990-2001

Hazel Ward papers

 Collection
Identifier: 2000-43
Abstract

Collection contains the papers of Hazel Ward, assistant slide librarian at the University of Minnesota.

Dates: 1950s?-1995

Joseph Warren Beach papers

 Collection
Identifier: ua-00960
Abstract

This collection consists of the papers of Joseph Warren Beach, literary critic, poet and professor emeritus of English at the University of Minnesota.

Dates: 1900-1993

Katherine Ruuhela papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: IHRC2331
Abstract

Papers of Katherine Ruuhela consists of correspondence with Finnish relatives, in which is mentioned a brother who moved from the U.S. to Soviet Karelia; photographs of family members in Finland and in the U.S.; newspaper clippings; a scrapbookof collected poems and articles; a memoir of the Finnish-Russian war; miscellaneous books; a print of Juho Rissanen's painting of a Finnish American homestead; biographies intended for a family history; and miscellany.

Dates: 1924-1990

Knuts and Valda Lesins papers

 Collection
Identifier: IHRC1364
Abstract

Papers (1924-1997) consist of personal documents, photos, correspondence. Included is sheet music by Knuts Lesins as well as by other Latvian and world composers, in addition to manuscripts, research papers, articles, short stories, speeches, poems and translations done by Lesins. Newspaper clippings, bulletins, newsletters, magazines and books are also included in this collection. There is one audio record.

Dates: 1923-1997

Margaret Hasse papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss107
Abstract

This collections contains the papers of Minneapolis (Minnesota) poet, teacher, and arts consultant Margaret Hasse, including manuscripts, correspondence, and published works, as well as material related to her teaching and commissions.

Dates: 1929 - 2017; Majority of material found within 1970-2000

Maria Mathilda Kotiranta collection

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: IHRC1271
Abstract

Eight volumes of handwritten poetry, in four folders. Some entries written in Seattle, Washington.

Dates: undated

Matthew Smorstok papers

 Collection
Identifier: IHRC676
Abstract Collection consists of personal correspondence of Dr. Smorstok with his family members and relatives, as well as correspondence with Dr. Smorstok’s friends and acquaintances active in Belarusian American organizations. Included are also files pertaining to his professional activities, newspaper clippings containing information about Dr. Smorstok, handwritten notes related to his interests in Belarusian and Belarusian American history, and newsletters of the Belarusian Autocephalous Orthodox...
Dates: 1950-1990

Peter Moor papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: IHRC1623
Abstract

Collection consists of personal correspondence, family photographs, exhibit programmes, artwork photographs, and manuscripts and typescripts of Peter Moor's poems, novels and drama. These comprise the majority of the collection.

Dates: 1930-1980

Bertha Richards papers

 Collection
Identifier: S3049
Abstract

The collection contains correspondence, 1881-1942; newspaper clippings, 1916-1963; photographs, 1894-1950; poems; programs of her concert series, 1916-1928; and miscellaneous reference materials.

Dates: 1881-1963

Robert Bly papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss081
Abstract

This collection contains the work of poet, writer, translator, activist, performer, literary editor, and publisher, Robert Bly. The materials include manuscripts, correspondence, journals, audiovisual items, photographs, publishers' galley proofs, news clippings, scrapbooks, and school assignments from childhood through Harvard, U.S. Naval service, State University of Iowa, and his career in writing, translating, and publishing poetry, prose, and plays.

Dates: Circa 1900s-2009; Majority of material found within 1946-1999

Terrence Williams Collection of Poetry Broadsides

 Collection
Identifier: Mss103
Abstract

Contains one box of broadside poetry.

Dates: 1960-1968, undated

Victoria Frenkel Harris collection of Robert Bly audio recordings

 Collection
Identifier: Mss081G
Abstract

This collection contains audio recordings of poet, translator, social critic, and publisher, Robert Bly reading his and others' poetry.

Dates: 1955, 1959-1961, 1966, 1968-1984, 1988, undated

Victoria Janda papers

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: IHRC1114
Abstract

Papers consist of correspondence, literary manuscripts, typescripts of memoirs, speeches, stories, poems, and Polish legends for young people, pencil drawings, collected articles about Poland, and photographs.

Dates: 1934-1961

Edith M. Williams poems

 Collection — Box SC
Identifier: S3197
Abstract

The collection contains poems by Edith Williams. Themes of the poems include Duluth, veterans, soldiers, and the military.

Dates: circa 1920