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American poetry -- 20th century

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 28 Collections and/or Records:

My life story

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 2992
Scope and Contents Recalls his early life in Salt Lake City, Utah, and Twin Falls, Idaho; farming; attendance at Albion State Normal School, 1935-1937, Utah State University, 1946-1949, and Northern Colorado University, 1949-1951; teaching elementary school in Declo, Idaho, 1937-1942; service in U.S. Air Force during World War II; marriage; employment as academic dean and professor of education psychology at Peru State Teacher's College (Nebraska) 1951-1954; employment in counseling center and Department of...
Dates: 1983-1999
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / My life story

Out of the cage of mirrors

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230326818]
Identifier: MSS SC 2783
Scope and Contents

Typewritten poem with handwritten corrections in red ink. The item was written by an unknown Mormon author and deals with Mormon doctrine. The date of compositon is uncertain.

Dates: approximately 1950
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Out of the cage of mirrors

Personal history of Frances Parrish Barlow

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230328897]
Identifier: MSS SC 3022
Scope and Contents Details her childhood in Centerville, Utah; attendance at University of Utah and Utah State University; work as a schoolteacher; marriage; travels; church service, including a Latter-day Saint welfare mission to Oklahoma, 1977-1978; and teaching at BYU. Includes original poetry; significant information about her husband, Joel C. Barlow, their children, and other family members; and photographic images. Also includes autobiographical sketches of her parents, Parley P. Parrish and Elizabeth...
Dates: 1990
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Personal history of Frances Parrish Barlow

William Minshall Evans papers

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 803
Scope and Contents

Handwritten poems and songs. Also included is a biography of Evans written by his granddaughter, Grace McLachlan Foxley, in 1940. The dating of the songs and poems is uncertain. At least one was written when Evans was on his mission in Liverpool, England.

Dates: 1870-1940
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / William Minshall Evans papers

Spiritual odyssey

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230340934]
Identifier: MSS SC 2927
Scope and Contents

A spiritual poem concerning life's journey.

Dates: 1997
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Spiritual odyssey

Marzetta Stevens Willardson papers

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197231207710]
Identifier: MSS 1605
Scope and Contents

Handwritten, typed, and photocopied personal papers of Marzetta Willardson. The collection includes poems, essays, and short stories in rough and finished forms as well as correspondence and other assorted materials.

Dates: 1968-1979
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Marzetta Stevens Willardson papers

The women of the Confederacy

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230345255]
Identifier: MSS 985
Scope and Contents

Handwritten and typewritten poem that was read by Boyle at the unveiling of the state monument to the women of the Confederacy at Nashville, Tennessee, on 10 Oct. 1926.

Dates: 1926 October 10
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / The women of the Confederacy

Wonderful Jim, 1920

 Item — Box 5: [Barcode: 31197233283172], Folder: 56-57
Identifier: Vault MSS 2
Scope and Contents

Handwritten and signed poem. The date of the item is uncertain. The poem is about Jim, "this wonderful pony."

Dates: 1920
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Vault MSS 2, Fred A. Rosenstock autograph collection

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