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Poetry

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 443 Collections and/or Records:

Sterling M. Crandall papers, approximately 2000, 1942-1945

 File — Box 22: Series 5; Series 6; Series 7; Series 10; Series 12; Series 16; Series 14; Series 15; Series 18; Series 8 [Barcode: 31197231005163], Folder: 26
Identifier: MSS 2350 Series 7 Sub-Series 1 Sub-Series 2 File 576
Scope and Contents note Materials contain a memoir written by Sterling M. Crandall regarding his service in the U.S. Army during World War II. Describes being drafted into the Army, his training, travels, and combat experience. Relates encountering his brother, an officer in the Army Engineering Group, by surprise near Aachen. Describes sites and destruction during and after Battle of the Bulge. Describes seeing a concentration camp and the conditions of the prisoners as well as medical efforts to help them. ...
Dates: approximately 2000; 1942-1945

May Swenson poetry

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 2172
Scope and Contents

Folder one includes several drafts of Swenson's poem, "My Name Was Called," with a cover letter to Dennis Rowley dated November 6, 1989, giving background information. Folder two contains drafts of four poems which appear in her book, Half sun, half sleep: new poems (New York:Charles Scribner's Sons, 1967), bearing her corrections. The four poems are entitled: "Naked in Borneo," "News from the Cabin," "A Yellow Circle," and "Dear Elizabeth."

Dates: 1964-1988

Talkative Lucy, approximately 1930-1963

 Item — Oversize-folder 5: Series 1 [Barcode: 31197239133595]
Identifier: MSS 2344 Series 1 Item 13

The astronomer's vision / by Richter

 Item — Box 23: Series 12 [Barcode: 31197227605679], Folder: 8
Identifier: MSS 229 Series 12

The blackberry girl, approximately 1930-1963

 Item — Oversize-folder 5: Series 1 [Barcode: 31197239133595]
Identifier: MSS 2344 Series 1 Item 16

"The day of parting", 1843 July 1

 Item — Box 2: Series 1; Series 2 [Barcode: 31197232504677], Folder: 5
Identifier: MSS 2032 Series 2 Item 9

The fields sublime, approximately 1918

 Item — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197239272518], Folder: 9
Identifier: MSS 9261 Item 7
Scope and Contents

Handwritten poem titled, "The Fields Sublime," to Juanita and John Ray in sympathy of their son's death, John Alexander Ray. Author is Bertha A. K[illegible], sent to the Rays from "Your Nellie."

Dates: approximately 1918

The morning glory, approximately 1930-1963

 Item — Oversize-folder 5: Series 1 [Barcode: 31197239133595]
Identifier: MSS 2344 Series 1 Item 15