Manuscripts

Vachel Lindsay poems and ephemera

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Description: Three untitled poems by Vachel Lindsay: two from the fly-leaves of his Bible beginning "It is well to" and "Who cares for the man who is right?" and one from the front of a volume of "Great God Brown" by Eugene O'Neill owned by Lindsay's niece Catharine Wakefield, beginning "The butterflies came in," each with autograph notes by Lindsay's sister Olive Lindsay Wakefield. Also, printed pamphlet celebrating Lindsay including his poem "On the Building of Springfield" with an autograph note from Olive to Norman Corwin on the verso.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Call number: mssHM 82027-82030
Creator: Lindsay, Vachel (1879-1931)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Gift of Norman Corwin, January 1993.

Selected poems of Vachel Lindsay

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"Forty-two poems including nonsense rhymes, historical poems and lyrics. Excerpts from The Congo and The Chinese nightingale."

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"Forty-two poems including nonsense rhymes, historical poems and lyrics. Excerpts from The Congo and The Chinese nightingale."

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Lindsay, Ben

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8 items: LAT news stories and other items related to the controversial career of Judge Ben Lindsay. Notable items: 5-pp. copied from a 1929 thesis for Claremont Colleges, segment titled "Attitude on marriage," featuring material on Judge Lindsay ; LAT obit, 3/27/1943, "Ben Lindsay, jurist, dies" ; article torn from Southern California Quarterly, Winter 1973, "The story of Judge Ben Lindsay."

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Lindsay, Gilbert

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3 items: clip of editorial, Los Angeles Sentinel, 6/5/1969, "Lindsay - an expendable luxury" ; original letter, from Herman Hill to "Jim" Bassett, calling attention to the previously mentioned editorial critical of Lindsay ; original letter, from James Bassett, to Herman Hill, replying to the editorial and letter, in part, "...most enlightening...I tend to agree with its points."

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Ephemera

Manuscripts

There are 376 pieces of manuscripts, the majority of which are by Olive Percival. The manuscripts comprise of biographical sketches, diaries, notebooks, poems, short stories, typescripts, and miscellaneous notes. There are 122 pieces of correspondence, the majority of which are by Ellen Dame Terry writing to Anna Held. It is arranged alphabetically then by date. Correspondence relating to Olive Percival mainly concerns letters from her friends and publisher. There are 341 pieces of ephemera. It is arranged by type and subject, and consists of an appointment book, bookmarks, bookplates, bulletins, empty envelopes, fliers, invoices, legal documents, military records, newspaper clippings, pamphlets, excerpts of periodicals, receipts, scrapbooks, tracts, and miscellaneous United States permits and a passport. The majority of the ephemera relates to Sheffield, Illinois, where Olive Percival was born.

mssHM 79260-79378

Vachel Lindsay poems and ephemera

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