Overview
Personal and family papers of the American poet, Vachel Lindsay.
Dates
- Creation: 1879-1982
Language of Materials
Collection materials are in English.
Conditions Governing Access
There are no restrictions on physical access to this material.
Extent
3.3 linear feet (10 boxes)Correspondence is both professional and family related. Correspondents include: Joy Lindsay Blair, Eleanor Dougherty, Frances Frazee Hamilton, Catharine Frazee Lindsay, Elizabeth Conner Lindsay, Vachel Thomas Lindsay, Edgar Lee Masters, Adlai Ewing Stevenson, Olive Lindsay Wakefield, Paul Wakefield, and Susan Wilcox.
Lindsay compositions include autograph manuscripts, drawings, typescripts, and scores, with much of this material inscribed to family members. Also includes photographs, maps, biographical miscellany, and printed materials relating to Lindsay (tributes, clippings, reviews, programs of lectures, and promotional material).
Some folders include extra sheets of manuscript notes about the collection by the donor, Catherine Wakefield Ward.
Biographical / Historical
Lindsay was an American poet.
Arrangement
Arranged into the following seven series:
- I. Vachel Lindsay correspondence, 1887-1931
- A. Letters to his family
- B. Letters to others, 1912-1931
- C. Letters to Vachel Lindsay, 1911-1930
- II. Other correspondence, 1914-1956
- III. Vachel Lindsay compositions and drawings, 1890-1949 and undated
- IV. Compositions by others, 1913-1951 and undated correspondence
- A. Manuscripts and typescripts, 1931-1946 and undated
- B. Printed tributes to Lindsay, 1929-1951
- C. Printed promotions & publisher lists, 1913-1931
- V. Programs, 1907-1955 and undated
- VI. Clippings, 1897-1982 and undated
- A. Journal articles & reviews, 1913-1961
- B. Newspaper reviews and stories, 1897-1982 and undated
- VII. Biographical material, 1879-1935 and undated
- A. Family documents, 1879-1925
- B. Honors, 1930
- C. Maps and brochures, undated
- D. Photographs, 1882-1931 and undated
Physical Location
b
Immediate Source of Acquisition
93M-60. Gift of Mrs. Catharine Wakefield Ward, 1506 Foulkeways, Gwynedd, Pennsylvania 19436; received: 28 October 1993.
2001M-4. Gift of Mrs. Catharine Wakefield Ward, 1506 Foulkeways, Gwynedd, Pennsylvania 19436; received: 2001 July 2.
Processing Information
Processed by: Helen Ashmore.
- Title
- Lindsay family. Lindsay-Wakefield family papers, 1879-1982: Guide.
- Author
- Houghton Library, Harvard College Library
- Language of description
- und
- EAD ID
- hou00035
Repository Details
Part of the Houghton Library Repository
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