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Archives related to: Bartlett, Helen Birch, 1884-1925
| title | Poetry: a magazine of verse : records, 1912-1961. | repository | University of Chicago, Library |
| description | Contains the administrative records of Poetry: A Magazine of Verse from its founding in 1912 to 1961, and documents not only the history of the magazine, but also the development of English-language verse in the first half of the twentieth century. The administrative files include correspondence, poetry manuscripts, articles, and reviews sent to and compiled by each editor of the magazine. Also included are a smaller number of business and editorial files, containing financial and fund raising records, literary prizes, author biographies, clippings and other items documenting the operation of the magazine. Poets represented include Conrad Aiken, Sherwood Anderson, William Rose Benet, Amy Bonner, Witter Bynner, Hart Crane, T. S. Eliot, Ford Madox Ford, Robert Frost, Hilda Doolittle, James Joyce, Alfred Kreymborg, Vachel Lindsay, Edgar Lee Masters, Marianne Moore, Ezra Pound, Carl Sandburg, Wallace Stevens, Sara Teasdale, Robert Penn Warren, Richard Wilbur, William Carlos Williams, Yvor Winters, William Butler Yeats, Louis Zukofsky, and many more. Notes: Poetry: A Magazine of Verse was founded in Chicago, Illinois, in 1912 by Harriet Monroe. Taking Walt Whitman's line, "To have great poets there must be great audiences too" as a motto, Monroe sought to cultivate a wide readership for new writing and ideas. Organization: Organized into three series: I. Administrative Files, 1912-1936; II. Administrative Files, 1936-1953; and III. Administrative Files, 1954-1961. Citation When quoting material from this collection, the preferred citation is: Poetry: A Magazine of Verse. Records, [Box #, Folder #], Special Collections Research Center, University of Chicago Library SEE Box: 72 Folder: 12 Bartlett, Elizabeth |
| extent | 100 linear ft. (174 boxes). |
| formats | Administrative Records Correspondence Manuscript Clippings Financial Records |
| access | No restrictions. |
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| updated | 03/16/2023 10:29:55 |
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