Poetry
Subject
Subject Source: Lcnaf
Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:
Bertha G. Bradt Collection (DeKalb)
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: RHC-RC-046
Scope and Contents
The Bertha Glidden Bradt Collection contains textual and pictorial records relating to Bradt family genealogy and history dating 1830-1954, the Glidden family manuscripts, and materials from S.E. Bradt’s role in the development of Illinois highways. More than 1,000 volumes are included with the collection and are located in the reading room. A complete listing of the volumes can be found in the Shelflist.
The Bradt family records contain personal items belonging to Mrs. S.E. Bradt and the...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1830-1954; Other: Date acquired: 10/19/1978
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
Eli B. Gilbert Family Collection (DeKalb)
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-277
Scope and Contents
The Eli B. Gilbert Family Collection spans five generations, all of whom have resided at 210 N. 1st Street in DeKalb. Materials in this collection date from the 1830's to the 1990's, although the bulk of the collection dates from the 1860's through the mid-1940's. About half the collection consists of photographic materials including ambrotypes, cartes-de-visite, and glass plate negatives. Scrapbooks, newspaper clippings, correspondence, a large number of legal documents, and genealogical...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1844-1996; Other: Date acquired: 01/25/2007
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
F.E. Griffith Family Correspondence (Sandwich)
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-089
Scope and Contents
The Griffith Family Papers collection is a three generation chronicle of the Frank E. Griffith family containing letters, photographs, and legal documents dating from the late 1700's to 1938. The major series of this collection consists of letters Frank Griffith sent home during his military service in the Civil War (1862-1865), and several letters from other family members. These letters are a unique primary source providing insights on the Union Army attitudes and revealing the struggles...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1794-1938; Other: Date acquired: 03/14/1980
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
Jane Heckman Papers
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-317
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of the papers of Jane Heckman from 1940 to 2010. Papers include minutes, committee records, administrative files, publicity and audio-visual files from the West Suburban Area YWCA; as well as meeting minutes and booklets from OWL (the Older Women’s League) of DuPage County, meeting minutes, correspondence, and printed material from other organizations in DuPage County, printed material from Barnard College, and personal correspondence. The collection documents Jane...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1940-2010; Other: Date acquired: 12/18/2011
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
New Mildford Scholar's Leaf-Short Handwritten Magazine Containing Short Stories and Poems Donated by Readers, 1861
Collection
Identifier: RHC-VFM-19-19.16
Dates:
Other: Majority of material found in 1861
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
Robert Gathorne-Hardy papers
Collection
Identifier: SCA-RBSC-SPX-022
Content Description
The collection includes a number of Gathorne-Hardy notebooks, manuscripts, and correspondence. The notebooks in Series I span from his early writing career to late 1968 and include notes, research, and drafts of his works. Of interest is Gathorne-Hardy's peculiar habit to reverse the notebooks and write from back to front. His notebooks exhibit his disjointed thought process, often beginning an entry mid-sentence.Writings in Series II include typescripts for ...
Dates:
circa 1920-1968
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
Robin Waterfield papers
Collection
Identifier: SCA-RBSC-SPX-026
Scope and Contents
The Robin Waterfield papers consist of correspondence, drafts of poetry and other writings, publicity materials, and contains materials relating to Iris Murdoch, John F. X. Harriot, and Sarah J. Maw.Folders 1-6 in Box 1 contain extensive Waterfield correspondence with Iris Murdoch, as well as other records concerning the compiling and publishing of Stella Aldwinckle's poems Christ's Shadow in Plato's Cave (1990). Folders 7-14 in Box 2...
Dates:
1980-1999
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
