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Descriptive Summary of the Collection
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Inventory of Ernest McGaffey Letters and Poems, 1939
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Descriptive Summary of the Collection |
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| Creator | McGaffey, Ernest, b. 1861 |
| Title | Ernest McGaffey Letters and Poems |
| Dates | 1939 |
| Extent | 0.1 linear feet (1 folder) |
| Abstract | Four letters and three poems from poet Ernest McGaffey, sent to Matthew Mills in 1939. |
| Language | Materials are in English. |
| Repository | Newberry Library, Roger and Julie Baskes Department of Special Collections |
| Collection Call Number | Midwest MS 168 |
| Collection Stack Location | 3a 35 3 |
Administrative Information
Cite As
Ernest McGaffey Letters and Poems, The Newberry Library, Chicago.
Provenance
Gift, W.E. Daignault, 1950.
Processed by
Virginia Hay Smith, 2008.
Access
The Ernest McGaffey Letters and Poems are open for research in the Special Collections Reading Room (Priority III).
Ownership and Literary Rights
The Ernest McGaffey Letters and Poems are the physical property of the Newberry Library. Copyright may belong to the authors or their legal heirs or assigns. For permission to publish or reproduce any materials from this collection, contact the Roger and Julie Baskes Department of Special Collections.
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Biography of Ernest McGaffey
American poet and lawyer.
Born in Ohio in 1861, McGaffey was a minor poet of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. After working as private secretary to Chicago Mayor Carter H. Harrison, McGaffey was admitted to the bar and subsequently practiced law in Chicago. He produced several volumes of poetry, including Poems of Rod and Reel (1892), Poems of the Town (1901), Cosmos (1903), and a late collection called War in 1939.
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Scope and Content of the Collection
Four letters to Matthew Mills, a friend and fellow Chicago lawyer, written from Los Angeles in 1939. The letters are mostly about McCaffey’s poetry, his memories of his past and the publication of the volume, War. Also includes three late poems of McGaffey, one attached to an image of McCaffey as a youth.
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Selected Search Terms
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Names
- McGaffey, Ernest, b. 1861 -- Correspondence
- McGaffey, Ernest, b. 1861 -- War
- Mills, Matthew, lawyer
Subjects
- Chicago (Ill). -- Intellectual life
- Lawyers -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Correspondence
- Manuscripts, American
- Poems -- 1901-1950
- Poets, American -- 20th century -- Correspondence
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