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Masters, Edgar Lee, 1868-1950

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1868 - 1950

Found in 8 Collections and/or Records:

Agnes Lee-Edgar Lee Masters Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Lee
Abstract

35 letters from Edgar Lee Masters to Agnes Lee (Mrs. Otto Freer), one typed poem and one galley sheet.

Dates: 1919-1933

Alice Gerstenberg Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Gerstenberg
Abstract

Correspondence, works and miscellaneous material reflecting Gerstenberg's activities in Chicago's social and cultural life in the first half of the 20th century, in particular her involvement with local theater.

Dates: 1903-1971

Carter H. Harrison IV papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Harrison
Abstract

Correspondence, writings, clippings, photographs, and memorabilia relating to Chicago Mayor Carter Henry Harrison IV (1860-1953), and his family, particularly his wife, Edith Ogden Harrison, and his father, Chicago Mayor Carter Henry Harrison III (1825-1893). The collection also includes a number of letters, autographs, and miscellaneous other documents from famous people that were not originally directed to Harrison or his family, but which Harrison kept as collectibles.

Dates: 1637-1953; Majority of material found within 1840-1950

Dorothy Dow Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Dow
Abstract Correspondence to Illinois poet and writer Dorothy Dow from poet Edgar Lee Masters, muralist John Warner Norton and other writers and friends, and a large collection of Dow’s works, which includes her vast output of poems, both published and mostly unpublished, some plays, short stories, a novel and several literary studies. Also, an informal autobiography and parts of an early episodic diary, a few photographs, scrapbooks and notebooks containing clippings, drafts and notes relating to her...
Dates: 1920-1993

Edgar Lee Masters letters

 File
Identifier: Midwest-MS-210
Abstract

Five letters, written between 1920 and 1922, from Edgar Lee Masters to Mr. and Mrs. John Hooper Smith. Also included is an undated newspaper clipping entitled "’Spoon River’ comes to life dramatically," which describes a staging of "Spoon River anthology," Edgar Lee Masters’s collection of autobiographical epitaphs of residents from the fictional town of Spoon River, Illinois.

Dates: 1920-1922

Edith Franklin Wyatt Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Wyatt
Abstract

Correspondence of Chicago writer and social activist Edith Franklin Wyatt, plus drafts of works, contracts, scrapbooks, clippings and mementos.

Dates: 1894-1968; Majority of material found within 1894 - 1955

Eunice Tietjens papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Tietjens
Abstract

Correspondence, works and miscellaneous material relating to Eunice Tietjens, Chicago poet, novelist, lecturer and associate editor of Poetry: A Magazine of Verse. The bulk of the correspondence is incoming.

Dates: 1898-1944

Eunice Tietjens papers - Additions

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Tietjens2
Abstract

Correspondence, works, and miscellaneous material relating to Eunice Tietjens, Chicago poet, novelist, lecturer and associate editor of Poetry: A Magazine of Verse. Also material relating to the Hammond and Strong families, Eunice Tietjens' daughter, Janet Tietjens Hart, and Eunice Tietjens' first husband, Paul Tietjens; and three boxes of photographs.

Dates: 1847-1972

Additional filters:

Subject
Chicago (Ill.) -- Intellectual life -- 20th century 5
American literature -- Illinois -- Chicago 4
Correspondence -- United States -- 1901-1950 4
Women poets, American -- Illinois -- Chicago 4
Correspondence -- 1901-1950 3
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Manuscripts, American -- Illinois -- Chicago 3
Poets, American -- History -- 20th century -- Sources 3
Women novelists, American -- Illinois -- Chicago 3
Manuscripts, American -- Illinois 2
Novelists, American -- Illinois -- Chicago 2
Periodical editors -- Illinois -- Chicago 2
Photographs 2
Authors, American 1
Autobiography -- Women authors 1
Autographs -- Collections 1
Chicago (Ill.) -- History -- Sources 1
Chicago (Ill.) -- Politics and government -- To 1950 1
Chicago (Ill.) -- Social conditions 1
Chicago (Ill.) -- Social life and customs 1
Correspondence -- 1951-2000 1
Correspondence -- United States -- 1951-2000 1
Dramatists -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
Dramatists, American 1
Journalists -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
Little theater movement -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
Manuscripts, American 1
Mayors -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
Musicians -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 20th century -- Sources 1
Novelists, American 1
One-act plays, American -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
Parent and child -- Correspondence 1
Patronage, Political -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
Photographs -- 1851-1900 1
Photographs -- 1901-1950 1
Photographs -- Illinois -- Chicago -- 1900-1915 1
Poets, American 1
Scrapbooks -- Illinois -- 1851-1900 1
Scrapbooks -- Illinois -- 1901-1950 1
Scrapbooks -- United States -- 1901-1950 1
Scrapbooks -- United States -- 1951-2000 1
Social action -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
Social settlements -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
Souvenirs (Keepsakes) -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
Spiritualists 1
Theater -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History -- 20th century -- Sources 1
Travel literature -- 1921-1928 1
Travel literature -- Egypt -- 1895 1
Women authors, American -- 20th century 1
Women dramatists, American -- 20th century 1
Women editors -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
Women poets, American -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History -- 20th century -- Sources 1
Women social reformers -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
Women writers -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
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