Ernest McGaffey letters and poems
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 McGaffey’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 McGaffey as a youth.
Dates
- Creation: 1939
Creator
- McGaffey, Ernest (Person)
Language
Materials are in English.
Conditions Governing 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.
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.
Extent
0.1 Linear Feet (1 folder)
Abstract
Four letters and three poems from poet Ernest McGaffey, sent to Matthew Mills in 1939. Also includes one undated signed photograph of Ernest McGaffey.
Collection Stack Location
1 1 2
Provenance
Gift, W.E. Daignault, 1950; John Gregg, 2022.
Processed by
Virginia Hay Smith, 2008.
Subject
- Mills, Matthew (Lawyer) (Person)
- McGaffey, Ernest -- Correspondence (Person)
Genre / Form
Geographic
Occupation
Topical
- Title
- Inventory of Ernest McGaffey Letters and Poems, 1939
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Virginia Hay Smith
- Date
- ©2009.
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the The Newberry Library - Modern Manuscripts and Archives Repository
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