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American poetry -- Tennessee.

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

Alwin Thaler Papers on Jane Merchant

 Collection
Identifier: MS-1001
Abstract

This collection contains letters between Alwin Thaler and poet Jane Merchant, as well as newspaper articles, original poems, and a speech describing Merchant's works.

Dates: 1952-1972, undated

Betsey B. and David D. Creekmore Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS-2841
Abstract This collection includes many materials from Creekmore’s writing career including notes, drafts, photographs, correspondence, financial documents, publicity materials, and works that were never published. Personal papers include family correspondence, photographs, and mementos. These are about Creekmore, her family, and several ancestors. Records from Creekmore’s civic engagement come from her work with the Garden Club, Dogwood Arts Festival, Junior League, and various historic concerns...
Dates: 1794-1998

Poetry Contest Submissions

 Collection
Identifier: AR-0298
Abstract

This collection houses fourteen student poems that were entered into a 1940 poetry contest at the University of Tennessee.

Dates: 1940

Shirley Whitney Kerr Collection of Jane Merchant Material

 Collection
Identifier: MS-3794
Abstract

This collection contains correspondence, magazine and newspaper articles, notes, and objects all concerning Jane Merchant that Shirley Whitney Kerr collected and kept over the years she knew Merchant and after Merchant's death in 1972.

Dates: 1950-2000