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Carl Sandburg papers
Creator: Sandburg, Carl, 1878-1967
Call Number: D.244
Dates: circa 1920-1960
Physical Description: 2 boxes
Language(s): Materials are in English
Repository: Rare Books, Special Collections, and Preservation, River Campus Libraries, University of Rochester
Table of Contents:
Scope and Content
Subject(s)
Access
Use
Citation
Related Materials
Content List
Series I: Poems
Series II: Correspondence and photographs
Collection Overview
Title: Carl Sandburg papers
Creator: Sandburg, Carl, 1878-1967
Call Number: D.244
Dates: circa 1920-1960
Physical Description: 2 boxes
Language(s): Materials are in English
Repository: Rare Books, Special Collections, and Preservation, River Campus Libraries, University of Rochester
Scope and Content
The collection consists of typescripts and unrevised carbons of 110 poems and prose pieces by Carl Sandburg. A few have hand-written corrections and notations. They were sent by Sandburg over several years to his friend and fellow-poet Dorothy Dudley Harvey (1884-1962). Also included are three letters from Sandburg to Harvey, one letter to her son, Jason Harvey, and four photographs of Sandburg.
Subject(s):
Poetry
Sandburg, Carl, 1878-1967
Poets, American
Access
The Carl Sandburg papers is open for research use. Researchers are advised to contact Rare Books, Special Collections, and Preservation prior to visiting. Upon arrival, researchers will also be asked to fill out a registration form and provide photo identification.Use
Reproductions are made upon request but can be subject to restrictions. Permission to publish materials from the collection must currently be requested. Please note that some materials may be copyrighted or restricted. It is the researcher's obligation to determine and satisfy copyright or other case restrictions when publishing or otherwise distributing materials found in the collections. For more information contact rarebks@library.rochester.eduCitation
[Item title, item date], Carl Sandburg papers, D.244, Rare Books, Special Collections, and Preservation, River Campus Libraries, University of RochesterRelated Materials
The collection is closely related to the Dorothy Dudley Harvey Papers (A.H34) , which also contain Sandburg letters and manuscripts.
Administrative Information
Author: Finding aid prepared by Rare Books and Special Collections staff
Publisher: Rare Books, Special Collections, and Preservation, River Campus Libraries, University of Rochester
Address:
Rush Rhees Library
Second Floor, Room 225
Rochester, NY 14627-0055
rarebks@library.rochester.edu
URL:
Content List
Creator: Sandburg, Carl, 1878-1967
Call Number: D.244
Dates: circa 1920-1960
Physical Description: 2 boxes
Language(s): Materials are in English
Repository: Rare Books, Special Collections, and Preservation, River Campus Libraries, University of Rochester
Table of Contents:
Scope and Content
Subject(s)
Access
Use
Citation
Related Materials
Content List
Series I: Poems
Series II: Correspondence and photographs
Collection Overview
Title: Carl Sandburg papers
Creator: Sandburg, Carl, 1878-1967
Call Number: D.244
Dates: circa 1920-1960
Physical Description: 2 boxes
Language(s): Materials are in English
Repository: Rare Books, Special Collections, and Preservation, River Campus Libraries, University of Rochester
Scope and Content
The collection consists of typescripts and unrevised carbons of 110 poems and prose pieces by Carl Sandburg. A few have hand-written corrections and notations. They were sent by Sandburg over several years to his friend and fellow-poet Dorothy Dudley Harvey (1884-1962). Also included are three letters from Sandburg to Harvey, one letter to her son, Jason Harvey, and four photographs of Sandburg.
Subject(s):
Poetry
Sandburg, Carl, 1878-1967
Poets, American
Access
The Carl Sandburg papers is open for research use. Researchers are advised to contact Rare Books, Special Collections, and Preservation prior to visiting. Upon arrival, researchers will also be asked to fill out a registration form and provide photo identification.Use
Reproductions are made upon request but can be subject to restrictions. Permission to publish materials from the collection must currently be requested. Please note that some materials may be copyrighted or restricted. It is the researcher's obligation to determine and satisfy copyright or other case restrictions when publishing or otherwise distributing materials found in the collections. For more information contact rarebks@library.rochester.eduCitation
[Item title, item date], Carl Sandburg papers, D.244, Rare Books, Special Collections, and Preservation, River Campus Libraries, University of RochesterRelated Materials
The collection is closely related to the Dorothy Dudley Harvey Papers (A.H34) , which also contain Sandburg letters and manuscripts.
Administrative Information
Author: Finding aid prepared by Rare Books and Special Collections staff
Publisher: Rare Books, Special Collections, and Preservation, River Campus Libraries, University of Rochester
Address:
Rush Rhees Library
Second Floor, Room 225
Rochester, NY 14627-0055
rarebks@library.rochester.edu
URL:
Content List
Series I: Poems
Box 1[And now when the branches were...]
1 page
Box 1[Art is...(1-56)]
4 pages
Box 1[Art is...(55-61)]
1 page
Box 1[Art is...(64-68)]
1 page
Box 1["Arter we done chaw all de hard bones..."]
1 page
Box 1[The bellies of the women danced]
1 page
Box 1[The bird sat on a red handle]
1 page
Box 1[A blue shot dawn]
1 page
Box 1"Bug spots"
1 page
Box 1"Bundles"
1 page
Box 1[Call us back, call us with...]
1 page
Box 1"Carriers" filed with "Waters meeting"
1 page
Box 1"Child face in cherry blossoms"
1 page
Box 1"Chilicothe"
1 page
Box 1"Chinese paintings"
1 page
Box 1"Corn prattlings"
1 page
Box 1"Crossing Ohio when poppies bloom in Ashtabula"
1 page
Box 1[Degas, Rodin, Hokusai,...]
1 page
Box 1[Did you go to language...]
1 page
Box 1[Dreaming of grips at her heart]
1 page
Box 1[The dusk of this box wood]
1 page
Box 1"Early Autumn nocturn"
1 page
Box 1"Fall rumors"
2 pages
Box 1[Far in the southwest...]
1 page
Box 1"Flame runners"
1 page
Box 1"Fog"
1 page
Signed
Box 1"Follies of the stars"
2 pages
Box 1"For you"
1 page
Box 1[A friend reports, "You have no enemies..."]
1 page
Box 1"Geographical customs"
1 page
Box 1[The gloaming burns]
1 page
Box 1"Googler and gaggler"
4 pages
Box 1[Having told the story of Nell...]
1 page
Box 1[He that wishes to study...]
1 page
Box 1[He was twenty years a policeman...]
1 page
Box 1[Hoota Rags was gone a year...]
1 page
Box 1"Horizon brass"
1 page
Box 1"Hotel girl"
1 page
Box 1"How the Paper People of the Paper City..."
2 pages
Box 1[If you have turned a door knob]
1 page
Box 1[In the first number of the...]
1 page
Box 1[In the mountains it is no use...]
1 page
Box 1"Indiana dusk"
1 page
Box 1[It is cold]
1 page
Box 1"Johnny the Wham and Joe the Wimp"
2 pages
Box 1"Kite"
1 page
Box 1[Late in June I spaded...]
1 page
Box 1[The Lawson funeral was...]
1 page
Box 1[The light of the yellow flowers]
1 page
Box 1[The little moon rode up...]
1 page
Box 1"The Little Silent Street--Paul Fort"
1 page
Box 1"Low contralto"
1 page
Box 1"Medley"
1 page
Box 1"Moist moon people"
1 page
Box 1[The mountains stand up...]
1 page
Box 2"New Hampshire again"
1 page
Box 2"Notations on a September Monday"
2 pages
Box 2"Notations on November moonlight"
1 page
Box 2"November"
1 page
Box 2"October changes"
1 page
Box 2[Of poetry devoted to sheer beauty...]
1 page
Box 2[The old Dutch loved the Hudson...]
1 page
Box 2"Old early star"
1 page
Box 2"Old explanations of poetry"
1 page
Box 2"Old music for quiet hearts"
1 page
Box 2[On up the sea slant]
1 page
Box 2[Once on a morning...]
1 page
Box 2"A painter soliloquizes"
1 page
Box 2"Passion's keepsakes" filed with "Low contralto"
1 page
Box 2[The peace of great doors be for you]
1 page
Box 2"Pencils"
1 page
Box 2"Poetry"
3 pages
Box 2[Poetry is a tradition...]
1 page
Box 2"Prints of a Wednesday night"
1 page
Box 2"The rake-off and the get-away"
1 page
Box 2[The red ball of the sun...]
1 page
Box 2[Ride a black horse...]
1 page
Box 2[The ringing of such]
1 page
Box 2"River town equations"
3 pages
Box 2"Rooms"
1 page
Box 2[Roots, go deep: ...]
1 page
Box 2"Santa Fe sketches"
2 pages
Box 2[The sea at its worst...]
1 page
Box 2"Seventeen months"
1 page
Box 2"Silver wind"
1 page
Box 2"Smoke blue"
1 page
Box 2[Spring grass, there is a dance...]
1 page
Box 2"St. Joe"
1 page
Box 2"Summer stars"
1 page
Box 2"Sweet sunshine"
1 page
2 copies
2 copies
Box 2[The testimony of tall timber]
1 page
Box 2"Theorem in bird cries"
1 page
2 copies
2 copies
Box 2[There must be a secret known...]
1 page
Box 2[This much can be said...]
1 page
Box 2[Tireless panoramas...]
1 page
Box 2[To speak thanks for the priceless...]
1 page
Box 2"To the ghost of John Milton"
1 page
Box 2[Under a prairie fog moon]
1 page
Box 2[The valley city sits...]
1 page
Box 2"Violence"
1 page
Box 2"Waters meeting"
1 page
Box 2"Whiffs of the Ohio River"
1 page
Box 2[White blossom, lose all...]
1 page
Box 2"White dancer"
1 page
2 copies
2 copies
Box 2[Who has known the youth...]
1 page
Box 2[Who was Abraham Lincoln's father?]
1 page
Box 2[Why should the murmur of your name...]
1 page
Box 2[The wind blows...]
2 pages
Box 2"Without notice beforehand"
1 page
Box 2[Your knees while you sleep...]
1 page
Box 2Slides taken of the manuscripts at the time of their preservation treatment, 1994
Series II: Correspondence and photographs
Box 2Telegram to Dorothy Dudley Harvey from Paul Bunyan [Carl Sandburg], February 4, 1927
Box 2Sandburg to Dorothy Dudley Harvey, undated
Typed letter signed
Box 2Letter to [Dorothy Dudley Harvey], undated
Typed letter, fragment
Box 2Letter to Jason [Harvey] from Sandburg, December 29, 1949
Typed letter signed
Box 2Photographs of Carl Sandburg
4 photographs
Box 2Photocopies of poems and letters
2 folders