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Vachel Lindsay Collection
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Contents List
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1924-1931 (bulk 1924-1925)
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Series 1, LETTERS, contains correspondence, chiefly between Vachel Lindsay and Miss Eugenia Graham from 1924 to 1931. Over the course of correspondence, Miss Eugenia Graham became Mrs. R.F. Leftwich, by marriage.
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Letter from Vachel Lindsay to Eugenia Graham (Mrs. R.F. Leftwich). 4 pages, blue ink.
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1924 Jul 11
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Box 1: folder 1
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Letter from Vachel Lindsay to Eugenia Graham (Mrs. R.F. Leftwich). 3 pages, black ink on Hotel St. Francis letterhead. Envelope included.
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1924 Aug 5
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Box 1: folder 2
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Letter from Vachel Lindsay to Eugenia Graham (Mrs. R.F. Leftwich). 5 folded sheets written on both sides, blue ink on Southern Pacific Lines letterhead. Envelope included.
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1924 Aug 5
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Box 1: folder 3
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Letter from Vachel Lindsay to Eugenia Graham (Mrs. R.F. Leftwich). 4 pages, black ink on University Club letterhead. Envelope included.
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1924 Aug 17
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Box 1: folder 4
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Letter from Vachel Lindsay to Mrs. R.F. Leftwich (the former Eugenia Graham). 6 pages, black ink. Envelope included.
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1924 Nov 10
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Box 1: folder 5
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Letter from Vachel Lindsay to Mrs. R.F. Leftwich (the former Eugenia Graham). 11 pages, black ink on Davenport Hotel letterhead. Envelope included.
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1924 Dec 12
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Box 1: folder 6
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Letter from Vachel Lindsay to Mrs. R.F. Leftwich (the former Eugenia Graham). 18 pages, black ink on Davenport Hotel letterhead. Envelope included.
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1925 Mar 8
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Box 1: folder 7
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Letter from Harriet Monroe to Mrs. R.F. Leftwich (the former Eugenia Graham). 2 pages, black ink on blue paper. Envelope included.
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1925 Mar 12
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Box 1: folder 8
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Letter from Vachel Lindsay to Mr. and Mrs. R.F. Leftwich. 4 pages, black ink on Davenport Hotel paper. Envelope included.
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1925 Apr 2
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Box 1: folder 9
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Letter from Elisabeth Lindsay (Mrs. Vachel Lindsay) to Mrs. R.F. Leftwich. 1 page, typed. Envelope included.
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1931 Mar 14
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Box 1: folder 10
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1931, n.d.
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Series 2, POEMS, contains three poems; one printed on a Christmas card, one clipped from a magazine, and one handwritten, perhaps by Mrs. R.F. Leftwich.
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"The Ezekiel Chant," printed Christmas card, poem by Vachel Lindsay, from the Lindsay family, inscribed on the back in Elisabeth Lindsay's hand.
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n.d.
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Box 1: folder 11
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"The Jazz Age," printed poem by Vachel Lindsay, published in Liberty newspaper; clipping.
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1931 Feb 21
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Box 1: folder 12
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Untitled, poem [in the hand of Mrs. R.F. Leftwich?]
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n.d.
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Box 1: folder 13
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1924-1925, n.d.
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Series 3, PROGRAMS, contains three programs, two listing Vachel Lindsay as reciting.
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Summer Program for Pacific Palisades Summer Schools and Assembly where Vachel Lindsay recited. Includes two postcards of Pacific Palisades, California.
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1924
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Box 1: folder 14
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Program for Sunday Service at the First Unitarian Society, where Vachel Lindsay recited.
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1925 Mar 8
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Box 1: folder 15
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Program for the play The Thief of Baghdad.
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n.d.
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Box 1: folder 16
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n.d.
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Series 4, PHOTOGRAPHS, contains a single mounted and framed photograph, credited to Gullicson, depicting Vachel Lindsay autographing a poem for the H.W. Fays collection, in DeKalb, Illinois.
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Gullicson, [?] , Photographer. "Nicholas Vachel Lindsay at Lincoln Monument Autographing for H.W. Fays Collection the poem - 'Abraham Walks At Midnight'". Taken in DeKalb, Illinois.
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n.d.
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Box 2: folder 1
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Series 5: NEWS CLIPPINGS,
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n.d.
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Series 5, NEWS CLIPPINGS, contains a few photocopies of newspaper clippings that relate to Vachel Lindsay in various ways. Additionally, a longer article is included, written after Vachel Lindsay's death in praise of his poetry.
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Spencer, Hazelton "The Life and Death of a Bard" in The American Mercury in remembrance of Vachel Lindsay
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n.d.
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Box 1: folder 16
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Miscellaneous newspaper clippings, some or all sent by Lindsay to Mrs. R.F. Leftwich, including:
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1924-1925, n.d.
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Box 1: folder 17
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"A Challenge to Young Men" in: San Francisco Call and Post, 1924 Aug 5 (annotated by Lindsay)
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1924
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Box 1
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Hardy, Lulu Daniel. "A little house"
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Box 1
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Hinso, Hannah. "He Does Two Things With Distinction" in: The Spokesman-Review, 1925 Mar 8 (annotated by Lindsay)
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1925
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Box 1
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King, Stoddard, "Facetious Fragments: 'Verses for the Recovering Congress' and 'Butterfly Hieroglyphics and the Voyage'" in: The Spokesman Review, 1924 Dec 1 and 3
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1924
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Box 1
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Strunsky, Simeon "About Books, More or Less: Mr.Shaw Has a Heart" in: The New York Times Book Review, 1924 Aug 10
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1924
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Box 1
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Originals of the clippings listed above
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1924, 1925, n.d.
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Map case 1, drawer 12
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