Poets, American

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One undated letter thanking Mrs. Yeatman for her card and listing poetry that he had created since leaving Norfolk, Virginia.

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Correspondence from publishers, friends, family, and fans sent to Josephine Johnson in Norfolk, Virginia. The correspondence sent from publishers include both acceptance and rejection letters for Johnson's poetry submissions. The letters from Arthur Stanley Roberts, which comprise a notable quantity of correspondence, have an amorous flair, and Roberts's salutations to Johnson typically begin "Dear Philomela." The collection contains poetry verses dispersed throughout the collection.

Scope and Contents Essays, poems, notes, correspondence, and other personal papers and manuscripts of Julia Johnson Davis of Norfolk, Virginia. Many of her essays appear to be recollections of Davis's childhood, early life, and later international trips to Europe. Some correspondents include fellow writers Mary Sinton Leitch, John Richard Moreland, William Stanley Braithwaite, and Idella Purnell. Prominent categories for Davis's poetry include ballads, sonnets, lyrics, and "Negro dialect." The collection also...

Scope and Contents Poems by Mary Eldredge Howell from approximately 1907 to 1946. The collection contains both handwritten and typescript copies of her poems, with typescript materials frequently cross-referenced to the four handwritten composition books. Also, one September 1936 - May 1941 minute book from the Writers' Club of Norfolk and one 1899-1907 photograph album. The album contains photographs of Margery Eldredge Howell, family and friends, and various scenes in Norfolk, Virginia; Virginia Beach,...

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One circa 1960s-1970s scrapbook of poems, correspondence, greeting cards, and newspaper clippings relating to Edna Reed Hainsworth of Norfolk, Virginia. Letters and greeting cards were addressed from Edna Reed Hainsworth and sent to Mary Hall Whitehurst, who presumably compiled the scrapbook.

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Circa 1950s poems and one letter written by Mary Sinton Leitch. Several poems are dated after 1952 and place the poet at "Wycherley" on the Lynnhaven, Bayside, Virginia.