University of Oregon Libraries
Special Collections & University Archives
1299 University of Oregon
Eugene, OR 97403-1299 USA
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Guide to the Naomi Phelps Papers, 1935-1939


Ax 222





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Overview of the Collection
 
Repository Name:
 

University of Oregon Libraries
Special Collections & University Archives

1299 University of Oregon
Eugene, OR 97403-1299 USA
URL: http://libweb.uoregon.edu/speccoll/index.html
 
Collection Number:
 

Ax 222
 
Creator:
 

Phelps, Naomi
 
Title:
 

Naomi Phelps Papers
 
Dates:
 

1935-1939 (inclusive)
 
Quantity:
 

2 linear feet
4 containers
 
Languages:
 

Collection materials are in English. 

 
Summary:
 

Collection includes manuscripts of published and unpublished poems, as well as research notes about Idaho, by American author Naomi Phelps.
 

Biographical Note

No biographical information available.

Content Description

Collection includes manuscripts of published and unpublished poems by American author Naomi Phelps. Collection also includes research notes toward a history of Idaho, with information ranging from agriculture to Wells Fargo. Published material includes a scrapbook of poems and a pamphlet, Briar Pipes (N.Y. 1935).

Arrangement

Collection is organized into the following series:

  • Published Material
  • Poems
  • Short Stories
  • Manuscripts on Idaho History

Administrative Information

Processing Note 

Collection processed by processing staff.

Use of the Collection

Restrictions on Access 

Collection is open to the public.

Collection must be used in Special Collections & University Archives Reading Room.

Restrictions on Use 

Property rights reside with Special Collections & University Archives, University of Oregon Libraries. Copyright resides with the creators of the documents or their heirs. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted to the Manuscripts Librarian in Special Collections & University Archives. The reader must also obtain permission of the copyright holder.

Preferred Citation 

[Identification of item], Naomi Phelps Papers, Ax 222, Special Collections & University Archives, University of Oregon Libraries, Eugene, Oregon.

Subjects

This collection is indexed under the following headings in the online catalog. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons, or places should search the catalog using these headings.

 
American poetry--20th century
American poetry--Women authors
Women authors, American--20th century
Women poets, American--20th century

Detailed Description of the Collection

The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in the collection.


 

Published Material
 
Container(s)
Description
 
box
1		 folder
1
Scrapbook of Published Poems
  
 

Binder of Church Mouse Sayings
  
 

Briar Pipes
  
 

Poems
 
Container(s)
Description
 
box
1		 folder
2
A.W.O.L.
 
 

Abiding
 
 

About Us Woman
 
 

Achievement
 
 

Ad Extremum
 
 

Addressed to Cassandra
 
 

Admonition
 
 

Advice
 
 

Advice to a Bachelor
 
 

After Sunday
 
 

Aftermath
 
 

Against Time
 
 

Age “one step beyond…”
 
 

Age “seasons depart…”
 
 

Agronomist
 
 

Akin to truth
 
 

Alchemy
 
 

Alibis
 
 

Anchored
 
 

And thus forget
 
 

Another Mary
 
 

Another Spring
 
 

Antiphonal
 
 

Applied Optimism
 
 

Apprentice
 
 

Apropos
 
 

Arithmetic
 
 

As You Choose
 
 

An Aside to the Early Bird
 
 

Assayed
 
 

Assayed Winds
 
 

Attempted Escape
 
 

Attention Class
 
 

Augury
 
 

Averment
 
 

Bargains
 
 

Barker
 
 

Bauble
 
 

Being of a Sound Mind
 
 

Belated Revenge
 
 

Beside the Still Waters
 
 

The Better Part
 
 

Black Magic
 
 

Boredom
 
 

Brief Sermon
 
 

Broken Tryst
 
 

Camouflage
 
 

Caste Leveling
 
 

Catalogued
 
 

Caveat
 
 

Challenge
 
 

Chant at Random
 
 

Charity
 
 

Chivalry a la Mode
 
 

Choice “He kept the cash…”
 
 

Choice “You’ll be safe…”
 
 

Chosen of the Gods
 
 

Civic Pride
 
 

Clinic
 
 

Collation
 
 

Commission
 
 

Companions
 
 

Comparative
 
 

Complaint Registered
 
 

Complete
 
 

Comprehension
 
 

Consequence
 
 

Constancy
 
 

Content
 
 

Contentment
 
 

Contribution
 
 

Coquette
 
 

Counterfeit
 
 
3
Deduction
 
 

Defeat
 
 

Departure
 
 

Deserted Rooms
 
 

Devotee
 
 

Did You?
 
 

Discourse on Sophistication
 
 

Disguise
 
 

Distant Fields
 
 

A Dream
 
 

Driftwood
 
 

Dry Goods
 
 

Dusk
 
 

Earth to Her Children
 
 

East to West
 
 

Elegy
 
 

Elemental
 
 

Enough
 
 

Erudition
 
 

Evaluation
 
 

Exalted
 
 

Experientia Docet Stultos
 
 

Exhibit A
 
 

Fable for a Young One
 
 

Fables
 
 

Far Travelers
 
 

Feminine Recompense
 
 

Finale “Gamble on Fate…”
 
 

Finale “Here ends, and well…”
 
 

Finis “All Beginnings…”
 
 

Fishermen
 
 

Flute
 
 

Foiled
 
 

For Another to Reap
 
 

Forbidden Parts
 
 

Foreword
 
 

Forgotten
 
 

Francois Villon
 
 

Fruition
 
 

Frustrated Utopia
 
 

Frustration
 
 

Fugue
 
 

Full Harvest
 
 

Greater Vision
 
 

Grown Ups
 
 

Grief Guest
 
 
4
The Hard Way
 
 

The Hardest Way
 
 

Hardly Pan
 
 

Heart
 
 

The Heart with Dissolution Spent
 
 

Heloise and Abelard
 
 

High Finance
 
 

High Noon
 
 

Hobby
 
 

Home-Made Goods
 
 

Humanity
 
 

Hungry Grass
 
 

Husbandry
 
 

Hymn of the Cynic
 
 

I Promise You
 
 

Idealist
 
 

Idol “Exalted in the Temple…”
 
 

Idol “While ash upon…”
 
 

Idolator
 
 

Illusion In the Crystal
 
 

Inculcation
 
 

The Inevitable
 
 

Infallibility Compound
 
 

Ingredients
 
 

Inherence
 
 

Inscription for a gravestone
 
 

Intolerance “Pulped and sore…”