Overview of the Collection
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Repository Name:
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Washington State University Libraries
Manuscripts, Archives, and Special
Collections
New Holland Library
Pullman, WA 99164-5610 USA
(509) 335-6691
http://www.wsulibs.wsu.edu/holland/masc/masc.htm
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Collection Number:
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Cage
121
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Creator:
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Avery, Emmett Langdon
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Title:
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Emmett Langdon Avery
Papers
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Dates:
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1947-1962 (inclusive)
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Quantity:
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1 container.
.5 linear feet of shelf space.
200 items.
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Languages:
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Collection materials are in
English
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Summary:
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Correspondence, research notes, drafts
and other papers re: Vachel Lindsay and his residence in Spokane,
Washington.
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Biographical Note
Emmett Langdon Avery (1903-1970), professor of English at Washington
State University, conducted extensive research about a particular period during
the life of American poet Nicholas Vachel Lindsay. Avery was interested in a
time during the 1920s when Lindsay moved to Spokane, where he lived for several
years. Avery published three articles on the subject, in 1949, 1957, and
1962.
Nicholas Vachel Lindsay was born on November 19, 1879, in Springfield
Illinois. He attended Ohio's Hirman College, the Chicago Institute of Art, and
the New York School of Art. Upon leaving school he toured for several years,
both being supported by his parents and bartering his own work or poetry for
room and board. Vachel Lindsay moved to Spokane, Washington in July of 1924,
and lived there until 1929. It was there that he met and married Elizabeth
Conner. He died at his home in Springfield, Illinois on December 5, 1931.
Content Description
This collection consists of Avery's correspondence, research notes,
article drafts and other documents about Vachel Lindsay and his years in
Spokane, Washington.
Administrative Information
Acquisition Information The papers of Homer M. Hill were a gift of Emmett Langdon Avery to the
Washington State University Library in the 1962.
Use of the Collection
Restrictions on Access This collection is open for research use.
Preferred Citation [Item Description]. Cage
121, Emmett Langdon Avery
Papers. Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries, Pullman, WA.
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.
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| Avery, Emmett Langdon, 1903- --Archives (creator) |
| Lindsay, Vachel, 1879-1931 |
| Lindsay,
Vachel, 1879-1931--Criticism and interpretation |
| Lindsay,
Vachel, 1879-1931--Homes and haunts--Washington (State) -- Spokane |
Detailed Description of the Collection
The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in
the collection.
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"Vachel Lindsay in Spokane,
1924-1929." [a 3 p. mimeographed chronology of Lindsay's career in Spokane with
research queries and responses in manuscript]
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"Vachel Lindsay's 'Poem-Games' in
Spokane." Reprinted from Research Studies, 30:3, September, 1962. 109-114.
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"Vachel Lindsay in Spokane."
[drafts, carbons and manuscripts] Letter to Edith R. Mirrielees, editor, The
Pacific Spectator, May 2, 1949, submitting essay: Vachel Lindsay in Spokane.
[carbon]
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Letters received re: Vachel
Lindsay, 1947, 1949. Correspondents: Anita Schnebly, Elizabeth C. Lindsay,
Henry A. Pierce, E.O. James, Radford Kuykendall, George H. Greenwood, Russell
W. Davenport, Walter Blair, Edith C. Haight, Lenore Offord, Helen L. Hawkins,
H.G. Merriam. Included is a copy of a chatty letter from Vachel Lindsay to E.
Olan James, January 21, 1927. 4 p. typescript.
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Letters sent re: Vachel Lindsay,
1947, 1949. Correspondents: B. H. Kizer, George H. Greenwood, Mrs. R.W.
Schnebly, Fabian Smith, Charles A. Pease, H.G. Merriam, E.O. James, Mrs. Hannah
Hawkins, George Greenwood, Mrs. H. R. Offord, Walter Blair, Edith Haight,
Russel Davenport, Henry Pierce, Mrs. Elizabeth Lindsay. [Generally carbons of
form letters requesting information.]
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Program, April 23, 1926, "Vachel
Lindsay in a recital of his poems," Kalamazoo, Michigan. [2 1., port.]
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Baily, Joe. "Vachel Lindsay's
Spokane visit." Clipping, Spokesman-Review, Inland Empire Magazine, April 15,
1951. 1 l. illus.
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Brochure, The Vachel Lindsay
Association, Springfield, Illinois, n.d. 2 l. illus.
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Lindsay, Vachel. "On the building
of Springfield." n.p., n.d. 4 l. fol. port.
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"King Solomon, King Soloman, Bowing
mos' politely, we were the oxen" 1 l. Torn scrap of ms. sheet music, words and
music in pencil.
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Research notes for "Vachel Lindsay
in Spokane." approx. 150 l. ms.
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Lindsay, Vachel. "Harriet Monroe,
high priestess of new poetry, will talk here." Clipping, Spokesman-Review.
, March 14,
1926
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Williams, Bob. [List of Lindsay's
articles in the Chronicle, 1928-1929] May 22, 1967. ms.
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Lindsay, Vachel. [Selected poems.
Phonodisc] Vachel Lindsay reading his poem[s] [New York] Columbia University
Press, 1932. 3 s. 9 1/2 in. 78 rpm. (Columbia University Phonograph Record no.
1-3) Originally recorded for William Cabell Greet from the author's Selected
Poems (Macmillan, 1931) Also phonotape, 1 reel (5 in.) 3 3/4 ips
(transcription)
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