Found 2 collections related to Poetry

Amy Clampitt (1920-1994) was an American poet who started seriously writing poetry in her forties. The Amy Clampitt papers include drafts of her work in various stages of completion, related correspondence, and material from her times as writer-in-residence at various institutions. The collection also has extensive personal materials, such as correspondence, family papers, photographs, and material from Clampitt's education. less

Walt Whitman (1819-1892) was a 19th-century American poet, essayist, and journalist. His copy of Poems Songs and Letters, Being the Complete Works of Robert Burns... edited by Alexander Smith (London: Macmillan, 1879), contains annotations and material dating from 1879 to 1902, including Whitman's holograph annotations of the text; annotated newspaper clippings about Burns; a tear sheet copy of Whitman's "Robert Burns as Poet and Person" from the North American Review with Whitman's corrections; a silk ribbon; and a letter from John H. Johnston to Andrew Carnegie. less