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Veneta Nielsen papers, 1945-1998
Overview of the Collection
- Title
- Veneta Nielsen papers
- Dates
- 1945-1998 (inclusive)19451998
- Quantity
- 8 boxes, (3.25 linear feet)
- Collection Number
- UUS_COLL MSS 315
- Summary
- This collection is composed of correspondence, poetry, and other writings as well as personal and professional papers of Veneta L. Nielsen.
- Repository
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Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections and Archives Division
Special Collections & Archives
Merrill-Cazier Library
Utah State University
Logan, UT
84322-3000
Telephone: 4357978248
Fax: 4357972880
scweb@usu.edu - Access Restrictions
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No restrictions on use, except: not available through interlibrary loan.
- Languages
- English
Biographical NoteReturn to Top
Veneta Nielsen was born October 25, 1909 in Wellsville, Utah to Mr. and Mrs. Paul Leatham. She married Harold L. Nielsen, with whom she had two children. Following high school, she attended Utah State University, graduating with a bachelor's degree in 1940. In 1946 she was appointed to the faculty in the USU English Department where she taught for the next thirty years. After her retirement, Nielsen conducted poetry writing workshops for the Logan Chapter of the AAUW, and also served as a judge for various poetry competitions. She was the author of several volumes of poetry, among them: Familiar as a Sparrow, and Looking for the Blue Rose.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
The papers of Veneta Nielsen contain correspondence, poetry, other writings, personal and professional papers, and a collection of May Swenson materials. At the time the collection was donated to Special Collections and Archives, no clear original order remained. As a result, the following order has been placed on the collection. Outgoing correspondence is arranged alphabetically by recipients' name. (Nielsen often addressed her letters by first name only, so researchers should check under both first and last names.) Incoming correspondence is arranged chronologically, with gaps throughout the run. Nielsen's poetry has been filed alphabetically by the first key word in the title or in the first sentence. Collections of poems compiled by Nielsen (typically for poetry competitions) have been placed in separate folders and then filed alphabetically with the other poetry by the first key word in the collection title. Researchers should note that Nielsen frequently retyped poems by other authors for her own files. These poems have been culled out whenever they have been identified as such, but some unidentified "third-party" poems may remain in the collection. If a critique of an individual poem or collection of poems was found with the manuscript, it was placed in the same file.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Restrictions on Use
It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances.
Permission to publish material from the Veneta Nielsen papers must be obtained from the Special Collections and Archives manuscript curator and/or the Special Collections and Archives department head.
Preferred Citation
Initial Citation: Veneta Nielsen papers USU_COLL MSS 315, Box [ ]. Special Collections and Archives. Utah State University Merrill-Cazier Library. Logan, Utah.
Following Citations: USU_COLL MSS 315, USUSCA.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Arrangement
Arranged chronologically and alphabetically.
Processing Note
Processed in October of 2006.
Acquisition Information
the materials in this collection were donated in 1999 by Helen Nielsen Wright, Veneta Nielsen's daughter.
Other items including a signed copy of "on Alice's Birthday, a Journal Note", "Destiny", "Apple", "In His Last Days of Summer", "Monkey on the Keys", and a signed copy of "Stranger than Eden" were found mixed with the Marie Fuhriman Olsen materials in in 2011, and added to the collection alphabetically in 2013.
Related Materials
See also Book Collection 20 (Veneta L. Nielsen Book Collection). A collection of poetry books consisting of books and poetry written by Veneta Nielsen or given to her by other poets and authors.
Additional materials on Veneta Nielsen can be found in the May Swenson Collection Coll Mss 282
Bibliography
Obituary, Herald Journal , October 27, 1998.Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
Outgoing CorrespondenceReturn to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
---|---|---|---|
Box | Folder | ||
1 | 1 | A |
undated |
1 | 2 | B |
undated |
1 | 3 | C |
undated |
1 | 4 | D |
undated |
1 | 5 | E |
undated |
1 | 6 | G |
undated |
1 | 7 | H |
undated |
1 | 8 | J |
undated |
1 | 9 | K |
undated |
1 | 10 | L |
undated |
1 | 11 | M |
undated |
1 | 12 | N |
undated |
1 | 13 | Harold Nielsen |
undated |
1 | 14 | O |
undated |
1 | 15 | P |
undated |
1 | 16 | R |
undated |
1 | 17 | S |
undated |
1 | 18 | T |
undated |
1 | 19 | U |
undated |
1 | 20 | V |
undated |
1 | 21 | W |
undated |
1 | 22 | Unidentified |
undated |
Incoming Correspondence, press clippings, honorsReturn to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
---|---|---|---|
Box | Folder | ||
2 | 1 | Incoming Correspondence |
1945-1959 |
2 | 2 | Incoming Correspondence |
1960-1975 |
2 | 3 | Incoming Correspondence |
1976-1988 |
2 | 4 | Incoming Correspondence |
1990 |
2 | 5 | Incoming Correspondence |
1991-1997 |
2 | 6 | Incoming Correspondence |
1998 |
2 | 7 | Carlton Culmsee |
undated |
2 | 8 | Incoming correspondence |
undated |
2 | 9 | USU honors and awards, Scribble |
1949 March |
2 | 10 | Professional honors and recognitions—particularly from USU |
undated |
2 | 11 | Autobiographical narrative, USU Scholarship information, Tribute to Reed Stock |
undated |
2 | 12 | Blue Rose publication information |
1990 |
Personal and professional papers, honors, and newspaper clippings, undatedReturn to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
---|---|---|---|
Box | Folder | ||
3 | 1 | Funeral service program for Nielsen |
undated |
3 | 2 | Misc. professional records, book sales, Utah Women Prisoners Project |
undated |
3 | 3 | Newspaper clippings |
undated |
3 | 4 | Press clippings, USU Magazine |
1966 Fall |
3 | 5 | Scholarly monographs |
undated |
3 | 6 | Script for "Look on the Land" |
undated |
3 | 7 | Notes for "Look on the Land" |
undated |
3 | 8 | Lecture notes on Divine Comedy |
undated |
3 | 9 | Lecture on C.G. Jung |
undated |
3 | 10 | Misc. lecture notes |
undated |
3 | 11 | Notes from students |
undated |
3 | 12 | Reviews of Nielsen's poetry |
undated |
3 | 13 | Speech to Utah State Board of Education |
1966 |
3 | 14 | A.A.U.W. |
undated |
3 | 15 | Pen Women |
undated |
3 | 16 | Eulogies and funeral readings |
undated |
3 | 17 | Misc. essays and short stories by Nielsen |
undated |
May Swenson materials, undatedReturn to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
---|---|---|---|
Box | Folder | ||
4 | 1 | Swenson résumé, quotes about Swenson books |
undated |
4 | 2 | Essays about Swenson by Nielsen |
undated |
4 | 3 | Articles about Swenson |
undated |
4 | 4 | Correspondence from Swenson |
undated |
4 | 5 | Nielsen's introductions of Swenson at USU |
1969-1987 |
4 | 6 | Local poetry readings in memory of Swenson |
undated |
4 | 7 | Poems by Swenson |
undated |
4 | 8 | Poems about Swenson |
undated |
4 | 9 | Swenson Memorial Tribute, New York City |
1991 |
4 | 10 | Review essay about Swenson by Grace Schulman |
1994 |
4 | 11 | Iconographs, a review |
undated |
4 | 12 | Critique of May Out West |
1995 |
Poetry by Nielsen, undatedReturn to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
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Box | Folder | ||
5 | 1 | A |
undated |
5 | 2 | B |
undated |
5 | 3 | C |
undated |
5 | 4 | Collection of Ten Poems (Awarded First Place) |
undated |
5 | 5 | D |
undated |
5 | 6 | E |
undated |
5 | 7 | F |
undated |
5 | 8 | G |
undated |
5 | 9 | H |
undated |
5 | 10 | I |
undated |
5 | 11 | J |
undated |
5 | 12 | K |
undated |
5 | 13 | L |
undated |
5 | 14 | M |
undated |
5 | 15 | Movement on Ultraviolet |
undated |
5 | 16 | N |
undated |
5 | 17 | O |
undated |
5 | 18 | Old, Old Poems |
undated |
5 | 19 | P |
undated |
5 | 20 | Poems |
1972 |
5 | 21 | Poems: Collection of Ten Poems awarded First Place |
1975 |
5 | 22 | Poems and Ponderings |
undated |
5 | 23 | The Point of the Mountain Poems |
undated |
5 | 24 | Q |
undated |
5 | 25 | R |
undated |
5 | 26 | Reflections on Abstract Reality |
undated |
6 | 1 | S |
undated |
6 | 2 | Small balls of philosopher clay |
undated |
6 | 3 | The Spartan Fox |
undated |
6 | 4 | T |
undated |
6 | 5 | Ten Poems |
1970 |
6 | 6 | Ten Poems: Legacy, Elegies, and Question Marks |
1994-1995 |
6 | 7 | Ten Times O'Clock |
undated |
6 | 8 | Timed Templates |
undated |
6 | 9 | To Examine the Doctrine of Suchness |
undated |
6 | 10 | Tree of Fire |
undated |
6 | 11 | Triton's Trumpet |
undated |
6 | 12 | U |
undated |
6 | 13 | Under Sound |
undated |
6 | 14 | Critiqued manuscript copy of Under Sound [?] |
undated |
6 | 15 | V |
undated |
6 | 16 | Voice with Gender |
undated |
6 | 17 | W |
undated |
6 | 18 | Walking Toward Forever |
undated |
6 | 19 | Words and Silences |
undated |
6 | 20 | Y |
undated |
6 | 21 | Poems with two poems on a page |
undated |
6 | 22 | Misc. drafts |
undated |
6 | 23 | Utah State Poetry Contest |
1974 |
6 | 24 | Utah State Poetry Contest |
1977 |
6 | 25 | Utah State Poetry Contest |
1979 |
6 | 26 | Utah State Poetry Contest |
1981 |
6 | 27 | Utah State Poetry Contest |
1982 |
6 | 28 | Utah State Poetry Contest |
1985 |
7 | Five notebooks with writings by Nielsen |
undated |
Award plaques, undatedReturn to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates |
---|---|---|
Box | ||
8 | Service Award from Life Span Learning program |
1983 |
8 | USU Alumni Association Distinguished Service Award |
1976 |
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Poetry--Women authors
- Women poets