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ACCN 2309
Vernon Wallace Larsen papers
1932-1997
Larsen, Vernon Wallace, 1920-2003
4.5 linear feet
The Vernon Wallace Larsen papers (1932-1997) contain his research for the book Utah Poets. This includes oral histories, interviews, examples of their work, and correspondence. The book was written to celebrate the Utah State Poetry Society's annual award for "Poet of the Year," and includes a biography of each winner. There are also interviews and original work with poets who did not win, but still contributed to the society.
Collection materials are in
English.
Vernon Wallace Larsen (1920-2003), taught sociology at Brigham Young University, and was married to Margaret Larsen.
The Vernon Wallace Larsen papers (1932-1997) contain his research for the book
Utah Poets. This includes oral histories, interviews, examples of their work, and correspondence. The book was written to celebrate the Utah State Poetry Society's annual award for "Poet of the Year," and includes a biography of each winner. There are also interviews and original work with poets who did not win, but still contributed to the society.
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Collection Name, Collection Number, Box Number, Folder Number. Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library, The University of Utah.
Gift of Margaret Larsen in 2006.
See also the Alice Morrey Bailey papers (ACCN 1676) located in the Manuscripts Division of Special Collections.
Processed by Elizabeth Rogers in 2006.
Larsen, Vernon Wallace, 1920-2003--Archives
Poets, American--Utah
Literature
Oral histories
Correspondence
Interviews
Utah Poets
1
1-2
Utah Poets
1965-1997
1
3-6
Alice Morrey Bailey Poems, Essays, Correspondence and Manuscripts
1975-1996
2
1
Nancy Hawks Baird
1996
2
2
Wanda Bindrup Blaisdell and Marilyn Brown
1995
2
3
Bonnie Howe Behuin
1983
2
4
Muriel Heal Bywater
1994
2
5
Lavon B. Carroll
1982
2
6
Berta Huish Christensen
1967
2
7
Elaine Christensen
1990
2
8
Jack Christensen
1970
3
1
Dennis M. Clark
1985
3
2
Marden J. Clark
1989
3
3
LaVerde M. Clayson
1980
3
4
Kathryn M. Clemet
1987
3
5
Helen Maur Cook
1975
3
6
Christie Lund Coles
1948
3
7
Vesta Pierce Crawford
1965
3
8
Carlton Culmsee
4
1
Joyce B. Davis
1984
4
2
Joyce Ellen Davis
4
3
Frank DeCaria
1981
4
4
Robert J, Frederickson
1991
4
5
John Freckleton and Cyril D. Fullmer
1963
4
6
Mabel Jones Gabbet
1988
4
7
Brewster Gheslin
4
8
Max Golightly
5
1
Patricia Grimm
1985
5
2
Patty Gurule and Ed Hart
1987-1988
5
3
Randall L. Hall
1979
5
4
Lael W. Hill
1966
5
5
Sherwin W. Howard
1988
5
6
Elaine Ipson
1995
5
7
Jean Jenkins
5
8
Maxine R. Jennings
1972
6
1
Kathyrn Kay
1997
6
2
Clinton Larosn
1975-1976
6
3
Dorothy Logan
1986
6
4-5
Donna Mackert
1993-1994
6
6
Walter L. Maugham
6
7
Susan Evans McCloud and Harrison Merrill
1935-1995
6
8
Leroy Burke Meagher
1974
6
9
Caroline E Miner
1976
7
1
Margaret Rampton Monk
1986
7
2
Lloyd Murray and Veneeta Nielson
1978
7
3
Pearle M. Olsen
1978
7
4
Maryan Paxton
1989
7
5
Carol Lynn Pearson
1990
7
6
Margaret Pettis
1988
7
7
Poetry Society Notes
1986
7
8
Geraldine Pratt
1973
8
1
Faye C. Richins, Lula Greene Richards, and Alice Rockwell
8
2
Dorothy J. Roberts and Iris W. Schow
8
3
Brad Raghaar
1992
8
4
Clarence P. Socwell
1977
8
5
Margery S. Stewart
1983
8
6
Ora Pate Stewart
1983
8
7
Lela De St. Jeor
8
8
Sally Taylor and Emma Lou Thayne
9
1-2
Eva Willish Wansgaard
1964-1974
9
3
Bergetta Williams
1987
9
4
Marilyn D. Williams
1997
9
5
Val Camenish Wilcox
1987