ORU_Ax303.xml Guide to the Stoddard King Papers 1908-1965 King (Stoddard) Papers Finding aid prepared by University of Oregon Libraries, Archivists' Toolkit Project Team. Revised by Danica Alexander in January 2019. University of Oregon Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives 2010
1299 University of Oregon Eugene, OR 97403-1299 spcarref@uoregon.edu http://libweb.uoregon.edu/speccoll
This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2020-12-22. English Finding aid based on DACS (Describing Archives: A Content Standard), 2nd Edition. University of Oregon Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives
1299 University of Oregon Eugene, OR 97403-1299 spcarref@uoregon.edu http://libweb.uoregon.edu/speccoll
Stoddard King papers King, Stoddard, 1889-1933 Ax 303 2 linear feet 1 record storage box 1 manuscript box 1908-1965 Stoddard King was a long-time columnist for the Spokesman-Review (Spokane, Washington), editor of Harper's Weekly, and a writer of light verse. Stoddard King wrote the words for the popular song, "There's a Long, Long Trail", two manuscript versions of this are amongst the papers, as well as documents by and about Nicholas Vachel Lindsay. English . 1 2

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Stoddard King was a long-time columnist for the Spokesman-Review (Spokane, Washington), editor of Harper's Weekly, and a writer of light verse. He was a close friend of the poet Nicholas Vachel Lindsay.

Stoddard King wrote the words for the popular song, "There's a Long, Long Trail", two manuscript versions of this are amongst the papers. King was a friend of (Nicholas) Vachel Lindsay during Lindsay's Spokane days, and the papers include a collection of Lindsay letters, manuscripts, and printed pieces.

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