Washington State University Libraries, Manuscripts, Archives and Special Collections
Cage 121
Avery, Emmett Langdon, 1903-1970.
Emmett Langdon Avery Papers
1947-1962
0.5 Linear feet of shelf space
1 Box
Correspondence, research notes, drafts and other papers
of Emmett Langdon Avery related to his research on poet Vachel Lindsay and his
residence in Spokane, Washington.
Collection materials are in English
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.
Correspondence, research notes, drafts and other papers of Washington State
University professor Emmett Langdon Avery related to his research on poet Vachel
Lindsay and his residence in Spokane, Washington.
This collection is open and available for research use.
Copyright restrictions apply.
[Item description]
Emmett Langdon Avery Papers, 1947-1962 (Cage 121)
Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries, Pullman, WA.
Emmett Langdon Avery's research materials on Nicholas Vachel Lindsay were donated by Dr. Avery to the Washington State University Library in 1962.
This collection was processed by Terry Abraham in October, 1971.
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.
Avery, Emmett Langdon, 1903-1970 -- Archives.
Lindsay, Vachel, 1879-1931 -- Criticism and interpretation.
Lindsay, Vachel, 1879-1931 -- Homes and haunts -- Washington (State) -- Spokane.
Authors, American -- 20th century -- Homes and haunts -- Washington (State) -- Spokane.
Literature
Washington (State)
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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]
2 items.
1
1
"Vachel Lindsay's 'Poem-Games' in Spokane."
Reprinted from Research Studies, 30:3, September, 1962. 109-114.
1 item.
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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]
3 items.
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2
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.
17 items.
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3
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.]
29 items.
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4
Program, April 23, 1926, "Vachel Lindsay in a
recital of his poems," Kalamazoo, Michigan.
[2 1eaves, portrait]
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5
Baily, Joe. "Vachel Lindsay's Spokane visit."
Clipping, Spokesman-Review, Inland Empire Magazine, April 15,
1951.
1 leaf, illustrated
1
5
Brochure, The Vachel Lindsay Association,
Springfield, Illinois, undated.
2 leaves, illustrated
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5
Lindsay, Vachel. "On the building of
Springfield." [no publisher listed], undated
4 leaves, folio, portrait
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"King Solomon, King Soloman, Bowing mos'
politely, we were the oxen".
1 leaf, Torn scrap of manuscript sheet music,
words and music in pencil.
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Research notes for "Vachel Lindsay in
Spokane."
approximately 150 leaves, manuscript
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Lindsay, Vachel. "Harriet Monroe, high
priestess of new poetry, will talk here." Spokesman-Review. 1926 March 14.
1 clipping
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Williams, Bob. [List of Lindsay's articles in
the Chronicle, 1928-1929] May 22, 1967.
1 manuscript
Note- The text of the columns plus commentary on them and Lindsay's residence
in Spokane is available in: Gilliland, Marshall. Vachel Lindsay: Poet and
newspaper columnist in Spokane, 1924-1929. Pullman, WSU American Studies,
1968. (Thesis)
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Lindsay, Vachel. [Selected poems. Phonodisc]
Vachel Lindsay reading his poem[s] [New York] Columbia University Press,
1932. (Columbia University Phonograph Record no. 1-3) Originally recorded
for William Cabell Greet from the author's Selected Poems (Macmillan, 1931).
Also phonotape, (transcription)
3 s. 9 1/2 in. 78 rpm. ; 1 reel (5 in.) 3 3/4
ips