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US US-IaGG MS/MS 01.01-26
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Title
Later donations
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(1887-1951)
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Short manuscripts and correspondence, donated to Grinnell Archives by Roy Cushman's widow in 1963:
- 6 essays and poems by Hall, ca. 1916
- Rejection slips from publishers, 1916
- 3 Fern Gravel poems, ca. 1946
3 poems, typescript, possibly donated by George Greener:
- The Watchdogs (ca. 1942),
- Vigil at Locksley Hall (1942??),
- The Winter Feast
Fragments and discards of writings, typescripts and holograph.
Martha Judd donation, 1981. (Items originally owned by Ham and Carrie Guild, Mrs. Judd's stepfather and mother, who lived in Tahiti 1922-40 and were close friends of Hall and Nordhoff.)
- The Feet that Wouldn't Go East, A Ballad. 4 p.
- The Watchdogs, ca. 1942. 2 p.
- The Ends of Being, A Dialogue. 1935. 14 p.
- Two Collaborators. 1938. 2 versions. 11 p. each
- [Poem] Handwritten. 4 p.
- Letter, JNH to Mr. and Mrs. Guild. 1 p.
- Charcoal/ pencil caricatures (each 8.5" x 11") by Kevin Wallace: Self portrait, Lynne Bogue Hunt, Nino Brombella, Cole Porter, Eastham Guild, James Norman Hall, Charles Nordhoff
John and Gwen Miller donation: 1936 card with poem to Lenoir Hood Miller '10