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The Eleanor Martin Collection on Robert P. Tristram Coffin contains correspondence from and about American poet, educator, and Pulitzer Prize winner Robert P. T. Coffin. The collection of letters was compiled by Eleanor Martin, a friend of Coffin, and mostly focuses on their relationship and Martin’s position as solicitor and coordinator of Coffin’s lectures in the Midwest region. This collection also includes ephemera and artifacts related to Coffin’s career and spans from 1926 to 1983.

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Wilbur Dick Nesbit was a midwestern American poet, newspaper columnist, humorist, toast master and advertising pioneer. His papers contain biographical material, correspondence, literary works, and photographs.

Abstract Marguerite Ogden Wilkinson (1883-1928) began writing poetry when she attended Northwestern University. She published several volumes of poetry while working as an editor and poetry reviewer for the Los Angeles Graphic, Books and Authors, The New York Times Book Review, and Poetry magazine. She lectured on modern poetry at schools, library associations, and women’s clubs. She left her library, with accompanying correspondence...