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Guide to the Brooklyn Poetry Circle collection
ARC.015
Descriptive Summary
| Creator:
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Bennett, Gertrude Ryder |
| Creator:
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Brooklyn Poetry Circle. |
| Creator:
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D'Esternaux, Marie-Louise |
| Creator:
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Hough, Maude Clark |
| Creator:
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Lederer, Gabrielle |
| Title: |
Brooklyn Poetry Circle collection |
| Dates [inclusive]: |
1935-2000 |
| Abstract:
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The Brooklyn Poetry Circle collection contains records and other materials related
to the activities of the Brooklyn Poetry Circle and its individual members. The collection
includes minutes, correspondence, and membership lists, as well as printed material
created for or generated by its member activities (including programs, flyers, tickets,
printed anthologies, and newspaper clippings). The collection also contains a very
large number of poems written by members of the Circle, the majority of which are
undated, and a significant number of which are unsigned. These poems generally date
from the 1940s and 1950s, and many bear the handwritten emendations and suggestions
of the Circle's official critic, Gertrude Ryder Bennett. Gabrielle Lederer, a long-term
member of the Circle who served as its secretary throughout the 1960s and 1970s, compiled
extensive scrapbooks documenting the life of the group, which form the largest series
in the collection.
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| Quantity: |
5.76 Linear feet in four record cartons. one manuscript box, and one oversize box. |
| Mixed materials [Oversize]:
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ARC.015 6 of 6 |
| Books [Carton]:
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ARC.015 4 of 6 |
| Books [Carton]:
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ARC.015 3 of 6 |
| Graphic materials [Box]:
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ARC.015 5 of 6 |
| Mixed materials [Carton]:
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ARC.015 2 of 6 |
| Mixed materials [Carton]:
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ARC.015 1 of 6 |
| Call Phrase: |
ARC.015 |
| Sponsor: |
This collection was processed and described as part of the project, "Uncovering the
Secrets of Brooklyn's 19th Century Past: Creation to Consolidation," funded by the
Council on Library and Information Resources, with additional support from The Gladys
Krieble Delmas Foundation.
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