Ver Duft, Lee
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Scope and Contents
Multiple manuscripts for numerous Iowa authors are collected here. Abbe, George Aldrich, Bess Andreas, Osborn Argow, Waldemar Aurner, Nellie Baker, Laura Nelson Baker, Richard Terrill Bissell, Bess Brown, Charles Brown, Lewis H. Buxbaum, Katherine Calhoun, Mary Huiskamp Carlson, Esther Carver, Thomas Nixon Cassill, R. Verlin Clark, Glenn Colby, Anthony Crary, Margaret Darling, Frederick Donovan, Josephine Berry Duncan, Actea Carolyn Young Eastman, Harold Lloyd Elston, Hattie Phinnette Gard, Wayne Gavitt, Benjamin H. Gearhart, Susan Merriam Gingerich, Melvin Gould (Charles) Bruce Hale, Arlene Hall, Lynn Hoeltje, Hubert Hoffman, Mathias Martin Humphrey, James Hunn, L.E. "Jack" Jorgenson, George and Nora Kauffman, Ray Franklin Kemp, Charles F. Kramer, Dale Lafferty, R.A. LeSueur, Meridel Loeser, Katinka McClurg, William H. McHale, Tom McInerney, Carl Moeller, Dorothy Murphy, Thomas Dowler Nelson Evelyn and Violet O'Connor, Rose Agnes Olson, Eugene Olson, Harry Ferdinand Painter, Eleanor Paluka, Frank Perrin, Joyce Petersen, William John Peterson, Virgil W. Porter, Ella Williams Prange, Gordon W. Quick, Herbert Randolph, Colonel Charles D Reed, Warren A. Rosheim, David L Rowan, Edward Beatty Saunders, William Irving Schell, James Peery Schoonover, Lawrence Seagrave, Sadie Fuller Sheets, George March Sherman, Richard Shultz, Gladys Denny Simpson, Frank B. Smith, Grace Noll Smith, Lewis Worthington Stevenson, Neal Taylor, James C Trueblood, D. Elton Van Etten, Mrs. Winifred Ver Duft, Lee Wallace, Zella Wandrey, Ralph H. Ward, The Reverend Leo Richard Weir, Ruth Cromer Wilbur, Ray Lyman Williams, Maude Newell Winchell, Mary Edna Wormhoudt, Arthur Zaffiras, George
Dates
- Creation: 1888-1990
Creator
- From the Collection: Iowa Author's (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research.
Biographical / Historical
Mr. Ver Duft donated these manuscripts to the University of Iowa over a period of years, beginning in 1948. John Talbot donated further materials in 2003. A donation from the Des Moines Public Library further enriched this collection in 2008.
Extent
18 items
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Abstract
Born in Prairie City, Iowa, Ver Duft became an artist and writer. He is represented in this collection by three poems: Bon Voyage, 'Sixties!' Poem, 1973; Epistle to a Poet, Bound, But Outer, 1965; and Inner Course in Time, Flesh and Eidolon.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Mr. Ver Duft donated these manuscripts to the University of Iowa over a peridod of years, beginning in 1948. The 2003 addendum was donated by John Talbot.
Repository Details
Part of the University of Iowa Special Collections Repository
Special Collections Department
University of Iowa Libraries
Iowa City IA 52242 IaU
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