Scope and Contents There is no retention program for student & faculty writing in the English Program, so these five papers may have been retained for particular interest or simply by accident. Dennis Camp became an enthusiastic proponent of Vachel Lindsay's poetry only after coming to SSU as a faculty member in the Literature Dept. The "Vachel Lindsay Newsletter," which he edited and published during its brief existence documents his interest. The Literature Program became the English program in the...

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Assistant Librarian 1937-54. Member and Executive Secretary of the Vachel Lindsay Association.

Letters, announcements, programs, brochures, and report regarding the activities of the Vachel Lindsay Association, including annual meetings, composition contests; Marquardt's role as a member and Executive Secretary; and the acquisition and restoration of the Lindsay home. Contains recollections of classes taught by Lindsay at the Springfield YMCA in 1909.

Scope and Contents Personal papers of Dennis Camp, Assoc. Dean of Arts & Sciences program and professor of Literature/English (later Faculty Emeritus of English), and noted Vachel Lindsay scholar. Includes Academic Achievement Award Camp received in 1985; "Illinois Historical Journal," Autumn 1987 & Winter 1986; "The Personalist," Summer 1966; 1970-71 Sangamon State University Catalog; "Sangamon" Spring 1973; "The Book-Mart" Sept. 1979; "Prairie State" 2/14/1983, noting Camp as Commencement speaker...