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Vachel Lindsay Association Records

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0034

Scope and Contents

This collection contains papers assembled by Helene Rogers Marquardt, a member and Executive Secretary of the Vachel Lindsay Association. It includes one folder of correspondence relating to the business and activities of the Association and six folders containing short publications by the Association. Arranged alphabetically.

Folders 1-6 in Box 1 contain MS 0032 and MS 0033.

Dates

  • 1955-1962

Access

The collection is open under the rules and regulations of the University of Illinois- Springfield (UIS).

Copyrights

Copyrights to this collection are held by UIS.

Biography

The Vachel Lindsay Association is a not-for-profit corporation founded in 1946 in Springfield, Illinois to preserve and promote the history and works of local poet Nicholas Vachel Lindsay. The association played a role in the preservation and restoration of the Lindsay Home, and promotes interest in Lindsay through publishing and public programming such as writing workshops and readings.

Extent

.1 Linear Feet

Language of Materials

English

Provenance

Gifted to the archives by Dean Debolt on October 15, 1979.

Property Rights

UIS owns the property rights to this collection.

Processing Information

This collection was reprocessed in August 2025.

Title
Finding Aid to the Vachel Lindsay Association Records
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the UIS Archives/Special Collections Repository

Contact:
Archives/Special Collections LIB 144
One University Plaza, MS BRK 140
Springfield IL 62703-5407 US
217-206-6520