Gearhart, Susan Merriam, 1876 - 1961
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Scope and Contents
This collection consists of typescript and carbon copies with holographic corrections of some of Gearhart's poems from The West is Here and The Plow on the Hills and other poems.
Dates
- Creation: 1876 - 1961
Creator
- From the Collection: Iowa Author's (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research.
Biographical / Historical
Susan Merriam was born in Hopkinton, Iowa, on September 9, 1876. She graduated from Lenox College in Hopkinton in 1897. She married Dr. Gearhart in 1901. She was a poet with two books to her name: The Plow on the Hills, published in 1936 and The West is Here, published in 1944. She lived in Springville, Iowa, for sixty years. Mrs. Gearhart died in 1961. These papers were given to the University of iowa Libraries by Mrs. Gearhart in 1947-1948.
Extent
From the Collection: 16.00 Linear Feet (Photographs throughout.)
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Abstract
Manuscripts of poems from the Springville, Iowa poet's two books, The Plow on the Hill and The West is Here, as well as other poems.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
These papers were given to the University of Iowa Libraries by Mrs. Gearhart in 1947-1948. Guide posted to Internet: July 2004.
Repository Details
Part of the University of Iowa Special Collections Repository
Special Collections Department
University of Iowa Libraries
Iowa City IA 52242 IaU
319-335-5921
319-335-5900 (Fax)
lib-spec@uiowa.edu