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Finding Aid To The Collection Of Celia Thaxter Materials, Celia Thaxter, Colby College Special Collections

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Celia Laighton Thaxter, 1835-1894, was an American poet and prose writer. Born Celia Laighton in Portsmouth, N.H., she spent her childhood on White Island Lighthouse, part of Isles of Shoals, and Appledore Island. At 16 she married Levi Thaxter and had three sons, Karl, John, and Roland. The family spent winters on the mainland in Massachusetts, where Celia felt imprisoned by domestic duties in a city house. Her first poem, "Land-locked," was published in 1860 and was an immediate success. Soon she became widely published, with poems appearing in Harper's, Scribner's, and the Atlantic. With the means to spend more …

Finding Aid To The Collection Of Robert Underwood Johnson Materials, Robert Underwood Johnson, Colby College Special Collections

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Robert Underwood Johnson, author, conservationist, and diplomat, was born in New York in 1853. For more than forty years he was associated with The Century Magazine. Associate Editor under Richard Watson Gilder, he succeeded to the editorship from 1909-1913. Using the influence of The Century Magazine, Underwood, in conjunction with famed naturalist John Muir, was one of the driving forces behind the creation of Yosemite National Park in the California in 1890. In 1889, Johnson also encouraged Muir to "start an association" to help protect the Sierra Nevada, inspiring the formation of the Sierra Club in 1892. In 1920-1921 he …

African-American Poetry, Music, And Politics, Tyler H. Macdonald

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The 2016 decision to award songwriter and musician Bob Dylan the Nobel Prize in Literature sparked a worldwide debate on the relationship between music and poetry and raised many questions about music’s place in literary canon. However, this debate is nothing new. Questions about the relationship between music and poetry have long been debated. Some scholars believe the two disciplines should be studied separately, while others prefer to consider the connections between the two.

My project begins with a question: if Bob Dylan’s songs can be considered poetry, what other forms of music might also be considered poetry? Rap implements …

To Joseph S. Ford - December 21, 1895, Edwin Arlington Robinson

Edwin Arlington Robinson Letters and Transcriptions

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To Harry De Forest Smith - December 15, 1895, Edwin Arlington Robinson

Edwin Arlington Robinson Letters and Transcriptions

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To George W. Latham - December 14, 1895, Edwin Arlington Robinson

Edwin Arlington Robinson Letters and Transcriptions

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To Joseph S. Ford - December 10, 1895, Edwin Arlington Robinson

Edwin Arlington Robinson Letters and Transcriptions

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To Harry De Forest Smith - November 26, 1895, Edwin Arlington Robinson

Edwin Arlington Robinson Letters and Transcriptions

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To Chauncey G. Hubbell - November 14, 1895, Edwin Arlington Robinson

Edwin Arlington Robinson Letters and Transcriptions

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To Harry De Forest Smith - November 11, 1895, Edwin Arlington Robinson

Edwin Arlington Robinson Letters and Transcriptions

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To Harry De Forest Smith - November 10, 1895, Edwin Arlington Robinson

Edwin Arlington Robinson Letters and Transcriptions

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To Arthur R. Gledhill - November 3, 1895, Edwin Arlington Robinson

Edwin Arlington Robinson Letters and Transcriptions

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To George W. Latham - October 31, 1895, Edwin Arlington Robinson

Edwin Arlington Robinson Letters and Transcriptions

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To Harry De Forest Smith - October 6, 1895, Edwin Arlington Robinson

Edwin Arlington Robinson Letters and Transcriptions

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To George W. Latham - September 22, 1895, Edwin Arlington Robinson

Edwin Arlington Robinson Letters and Transcriptions

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To George W. Latham - September 20, 1895, Edwin Arlington Robinson

Edwin Arlington Robinson Letters and Transcriptions

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To George W. Latham - August 29, 1895, Edwin Arlington Robinson

Edwin Arlington Robinson Letters and Transcriptions

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To Arthur R. Gledhill - August 20, 1895, Edwin Arlington Robinson

Edwin Arlington Robinson Letters and Transcriptions

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To George W. Latham - August 19, 1895, Edwin Arlington Robinson

Edwin Arlington Robinson Letters and Transcriptions

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To George W. Latham - June 20, 1895, Edwin Arlington Robinson

Edwin Arlington Robinson Letters and Transcriptions

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To Harry De Forest Smith - June 15, 1895, Edwin Arlington Robinson

Edwin Arlington Robinson Letters and Transcriptions

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To Harry De Forest Smith - June 9, 1895, Edwin Arlington Robinson

Edwin Arlington Robinson Letters and Transcriptions

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To Harry De Forest Smith - May 26, 1895, Edwin Arlington Robinson

Edwin Arlington Robinson Letters and Transcriptions

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To Harry De Forest Smith - May 20, 1895, Edwin Arlington Robinson

Edwin Arlington Robinson Letters and Transcriptions

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To Harry De Forest Smith - May 12, 1895, Edwin Arlington Robinson

Edwin Arlington Robinson Letters and Transcriptions

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To George W. Latham - May 5, 1895, Edwin Arlington Robinson

Edwin Arlington Robinson Letters and Transcriptions

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To Harry De Forest Smith - May 5, 1895, Edwin Arlington Robinson

Edwin Arlington Robinson Letters and Transcriptions

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To Harry De Forest Smith - April 28 [?], 1895, Edwin Arlington Robinson

Edwin Arlington Robinson Letters and Transcriptions

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To George W. Latham - April 25, 1895, Edwin Arlington Robinson

Edwin Arlington Robinson Letters and Transcriptions

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To Harry De Forest Smith - April 14, 1895, Edwin Arlington Robinson

Edwin Arlington Robinson Letters and Transcriptions

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