Kentucky State Poetry Society (KSPS) Records

Collection

Identifier: 1988A002

Kentucky State Poetry Society (KSPS) Records

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Scope and Contents

The Kentucky State Poetry Society records document the activities of the organization, especially in the first two decades. During that time there are photographs, scrapbooks, news clippings, membership lists and correspondence which show the activities of the group. The collection includes an almost complete set of Pegasus and the newsletter as well as publications from other related organizations. Also included are records of the poetry contests with annotations by Jesse Stuart on the poems he judged in the 1971 contest. A notebook of biographical information, photographs and manuscript poems by Kentucky poets is also noteworthy.

Dates

Creation: 1966 - 2012
Acquisition: 1988-02-12

Creator

Kentucky State Poetry Society (Organization)

Biographical or Historical Information

Note written by Sharon Brown McConnell

Full Extent

0.22 Cubic Feet

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Accruals and Additions

1988-035 1997-006 2002-052 2002-053 2003-001 2004-001 2005-002 2006-005 2006-023 2008-011 2009-006 Other accruals of annual publications on 2-6-2010, 4-14-2011, 3-13-2012, 11-6-2012.

Other Descriptive Information

Photographs were initially numbered with the accession number; however, a decision was made to change to collection number. The database was changed, but the numbers written on the images were not changed.