Letters & Correspondence
This archive contains the correspondence of John G. Neihardt (1881-1973). Among the outgoing correspondence originally collected by his biographer, Lucile Aly, we find letters that Neihardt wrote to the literary editors of various journals and presses, and the editors of newspapers he worked for (e.g. the Minneapolis Journal, Kansas City Journal Post, Joseph Pulitzer at the St. Louis Post-Dispatch), as well as to other writers, such as George Sterling, Upton Sinclair and Mari Sandoz. Through his letters to close confidantes and friends, including Nicholas and Ben Black Elk, we can trace the evolution of his various essays and short stories and his longer works, Black Elk Speaks and A Cycle of the West.
We can also observe the trajectory of Neihardt’s growing literary and intellectual reputation through his letters to public figures such as then-Colonel Theodore Roosevelt and President Harry S. Truman and through the numerous honors and awards he received from state and regional organizations and national literary societies (as well as his “row” with Poetry Magazine and his near-misses with the Pulitzer). Many letters provide information and insights into his joyfully chaotic family life, including their many moves from Bancroft to Minneapolis, to Branson, St. Louis and beyond. Others offer details of Neihardt’s extensive and adventurous research-trips down the Missouri River and along the central portion of the Oregon Trail. His “outgoing” letters were sent as close to home as the Black Hills in South Dakota and as far away as New Delhi, India.
The incoming letters held at the Neihardt Center in Bancroft, NE are equally diverse, dating from the fall of 1900 to late 1973. They include correspondence with writers, critics and thinkers of national stature, such as Jessie B. Rittenhouse, H. L. Mencken, Louis Untermeyer, Sinclair, Pulitzer, Carl Sandberg, Carl Van Doren, and J. E. Boodin, as well as a number of writers with close Nebraska ties, such as Mildred Bennett, Nellie Yost, Marion Marsh Brown and Sandoz.
1355 documents
- Deposition from Julius T. House, September 1, 1925September 1, 1925
- Envelope from John G. Neihardt to Julius T. House, January 1932January, 1932House, Julius T. (Julius Temple)
- Envelope from John G. Neihardt to Julius T. House, January 9, 1931January 9, 1931House, Julius T. (Julius Temple)
- Letter from Alton L. Larsen to John G. Neihardt, February 16, 1971February 16, 1971Neihardt, John Gneisenau, 1881-1973
- Letter from Barbara J. Daniel to John G. Neihardt, April 29, 1971April 29, 1971Neihardt, John Gneisenau, 1881-1973
- Letter from Benjamin Black Elk to John G. Neihardt, February 10, 1971February 10, 1971Neihardt, John Gneisenau, 1881-1973
- Letter from Bess E. Day to John G. Neihardt, January 13, 1970January 13, 1970Neihardt, John Gneisenau, 1881-1973
- Letter from Blanche A. Cole to John G. Neihardt, April 28, 1971April 28, 1971Neihardt, John Gneisenau, 1881-1973
- Letter from Bower Aly to John G. Neihardt, April 3, 1958April 3, 1958Neihardt, John Gneisenau, 1881-1973
- Letter from Bower Aly to John G. Neihardt, February 19, 1971February 19, 1971Neihardt, John Gneisenau, 1881-1973
- Letter from Bower Aly to John G. Neihardt, July 25, 1960July 25, 1960Neihardt, John Gneisenau, 1881-1973
- Letter from Bower Aly to John G. Neihardt, March 5, 1971March 5, 1971Neihardt, John Gneisenau, 1881-1973
- Letter from Bower Aly to John G. Neihardt, September 22, 1959September 22, 1959Neihardt, John Gneisenau, 1881-1973
- Letter from Bruce H. Nicoll to John G. Neihardt, April 28, 1971April 28, 1971Neihardt, John Gneisenau, 1881-1973
- Letter from Bruce H. Nicoll to John G. Neihardt, February 24, 1969February 24, 1969Neihardt, John Gneisenau, 1881-1973
- Letter from Burton R. Nelson to John G. Neihardt, November 18, 1968November 18, 1968Neihardt, John Gneisenau, 1881-1973
- Letter from Carroll Thompson to John G. Neihardt, January 8, 1970January 8, 1970Neihardt, John Gneisenau, 1881-1973
- Letter from Carroll Thompson to John G. Neihardt, November 17, 1969November 17, 1969Neihardt, John Gneisenau, 1881-1973
- Letter from Charles Barton to John G. Neihardt, March 26, 1969March 26, 1969Neihardt, John Gneisenau, 1881-1973
- Letter from Christine Marshall to John G. Neihardt, April 28, 1971April 28, 1971Neihardt, John Gneisenau, 1881-1973
- Letter from Connie Ward to John G. Neihardt, April 27, 1971April 27, 1971Neihardt, John Gneisenau, 1881-1973
- Letter from Cynthia Browning to John G. Neihardt, April 28, 1971April 28, 1971Neihardt, John Gneisenau, 1881-1973
- Letter from Dexter Martin to John G. Neihardt, July 8, 1969July 8, 1969Neihardt, John Gneisenau, 1881-1973
- Letter from Dexter Martin to John G. Neihardt, September 17, 1968September 17, 1968Neihardt, John Gneisenau, 1881-1973
- Letter from Dieter Tschorn to John G. Neihardt, May 6th, 1968May 6, 1968Neihardt, John Gneisenau, 1881-1973
- Letter from Don Sloggy to John G. Neihardt, Julius Young, and Myrtle Young, July 29, 1972July 29, 1972Neihardt, John Gneisenau, 1881-1973
- Letter from Donna Brick to John G. Neihardt, April 20, 1971April 20, 1971Neihardt, John Gneisenau, 1881-1973
- Letter from Doris Pinkerton Madhem to John G. Neihardt, April 28, 1971April 28, 1971Neihardt, John Gneisenau, 1881-1973
- Letter from Dorothy C. Meade to John G. Neihardt, April 10, 1969April 10, 1969Neihardt, John Gneisenau, 1881-1973
- Letter from Dorothy C. Meade to John G. Neihardt, May 19, 1969May 19, 1969Neihardt, John Gneisenau, 1881-1973
- Letter from Dorothy C. Wilson to John G. Neihardt, September 28, 1970September 28, 1970Neihardt, John Gneisenau, 1881-1973
- Letter from Edward C. Lambert to John G. Neihardt, April 22, 1970April 22, 1970Neihardt, John Gneisenau, 1881-1973
- Letter from Edward D. Jones to John G. Neihardt, July 7, 1968July 7, 1968Neihardt, John Gneisenau, 1881-1973
- Letter from Eldon P. Cunningham to John G. Neihardt, April 3, 1969April 3, 1969Neihardt, John Gneisenau, 1881-1973
- Letter from Erling O. Duus to John G. Neihardt, May 24, 1970May 24, 1970Neihardt, John Gneisenau, 1881-1973
- Letter from Ernest Kay to John G. Neihardt, August 6, 1969August 6, 1969Neihardt, John Gneisenau, 1881-1973
- Letter from Ethel Sweet to John G. Neihardt, April 13, 1969April 13, 1969Neihardt, John Gneisenau, 1881-1973
- Letter from Ethel Sweet to John G. Neihardt, April 28, 1971April 28, 1971Neihardt, John Gneisenau, 1881-1973
- Letter from Fern Nelson to John G. Neihardt, January 5, 1971January 5, 1971Neihardt, John Gneisenau, 1881-1973
- Letter from Frank Peter Piskor to John G. Neihardt, May 13, 1970May 13, 1970Neihardt, John Gneisenau, 1881-1973
- Letter from Gary Pritchett to John G. Neihardt, April 28, 1971April 28, 1971Neihardt, John Gneisenau, 1881-1973
- Letter from George W. Linden to John G. Neihardt, April 30, 1971April 30, 1971Neihardt, John Gneisenau, 1881-1973
- Letter from Gilbert Carl Lueninghoener to John G. Neihardt, November 18, 1969November 18, 1969Neihardt, John Gneisenau, 1881-1973
- Letter from Grace C. Cook to John G. Neihardt, April 29, 1971April 29, 1971Neihardt, John Gneisenau, 1881-1973
- Letter from Harold Strong Latham to Julius T. House, December 14, 1927December 14, 1927House, Julius T. (Julius Temple)
- Letter from Harriett Gibson Weaver to John G. Neihardt, April 12, 1971April 12, 1971Neihardt, John Gneisenau, 1881-1973
- Letter from Herman Gimmestad to John G. Neihardt, November 8, 1969November 8, 1969Neihardt, John Gneisenau, 1881-1973
- Letter from Hettie J. Marti to John G. Neihardt, with notation of response from Neihardt, December 1971-January 1972December, 1971Neihardt, John Gneisenau, 1881-1973
- Letter from Hilda Neihardt Petri to John G. Neihardt, April 23, 1971April 23, 1971Neihardt, John Gneisenau, 1881-1973
- Letter from Hugo F. Srb to John G. Neihardt, January 8, 1969January 8, 1969Neihardt, John Gneisenau, 1881-1973