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
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Robert H. Davis, September 14, 1905September 14, 1905Davis, Robert H. (Robert Hobart), 1869-1942
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Robert H. Davis, November 14, 1905November 14, 1905Davis, Robert H. (Robert Hobart), 1869-1942
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Robert H. Davis, January 8, 1906January 8, 1906Davis, Robert H. (Robert Hobart), 1869-1942
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Robert H. Davis, January 19, 1906January 19, 1906Davis, Robert H. (Robert Hobart), 1869-1942
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to George Edward Woodberry, April 9, 1906April 9, 1906Woodberry, George Edward, 1855-1930
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Robert H. Davis, April 18, 1906April 18, 1906Davis, Robert H. (Robert Hobart), 1869-1942
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Robert H. Davis, April 20, 1906April 20, 1906Davis, Robert H. (Robert Hobart), 1869-1942
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Robert H. Davis, June 4, 1906June 4, 1906Davis, Robert H. (Robert Hobart), 1869-1942
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Robert H. Davis, July 9, 1906July 9, 1906Davis, Robert H. (Robert Hobart), 1869-1942
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Robert H. Davis, July 12, 1906July 12, 1906Davis, Robert H. (Robert Hobart), 1869-1942
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Robert H. Davis, November 9, 1906November 9, 1906Davis, Robert H. (Robert Hobart), 1869-1942
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Robert H. Davis, November 9, 1906November 9, 1906Davis, Robert H. (Robert Hobart), 1869-1942
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Robert H. Davis, December 11, 1906December 11, 1906Davis, Robert H. (Robert Hobart), 1869-1942
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Robert H. Davis, January 3, 1907January 3, 1907Davis, Robert H. (Robert Hobart), 1869-1942
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Robert H. Davis, April 14, 1907April 14, 1907Davis, Robert H. (Robert Hobart), 1869-1942
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Robert H. Davis, April 30, 1907April 30, 1907Davis, Robert H. (Robert Hobart), 1869-1942
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Robert H. Davis, July 7, 1907July 7, 1907Davis, Robert H. (Robert Hobart), 1869-1942
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Robert H. Davis, November 15, 1907November 15, 1907Davis, Robert H. (Robert Hobart), 1869-1942
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Robert H. Davis, June 25, 1908June 25, 1908Davis, Robert H. (Robert Hobart), 1869-1942
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Thomas B. Mosher, April 19, 1911April 19, 1911Mosher, Thomas Bird, 1852-1923
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Thomas B. Mosher, April 25, 1911April 25, 1911Mosher, Thomas Bird, 1852-1923
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to John Jay Chapman, May 29, 1911May 29, 1911Chapman, John Jay, 1862-1933
- Letter from John Jay Chapman to John G. Neihardt, June 28, 1911June 28, 1911Neihardt, John Gneisenau, 1881-1973
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to John Jay Chapman, July 1, 1911July 1, 1911Chapman, John Jay, 1862-1933
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to George Sterling, April 2, 1912April 2, 1912Sterling, George, 1869-1926
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to John Jay Chapman, June 6, 1912June 6, 1912Chapman, John Jay, 1862-1933
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to John Jay Chapman, June 21, 1912June 21, 1912Chapman, John Jay, 1862-1933
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Madison Cawein, June 21, 1912June 21, 1912Cawein, Madison Julius, 1865-1914
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Sara Teasdale, July 18, 1912July 18, 1912Teasdale, Sara, 1884-1933
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Sara Teasdale, July 18, 1912July 18, 1912Teasdale, Sara, 1884-1933
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to George Sterling, December 6, 1913December 6, 1913Sterling, George, 1869-1926
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to George Sterling, January 10, 1914January 10, 1914Sterling, George, 1869-1926
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to George Sterling, February 1914February, 1914Sterling, George, 1869-1926
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to George Sterling, February 24, 1914February 24, 1914Sterling, George, 1869-1926
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to George Sterling, April 29, 1914April 29, 1914Sterling, George, 1869-1926
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to George Sterling, June 22, 1914June 22, 1914Sterling, George, 1869-1926
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to George Sterling, July 10, 1914July 10, 1914Sterling, George, 1869-1926
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Upton Sinclair, August 17, 1914August 17, 1914Sinclair, Upton, 1878-1968
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to George Sterling, November 25, 1914November 25, 1914Sterling, George, 1869-1926
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Upton Sinclair, January 10, 1915January 10, 1915Sinclair, Upton, 1878-1968
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to George Sterling, February 12, 1915February 12, 1915Sterling, George, 1869-1926
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to George Sterling, July 20, 1915July 20, 1915Sterling, George, 1869-1926
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Sara Teasdale, September 14, 1915September 14, 1915Teasdale, Sara, 1884-1933
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to George Sterling, October 11, 1915October 11, 1915Sterling, George, 1869-1926
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to George Sterling, December 28, 1915December 28, 1915Sterling, George, 1869-1926
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to William Braithwaite, January 23, 1916January 23, 1916Braithwaite, William Stanley, 1878-1962
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Julius T. House, February 9, 1916February 9, 1916House, Julius T. (Julius Temple)
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Theodore Roosevelt, March 14, 1916March 14, 1916Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Julius T. House, March 17, 1916March 17, 1916House, Julius T. (Julius Temple)
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Julius T. House, May 1, 1916May 1, 1916House, Julius T. (Julius Temple)