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 George Steele Seymour, January 28, 1922January 28, 1922Seymour, George Steele
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Frank Luther Mott, January 28, 1922January 28, 1922Mott, Frank Luther, 1886-1964
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Mrs. Brockway, February 16, 1922February 16, 1922Brockway, Mrs.
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to George Steele Seymour, February 24, 1922February 24, 1922Seymour, George Steele
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Frank Luther Mott, February 24, 1922February 24, 1922Mott, Frank Luther, 1886-1964
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Frank Luther Mott, March 2, 1922March 2, 1922Mott, Frank Luther, 1886-1964
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Frank Luther Mott, March 3, 1922March 3, 1922Mott, Frank Luther, 1886-1964
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to George Steele Seymour, March 3, 1922March 3, 1922Seymour, George Steele
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to George Steele Seymour, March 6, 1922March 6, 1922Seymour, George Steele
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to George Steele Seymour, February 8, 1922March 8, 1922Seymour, George Steele
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Frank Luther Mott, March 18, 1922March 18, 1922Mott, Frank Luther, 1886-1964
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to George Steele Seymour, March 21, 1922March 21, 1922Seymour, George Steele
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to George Steele and Flora Warren Seymour, April 26, 1922April 26, 1922
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Mr. and Mrs. Joseph G. Masters, June 30, 1922June 30, 1922Masters, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph G.
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Caroline D. Berg, July 3, 1922July 3, 1922Berg, Caroline D.
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to George Steele Seymour, July 19, 1922July 19, 1922Seymour, George Steele
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to George Steele Seymour, August 11, 1922August 11, 1922Seymour, George Steele
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Julius T. House, August 13, 1922August 13, 1922House, Julius T. (Julius Temple)
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to George Steele Seymour, September 8, 1922August 22, 1922Seymour, George Steele
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to George Steele Seymour, September 11, 1922September 11, 1922Seymour, George Steele
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to George Steele Seymour, October 22, 1922October 2, 1922Seymour, George Steele
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to George Steele Seymour, October 25, 1922October 25, 1922Seymour, George Steele
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Mrs. Brockway, November 2, 1922November 2, 1922Brockway, Mrs.
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Mr. and Mrs. Joseph G. Masters, November 16, 1922November 16, 1922Masters, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph G.
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Dearest Ones, January 13, 1923January 13, 1923Unknown
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to George Seymour, March 6, 1923March 6, 1923Seymour, George Steele
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to George Seymour, October 18, 1923October 18, 1923Seymour, George Steele
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to George Seymour, October 19, 1923 October 19, 1923Seymour, George Steele
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Lulu McDonald, September 20, 1924 December 5, 1923McDonald, Lulu
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Joseph G. Masters, November 25, 1924December 5, 1923Masters, Joseph G.
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Joseph G. Masters, December 3, 1924September 10, 1924Masters, Joseph G.
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Frank Luther Mott, September 10, 1924September 10, 1924Mott, Frank Luther, 1886-1964
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to George Sterling, September 20, 1924September 20, 1924Sterling, George, 1869-1926
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Frank Luther Mott, October 14, 1924October 14, 1924Mott, Frank Luther, 1886-1964
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Frank Luther Mott, November 13, 1924November 13, 1924Mott, Frank Luther, 1886-1964
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Robert H. Davis, November 18, 1924November 18, 1924Davis, Robert H. (Robert Hobart), 1869-1942
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to George Sterling, November 20, 1924November 20, 1924Sterling, George, 1869-1926
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Robert H. Davis, November 30, 1924November 30, 1924Davis, Robert H. (Robert Hobart), 1869-1942
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to George Seymour, December 2, 1924December 2, 1924Seymour, George Steele
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to George Seymour, December 10, 1924December 5, 1924Seymour, George Steele
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Julius T. House, Summer 19251925House, Julius T. (Julius Temple)
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Julius T. House, 19251925House, Julius T. (Julius Temple)
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to unknown, 19251925Unknown
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Julius T. House, January 2, 1925January 2, 1925House, Julius T. (Julius Temple)
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Julius T. House, January 20, 1925January 20, 1925House, Julius T. (Julius Temple)
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Julius T. House, January 21, 1925January 21, 1925House, Julius T. (Julius Temple)
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to George Sterling, February 5, 1925February 5, 1925Seymour, George Steele
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Julius T. House, February 14, 1925February 14, 1925House, Julius T. (Julius Temple)
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to George Steele Seymour, February 27, 1925February 27, 1925Seymour, George Steele
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to George Seymour, March 6, 1925March 6, 1925Seymour, George Steele