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 Steve Aakre, July 12, 1973July 12, 1973Aarke, Steve
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Frances Jacob Alberts, January 24, 1972January 24, 1972Alberts, Frances Jacobs, 1907-1989
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Bower and Lucile Aly, December 18, 1959December 18, 1959Aly, Bower and Lucile
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Lucile and Bower Aly, August 10, 1971August 10, 1971Aly, Bower and Lucile
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Bower and Lucile Aly, April 30, 1958April 30, 1958Aly, Bower and Lucile
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Bower and Lucile Aly, February 2, 1959February 2, 1959Aly, Bower and Lucile
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Bower and Lucile Aly, March 5, 1973March 5, 1973Aly, Bower and Lucile
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Bower and Lucile Aly, March 2, 1959March 2, 1959Aly, Bower and Lucile
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Bower and Lucile Aly, January 7, 1959January 7, 1959Aly, Bower and Lucile
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Bower and Lucile Aly, December 21, 1958December 21, 1958Aly, Bower and Lucile
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Bower and Lucile Aly, February 14, 1959February 14, 1959Aly, Bower and Lucile
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Bower and Lucile Aly, December 9, 1959December 9, 1959Aly, Bower and Lucile
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Bower and Lucile Aly, April 23, 1958April 23, 1958Aly, Bower and Lucile
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Bower and Lucile Aly, August 19, 1959August 19, 1959Aly, Bower and Lucile
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Bower Aly and Lucile Aly, April 28, 1971April 28, 1971Aly, Bower and Lucile
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Lucile and Bower Aly, December 1972December, 1972Aly, Bower and Lucile
- Telegram from John G. Neihardt to Bower and Lucile Aly, April 17, 1958April 17, 1958Aly, Bower and Lucile
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Bower and Lucile Aly, May 11, 1958May 11, 1958Aly, Bower and Lucile
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Bower and Lucile Aly, April 28, 1971April 28, 1971Aly, Bower and Lucile
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Bower Aly, November 4, 1959November 4, 1959Aly, Bower, 1903-1977
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Bower Aly, September 22, 1959September 22, 1959Aly, Bower, 1903-1977
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Bower Aly, January 3, 1960January 3, 1960Aly, Bower, 1903-1977
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Bower Aly, December 19, 1961December 19, 1961Aly, Bower, 1903-1977
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Bower Aly, March 23, 1958March 23, 1958Aly, Bower, 1903-1977
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Bower Aly, September 26, 1959September 26, 1959Aly, Bower, 1903-1977
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Bower Aly, May 27, 1970May 27, 1970Aly, Bower, 1903-1977
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Bower Aly, June 9, 1971June 9, 1971Aly, Bower, 1903-1977
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Bower Aly, February 22, 1962February 22, 1962Aly, Bower, 1903-1977
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Bower Aly, June 26, 1964June 26, 1964Aly, Bower, 1903-1977
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Bower Aly, March 3, 1969March 3, 1969Aly, Bower, 1903-1977
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Bower Aly, August 29, 1973August 29, 1973Aly, Bower, 1903-1977
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Bower Aly, January 5, 1958January 5, 1958Aly, Bower, 1903-1977
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Bower Aly, February 15, 1971February 15, 1971Aly, Bower, 1903-1977
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Bower Aly, March 3, 1971March 3, 1971Aly, Bower, 1903-1977
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Bower Aly, September 24, 1961September 24, 1961Aly, Bower, 1903-1977
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Bower Aly, June 1, 1962June 1, 1962Aly, Bower, 1903-1977
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Bower Aly, December 15, 1961December 15, 1961Aly, Bower, 1903-1977
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Bower Aly, May 17, 1961May 17, 1961Aly, Bower, 1903-1977
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Bower Aly, March 4, 1959March 4, 1959Aly, Bower, 1903-1977
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Bower Aly, February 8, 1969February 8, 1969Aly, Bower, 1903-1977
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Bower Aly, February 13, 1959February 13, 1959Aly, Bower, 1903-1977
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Bower Aly, April 9, 1971April 9, 1971Aly, Bower, 1903-1977
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Bower Aly, December 9, 1964December 9, 1964Aly, Bower, 1903-1977
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Bower Aly, December 15, 1959December 15, 1959Aly, Bower, 1903-1977
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Bower Aly, February 3, 1958February 3, 1958Aly, Bower, 1903-1977
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Bower Aly, August 25, 1962August 25, 1962Aly, Bower, 1903-1977
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Bower Aly, January 1, 1964January 1, 1964Aly, Bower, 1903-1977
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Bower Aly, November 25, 1961November 25, 1961Aly, Bower, 1903-1977
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Bower Aly, August 19, 1960August 19, 1960Aly, Bower, 1903-1977
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Bower Aly, February 21, 1960February 21, 1960Aly, Bower, 1903-1977