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 Lucile Aly, October 9, 1959October 9, 1959Aly, Lucile Folse, 1913-
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Lucile Aly, February 25, 1963February 25, 1963Aly, Lucile Folse, 1913-
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Lucile Aly, June 16, 1961June 16, 1961Aly, Lucile Folse, 1913-
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Lucile Aly, May 4, 1959May 4, 1959Aly, Lucile Folse, 1913-
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Lucile Aly, February 3, 1965February 3, 1965Aly, Lucile Folse, 1913-
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Lucile Aly, August, 1962August 7, 1962Aly, Lucile Folse, 1913-
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Lucile Aly, January 20, 1968January 20, 1968Aly, Lucile Folse, 1913-
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Lucile Aly, August 23, 1959August 23, 1959Aly, Lucile Folse, 1913-
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Lucile Aly, October 20, 1964October 20, 1964Aly, Lucile Folse, 1913-
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Lucile Aly, September 12, 1967September 12, 1967Aly, Lucile Folse, 1913-
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Lucile Aly, June 16, 1970June 16, 1970Aly, Lucile Folse, 1913-
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Lucile Aly, October 23, 1962October 23, 1962Aly, Lucile Folse, 1913-
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Lucile Aly, June 14, 1960June 14, 1960Aly, Lucile Folse, 1913-
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Lucile Aly, May 18, 1963May 18, 1963Aly, Lucile Folse, 1913-
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Lucile Aly, September 20, 1963September 20, 1963Aly, Lucile Folse, 1913-
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Lucile Aly, July 20, 1959July 20, 1959Aly, Lucile Folse, 1913-
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Lucile Aly, December 13, 1963December 13, 1963Aly, Lucile Folse, 1913-
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Lucile Aly, December 7, 1965December 7, 1965Aly, Lucile Folse, 1913-
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Lucile Aly, January 2, 1959January 2, 1959Aly, Lucile Folse, 1913-
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Lucile Aly, November 12, 1958November 12, 1958Aly, Lucile Folse, 1913-
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Lucile Aly, May 7, 1963May 7, 1963Aly, Lucile Folse, 1913-
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Lucile Aly, August 13, 1961August 13, 1961Aly, Lucile Folse, 1913-
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Lucile Aly, July 27. 1963July 27, 1963Aly, Lucile Folse, 1913-
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Lucile Aly, December 26, 1969December 26, 1969Aly, Lucile Folse, 1913-
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Lucile Aly, March 21, 1959March 21, 1959Aly, Lucile Folse, 1913-
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Lucile Aly, October 14, 1960October 10, 1960Aly, Lucile Folse, 1913-
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Lucile Aly, January 6, 1961January 6, 1961Aly, Lucile Folse, 1913-
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Lucile Aly, February 15, 1972February 15, 1972Aly, Lucile Folse, 1913-
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Lucile Aly, September 24, 1961September 24, 1961Aly, Lucile Folse, 1913-
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Lucile Aly, September 4, 1964September 4, 1964Aly, Lucile Folse, 1913-
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Lucile Aly, June 14, 1969June 14, 1969Aly, Lucile Folse, 1913-
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Lucile Aly, November 22 & 25, 1958November 22, 1958Aly, Lucile Folse, 1913-
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Lucile Aly, March 16, 1968March 16, 1968Aly, Lucile Folse, 1913-
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Lucile Aly, October 16, 1961October 16, 1961Aly, Lucile Folse, 1913-
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Lucile Aly, October 19, 1959October 19, 1959Aly, Lucile Folse, 1913-
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Lucile Aly, May 26, 1969May 26, 1969Aly, Lucile Folse, 1913-
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Lucile Aly, October 6, 1959October 6, 1959Aly, Lucile Folse, 1913-
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Lucile Aly, January 10, 1961January 10, 1961Aly, Lucile Folse, 1913-
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Lucile Aly, April 9, 1964April 9, 1964Aly, Lucile Folse, 1913-
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Lucile Aly, April 6, 1962April 6, 1962Aly, Lucile Folse, 1913-
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Lucile Aly, March 16, 1963March 16, 1963Aly, Lucile Folse, 1913-
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Lucile Aly, August 29, 1959August 29, 1959Aly, Lucile Folse, 1913-
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Lucile Aly, November 17, 1957November 17, 1957Aly, Lucile Folse, 1913-
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Lucile Aly, June 19, 1967June 19, 1967Aly, Lucile Folse, 1913-
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Lucile Aly, May 23, 1969May 23, 1969Aly, Lucile Folse, 1913-
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Lucile Aly, April 25, 1972April 25, 1972Aly, Lucile Folse, 1913-
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Lucile Aly, March 20, 1963March 20, 1963Aly, Lucile Folse, 1913-
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Lucile Aly, August, 1961August, 1961Aly, Lucile Folse, 1913-
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Lucile Aly, February 2, 1959February 2, 1959Aly, Lucile Folse, 1913-
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Lucile Aly, December 27, 1961December 27, 1961Aly, Lucile Folse, 1913-