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, April 15, 1959April 15, 1959Aly, Lucile Folse, 1913-
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Lucile Aly, April 13, 1967April 13, 1967Aly, Lucile Folse, 1913-
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Lucile Aly, July 27, 1967July 27, 1967Aly, Lucile Folse, 1913-
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Lucile Aly, August 16, 1971August 16, 1971Aly, Lucile Folse, 1913-
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Lucile Aly, January 27, 1968January 27, 1968Aly, Lucile Folse, 1913-
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Lucile Aly, November 14, 1968November 14, 1968Aly, Lucile Folse, 1913-
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Lucile Aly, October 25, 1971October 25, 1971Aly, Lucile Folse, 1913-
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Lucile Aly, February 13, 1972February 13, 1972Aly, Lucile Folse, 1913-
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Lucile Aly, March 29, 1965March 29, 1965Aly, Lucile Folse, 1913-
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Lucile Aly, March 23, 1967March 23, 1967Aly, Lucile Folse, 1913-
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Lucile Aly, May 21, 1959May 21, 1959Aly, Lucile Folse, 1913-
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Lucile Aly, January 3, 1969January 3, 1969Aly, Lucile Folse, 1913-
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Lucile Aly, May 25, 1966May 25, 1966Aly, Lucile Folse, 1913-
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Lady, December 5, 1959December 5, 1959Aly, Lucile Folse, 1913-
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Lucile Aly, May 9, 1970May 9, 1970Aly, Lucile Folse, 1913-
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Lucile Aly, August 15, 1960August 15, 1960Aly, Lucile Folse, 1913-
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Lucile Aly, March 28, 1964March 28, 1964Aly, Lucile Folse, 1913-
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Lucile Aly, December 5, 1960December 5, 1960Aly, Lucile Folse, 1913-
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Lucile Aly, January 3, 1969January 3, 1969Aly, Lucile Folse, 1913-
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Lucile Aly, June 19, 1962June 19, 1962Aly, Lucile Folse, 1913-
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Lucile Aly, February 25, 1958February 25, 1958Aly, Lucile Folse, 1913-
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Lucile Aly, May 13, 1959May 13, 1959Aly, Lucile Folse, 1913-
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Lucile Aly, December 8, 1962December 8, 1962Aly, Lucile Folse, 1913-
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Lucile Aly, August 16, 1967August 16, 1967Aly, Lucile Folse, 1913-
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Lucile Aly, May 30, 1969May 30, 1969Aly, Lucile Folse, 1913-
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Lucile Aly, February 18, 1973February 18, 1973Aly, Lucile Folse, 1913-
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Lucile Aly, June 13, 1970June 13, 1970Aly, Lucile Folse, 1913-
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Lucile Aly, March 30, 1968March 30, 1968Aly, Lucile Folse, 1913-
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Lucile Aly, March 17, 1959March 17, 1959Aly, Lucile Folse, 1913-
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Lucile Aly, December 16, 1959December 16, 1959Aly, Lucile Folse, 1913-
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Lucile Aly, November 17, 1967November 17, 1967Aly, Lucile Folse, 1913-
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Lucile Aly, May 16, 1964May 16, 1964Aly, Lucile Folse, 1913-
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Lucile Aly, July 25, 1964July 25, 1964Aly, Lucile Folse, 1913-
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Lucile ALy, September 30, 1967September 30, 1967Aly, Lucile Folse, 1913-
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Lucile Aly, April 19, 1962April 19, 1962Aly, Lucile Folse, 1913-
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Lucile Aly, February 28, 1967February 28, 1967Aly, Lucile Folse, 1913-
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Lucile Aly, September 14, 1965September 14, 1965Aly, Lucile Folse, 1913-
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Lucile Aly, May 17, 1970May 17, 1970Aly, Lucile Folse, 1913-
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Lucile Aly, April 24, 1968April 24, 1968Aly, Lucile Folse, 1913-
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Lucile Aly, June 25, 1960June 25, 1960Aly, Lucile Folse, 1913-
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Lucile Aly, July 16, 1966July 16, 1966Aly, Lucile Folse, 1913-
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Lucile Aly, October 19, 1962October 19, 1962Aly, 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, October 24, 1959October 24, 1959Aly, Lucile Folse, 1913-
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Lucile Aly, September 10, 1961September 10, 1961Aly, Lucile Folse, 1913-
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Lucile Aly, March 19, 1968March 19, 1968Aly, Lucile Folse, 1913-
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Lucile Aly, December 15, 1957December 15, 1957Aly, Lucile Folse, 1913-
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Lucile Aly, January 14, 1963January 14, 1963Aly, Lucile Folse, 1913-
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Lucile Aly, October 7, 1957October 7, 1957Aly, Lucile Folse, 1913-
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Lucile Aly, December 12, 1962December 12, 1962Aly, Lucile Folse, 1913-