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, June 1, 1961June 21, 1961Aly, Lucile Folse, 1913-
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Lucile Aly, January 25, 1964January 25, 1964Aly, Lucile Folse, 1913-
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Lucile Aly, March 29, 1959March 29, 1959Aly, Lucile Folse, 1913-
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Lucile Aly, January 5, 1958January 5, 1958Aly, Lucile Folse, 1913-
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Lucile Aly, June 17, 1959June 17, 1959Aly, Lucile Folse, 1913-
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Lucile Aly, February 27, 1959February 27, 1959Aly, Lucile Folse, 1913-
- Letter from John G. Neihardt, February 24, 1964February 24, 1964Aly, Lucile Folse, 1913-
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Lucile Aly, September 20, 1964September 20, 1964Aly, Lucile Folse, 1913-
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Lucile Aly, August 7, 1970August 7, 1970Aly, Lucile Folse, 1913-
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Lucile Aly, August 16, 1961August 16, 1961Aly, Lucile Folse, 1913-
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Lucile Aly, June 16, 1964June 16, 1964Aly, Lucile Folse, 1913-
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Lucile Aly, April 15, 1968April 15, 1968Aly, Lucile Folse, 1913-
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Lucile Aly, January 2, 1960January 2, 1960Aly, Lucile Folse, 1913-
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Lucile Aly, January 18, 1971January 18, 1971Aly, Lucile Folse, 1913-
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Lucile Aly, March 14, 1962March 14, 1962Aly, Lucile Folse, 1913-
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Lucile Aly, April 2, 1959April 2, 1959Aly, Lucile Folse, 1913-
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Lucile Aly, January 12, 1959January 12, 1959Aly, Lucile Folse, 1913-
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Lucile Aly, February, 1967February, 1967Aly, Lucile Folse, 1913-
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Lucile Aly, January 30, 1964January 30, 1964Aly, Lucile Folse, 1913-
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Lucile Aly, April 28, 1967April 28, 1967Aly, Lucile Folse, 1913-
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Lucile Aly, October 25, 1970October 25, 1970Aly, Lucile Folse, 1913-
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Lucile Aly, October 18, 1963October 18, 1963Aly, Lucile Folse, 1913-
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Lucile Aly, May 3, 1958May 3, 1958Aly, Lucile Folse, 1913-
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Lucile, November 13, 1959November 13, 1959Aly, Lucile Folse, 1913-
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Lucile Aly, August 18, 1962August 18, 1962Aly, Lucile Folse, 1913-
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Lucile Aly, June 23, 1962June 23, 1962Aly, Lucile Folse, 1913-
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Lucile Aly, December 28, 1958December 28, 1958Aly, Lucile Folse, 1913-
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Lucile Aly, October 31, 1966October 31, 1966Aly, Lucile Folse, 1913-
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Lucile Aly, November 2, 1957November 2, 1957Aly, Lucile Folse, 1913-
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Lucile Aly, December 11, 1961December 11, 1961Aly, Lucile Folse, 1913-
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Lucile Aly, January 17, 1966January 17, 1966Aly, Lucile Folse, 1913-
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Lucile Aly, Decmeber 2, 1964December 2, 1964Aly, Lucile Folse, 1913-
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Lucile Aly, January 18, 1958January 18, 1958Aly, Lucile Folse, 1913-
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Lucile Aly, September 23, 1962September 23, 1962Aly, Lucile Folse, 1913-
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Lucile Aly, January 28, 1959January 28, 1959Aly, Lucile Folse, 1913-
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Lucile Aly, June 4, 1963June 4, 1963Aly, Lucile Folse, 1913-
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Lucile Aly, January 19, 1966January 19, 1966Aly, Lucile Folse, 1913-
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Lucile Aly, July 22, 1963July 22, 1963Aly, Lucile Folse, 1913-
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Lucile Aly, April 7, 1967April 7, 1967Aly, Lucile Folse, 1913-
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Lucile Aly, March 23, 1958March 23, 1958Aly, Lucile Folse, 1913-
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Lucile Aly, March 23, 1961March 23, 1961Aly, Lucile Folse, 1913-
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Lucile Aly, March 3, 1967March 3, 1967Aly, Lucile Folse, 1913-
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Lucile Aly, October 2, 1959October 2, 1959Aly, Lucile Folse, 1913-
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Lucile Aly, December 13, 1961December 13, 1961Aly, Lucile Folse, 1913-
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Lucile Aly, March 12, 1959March 12, 1959Aly, Lucile Folse, 1913-
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Lucile Aly, May 11, 1961May 11, 1961Aly, Lucile Folse, 1913-
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Lucile Aly, March 17, 1964March 17, 1964Aly, Lucile Folse, 1913-
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Lucile Aly, March 14, 1969March 14, 1969Aly, Lucile Folse, 1913-
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Lucile Aly, July 22, 1970July 22, 1970Aly, Lucile Folse, 1913-
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Lucile Aly, January 26, 1972January 26, 1972Aly, Lucile Folse, 1913-