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 Bower Aly, June 9, 1971June 9, 1971Aly, 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, March 3, 1969March 3, 1969Aly, 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, March 4, 1959March 4, 1959Aly, 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, May 27, 1970May 27, 1970Aly, 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, 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, September 24, 1961September 24, 1961Aly, 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 and Lucile Aly, April 23, 1958April 23, 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 and Lucile Aly, April 30, 1958April 30, 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 and Lucile Aly, December 18, 1959December 18, 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, December 9, 1959December 9, 1959Aly, 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, February 2, 1959February 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, March 2, 1959March 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, May 11, 1958May 11, 1958Aly, Bower and Lucile
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Brent A. Warren, May 9, 1973May 9, 1973Warren, Brent A.
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Brent A. Warren, September 22, 1972September 22, 1972Warren, Brent A.
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Bruce Nicoll, February 21, 1969February 21, 1969Nicoll, Bruce
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Bruce Nicoll, March 8, 1970March 8, 1970Nicoll, Bruce
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Byron D. Murray, February 8, 1934February 8, 1934Murray, Byron D.
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to C. L. William Haw, June 13, 1972June 13, 1972Haw, C. L. William
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Caroline D. Berg and Gertrude S. Graves, April 25, 1941April 25, 1941Berg, Caroline D. and Gertrude S. Graves
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Caroline D. Berg, April 14, 1940April 14, 1940Berg, Caroline D.
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Caroline D. Berg, December 12, 1941December 12, 1941Berg, Caroline D.
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Caroline D. Berg, July 3, 1922July 3, 1922Berg, Caroline D.
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Caroline D. Berg, November 6, 1941November 6, 1941Berg, Caroline D.
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Caroline Green, January 29, 1973January 29, 1973Green, Caroline
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Carolyn Grice, December 18, 1972December 18, 1972Grice, Carolyn
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Charles "Pat" Hall, November 10, 1972November 10, 1972Hall, Charles "Pat"
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Cheryl Roark, January 18, 1972January 18, 1972Roark, Cheryl
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Cinda Zimmer, April 23, 1971April 23, 1971Zimmer, Cinda
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Cinda Zimmer, August 10, 1971August 10, 1971Zimmer, Cinda
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Clair Kenamore, March 1932March, 1932Kenamore, Clair
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Clark McAdams, June 25, 1931June 25, 1931McAdams, Clark, 1874-1935
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Clark McAdams, May 4, 1933May 4, 1933McAdams, Clark, 1874-1935
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Comrade, August 12, 1936August 12, 1936House, Julius T. (Julius Temple)
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Comrade, August 15, 1934August 15, 1934Unknown
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Comrade, February 6, 1928February 6, 1928House, Julius T. (Julius Temple)
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Comrade, June 16, 1934June 16, 1934Unknown
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Cyril Clemens, November 15, 1972November 15, 1972Clémens, Cyril 1902-1999