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 Frank Luther Mott, January 23, 1936January 23, 1936Mott, Frank Luther, 1886-1964
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Frank Luther Mott, January 24, 1921January 24, 1921Mott, Frank Luther, 1886-1964
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Frank Luther Mott, January 28, 1922January 28, 1922Mott, Frank Luther, 1886-1964
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Frank Luther Mott, January 4, 1922January 4, 1922Mott, Frank Luther, 1886-1964
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Frank Luther Mott, January 4, 1926January 4, 1926Mott, Frank Luther, 1886-1964
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Frank Luther Mott, July 26, 1926July 26, 1926Mott, Frank Luther, 1886-1964
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Frank Luther Mott, July 3, 1921July 3, 1921Mott, Frank Luther, 1886-1964
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Frank Luther Mott, June 27, 1921June 27, 1921Mott, Frank Luther, 1886-1964
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Frank Luther Mott, June 6, 1917June 6, 1917Mott, Frank Luther, 1886-1964
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Frank Luther Mott, March 18, 1922March 18, 1922Mott, Frank Luther, 1886-1964
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Frank Luther Mott, March 2, 1921March 2, 1921Mott, Frank Luther, 1886-1964
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Frank Luther Mott, March 2, 1922March 2, 1922Mott, Frank Luther, 1886-1964
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Frank Luther Mott, March 3, 1922March 3, 1922Mott, Frank Luther, 1886-1964
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Frank Luther Mott, May 10, 1921May 10, 1921Mott, Frank Luther, 1886-1964
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Frank Luther Mott, May 19, 1926May 19, 1926Mott, Frank Luther, 1886-1964
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Frank Luther Mott, November 13, 1924November 13, 1924Mott, Frank Luther, 1886-1964
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Frank Luther Mott, November 22, 1920November 22, 1920Mott, Frank Luther, 1886-1964
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Frank Luther Mott, November 30, 1920November 30, 1920Mott, Frank Luther, 1886-1964
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Frank Luther Mott, November 4, 1925November 4, 1925Mott, Frank Luther, 1886-1964
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Frank Luther Mott, October 11, 1920October 11, 1920Mott, Frank Luther, 1886-1964
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Frank Luther Mott, October 12, 1920October 12, 1920Mott, Frank Luther, 1886-1964
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Frank Luther Mott, October 14, 1924October 14, 1924Mott, Frank Luther, 1886-1964
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Frank Luther Mott, October 7, 1921October 7, 1921Mott, Frank Luther, 1886-1964
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Frank Luther Mott, October 8, 1926October 8, 1926Mott, Frank Luther, 1886-1964
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Frank Luther Mott, September 10, 1924September 10, 1924Mott, Frank Luther, 1886-1964
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Frank Luther Mott, September 10, 1934September 10, 1934Mott, Frank Luther, 1886-1964
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Frank Luther Mott, September 28, 1920September 28, 1920Mott, Frank Luther, 1886-1964
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Frank Luther Mott, September 5, 1917September 5, 1917Mott, Frank Luther, 1886-1964
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Frank P. Piskor, January 16, 1973January 16, 1973Piskor, Frank Peter
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Frank P. Piskor, June 26, 1969June 26, 1969Piskor, Frank Peter
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Frank P. Piskor, May 1, 1969May 1, 1969Piskor, Frank Peter
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Frank P. Piskor, May 1, 1969May 1, 1969Piskor, Frank Peter
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Frank P. Piskor, October 4, 1969October 4, 1969Piskor, Frank Peter
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Fred L. Lee, April 23, 1971April 23, 1971Lee, Fred L.
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Fred L. Lee, November 16, 1972November 16, 1972Lee, Fred L.
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Fred L. Lee, September 17, 1973September 17, 1973Lee, Fred L.
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Friend, January 15, 1955January 15, 1955Unknown
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Friends, August 19, 1957August 19, 1957Unknown
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to George and Lillian Schottenhamel, May 8, 1973May 8, 1973Schottenhamel, George and Lillian
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to George Babcock, May 24, 1973May 24, 1973Babcock, George
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to George Edward Woodberry, April 9, 1906April 9, 1906Woodberry, George Edward, 1855-1930
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to George Edward Woodberry, August 4, 1917August 4, 1917Woodberry, George Edward, 1855-1930
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to George Edward Woodberry, December 11, 1917December 11, 1917Woodberry, George Edward, 1855-1930
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to George Edward Woodberry, June 28, 1917June 28, 1917Woodberry, George Edward, 1855-1930
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to George Edward Woodberry, June 4, 1920June 4, 1920Woodberry, George Edward, 1855-1930
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to George Seymour, April 18, 1921April 18, 1921Seymour, George Steele
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to George Seymour, April 19, 1921April 19, 1921Seymour, George Steele
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to George Seymour, August 1921August, 1921Seymour, George Steele
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to George Seymour, August 4, 1921August 4, 1921Seymour, George Steele
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to George Seymour, August 9, 1921August 9, 1921Seymour, George Steele