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 George Seymour, December 10, 1924December 5, 1924Seymour, George Steele
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to George Seymour, December 14, 1921December 14, 1921Seymour, George Steele
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to George Seymour, December 16, 1921December 16, 1921Seymour, George Steele
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to George Seymour, December 2, 1924December 2, 1924Seymour, George Steele
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to George Seymour, February 24, 1921February 24, 1921Seymour, George Steele
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to George Seymour, February 25, 1921February 25, 1921Seymour, George Steele
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to George Seymour, February 3, 1921February 3, 1921Seymour, George Steele
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to George Seymour, July 13, 1921July 13, 1921Seymour, George Steele
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to George Seymour, July 17, 1920July 17, 1920Seymour, George Steele
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to George Seymour, July 1921July, 1921Seymour, George Steele
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to George Seymour, March 2, 1921March 2, 1921Seymour, George Steele
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to George Seymour, March 27, 1921March 27, 1921Seymour, George Steele
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to George Seymour, March 6, 1923March 6, 1923Seymour, George Steele
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to George Seymour, March 6, 1925March 6, 1925Seymour, George Steele
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to George Seymour, May 10, 1921May 10, 1921Seymour, George Steele
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to George Seymour, May 20, 1921May 20, 1921Seymour, George Steele
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to George Seymour, May 27, 1921May 27, 1921Seymour, George Steele
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to George Seymour, November 11, 1921November 11, 1921Seymour, George Steele
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to George Seymour, November 1921November, 1921Seymour, George Steele
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to George Seymour, November 2, 1921November 2, 1921Seymour, George Steele
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to George Seymour, November 28, 1921November 28, 1921Seymour, George Steele
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to George Seymour, November 9, 1919November 9, 1919Seymour, George Steele
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to George Seymour, October 18, 1923October 18, 1923Seymour, George Steele
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to George Seymour, October 19, 1923 October 19, 1923Seymour, George Steele
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to George Seymour, September 1921September, 1921Seymour, George Steele
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to George Seymour, September 5, 1921September 5, 1921Seymour, George Steele
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to George Steele and Flora Warren Seymour, April 20, 1942April 20, 1942Seymour, George Steele and Flora Warren
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to George Steele and Flora Warren Seymour, April 26, 1922April 26, 1922
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to George Steele and Flora Warren Seymour, December 26, 1940December 26, 1940Seymour, George Steele and Flora Warren
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to George Steele and Flora Warren Seymour, February 27, 1943February 27, 1943Seymour, George Steele and Flora Warren
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to George Steele and Flora Warren Seymour, February 8, 1943February 8, 1943Seymour, George Steele and Flora Warren
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to George Steele and Flora Warren Seymour, June 10, 1940June 10, 1940Seymour, George Steele and Flora Warren
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to George Steele and Flora Warren Seymour, May 12, 1940May 12, 1940Seymour, George Steele and Flora Warren
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to George Steele Seymour, April 11, 1943April 11, 1943Seymour, George Steele
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to George Steele Seymour, April 24, 1940April 24, 1940Seymour, George Steele
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to George Steele Seymour, April 4, 1940April 4, 1940Seymour, George Steele
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to George Steele Seymour, April 5, 1942April 15, 1942Seymour, George Steele
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to George Steele Seymour, August 11, 1922August 11, 1922Seymour, George Steele
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to George Steele Seymour, August 29, 1941August 29, 1941Seymour, George Steele
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to George Steele Seymour, February 24, 1922February 24, 1922Seymour, George Steele
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to George Steele Seymour, February 27, 1925February 27, 1925Seymour, George Steele
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to George Steele Seymour, February 8, 1922March 8, 1922Seymour, George Steele
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to George Steele Seymour, January 28, 1922January 28, 1922Seymour, George Steele
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to George Steele Seymour, January 7, 1921January 7, 1921Seymour, George Steele
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to George Steele Seymour, July 19, 1922July 19, 1922Seymour, George Steele
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to George Steele Seymour, March 13, 1917March 13, 1917
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to George Steele Seymour, March 20, 1940March 20, 1940Seymour, George Steele
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to George Steele Seymour, March 21, 1922March 21, 1922Seymour, George Steele
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to George Steele Seymour, March 3, 1922March 3, 1922Seymour, George Steele
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to George Steele Seymour, March 6, 1922March 6, 1922Seymour, George Steele