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 Ivan E. Painton and Mildred Painton to John G. Neihardt, December 18, 1968December 18, 1968Neihardt, John Gneisenau, 1881-1973
- Letter from James H. Mitchell to John G. Neihardt, April 29, 1971April 29, 1971Neihardt, John Gneisenau, 1881-1973
- Letter from James W. Hewitt to John G. Neihardt, February 23, 1969February 23, 1969Neihardt, John Gneisenau, 1881-1973
- Letter from Jerry Turpin to John G. Neihardt, July 27, 1970July 27, 1970Neihardt, John Gneisenau, 1881-1973
- Letter from Jewell Ross Mehus to John G. Neihardt, June 28, 1968June 28, 1968Neihardt, John Gneisenau, 1881-1973
- Letter from Jim Libensky to John G. Neihardt, March 6, 1971March 6, 1971Neihardt, John Gneisenau, 1881-1973
- Letter from John G. NeihardtN.D.Unknown
- Letter from John G. Neihardt and Myrtle Young to Slade Kendrick, January 14, 1969January 14, 1969Kendrick, M. Slade (Myron Slade)
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Addison E. Sheldon, January 11, 1942January 11, 1942Sheldon, Addison Erwin, 1861-1943
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Addison E. Sheldon, January 18, 1943January 18, 1943Sheldon, Addison Erwin, 1861-1943
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Aelred Hugo, August 14, 1973August 14, 1973Hugo, Aelred
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Albert Husted, May 8, 1973May 8, 1973Husted, Albert
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Amado M. Yuzon, May 11, 1969May 11, 1969Yuzon, Amado M. (Amado Magcalaz), 1906-1979
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Ann Winfrey, October 28, 1969October 28, 1969Winfrey, Ann
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Anne Deirup, November 15, 1972November 15, 1972Deirup, Anne
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Anne Deirup, November 29, 1972November 29, 1972Deirup, Anne
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Anuario de la Aristocracia y Alta Sociedad, February 19, 1973February 19, 1973Anuario de la Aristocracia y Alta Sociedad
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Archibald MacLeish, June 16, 1941June 16, 1941MacLeish, Archibald, 1892-1982
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Avis Bishop, February 21, 1972February 21, 1972Bishop, Avis
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to B. G. Courtright, June 1931June, 1931Courtright, B. G.
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Bart Griffith, November 28, 1972November 28, 1972Griffith, Barton L.
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Benjamin Black Elk, June 27, 1931June 27, 1931Black Elk, Benjamin, ?-1973
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Benjamin Black Elk, June 8, 1931June 8, 1931Black Elk, Benjamin, ?-1973
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Benjamin Black Elk, March 23, 1971March 23, 1971Black Elk, Benjamin, ?-1973
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Benjamin Black Elk, Spring 19351935Black Elk, Benjamin, ?-1973
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Black Elk, June 27, 1931June 27, 1931Black Elk, 1863-1950
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Black Elk, June 8, 1931June 8, 1931Black Elk, 1863-1950
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Blanche Barber, May 24, 1973May 24, 1973Barber, Blanche
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Bob Priddy, February 9, 1972February 9, 1972Priddy, Bob
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Bob, August 23, 1955August 23, 1955Bob
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Bower Aly and Lucile Aly, April 28, 1971April 28, 1971Aly, Bower and Lucile
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Bower Aly, April 9, 1971April 9, 1971Aly, Bower, 1903-1977
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Bower Aly, August 19, 1960August 19, 1960Aly, Bower, 1903-1977
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Bower Aly, August 25, 1962August 25, 1962Aly, Bower, 1903-1977
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Bower Aly, August 29, 1973August 29, 1973Aly, Bower, 1903-1977
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Bower Aly, December 15, 1959December 15, 1959Aly, Bower, 1903-1977
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Bower Aly, December 15, 1961December 15, 1961Aly, Bower, 1903-1977
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Bower Aly, December 19, 1961December 19, 1961Aly, Bower, 1903-1977
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Bower Aly, December 9, 1964December 9, 1964Aly, Bower, 1903-1977
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Bower Aly, February 13, 1959February 13, 1959Aly, Bower, 1903-1977
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Bower Aly, February 15, 1971February 15, 1971Aly, Bower, 1903-1977
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Bower Aly, February 21, 1960February 21, 1960Aly, Bower, 1903-1977
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Bower Aly, February 22, 1962February 22, 1962Aly, Bower, 1903-1977
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Bower Aly, February 3, 1958February 3, 1958Aly, Bower, 1903-1977
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Bower Aly, February 8, 1969February 8, 1969Aly, Bower, 1903-1977
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Bower Aly, January 1, 1964January 1, 1964Aly, Bower, 1903-1977
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Bower Aly, January 3, 1960January 3, 1960Aly, Bower, 1903-1977
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Bower Aly, January 5, 1958January 5, 1958Aly, Bower, 1903-1977
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Bower Aly, June 1, 1962June 1, 1962Aly, Bower, 1903-1977
- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Bower Aly, June 26, 1964June 26, 1964Aly, Bower, 1903-1977