Poets, American -- Nevada -- 20th Century
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Mildred Breedlove Papers
Collection
Identifier: 92-47
Abstract
Mildred Breedlove was appointed Nevada poet laureate in 1957 and 1959 and was active in the Las Vegas Branch of National Pen Women. She organized the Nevada State Poetry Society in 1961. Included are correspondence, Breedlove's published and unpublished poetry, clippings, awards, certificates, photographs, scrapbook of published poems, and portrait painted in oils. Material between 1945-2000.
Dates:
1945-2000; Majority of material found within 1963-1991
Nevada Writers Hall of Fame and Silver Pen Award Records
Collection
Identifier: AC 0519
Abstract
In 1988, the President of the Friends of the University Libraries, Marilyn Melton, proposed an awards program to honor and celebrate Nevada writers. That same year, Walter Van Tilburg Clark and Robert Laxalt became the first two authors to be inducted into the Nevada Writers Hall of Fame. The records include budget and planning information for the annual programs, correspondence, histories of the two awards, biographical and marketing material about the authors, newspaper clippings, and some...
Dates:
1878-2020