Edwin C. Graber Poetry Collection

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Collection Summary

Identifier

MA 34

Title

Edwin C. Graber Poetry Collection

Creator

Edwin C. Graber

Dates

1937-1949

Extent

0.42 linear feet (1 document case)

Language

English

Repository

South Dakota State University Archives and Special Collections, Hilton M. Briggs Library, Brookings, South Dakota.

Access note

This collection is open to researchers without restrictions. The materials in the Archives do not circulate and may be used in-house only.

Preferred Citation

Name of item . Edwin C. Graber poetry collection. MA 34. South Dakota State University Archives and Special Collections, Hilton M. Briggs Library, Brookings, South Dakota.

Abstract

Edwin C. Graber is from Freeman, Hutchinson County, South Dakota. The collection is composed of chapbooks of his poetry.

Biographical Note

Edwin C. Graber is from Freeman, Hutchinson County, South Dakota. Publications include a number of self-published poetry collections and chapbooks.

Contents Note

The collection consists of chapbooks of Graber's poetry and does not contain larger collections of verse, which may be found in the South Dakota Collection.

Key Words

Graber, Edwin C.

Poetry

Poets, American -- South Dakota

Container List

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Edwin C. Graber Poetry Collection Container List. MA 34
Box	Folder	Description	Date(s)
1	1	All Life Was Once A Single Word	1946
1	2	Aloneness a Tent	undated
1	3	Alphabets the Cornerstones	undated
1	4	Behold the Pasques as They Stride Across the Hills	undated
1	5	Bejewelled Mirrors on the Dewy Grass	undated
1	6	Books are as Glints at Midnight Given	undated
1	7	Branches Twiddling Their Thumbs	1943
1	8	Brilliantly Aurora Borealis	1946
1	9	Colossal and More the Night	1945
1	10	Cool Plashes	1943
1	11	Enshadowed Pools Now Beckon	undated
1	12	Eternal June	1945
1	13	Fertile Fields	1939
1	14	Flames Can Go But Chaos	undated
1	15	From Universe to Universe	undated
1	16	Golder Streets Across the Lake	1944
1	17	Harvest of Youth	1937
1	18	In Quest of the Music of Timeless Time	1946
1	19	I Want My Horizons Far and Free	1947
1	20	Let Dreams Remember But Alacrities Nudge	1946
1	21	Looms of Greenery	1942
1	22	Meditations Browned Selectively	1949
1	23	Mists Along the Horizon	1946
1	24	Mountains to the West	undated
1	25	Nature the Peerless Colorist	1944
1	26	Never a Bough But Adored the Hills	1946
1	27	Of Essences There is No End	1947
1	28	Olympus of the Prairies	1944
1	29	Packages to the Heart's Content	undated
1	30	Pencilling Petaline Clouds as Pictures	1945
1	31	Prismatic Rainbow in the Sky	1949
1	32	Quintessence the Goal	undated
1	33	Resonant Rains	1939
1	34	Roses Symbolic of the Quiet Beauty	1948
1	35	Sauntering Paths	1942
1	36	Stars Are My Parade, The	1944
1	37	Sunset Tints	1943
1	38	Tangential Experiences in the Throes of Gyration	undated
1	39	Time Wends From Out the Starry Vast	1946
1	40	Tinselly Blossoms	1942
1	41	Today is as a Streamlet Meandering to the Sea	undated
1	42	To Lace the Dells With Flashy Flowers	1946
1	43	Trailblazing in the Dusk	1944
1	44	Wheats That May Whisper	1945
1	45	Whirling Through Endless Space	1947
1	46	Wisdom Robed in More Than Purple	undated
1	47	What Lyric Lends Itself as Living?	1949
1	48	With Trees on Either Hand	1942
1	49	Zeniths as Yet But Dimly Seen	1945

Administrative Information

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is open to researchers without restrictions. The materials in the Archives do not circulate and may be used in-house only.

Researchers conducting extensive research are asked to make an advance appointment to access archival material. Please call or e-mail prior to visiting the collection and indicate as much detail as possible about a particular topic and intended use.

South Dakota State University supports access to the materials, published and unpublished, in its collections. Nonetheless, access to some items may be restricted as a result of their fragile condition or by contractual agreements with donors.

Copyright note

Copyright restrictions apply in different ways to different materials. Many of the documents and other historical materials in the Archives are in the public domain and may be reproduced and used in any way. There are other materials in the Archive carrying a copyright interest and must be used according to the provisions of Title 17 of the U.S. Code. The Archive issues a warning concerning copyright restrictions to every researcher who requests copies of documents. Although the copyright law is under constant redefinition in the courts, it is ultimately the responsibility of the researcher to properly use copyrighted material.

Arranged and Described by

Stephen Van Buren, CA, University Archivist, 2000 March 13.

Beryl Stewart Papers. MA 14

Rhea Beryl DeHaven Stewart was a teacher and a farm homemaker. She served on the South Dakota Board of Education from 1947 to 1959 and was a contributor of poetry and prose to many publications. This is a collection of manuscripts and published works of Beryl Stewart as well as material she collected and scrapbooks she created throughout her career.

Virginia Driving Hawk Sneve Papers. MA 19

Virginia Driving Hawk Sneve is an American writer of Children's literature. She studied journalism at South Dakota State University. She was an English language teacher in several public schools and editor at the Brevet Press in Sioux Falls, S.D. This collection is composed of manuscripts of books and articles written by Sneve, as well as research materials and correspondence from both publishers and fans. General items include materials related to Sneve's career such as speaking engagements and awards, as well as biographical material, journals, and hard cover copies of many of her books.

Elizabeth Cook-Lynn Papers. MA 42

Elizabeth Cook-Lynn is an editor, essayist, poet, novelist, and academic, and member of the Crow Creek Sioux Tribe. She has been a voice within the discipline of Native American Studies, Native Studies, Indigenous Studies, Native American politics, particularly in regards to tribal sovereignty. Biographical material, poetry, book reviews; material related to her teaching career, research projects & other activities; material related to the Wicazo Sa Review: a Journal of Native Studies; material related to Native American issues & topics.

Kathleen Norris Papers. MA 47.1

Kathleen Norris is a best-selling poet and essayist. She became known for her writings about Christian spirituality, especially after she became a Benedictine oblate and spent two extended periods at Saint John's Abbey in Minnesota. The collection is composed of manuscripts, correspondence, galley proofs, research, books and publications related to her published works of fiction and nonfiction.

Lonita Gustad Corothers Papers. MA 48

Lonita Gustad Corothers was a student in the Division of Pharmacy at South Dakota State College starting in September of 1946 and graduating in the spring of 1950. Her graduating class was comprised of eight women and 56 men. Her minor was in chemistry. She began keeping a diary in 1945 when she was 17 years old and realized that she was "living in momentous times." The collection is composed of her diaries from 1946 through 2010, excerpts from and a timeline index of the diaries, correspondence with Tom Corothers written primarily during their courtship, a grief notebook written after her husband died, and her original writings and poetry.

South Dakota State Poetry Society Records. MA 72

The South Dakota State Poetry Society was formally organized on October 5, 1927. The collection is composed primarily of board meeting information; publications by the organization including Pasque Petals; publications by South Dakota poets; and the 2015 Poet Laureate recommendation to the Governor.