Gwendolen Haste papers, 1900-1964.

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Creator

Haste, Gwendolen.

Location

Manuscripts and Archives Division

Extent

• 3 linear feet (8 boxes).

Access Restrictions

Restricted access; Manuscripts and Archives Division; Permit must be requested at the division indicated.

Microfilm must be used in lieu of originals.

Scope/Contents Note

Collection consists of correspondence, writings, materialspertaining to Haste's work at General Foods, photographs, and printed matter. Correspondence concerns her work and personal and family matters. Writings include published and unpublished poems, short stories, reminiscences, 1908 and 1912 diaries she kept at the University of Chicago, travel journals, and literary notebooks. General Foods materials contain memoranda, drafts of newsletter Haste edited, and lectures. Also, photographs of Haste and her relatives, and biographical information.

Biographical/Historical Note

Gwendolen Haste (1889-1979) was an American poet. She wrote poems and short stories, worked in public relations at the General Foods Corporation from 1926 to 1954, and was active in the Poetry Society of America. She won the Nation Poetry Prize in 1922.

Controlled Access Terms

• Haste, Gwendolen.
• University of Chicago -- Students.
• American poetry -- 20th century.
• World War, 1914-1918 -- Personal narratives.
• Greenwich Village (New York, N.Y.) -- Social life and customs.
• United States -- Description and travel.
• Europe -- Description and travel.
• Diaries.
• Photographic prints.
• Scrapbooks.
• Poets.

Additional Creator Names

• Monroe, Harriet, 1860-1936.
• Rankin, Jeannette.
• Wheeler, Burton K. (Burton Kendall), 1882-1975.
• Auslander, Joseph, 1897-1965.
• Brown, B. (Basil), 1931-
• Bynner, Witter, 1881-1968.
• Coates, Grace Stone, 1881-1976.
• Griffin, Walter Burley, 1876-1937.
• Innes, Edward K.