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Unpublished self-copyrighted manuscript of previously published/awarded poems (organizations of publication listed)

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Date of Work

1962

Description

A selection of pages from the manuscript draft of Lydia O. Jackson’s book, Selected Poems. The title page lists the organizations from which Jackson received awards for her writing. Other pages include acknowledgements of the original places of publication for the included poems; a page dedicating the work to her family; a complete table of contents; and five of the poems included in the book: “Spring,” “Floodviews,” “Cupid and Psyche,” “The Poet,” and “Roberta.” The poems engage with topics and themes related to nature, the North Dakota landscape, the Red River Flood of 1950, mythology, poetic inspiration, and family. The acknowledgements page speaks to the breadth of local, regional, and national publications in which Jackson’s work appeared. Jackson submitted her work to a wide range of publications, including literary journals, women’s journals, and agricultural newspapers and journals like the Dakota Farmer.

Keywords

Awards, childhood, flood, love, mythology, natural disaster, nature, North Dakota, poetry, publications, Red River, seasons, spring, writing

Organizations Referenced

Altoona Mirror, American Poetry League, American Poetry League Bulletin, American Poetry Magazine, Aurora, Candor, Catholic Quote, Clifton's Food for Thought, Creative Writer, Crown Anthology, Different, Driftwood and Seashells, Echoes from the Cross, Ebenezer, Fargo Branch National League of American Pen Women, Fresh Furrows, From Sea to Sea in Song, Garnet and Zircon, Guideposts, Idaho Poets and Writer's Guild, Ideals, International Who's Who in Poetry, Marquis Who's Who of American Women, Second Edition, Volume 2, 1961–1962, Minnesota Farmer, Midwest Chaparral, Midwest Chaparral Poets, Midwest Horizons, Modern Bards, National Pen Pal Magazine, North Dakota Club Women, North Dakota Union Farmer, Now, Palmetto Voices, Prairiewings, Poetry Society of London, Reflections, Sanctuary, Seydell Quarterly, The American Bard, The American Courier, The Chipmunk, The Cockerspaniel Visitor, The Country Bard, The Dakota Farmer, The Fair Monthly, The Friend, The Guild, The Heartford Times, The Lighter Side, The Lincolnette, The Living Quill, The Passing Show, The Pen Women, The Poesy Book, The Think Tank, Walsh County Record, Wildfire, World Poetry Day Association

People Referenced

Elizabeth Jackson Bygland, Robert Bygland, Roberta Bygland, Arthur F. Jackson

Disciplines

Poetry

Physical Location

Lydia O. Jackson Papers (OGL0987), Series: Poetry, Sub-series: Manuscripts, Box 4, Folder 12: Selected Poems 1962.

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