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Miscellaneous Poems, 2 of 2

 File — Box 4: [Barcode: 31141023888915], Folder: 2
Scope and Contents

Mostly Ruth, some unknown

Dates: 1936-1985

Poem "Describing A Perfect School", framed, 1923

 Item — Box 3: [Barcode: 31141025371738], Object: 1
Abstract

A poem by Walt Whitman describing a perfect school, printed from the original wood blocks on a broadsheet and illustrated by George Illian. The illustrations are hand colored.

Dates: 1923

Poems "As Life Goes On" and "Cleanse"

 File — Box 1: [Barcode: 31141023903151], Folder: 14
Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection consists of 12 letters from Archie Royer, a former circus clown and Van Buren County resident, to his friend and fellow circus performer Bert Cole in New York. The collection also contains two pages of poems apparently composed by Royer, and a drawing with writing in Spanish.The letters in this collection detail Royer’s life on his farm in the 1940s. They range in date from November 1941 to July 1948. They are all addressed to Bert Cole (1875-?), a friend whom...
Dates: Majority of material found within 1869-1956

Poems Published – Ruth

 File — Box 4: [Barcode: 31141023888915], Folder: 8
Scope and Contents From the Collection: Ruth Genevieve Van Horn Zuckerman was born in Kalamazoo, Michigan on November 7, 1900 to Samuel H. Van Horn (1875-1938) and Laura J. (Mills) Van Horn (1880-1967). As a young adult, Ruth attended Western Michigan College (1918-1921) and the University of Michigan (1921-1922) to receive a B.A. in English. Continuing her studies, she returned to the University of Michigan (1925-1926) and also attended Columbia University (Summer 1935, Fall 1936-1967) to receive a M.A. in English with a minor in...
Dates: 1936-1985

Poems to Revise – Ruth

 File — Box 4: [Barcode: 31141023888915], Folder: 7
Scope and Contents From the Collection: Ruth Genevieve Van Horn Zuckerman was born in Kalamazoo, Michigan on November 7, 1900 to Samuel H. Van Horn (1875-1938) and Laura J. (Mills) Van Horn (1880-1967). As a young adult, Ruth attended Western Michigan College (1918-1921) and the University of Michigan (1921-1922) to receive a B.A. in English. Continuing her studies, she returned to the University of Michigan (1925-1926) and also attended Columbia University (Summer 1935, Fall 1936-1967) to receive a M.A. in English with a minor in...
Dates: 1936-1985

“Poems with Reference” – Ruth

 File — Box 2: [Barcode: 31141023888899], Folder: 14
Scope and Contents From the Collection: Ruth Genevieve Van Horn Zuckerman was born in Kalamazoo, Michigan on November 7, 1900 to Samuel H. Van Horn (1875-1938) and Laura J. (Mills) Van Horn (1880-1967). As a young adult, Ruth attended Western Michigan College (1918-1921) and the University of Michigan (1921-1922) to receive a B.A. in English. Continuing her studies, she returned to the University of Michigan (1925-1926) and also attended Columbia University (Summer 1935, Fall 1936-1967) to receive a M.A. in English with a minor in...
Dates: 1936-1985

Religious Poetry

 File — Box 4: [Barcode: 31141023888915], Folder: 5
Scope and Contents

Ruth and various other authors

Dates: 1936-1985

Say Goodbye to the Sad Rags of Winter, by John Digby, 1975

 Item — Box 1: [Barcode: 31141025375895], Folder: 4, Object: 3
Identifier: Item 3
Scope and Contents

Small booklet, illustrated by Steve Wheatley, No. 2 of an edition of 200 copies. Hounslow, Middlesex : Caligula Books, Miscellanea No. 3, 1975

Dates: Publication: 1975

“The Choke Chain” – Ruth

 File — Box 4: [Barcode: 31141023888915], Folder: 4
Scope and Contents From the Collection: Ruth Genevieve Van Horn Zuckerman was born in Kalamazoo, Michigan on November 7, 1900 to Samuel H. Van Horn (1875-1938) and Laura J. (Mills) Van Horn (1880-1967). As a young adult, Ruth attended Western Michigan College (1918-1921) and the University of Michigan (1921-1922) to receive a B.A. in English. Continuing her studies, she returned to the University of Michigan (1925-1926) and also attended Columbia University (Summer 1935, Fall 1936-1967) to receive a M.A. in English with a minor in...
Dates: 1936-1985