Guide to the Carl Sandburg Collection

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California State University, Northridge
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Contributing Institution: Special Collections & Archives
Title: Carl Sandburg Collection
Creator: California State University, Northridge. University Library
Identifier/Call Number: SC.CSC
Extent: 32.17 linear feet
Date (inclusive): ca. 1875-1982
Date (bulk): 1958-1968
Abstract: Carl Sandburg (1878-1967) was a contemporary American poet, author, musician, well-known Abraham Lincoln scholar, and winner of three Pulitzer Prizes. The materials in the collection primarily document events featuring or celebrating Carl Sandburg's career, including correspondence, newspaper and magazine clippings, scrapbooks, personal and press photographs, record albums, autographed memorabilia and ephemera, and writings by and about Carl Sandburg.
Language of Material: English

Historical Note:

The library created this collection of materials for study and research.

Scope and Contents

The Carl Sandburg Collection documents the life and career of poet, author, musician, and Abraham Lincoln scholar, Carl Sandburg, with a focus on published tributes, dedications, events held in his honor, and a small amount of material related to his family members. The collection consists of items donated by a number of individuals, including radio broadcasting pioneer and Civil War scholar, Carl Haverlin; rare book dealers, Jacob and Josephine ver Brugge-Zeitlin; and selected members of the Sandburg family, including sisters, Esther Sandburg Wachs and Mary Sandburg Johnson, and niece, Jane Matthews. A portion of the collection is believed to have been assembled by donors for various exhibits between 1954 and 1982. The collection is divided into two series, Series I: Subject Files (ca. 1875-1982) and Series II: Scrapbooks (1919-1974).
Series I, Subject Files, documents the public and personal life of Carl Sandburg through writings, photographs, and ephemera related to his childhood and early history, career as a poet and author, associations with celebrities and other authors, and his relationships with family members. The series includes newspaper and magazine clippings; exhibition materials; brochures and pamphlets; event invitations, programs, and announcements; advertisements and promotional materials; newsletters; printed works and book drafts; correspondence; and audio visual material. The series is arranged alphabetically by subject.
Series II, Scrapbooks, documents the writing career and life experiences of Carl Sandburg with a focus on his role as a public figure. The series consists of newspaper and magazine clippings, programs, correspondence, announcements, illustrations, and a small number of photographs which have been assembled into scrapbooks by members of the Sandburg family and other collectors of Sandburg related materials. The series is arranged chronologically.

Arrangement of Materials:

Series I: Subject Files, ca. 1875-1982
Series II: Scrapbooks, 1919-1974

Conditions Governing Use:

Copyright for unpublished materials authored or otherwise produced by the creator(s) of this collection has not been transferred to California State University, Northridge. Copyright status for other materials is unknown. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.) beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Works not in the public domain cannot be commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owners. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.

Conditions Governing Access:

The collection is open for research use.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Carl Haverlin, Jacob and Josephine Zeitlin, Jane Matthews, Esther Sandburg Wachs, Mary Sandburg Johnson

Preferred Citation:

For information about citing items in this collection consult the appropriate style manual, or see the Citing Archival Materials  guide.

Processing Information:

Jeannie Chen and Holli Teltoe, 2016

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Albums (Books)
Ephemera
Documents
Photographs
Scrapbooks
Audiovisual materials

 

Series I: Subject Files, ca. 1875-1982

Box 1, Folder 1

American Authors, Newspaper Clippings, 1967-1971

Box 1, Folder 2

Broadcast Music, Inc., 1950, 1957

Box 1, Folder 3

Carl Sandburg Birthplace Association, 1949, 1960-1971

Box 1, Folder 4

Death of Carl Sandburg, 1967

Box 1, Folder 5

Exhibitions, 1954-1958, 1967-1971, 1982

Box 1, Folder 6

Exhibitions, Carl Sandburg's America, 1975

Box 1, Folder 7

Galvaland Newsletter, 1967

Box 1, Folder 8

Illinois Regional History, 1911, 1937, 1968-1971

Box 1, Folder 9

Illinois State Historical Society Dispatch , 1969-1971

Box 1, Folder 10

Knox College, 1909, 1928, 1937-1938, 1966-1970

Box 1, Folder 11

Knox College, 1968-1973

Box 1, Folder 12

Lincoln, Abraham, 1958-1959, 1968-1974

Box 1, Folder 13

Murrow, Edward R., Newspaper Clipping, 1956

Box 1, Folder 14

Music and Theater Performances, 1934, 1955, 1968-1972

Box 1, Folder 15

My Friend Carl Sandburg: The Biography of a Friendship by Lila S. Perry, Draft, 1981

Box 1, Folder 16

My Friend Carl Sandburg: The Biography of a Friendship by Lila S. Perry, Draft, 1981

Box 1, Folder 17

My Friend Carl Sandburg: The Biography of a Friendship by Lila S. Perry, Draft, 1981

Box 1, Folder 18

My Friend Carl Sandburg: The Biography of a Friendship by Lila S. Perry, Draft, 1981

Box 1, Folder 19

Notes Regarding Carl Sandburg

Box 2, Folder 1

Printed Works, 1904-1941

Box 2, Folder 2

Printed Works, 1949 March 25-1957 May 1

Box 2, Folder 3

Printed Works, 1959 February 12- October 1970

Box 2, Folder 4

Publicity and Advertising, 1974

Box 2, Folder 5

Sandburg, Carl, Correspondence to Mary Sandburg Johnson, 1900-1904

Box 2, Folder 6

Sandburg Family Correspondence, 1936-1974

Box 2, Folder 7

Sandburg Family History, 1874, 1893, 1908, 1962, 1974

Box 2, Folder 8

Sandburg Family, Newspaper Clippings, 1968-1974

Box 2, Folder 9

Tributes and Dedications, 1953-1960, 1978-1982

Box 2, Folder 10

Twain, Mark, Newspaper Clippings, 1957, 1966, 1970

Box 2, Folder 11

Wachs, Arthur and Esther Sandburg, Correspondence, 1967-1971

Box 2, Folder 12

Wachs, Esther Sandburg, Personal Items, 1906-1909, 1931-1958, 1968-1974

Box 2, Folder 13

Writings and Music by Carl Sandburg, 1939, 1967-1972

Box 2, Folder 14

Writings About Carl Sandburg, 1930-1948, 1954-1958, 1967-1972

Box 4, Folder 1

Broadcast Music Inc., Draft Book Cover

Box 4, Folder 2

Carl Sandburg Birthplace Association, 1968-1971

Box 4, Folder 3

Carl Sandburg College, 1972

Box 4, Folder 4

Death of Carl Sandburg, 1967

Box 4, Folder 5

Eisenhower, Dwight D., 1969

Box 4, Folder 6

Exhibitions, Carl Sandburg's America, Poster, 1975

Box 4, Folder 7

Exhibitions, Case Cards

Box 4, Folder 8

Holt, Henry, 1959

Box 4, Folder 9

Illinois Regional History, 1953, 1956

Box 4, Folder 10

Illinois Regional History, 1958, 1968-1971

Box 4, Folder 11

Knox College, 1937

Box 4, Folder 12

Lincoln, Abraham, 1957-1959

Box 4, Folder 13

Lincoln, Abraham, 1959-1960, 1958, 1972

Box 4, Folder 14

Monroe, Marilyn, 1972

Box 4, Folder 15

Murrow, Edward R.

Box 4, Folder 16

Patterson, Alicia, 1959

Box 4, Folder 17

Printed Works, 1944, 1964

Box 4, Folder 18

Publicity and Promotion

Box 4, Folder 19

Tributes and Dedications, 1967-1968, 1973

Box 4, Folder 20

Twain, Mark

Box 4, Folder 21

Writings About Carl Sandburg, 1969-1972

Box 4, Folder 22

Writings About Carl Sandburg, 1963-1967

Box 4, Folder 23

Writings About Carl Sandburg, 1959-1961

Box 4, Folder 24

Writings About Carl Sandburg, 1951-1954

Box 4, Folder 25

Writings About Carl Sandburg, 1929-1950

Box 4, Folder 26

Music and Theater Performances, 1978

Box 5, Folder 1

Exhibitions, Photographic Print by Frederick Knoop, Matted, 1941

Box 5, Folder 2

Exhibitions, Photographic Print by Edward Steichen, Matted, 1930

Box 5, Folder 3

Exhibitions, Photographic Print by Edward Steichen, Matted, 1936

Box 5, Folder 4

Exhibitions, Photographic Print, Matted, ca. 1890-ca. 1895

Box 5, Folder 5

Exhibitions, Photographic Print, Matted

Box 5, Folder 6

Exhibitions, Photographic Print, Matted

Box 5, Folder 7

Exhibitions, Photographic Print, Matted

Box 5, Folder 8

Exhibitions, Photographic Print, Matted

Box 5, Folder 9

Exhibitions, Photographic Print, Matted

Box 5, Folder 10

Exhibitions, Photographic Print, Matted

Box 5, Folder 11

Exhibitions, Photographic Print, Matted

Box 5, Folder 12

Exhibitions, Photographic Print, Matted

Box 5, Folder 13

Exhibitions, Photographic Print, Matted

Box 5, Folder 14

Exhibitions, Photographic Print, Matted

Box 5, Folder 15

Exhibitions, Photographic Print, Matted

Box 5, Folder 16

Exhibitions, Photographic Print, Matted

Box 5, Folder 17

Lincoln's Birthday, Joint Session Congress, Photographic Prints, 1959

Box 5, Folder 18

Sandburg, Carl, Photographic Print

Box 5, Folder 19

Sandburg, Carl, Photographic Print Inscribed to Jake Zeitlin

Box 6, Folder 1

Carl Sandburg Birthplace Association, Photographic Prints, ca. 1880-ca. 1940, 1958-1969

Box 6, Folder 2

Carl Sandburg by Harry Golden, Photographic Negatives, 1961

Box 6, Folder 3

Exhibitions, Carl Sandburg's America, Photographic Prints, 1975

Box 6, Folder 4

Illinois History, Galesburg, Photographic Prints, 1896-1902

Box 6, Folder 5

Illustrations, Photographic Negatives and Transparency

Box 6, Folder 6

Knox College, Photographic Prints

Box 6, Folder 7

Publicity and Promotion, 1959

Box 6, Folder 8

Sandburg, Carl, Photographic Prints, ca. 1890-ca. 1910, 1958-ca. 1963

Box 6, Folder 9

Sandburg Family, Photographic Prints and Negative, ca. 1875-ca. 1909

Box 6, Folder 10

Sandburg Family, Photographic Prints and Negative, ca. 1910-ca. 1919

Box 6, Folder 11

Sandburg Family, Photographic Prints and Negative, ca. 1920-ca. 1940

Box 6, Folder 12

Sandburg Family, Photographic Prints, ca. 1942-1967

Box 6, Folder 13

Tributes and Dedications, Carl Sandburg High School, Photographic Prints, 1954 October 10

Box 6, Folder 14

Tributes and Dedications, Carl Sandburg 75th Birthday, Photographic Prints, 1953 January 6

Box 6, Folder 15

Tributes and Dedications, Praise for Carl Sandburg, Photographic Negatives, 1953 January 6

Box 6, Folder 16

Unknown Event, Photographic Negatives

Box 6, Folder 17

Wachs, Esther Sandburg, Photographic Prints, ca. 1925, 1953, 1963, 1966

Box 6, Folder 18

Wachs, Esther Sandburg, Photographic Prints, ca. 1898-ca. 1910

Box 7, Item 1

Always the Young Strangers by Carl Sandburg, Draft, 1952

Box 8, Item 1

The American Songbag, Record Album, ca. 1937

Box 8, Item 2

Exhibitions, Black Satchel

Box 8, Item 3

Exhibitions, Case Cards

Box 8, Item 4

Exhibitions, Copy Cards

Box 8, Item 5

Exhibitions, Case Descriptions

Box 8, Item 6

Exhibitions, Green Satchel

Box 8, Item 7

Exhibitions, Relief Plaster of C. Sandburg

Box 8, Item 8

Names from the War, The Carl Sandburg Suite, Record Album, 1961

Box 30, Item 1

Carl Sandburg's America, Carl Sandburg Portrayed by Carroll Jordan, U-Matic Tape

Box 30, Item 2

Carl Sandburg's America Symposium, U-Matic Tape, 1976 May 13

 

Series II: Scrapbooks, 1919-1974

Box 2, Folder 15

Scrapbooks, Loose Newspaper Clippings, 1921-1967

Box 2, Folder 16

Scrapbooks, Loose Newspaper Clippings, 1967

Box 3, Folder 1

Scrapbooks, Loose Newspaper Clippings, 1967-1968

Box 3, Folder 2

Scrapbooks, Loose Newspaper Clippings, 1968-1970

Box 3, Folder 3

Scrapbooks, Loose Newspaper Clippings, 1970-1974

Box 5, Folder 20

Scrapbooks, Loose Newspaper Clippings, 1953

Box 5, Folder 21

Scrapbooks, Loose Newspaper Clippings, 1957

Box 5, Folder 22

Scrapbooks, Loose Newspaper Clippings, 1958 January-June

Box 5, Folder 23

Scrapbooks, Loose Newspaper Clippings, 1958 June-December

Box 5, Folder 24

Scrapbooks, Loose Newspaper Clippings, 1959

Box 5, Folder 25

Scrapbooks, Loose Newspaper Clippings, 1961

Box 9, Item 1

Scrapbook, 1919-1936

Box 10, Item 1

Scrapbook, 1937-1944

Box 11, Item 1

Scrapbook, 1941-1963

Box 12, Item 1

Scrapbook, 1944-1947

Box 13, Item 1

Scrapbook, 1943-1949

Box 14, Item 1

Scrapbook, 1949-1952

Box 15, Item 1

Scrapbook, 1953 January-February

Box 16, Item 1

Scrapbook, 1953 January-November

Box 17, Item 1

Scrapbook, 1954

Box 18, Item 1

Scrapbook, 1955-1956

Box 19, Item 1

Scrapbook, 1957

Box 20, Item 1

Scrapbook, 1958 January-June

Box 21, Item 1

Scrapbook, 1958 June-December

Box 22, Item 1

Scrapbook, 1959

Box 23, Item 1

Scrapbook, 1960

Box 24, Item 1

Scrapbook, 1961

Box 25, Item 1

Scrapbook, January-July 1962

Box 26, Item 1

Scrapbook, 1962 August-December

Box 27, Item 1

Scrapbook, 1963

Box 28, Item 1

Scrapbook, 1964

Box 29, Item 1

Scrapbook, 1965-1966