Finding Aid of the Alice Lavinia Long Papers LSC.2092
Finding aid prepared by Wayne Ruwet
Additions by Lilace Hatayama
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Title: Alice Lavinia Long papers
Creator:
Long, Alice Lavinia
Identifier/Call Number: LSC.2092
Physical Description:
1 Linear Feet
(2 boxes)
Date (inclusive): ca. 1924-1967
Abstract: Alice Lavinia Knoblauch married Haniel Clark Long in 1913. She painted, wove, and wrote poetry, which her husband collected
and preserved. A collection of her poetry was privately printed (1967). The collection consists of manuscript material, printed
material relating to Alice Long, correspondence, and ephemera. Manuscripts include
The poems of Alice Lavinia Long,
Alice's journal, and
Christmas, 1939.
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Language of Material: Materials are in English.
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Provenance/Source of Acquisition
Gift of Anton V. Long, 1973 & 1976.
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Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
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UCLA Catalog Record ID
Biography
Alice Lavinia Knoblauch was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota; married Haniel Clark Long there on Aug. 12, 1913; after Long resigned
his position at Carnegie Institute of Technology, they moved in 1929 to Santa Fe, New Mexico; she painted, wove, and wrote
poetry, which her husband collected and preserved; she died on October 14, 1956 in Santa Fe;
The poems of Alice Lavinia Long was privately printed in 1967.
Scope and Content
Collection consists of manuscript material, printed material relating to Alice Long, correspondence, and ephemera. Manuscripts
include The poems of Alice Lavinia Long, Alice's journal, and Christmas, 1939. Correspondents include Clifton Fadiman, Lawrence
Clark Powell, and May Sarton.
Organization and Arrangement
Arranged in the following series:
-
The poems of Alice Lavinia Long (Box 1).
- Printed material re Long, typescripts of journal, poems, and ephemera (Box 1).
- Letters from various persons to Anton Long re The poems of Alice Lavinia Long, ca. 1967 (Box 2).
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Women poets, American -- Archives.
Manuscripts for publication
Long, Alice Lavinia, -1956--Archives.
box 1
The poems of Alice Lavinia Long. Naples, New York,
1967
box 1, folder 1
Typescript and copies with printer's instructions.
General Physical Description note: 11 p.l., 55 leaves.
General note
Title page entitled "Final draft and dummy."
box 1, folder 2
Galley proofs.
General Physical Description note: 1 p.l., 55 leaves.
box 1, folder 3
Typescript and copies.
General Physical Description note: 43 miscellaneous leaves.
box 1, folder 6
Miscellaneous clippings
re Alice Long.
General Physical Description note: (2 items)
box 1, folder 7
Letters
re
The poems of Alice Lavinia Long. n.p.,
1967-1978.
General Physical Description note: 3 items. Typescript carbon.
- Includes letter Vitter Bynner and 1 clipping.
- [Also], holograph fragment of poem by Alice Lavinia Long.
box 1, folder 8
Ephemera
re
The poems of Alice Lavinia Long.
General Physical Description note: (11 items)
Scope and Contents note
Includes typescript carbon of letter to recipients of the book.
box 1, folder 9
Invoices
re
The poems of Alice Lavinia Long.
General Physical Description note: (4 items)
box 1, folder 10
Encore. A quarterly of verse and poetic arts vol.2, no.3. Albuquerque, New Mexico.
(Spring 1968, February-April)
Scope and Contents note
"Alice Long Memorial" (pp.4-6).
box 1, folder 11
"She left so gently (for Alice Long)."
National Fraternal Club News Magazine
(June 6, 1974).
General Physical Description note: p.4 (1 leaf) Photocopy.
box 1, folder 12
Private joy. Sayings of the children Molly and John. Recorded by their mother, 1926. Saint Paul, Minnesota: The Webb Press,
1942.
General Physical Description note: 9 p.l., 58pp.
box 1, folder 13
Related publications, v.p.,
v.d.
General Physical Description note: (6 items)
box 1, folder 13
1)
Anthology of poetry and verse by Institute of American Indian Arts students. Santa Fe, New Mexico: U.S. Department of the Interior,
1965.
box 1, folder 13
2)
A brief history and guide, Old South Church in Boston.
box 1, folder 13
3) "Mystical union of writer and region" [review of
Southwest Classics by Lawrence Clark Powell].
box 1, folder 13
4)
In memoriam: Haniel Long. Supplement to the
Sunstone Review,
Christmas 1974.
box 1, folder 13
5) "Invoi to Fred Demmler." Reprint from
Southwest Review vol.60, no.4.
(Autumn 1975)
General Physical Description note: 2 copies.
box 1, folder 14
Alice's journal,
1949-1951.
General Physical Description note: 112 leaves. Typescript. In brown cover.
Scope and Contents note
Extracted from letters to various persons.
box 1, folder 15
Alice's poems. From about
1924-[1954].
General Physical Description note: 78 leaves. Typescript. Loose leaf notebook.
box 1, folder 16
Christmas, 1939. [Santa Fe],
1939.
General Physical Description note: 1 leaf. Typescript carbon.
box 1, folder 17
Haniel Long Fund. Checkbook and accounts paid.
Scope and Contents note
re publication of
The poems of Alice Lavinia Long.
box 1
[Correspondence]. v.p., []
1923-1956
General Physical Description note: (37 items)
box 1, folder 4
Letters to Mrs. Hattie L. Knoblauch. v.p.,
1923-1941.
General Physical Description note: (9 items)
box 1, folder 5
Letters from various persons. v.p.,
1934-1956.
General Physical Description note: (28 items)
box 2
Letters from various persons to Anton Long as
The poems of Alice Lavinia Long.
ca. 1967.
box 2, folder 1
A - C.
General Physical Description note: (40 items)
Scope and Contents note
Includes letters from Anton Long to:
- Witter Bynner
- Garth Cate
- Peggy Pond Church
box 2, folder 2
D - G.
General Physical Description note: (35 items)
Scope and Contents note
Includes letters from:
- Clifton Fadiman
- Mrs. Turlie May (John Gould Fletcher)
box 2, folder 3
H - L.
General Physical Description note: (27 items)
Scope and Contents note
box 2, folder 4
M - Q.
General Physical Description note: (29 items)
Scope and Contents note
box 2, folder 5
R - Z.
General Physical Description note: (25 items)
Scope and Contents note
box 2, folder 6
T - Z.
General Physical Description note: (24 items)
Scope and Contents note
box 2, folder 7
Letters of acknowledgement from various institutions regarding receipt of
The poems of Alice Lavinia Long. v.p.,
ca. 1967.
General Physical Description note: (10 items)
