Finding-Aid for the Henry Dalton Collection
MUM00099
Table of Contents
PURL
http://purl.oclc.org/umarchives/MUM00099/
Summary Information
- Repository
- University of Mississippi Libraries
- Title
- Henry Dalton Collection
- ID
- MUM00099
- Date
- 1930-1977
- Extent
- 29.0 boxes 28 boxes + 1 oversize box
- Abstract
- Collection consists of correspondence, various manuscripts, documents, and ephemera related to the life of Henry Dalton created from 1930-1977.
Preferred Citation
Henry Dalton Collection (MUM00099). The Department of Archives and Special Collections, J.D. Williams Library, The University of Mississippi.
Biographical Note
Henry Conn Dalton was born in Rienzi, MS in 1909. He earned a B.A. in English from Union University in 1930. From 1930-39 he taught English and mathematics in teh Alcorn County high schools. He also taught piano. From 1939-1969 he workied as a clerk in the Corinth post office. His first book of poetry, Hill Born , won the Kaleidograph Book Publication Contest and cam out in 1954.
Scope and Contents Note
Collection consists of correspondence, various manuscripts, documents, and ephemera related to the life of Henry Dalton created from 1930-1977.
Administrative Information
Publication Information
University of Mississippi Libraries 2005
Access Restrictions
Open.
Use Restriction
The copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) governs the making of photocopies or other reproductions of copyrighted material. Under certain conditions specified in the law, libraries and archives are authorized to furnish a photocopy or other reproduction. One of these specified conditions is that the photocopy or reproduction is not to be "used for any purpose other than private study, scholarship or research." If a user makes a request for, or later uses, a photocopy or reproduction for purposes in excess of "fair use", that user may be liable for copyright infringement.
Custodial History
Accruals
Source of Collection
Processing Information
Processed by University of Mississippi Department Special Collections Staff . EAD encoded finding-aid begun September 2005.
Controlled Access Headings
Personal Name(s)
Partial Bibliograpy
The Various Light Drake/Muses American Writing 1942 Swallow Golden Quill Anthology 1956 Abbe, et.al. American Writing 1944 Caukin/Swallow Varied Verses Dierkes Golden Quill Anthology 1962 Williams, et.al. Poetry Society of America Anthology Adams Golden Quill Anthology 1958 Abbe, et al Golden Quill Anthology 1966 Mowrer/Farra Hill Born 1954 Kaleidograph Press The Process of Becoming 1954 Kaleidograph Press "Henry Dalton: North Mississippi Poet" Notes on Mississippi Writers, 3 (Fall 1970), 81-86.
Collection Inventory
Box 1 |
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Box 1, Folder 1 Correspondence A |
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Box 1, Folder 2 Correspondence B Be |
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Box 1, Folder 3 Correspondence Bf Bz |
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Box 1, Folder 4 Correspondence Barney, William D. |
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Box 1, Folder 5 Correspondence C Cook |
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Box 1, Folder 6 Correspondence Cooper Cz |
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Box 1, Folder 7 Correspondence D |
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Box 2 |
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Box 2, Folder 1 Correspondence E |
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Box 2, Folder 2 Correspondence F |
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Box 2, Folder 3 Correspondence G |
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Box 2, Folder 4 Correspondence H Hd |
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Box 2, Folder 5 Correspondence He Hz |
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Box 2, Folder 6 Correspondence I - J - K |
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Box 2, Folder 7 Correspondence L |
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Box 3 |
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Box 3, Folder 1 Correspondence M - Mc |
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Box 3, Folder 2 Correspondence Me Mz |
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Box 3, Folder 3 Correspondence N |
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Box 3, Folder 4 Correspondence O Per |
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Box 3, Folder 5 Correspondence Pes - Pz. |
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Box 4 |
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Box 4, Folder 1 Correspondence R |
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Box 4, Folder 2 Correspondence S |
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Box 4, Folder 3 Correspondence T Tra |
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Box 4, Folder 4 Correspondence Tre Tz |
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Box 4, Folder 5 Correspondence Tillinghast, Richard |
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Box 4, Folder 6 Correspondence U Walk |
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Box 5 |
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Box 5, Folder 1 Correspondence Wals - Z |
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Box 5, Folder 2 Correspondence First Names Only |
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Box 5, Folder 3 Correspondence Later Additions |
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Box 6 |
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Box 6, Folder 1 Manuscript Notebook 1930 |
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Box 6, Folder 2 Notebooks 1936 39 |
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Box 6, Folder 3 Poem 1939? |
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Box 6, Folder 4 Poems 1930-47 |
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Box 6, Folder 5 Notebook Summer 1947 |
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Box 6, Folder 6 Poems accepted for publication 1948-52 |
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Box 7 |
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Box 7, Folder 1 New Poems 1948-50 |
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Box 7, Folder 2 New Poems June 1950 |
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Box 7, Folder 3 "Final" Versions Summer 1952 |
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Box 7, Folder 4 Good Copies (Duplicates) 1953 |
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Box 7, Folder 5 Poems to work on 1953 |
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Box 7, Folder 6 For the record Summer 1953 |
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Box 7, Folder 7 Poems accepted for publication 1953-59/60 |
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Box 7, Folder 8 Misc. 1953-54 |
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Box 7, Folder 9 Misc. 1953-54 |
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Box 7, Folder 10 Worksheets 1954 |
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Box 7, Folder 11 "Final" copies 1954 |
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Box 7, Folder 12 For the record 1954 |
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Box 8 |
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Box 8, Folder 1 "The Ungifted" 1954 |
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Box 8, Folder 2 Misc. 1954 |
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Box 8, Folder 3 Misc. 1954 |
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Box 8, Folder 4 Extra copies 1955 |
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Box 8, Folder 5 Worksheets 1955 |
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Box 8, Folder 6 "Dry Branches" Summer 1955 |
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Box 8, Folder 7 Poem Ideas 1956 |
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Box 8, Folder 8 Misc. Summer 1956 |
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Box 8, Folder 9 Worksheets on unpublished poems Summer 1956 |
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Box 9 |
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Box 9, Folder 1 New versions of published poems & Summer 1956-1956 |
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Box 9, Folder 2 Summer (2) 1956 |
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Box 9, Folder 3 Summer (3) 1956 |
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Box 9, Folder 4 New poems/new versions of old poems Summer 1956 |
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Box 9, Folder 5 Misc. 1956 |
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Box 9, Folder 6 Poems to send out 1956 |
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Box 9, Folder 7 Working folder 1956 |
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Box 9, Folder 8 Misc. 1956-58 |
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Box 9, Folder 9 Misc. 1957 |
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Box 9, Folder 10 Revisions of old poems 1959 |
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Box 9, Folder 11 More or less finished 1959 |
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Box 10 |
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Box 10, Folder 1 Revisions of published poems 1959 |
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Box 10, Folder 2 Light verse 1959 |
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Box 10, Folder 3 New poems Summer 1959 |
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Box 10, Folder 4 Misc. 1959 |
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Box 10, Folder 5 Misc. 1959 |
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Box 10, Folder 6 Misc. 1959-60 |
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Box 10, Folder 7 Misc. 1960 |
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Box 10, Folder 8 Misc. 1960(1) |
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Box 10, Folder 9 Misc. 1960(2) |
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Box 10, Folder 10 "Cold Day in August" worksheets 1961 |
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Box 11 |
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Box 11, Folder 1 Misc. 1961 |
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Box 11, Folder 2 Revision project 1961 |
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Box 11, Folder 3 Misc. 1962 |
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Box 11, Folder 3 Misc. 1962 |
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Box 11, Folder 4 Poetry Notebook 1963 |
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Box 11, Folder 5 Unpublished poems old & new 1963 |
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Box 11, Folder 6 Misc. 1963(1) |
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Box 11, Folder 7 Misc. 1963(2) |
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Box 11, Folder 8 From Bloomburg, PA Morning Press & worksheets 1963 |
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Box 11, Folder 9 To File 1964 |
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Box 11, Folder 10 Extra copies 1964 |
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Box 11, Folder 7 Misc. 1975 |
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Box 12 |
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Box 12, Folder 1 Misc. 1964 |
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Box 12, Folder 2 "Cold Day in August" 1964 |
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Box 12, Folder 3 "Cold Day in August" 1964 |
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Box 12, Folder 4 Poems to send out 1964-65 |
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Box 12, Folder 5 Misc. 1965 |
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Box 12, Folder 6 Misc. 1965 |
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Box 12, Folder 7 "Final" versions contain typing errors 1973 |
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Box 12, Folder 8 Misc. 1973-74 |
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Box 12, Folder 9 Undated pages 1974 |
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Box 12, Folder 1 Extra copies, published poems 1974 |
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Box 13 |
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Box 13, Folder 1 Sewanee 1974 |
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Box 13, Folder 2 Misc. 1974 |
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Box 13, Folder 3 Misc. 1974 |
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Box 13, Folder 4 Final worksheets 1974 |
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Box 13, Folder 5 Misc. 1974 |
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Box 13, Folder 6 Misc. 1974 |
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Box 13, Folder 7 Misc. 1975 |
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Box 13, Folder 7 Misc. 1975 |
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Box 13, Folder 8 Misc. 1975 |
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Box 13, Folder 9 Misc. 1975 |
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Box 14 |
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Box 14, Folder 1 Misc. 1975 |
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Box 14, Folder 2 Misc. 1975 |
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Box 14, Folder 3 Misc. 1975 |
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Box 14, Folder 4 Misc. 1975 |
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Box 14, Folder 5 Misc. 1975 |
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Box 14, Folder 6 Misc. 1976 |
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Box 14, Folder 7 Misc. 1976 |
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Box 15 |
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Box 15, Folder 1 Misc. 1976 |
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Box 15, Folder 2 Misc. 1977 |
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Box 15, Folder 3 Misc. 1975 |
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Box 15, Folder 4 Misc. 1977 |
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Box 15, Folder 5 Misc. 1977 |
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Box 15, Folder 6 Misc. 1977 |
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Box 15, Folder 7 Misc. 1978 |
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Box 16 |
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Box 16, Folder 1 "For the record" |
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Box 16, Folder 2 Dead file |
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Box 16, Folder 3 Early poems(?) |
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Box 16, Folder 4 Acceptances |
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Box 16, Folder 5 Acceptances (cont) |
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Box 16, Folder 6 Good News |
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Box 16, Folder 7 Scrapbook on poetry of Henry Dalton |
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Box 16, Folder 8 Old poems all published |
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Box 16, Folder 9 Misc. Manuscripts |
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Box 16, Folder 10 Misc. Manuscript |
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Box 16, Folder 11 Short stories, prose |
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Box 17 |
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Box 17 Hill Born 2 copies of 2nd addition |
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Box 17, Folder 1 Hill Born Galleys |
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Box 17, Folder 2 Hill Born 1954 TMs |
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Box 17, Folder 3 Revisions of poems from Hill Born 1956 |
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Box 17, Folder 4 New version of poems from Hill Born 1956 |
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Box 17, Folder 5 Hill Born new versions 1974 |
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Box 18 |
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Box 18, Folder 1 Process of Becoming worksheets |
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Box 18, Folder 2 Possible poems for Process of Becoming |
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Box 18, Folder 3 Worksheets on Process of Becoming 1973 |
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Box 18, Folder 4 Poems for Process of Becoming 1974 |
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Box 18, Folder 5 Process of Becoming 2nd version 1974 |
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Box 18, Folder 6 Process of Becoming working copy 1975 |
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Box 18, Folder 7 Process of Becoming version accepted 1976 |
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Box 18, Folder 8 Process of Becoming 1977 |
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Box 18, Folder 9 Process of Becoming (?) |
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Box 18, Folder 10 Process of Becoming proof sheets |
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Box 19 |
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Box 19, Folder 1 Misc. |
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Box 19, Folder 2 Misc. |
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Box 19, Folder 3 Clippings |
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Box 19, Folder 4 Concert programs |
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Box 19, Folder 5 National Guild of Piano Teachers misc. |
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Box 19, Folder 6 Lab work in physics |
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Box 19, Folder 7 Sewanee Summer Music Center 1974, 1975 |
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Box 19, Folder 8 "Venture Into Poetry" 5th grade, Corinth, MS |
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Box 20 |
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Box 20 The American Bard. Vol. 12, No. 1, 1953 |
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Box 20 American Poet. Vol. 3, No. 7, Oct. 1943 |
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Box 20 American Prefaces. Vol. 7, No. 1, Autumn 1941 |
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Box 20 American Weave. Vol. 21, No. 2, Autumn 1956 |
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Box 20 American Weave. Vol. 26, No. 2, 1961-62 |
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Box 20 American Weave. Vol. 27, No. 2, 1963-64 |
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Box 20 The Bard. Vol. 8, No. 1, Spring 1941 |
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Box 20 Blue Moon. Vol. 12, No. 3, 1941 |
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Box 20 Chapter in Your Life Entitled San Francisco. |
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Box 20 The Churchman. 1/15/1950 |
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Box 20 The Churchman. 6/1/1950 |
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Box 20 The Churchman. 6/15/1950 |
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Box 20 The Churchman. 10/15/1952 |
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Box 20 Compass. No. 9, 1948 |
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Box 20 Compass. No. 13, 1950 |
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Box 20 Corinth Centennial. 1954 |
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Box 20 Elizabeth. No. 3, Mar-62 |
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Box 20 The English Journal. Vol. 30, No. 8, Oct. 1941 |
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Box 20 Epos. Vol. 16, No. 1, Fall 1964 |
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Box 20 Experiment. Vol. 1, No. 4, Jan. 1945 |
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Box 20 Fiddlehead. No. 64, 1965 |
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Box 20 Florida Education. Vol. 42, No.5, Jan. 1965 |
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Box 20 Florida Education. Vol. 42, No. 6, Feb. 1965 |
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Box 20 Florida Magazine of Verse. Vol. 11, No. 1, Nov. 1950 |
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Box 20 The Garnet. Vol. 6, No. 3, Dec. 1948 |
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Box 20 The Goliards. Third Edition, 1964 |
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Box 20 The Goliards. Fourth Edition, 1965 |
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Box 20 Hawk and Whippoorwhill. Vol. 3, No. 1, 1962 |
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Box 20 Hawk and Whippoorwill. Vol. 4, No. 2, 1965 |
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Box 20 A Houyhnhnm's Scrapbook. No. 2, Feb. 1957 |
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Box 20 Kaleidograph. Vol. 11, No. 10, Feb. 1941 |
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Box 20 Kaleidograph. Vol. 13, No. 11, Mar. 1942 |
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Box 20 Kaleidograph. Vol. 14, No. 10, Feb. 1943 |
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Box 20 Kaleidograph. Vol. 17, No. 3, Jul-45 |
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Box 20 Kaleidograph. Vol. 20, No. 7, Nov. 1948 |
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Box 20 Kaleidograph. Vol. 21, No. 7, Nov. 1949 |
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Box 20 Kaleidograph. Vol. 21, No. 11, Mar. 1950 |
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Box 20 Kaleidograph. Vol. 23, No. 8, Dec. 1951 |
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Box 20 Kaleidograph. Vol. 25, No. 1, May-53 |
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Box 20 Kaleidograph. Vol. 25, No. 12, Apr. 1954 |
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Box 20 Kaleidograph. Vol. 27, No. 1, 1955 |
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Box 20 Kaleidograph. Vol. 28, No. 1, 1956 |
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Box 20 Kaleidograph. Vol. 29, No. 4, 1958 |
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Box 20 Kaleidograph. Vol. 30, No. 4, 1959 |
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Box 21 |
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Box 21 The Lantern. Vol. 23, No. 2, 1949 |
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Box 21 The Lantern. Vol. 23, No. 4, 1949 |
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Box 21 The Lyric. Vol. 34, No. 2, 1954 |
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Box 21 The Lyric. Vol. 41, No. 4, 1961 |
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Box 21 The Lyric. Vol. 43, No. 3, 1963 |
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Box 21 The Lyric. Vol. 44, No. 4, 1964 |
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Box 21 The Lyric. Vol. 50, No. 4, 1970 |
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Box 21 The Lyric. Vol. 53, No. 4, 1973 |
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Box 21 The Lyric. Vol. 54, No. 4, 1974 |
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Box 21 Mississippi Poetry Journal. Vol. 1, No. 1, 1957 |
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Box 21 Mississippi Poetry Journal. Vol. 1, No. 2, 1957 |
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Box 21 Mississippi Poetry Journal. Vol. 1, No. 4, 1958 |
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Box 21 Mississippi Poetry Journal. Vol. 2, No. 1, 1958 |
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Box 21 Mississippi Poetry Journal. Vol. 2, No. 3, 1959 |
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Box 21 Mississippi Poetry Journal. Vol. 2, No. 4, 1959 |
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Box 21 Mississippi Poetry Journa]. Vol. 4, No. 1, 1961 |
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Box 21 New Athenaeum. 1954 |
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Box 21 The New Orleans Poetry Journal. Vol. 1, No. 4, 1955 |
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Box 21 The New Orleans Poetry Journal. Vol. 3, No. 1, 1957 |
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Box 21 The New Orleans Poetry Journal. Vol. 4, No.3, 1958 |
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Box 21 Notes on Mississippi Writers. Vol. 3, No. 2, 1970 |
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Box 21 Notes on Mississippi Writers. Vol. 6, No. 1, 1973 |
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Box 21 One Hundred Poems. Book 1, 1956 |
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Box 21 Poetry. Vol. 31, No. 5, 1943 |
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Box 21 The Poetry Chap Book. Vol. 8, No. 1, 1949 |
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Box 21 Poetry Society of Texas, Monthly Report. Apr. 1950 |
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Box 21 Quicksilver. Vol. 5, No. 2, 1952 |
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Box 21 Quicksilver. Vol. 7, No. 1, 1954 |
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Box 21 Sam Houston Literary Review. Vol. 1, No. 2, 1976 |
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Box 21 Science of Mind. Vol. 32, No. 3, 1959 |
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Box 21 Scimitar and Song. Vol. 12, No. 3, 1949 |
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Box 21 South and West. Vol. 3, No. 3, 1964 65 |
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Box 21 The Southern Literary Messenger. Vol. 6, No. 2, 1944 |
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Box 21 Sparrow. 1964 |
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Box 22 |
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Box 22 Talaria. Vol. 8, No. 3, 1943 |
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Box 22 Talaria. Vol. 14, No. 3, 1949 |
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Box 22 Tomorrow. Vol. 1, No. 4, 1941 |
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Box 22 Tomorrow. Vol. 1, No. 5, 1942 |
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Box 22 Tomorrow. Vol. 1, No. 11, 1942 |
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Box 22 Verse Craft. Vol. 12, No. 5, 1942 |
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Box 22 Verse Craft. Vol. 13, No. 2, 1943 |
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Box 22 Verse Craft. Vol. 14, No. 5, 1944 |
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Box 22 Virginia Quarterly Review. Vol. 25, No. 1, 1949 |
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Box 22 Virginia Quarterly Review. Vol. 29, No. 3, 1953 |
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Box 22 Virginia Quarterly Review. Vol. 32, No. 1, 1956 |
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Box 22 Voices. No. 106, 1941 |
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Box 22 Voices. No. 114, 1943 |
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Box 22 Voices. No. 157, 1955 |
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Box 22 Voices. No. 182, 1963 |
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Box 22 The Writer. Mar. 1962 |
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Box 23 Misc. Assorted photos, Spiral Notebooks |
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Box 24 Oversize Materials, includes scrapbooks |
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