Margaret McGorman Berry Papers
An inventory of her papers at Syracuse University
Finding aid created by: KM
Date: May 1987
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| 4 Nov 2009 | converted to EAD (MRC) |
Finding aid created by: KM
Date: May 1987
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| 4 Nov 2009 | converted to EAD (MRC) |
Overview of the Collection |
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| Creator: | Berry, Margaret McGorman. |
| Title: | Margaret McGorman Berry Papers |
| Dates: | 1936-1966 |
| Quantity: | 0.5 linear ft. |
| Abstract: | Papers of the American poet. Collection includes correspondence, typescript and holograph poems, the text of a lecture, published poems, and newspaper clippings about Berry. |
| Language: | English |
| Repository: | Special Collections Research Center, Syracuse University Libraries 222 Waverly Avenue Syracuse, NY 13244-2010 https://library.syracuse.edu/special-collections-research-center |
Margaret McGorman Berry (1880-?) was an American poet. Born September 20, 1880, she was educated in Canadian grammar schools and later in the United States. Prior to her marriage she wrote under her maiden name, M. M. Lamb. She was active in poetry associations in Virginia, New York, and New Jersey. Her poems appeared in national magazines such as The Bard, Blue Moon, The Lantern, Saturday Evening Post and several small poetry magazines as well as various newspapers. A collection of her poems, Harnessed Dreams, was published in 1951, and her work has also appeared in many anthologies.
The Margaret McGorman Berry Papers consist of a subject file, correspondence, manuscripts, and published material. The Subject file contains an unpublished guide to her work including an index to her poems and a list of publications in which her work appeared. Correspondence, dated 1946-1951, contains incoming letters only. Writings include unpublished poems in both typescript and handwritten form, a partial manuscript of her book, Harnessed Dreams, and the text of a speech. Published material includes tear sheets of her poems from various journals, her book, a catalog in which she is mentioned, and a selection of newspaper clippings about her.
All material is arranged alphabetically.
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Persons
Berry, Margaret McGorman.
Subjects
American poetry -- 20th century.
American poetry -- Women authors.
Poets, American -- 20th century.
Women poets, American -- 20th century.
Genres and Forms
Clippings (information artifacts)
Correspondence.
Poems.
Occupations
Poets.
Preferred Citation
Preferred citation for this material is as follows:
Margaret McGorman Berry Papers,
Special Collections Research Center,
Syracuse University Libraries
Acquisition Information
Gift of Margaret McGorman Berry, 1967, 1969.
Subject files
Correspondence
Manuscripts
Published material
| Subject files | |||||||||||
| Box 1 | Guide to Berry's work, unpublished | ||||||||||
| Correspondence | |||||||||||
| Box 1 | Incoming, A-Z 1946-1951 | ||||||||||
| Manuscripts | |||||||||||
| Box 1 | Typescript and holograph poems (6 folders) | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Harnessed Dreams - partial manuscript | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Speech, "Beneath the Surface in Poetry" | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Notes, miscellany | ||||||||||
| Published material | |||||||||||
| Box 1 | Poetry tearsheets | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Book, Harnessed Dreams 1951 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Catalog, "Alexandria Authors at Home" 1952 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Clippings about 1951-1963, undated | ||||||||||