Details
Title

Clyde Robertson collection, 1883-1954

Date

1883-1954

Call Number

777

Contents

6 boxes.

Description

The papers of Colorado author and poet laureate Clyde Robertson, including drafts of her poetry, short stories, essays, one-act plays, song lyrics and a novel; also scrapbooks of her career, correspondence, literary reviews of her works, notebooks, clippings and other materials about her professional activities and her appointment as Colorado Poet Laureate. This collection also includes art by Sheila Burlingame, daughter of Clyde Robertson, done to illustrate her poems.

History

Margaret Clyde Applegate was born in Franklin, Indiana in 1870. She was educated through high school in Lyons, Kansas. She came to Colorado in 1890, having divorced her first husband, George Ellsworth, whom she married in 1886. She remarried in 1897 to William Earl Robertson, and lived in Leadville for many years. She began her career as a singer of light opera, became a writer, and was appointed Colorado Poet Laureate in 1953 at the age of 83.

Terms of Use

RIGHTS: Materials in this collection may be used freely for any purpose, with attribution to the Carnegie Library for Local History, Boulder. No duplicated materials may be deposited or placed on file in any other archive, museum, library or similar repository. Questions of copyright are the responsibility of the user.

Format

Documents.

Author/Donor

Robertson, Clyde
1870-1954
Corriell, Lois Stenborn

Subjects

Robertson, Clyde, 1870-1954
Poetry--Women authors
Poets laureate--Colorado
West (U.S.)--Poetry
Colorado author.

Acquisition Note

Donor: Lois Corriell Boulder, CO Gift 1989.

Pages

Clyde Robertson careerscrapbook, 1906-1948
Clyde Robertson careerscrapbook, 1906-1948
Call Number 777-3
Date 1906-1948
Contents 1 v.
Description A scrapbook compiled by Clyde Robertson, containing material pertaining to her career. Included are correspondence; literary society memorabilia; published stories, poems, book reviews, essays, plays; newspaper clippings about herself; reviews of her work; newspaper clippings and gallery notices re Sheila Burlingame, her daughter; play and poetry reading programs of her work;, theater reviews and playbills re Clyde Robertson as actress; invitations to literary gatherings; newspaper clippings, etc. re National League of American Pen Women; literary certificates; 2 page handwritten family history, prepared for her grandson; newspaper clippings re her travels in major American cities; newspaper clipping re her appointment as Colorado's Poet Laureate and ensuing controversy; material re the Poetry Society of America.

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Career scrapbook, 1926-1948
Career scrapbook, 1926-1948
Call Number 777-4-1
Date 1926-1948
Contents 1 f.
Description A scrapbook compiled by Clyde Robertson, containing material pertaining to her career. Included are newspaper clippings, published works and programs.

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Career scrapbook, 1944-1954
Career scrapbook, 1944-1954
Call Number 777-4-2
Date 1944-1954
Contents 1 v.
Description A scrapbook compiled by Clyde Robertson, containing material pertaining to her career. Included are newspaper clippings about her life and work; her obituaries; correspondence; reviews of her work; a book jacket for her collected poems, " Pony Nelson and other Western Ballads"; a collection of letters sent to her from Denver high school students, 1944; an editorial written on her death; and a typescript of her poem "What Shall it Profit a Man?".

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Travels scrapbook, 1925-1934
Travels scrapbook, 1925-1934
Call Number 777-4-3
Date 1925-1934
Contents 1 v.
Description A scrapbook compiled by Clyde Robertson, containing material pertaining to her travels abroad. Included are postcards of Scotland, Paris, England, Florida, Quebec and Bermuda; diary of "My first European trip", 1925,(includes expenses); diary of "My second European trip", 1929; diary of " Trip to Bermuda, 1934; Paris conterier business cards and bills of sale.

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Colorado Authors
Colorado Authors: Biographical sketch, [undated]
Call Number 777-5-1
Date undated
Contents 25 p.
Description A biographical sketch by Clyde Robertson compiled for Colorado Authors. It includes lists of published works with dates, prizes, and anthologies in which her works appear.

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Clyde Robertson's career and activities newspaper clippings, [undated]
Clyde Robertson's career and activities newspaper clippings, [undated]
Call Number 777-5-2
Date undated
Contents 19 p.
Description Newspaper clippings about Clyde Robertson, her work and activities.

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Clyde Robertson's professional affiliations newspaper clippings [undated]
Clyde Robertson's professional affiliations newspaper clippings [undated]
Call Number 777-5-3
Date undated
Contents 20 p.
Description Newspaper clippings about Clyde Robertson's activities in the National League of American Pen Women.

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Clyde Robertson's literary reviews newspaper clippings, [ undated]
Clyde Robertson's literary reviews newspaper clippings, [ undated]
Call Number 777-5-4
Date undated
Contents 21 p.
Description Newspaper clippings of reviews of Clyde Robertson's writings; also 1 typescript review.

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Clyde Robertson's appointment as Colorado Poet Laureate newspaper clippings, [undated]
Clyde Robertson's appointment as Colorado Poet Laureate newspaper clippings, [undated]
Call Number 777-5-5
Date undated
Contents 19 p.
Description Newspaper clippings about Clyde Robertson's appointment as Colorado Poet Laureate.

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Writings, clippings, [undated]
Writings, clippings, [undated]
Call Number 777-5-6
Date undated
Contents 21 p.
Description Writtings of Clyde Robertson clipped from published sources.

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Letters to Clyde Robertson about her work, 1935-1954
Letters to Clyde Robertson about her work, 1935-1954
Call Number 777-5-7
Date 1935-1954
Contents 43 p.
Description Letters written to Clyde Robertson about her writings and career.

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Letters to Clyde Robertson on her appointment as Colorado Poet Laureate, 1952
Letters to Clyde Robertson on her appointment as Colorado Poet Laureate, 1952
Call Number 777-5-8
Date 1952
Contents 35 p.
Description Letters of congratulation written to Clyde Robertson on her appointment as Colorado Poet Laureate.

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