Murton, Jessie Wilmore (Jones), 1886-1973 (MSS 439)

Authors

Manuscripts & Folklife Archives, Western Kentucky UniversityFollow

Publication Date

7-10-2015

Comments

This collection is archived in Manuscripts & Folklife Archives at Western Kentucky University; 270-745-6434; mssfa@wku.edu

Abstract

Finding aid for Manuscripts Collection 439. Correspondence, writings, scrapbooks, and financial records of Kentucky native and poet Jessie Wilmore Murton. Although born and raised in Kentucky, she spent most of her adult life in Battle Creek, Michigan. Her poetry and prose was published in several solo books and anthologies and appeared extensively in religious publications of the mid-twentieth century. The contents of Box 9 Folder 7 related to the League for Sanity in Poetry has been scanned and can be accessed by clicking on "Additional Files" below.

Disciplines

American Literature | United States History

Recommended Citation

Folklife Archives, Manuscripts &, "Murton, Jessie Wilmore (Jones), 1886-1973 (MSS 439)" (2015). MSS Finding Aids. Paper 4048.
https://digitalcommons.wku.edu/dlsc_mss_fin_aid/4048