Speed, John Orville, 1871-1970 (SC 933)

Authors

Manuscripts & Folklife Archives, Western Kentucky UniversityFollow

Publication Date

4-8-2013

Comments

This collection is archived in the Manuscripts & Folklife Archives at Western Kentucky University; 270-745-5083, mssfa@wku.edu

Abstract

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 933. Two poems; excerpt from Who’s Who in Poetry that included one of John Orville Speed’s poems; 1970 newspaper clipping about Speed, all found in an autographed copy of his 1962 book Anecdotes and Tall Tale in Rhyme. Speed was originally from Madisonville, Hopkins County, Kentucky, and was called the “Pennyrile Poet Laureate.”

Disciplines

American Literature | United States History

Recommended Citation

Folklife Archives, Manuscripts &, "Speed, John Orville, 1871-1970 (SC 933)" (2013). Manuscript Collection Finding Aids. Paper 2878.
https://digitalcommons.wku.edu/dlsc_mss_fin_aid/2878