By Nicole Connell RBML holds the papers of many writers, including Carl Sandburg, Gwendolyn Brooks, and H.G. Wells. Not only are these writers notable in their own right, but they boasted a social network that included other prominent writers. So let’s have some fun and explore these relationships in our collections! If you would like […]
Category: Carl Sandburg
Literary Connections in Literary Collections
March 19, 2025
Digging the Depths of The American Songbag
August 3, 2020
by Stephen Griffith Editor’s Note: Writer and musician Stephen Griffith (http://stephengriffith.com/) is working on several projects relating to Carl Sandburg’s The American Songbag (1927). A recent visitor to the Rare Book & Manuscript Library, he is turning over everything he can find about Sandburg’s ground-breaking collection of American folk songs. However, with many of his […]
Rare Book & Manuscript Madness: Archival Division
March 9, 2020
ARCHIVAL: Carl Sandburg – Stereograph (ELIMINATED IN ROUND 1) Before becoming a well known poet and author, Carl Sandburg spent four years selling stereographs from door to door. Stereographs use two almost identical photographs to create a three-dimensional image when viewed through a stereoscope. The Keystone View Company produced this stereograph of the Union Stock […]