Poetry

Scope and Contents Will Inman is a Wilmington-born poet who spent most of his time in Tuscon, Arizona. The Collected Works of Will Inman contains papers from 1945 to 2009 that provide context to Inman's life as a poet. These papers include Inman's literary work, such as poems, short stories, novel manuscripts, literary publications, and handwritten notes. In addition, this collection includes Inman's editorial work. From the early 1960s to the early 1980s, Inman edited and distributed "Kauri."...

Scope and Contents This collection contains materials pertaining to the life and career of Eloise Bethell, an artist who resided for many years in Wilmington, North Carolina. Included are correspondence, newspaper clippings, programs, publications, and original artwork that document Bethell's involvement in theater and modeling as a young woman, and the development of her career as an artist. Dates primarily span from the 1950s to the 1980s. This collection also contains materials pertaining to...

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This collection contains eight books of poetry by Helen Bayley Davis. Notes included indicate where poems have been published. The poetry ranges from 1911-1958. The collection also contains correspondence.

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This collection contains two publications and a letter by John B. Ower, an English professor at the University of South Carolina, concerning the poem "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" by Samuel Taylor Coleridge.

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This collection contains correspondence from Wilmington native and poet Will Inman to Neal Thomas, as well as some of Inman's works and letters to additional recipients. Inman's correspondence was usually typed, landscape view, with the letter on one half and a poem on the other. He also often included additional poems with his letters.