Beverley Githens Dresbach Papers
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Scope and Content Note
The papers include Beverley Githens Dresbach and Glenn Ward Dresbach poems, correspondence, manuscripts, scrapbooks, and photographs.
Dates
- 1890-1971
Creator
- Dresbach, Beverly Githens, 1903-1971 (Person)
Language of Materials
Materials are in English.
Access Information
Please call (479) 575-8444 or email specoll@uark.edu at least two weeks in advance of your arrival to ensure availability of the materials.
Use Information
No Use Restrictions Apply.
No Interlibrary Loan.
Standard Federal Copyright Laws Apply (U.S. Title 17).
Biographical Note
Beverley Githens Dresbach and Glenn Ward Dresbach were internationally recognized poets who resided in Eureka Springs (Carroll County) Arkansas between 1941 and 1971. Beverley Githens Dresbach (1903-1971) was a native of Wilmette, Illinois. Her books of poetry include Novitiate (privately published, 1938) and No Splendor Perishes (Dierkes Press, 1946). She was also a feature writer in a number of Arkansas newspapers, as well as Kansas City Star and the Christian Science Monitor.
Her husband, Glenn Ward Dresbach (1889-1968), was born in Lanark, Illinois. Dresbach worked as an accountant for many organizations including the Tennessee Valley Authority. In 1934, Dresbach retired from business to devote all of his energies to literary work. Ten years later, he married Beverley Githens and moved to Eureka Springs, Arkansas. Dresbach's most famous poems are included in Selected Poems 1914-1930 (Holt, 1931) and Collected Poems 1914-1948 (Caxton Press, 1950).
Extent
5 Linear Feet (8 boxes and 1 volume)
Arrangement of the Papers
This collection is organized into eight series:
- Series 1, Correspondence, 1928-1971
- Series 2, Beverley Githens Dresbach
- Series 3, Glenn Ward Dresbach
- Series 4, Poems Sold, 1916-1964
- Series 5, Scrapbooks, 1938-1968
- Series 6, Photographs, 1903-1971
- Series 7, Ephemera, 1918-1968
- Series 8, Microfilm
Acquisition Information
Mrs. Patricia Daggett, of South Haven, Michigan, the niece of Beverley Githens Dresbach, donated these papers to Special Collections on September 30, 1971.
Processing Information
Processed by Anthony J. Wappel, Special Collections, University of Arkansas Libraries, Fayetteville, Arkansas, in October 1988.
- Title
- Beverley Githens Dresbach Papers
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Anthony J. Wappel
- Date
- October 1988
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid is written in English.
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections Department Repository
University of Arkansas Libraries
365 N. McIlroy Avenue
Fayetteville AR 72701 United States
(479) 575-8444
specoll@uark.edu