Margaret Haley Carpenter Papers, 1906-1983 | Sargeant Memorial Collection

By Sarah Osorio

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Collection Overview

Title: Margaret Haley Carpenter Papers, 1906-1983

ID: 001/01/MSS 0000-209

Primary Creator: Carpenter, Margaret Haley (1917-1985)

Extent: 4.0 Boxes

Arrangement: Arranged roughly by record type.

Date Acquired: 11/30/2006

Subjects: Women authors, American--20th century

Forms of Material: Announcements, Autograph albums, Books, Christmas cards, Clippings (information artifacts), Correspondence, Crowns (headdresses), Financial statements, Lists (document genres), Membership lists, Notes, Programs, Receipts, Scrapbooks, Stickers

Languages: English

Scope and Contents of the Materials

Correspondence, books, poems, and writings by Margaret Haley Carpenter of Norfolk, Virginia along with other materials that appear to have been collected by her, including correspondence belonging to William Stanley Braithwaite and Sara Teasdale. The collection also includes membership lists for various literary organizations and miscellaneous ephemera (itemized) that does not seem related to this collection.

Biographical Note

Margaret Haley Carpenter was born on June 30, 1917 in Louisa County, Virginia. She was a teacher for Norfolk schools from 1938-1958. Carpenter was also a writer, publishing Sara Teasdale: A Biography, A Gift For the Princess of Springtime, and several volumes of poetry. She was a former president for the Virginia Poetry Society. Carpenter died on May 12, 1985 in Norfolk, Virginia and was buried at Bethpage Christian Church Cemetery in Mineral, Virginia.

Subject/Index Terms

Women authors, American--20th century

Administrative Information

Repository: Sargeant Memorial Collection

Access Restrictions: This collection is open to all researchers.

Use Restrictions: The status of copyright for these materials is governed by Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17, U. S. C.). Copyright restrictions may apply.

Acquisition Source: Purchase

Preferred Citation: Margaret Haley Carpenter Papers, MSS 0000-209, Sargeant Memorial Collection, Norfolk Public Library, Norfolk, Virginia.

Processing Information: Processed June 25, 2020.

Box and Folder Listing

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Box 1

Folder 1: Correspondence, 1945-1958
Folder 2: Correspondence, 1964-1968
Folder 3: Correspondence, 1973
Folder 4: Correspondence, 1974-1983
Folder 5: Correspondence, undated
Folder 6: Book, Collected Poems, Volume 2, 1933 March
Folder 7: Book, Impressions by Margaret Carpenter, 1935 May
Folder 8: Autograph Book, Margaret Haley Carpenter, Maury High School, 1934 June
Folder 9: Announcement, Commencement, Maury High School, 1934 June 13: Includes name cards for Margaret Haley Carpenter.

Box 2

Folder 1: Blank Christmas Cards, Snow Solitude, undated

Created by Margaret Haley Carpenter.

Folder 2: Play, Moon Miracle, undated

By Margaret Haley Carpenter. Reprint.

Folder 3: Programs, 1929-1968

Folder 4: Receipts, circa 1957-1959

Folder 5: Scrapbook, Clippings, circa 1920s

Includes clippings on Julia Johnson Davis, Josephine Johnson, Irene Leache Memorial Association, poetry, and art.

Folder 6: Clippings, Twenty Sonnets by Edna St. Vincent Millay, 1920

Folder 7: Clippings, circa 1950s

Folder 8: Membership List, American Association of University Women, St. Louis, undated

Folder 9: Membership List, The Friday Club of Chicago, 1959-1960

Folder 10: Membership List, The Guild of the Chicago Historical Society, 1959 July 1

Folder 11: Membership List, Poetry Society, undated

Folder 12: Membership List, "Wednesday Club List", undated

Folder 13: Lists, Miscellaneous, undated

Folder 14: Notes, undated

Folder 15: Correspondence of William Stanley Braithwaite, 1909-1935

Folder 16: Correspondence to Sara Teasdale, circa 1907-1928

Folder 17: Miscellaneous Ephemera, 1906-1944

Item 1: Monthly Statement, Mrs. Ida Harrison, Norfolk, Virginia, 1906 July 5: In account with The Singer Manufacturing Co.
Item 2: Correspondence, Private Walton P. Davis to Miss Loree Davis, 1918 July 21: From American E. F. France to Edinburg, Indiana.
Item 3: Correspondence, Private Walton P. Davis to Miss Loree Davis, 1918 August 29: From American E. F. France to Edinburg, Indiana.
Item 4: Correspondence, Unknown to Bruce W. Challer, 1941 July 14: Sent from Buffalo, New York to Chicago, Illinois.
Item 5: Program, Norfolk Symphony Orchestra, 1943-1944: Includes autographs.
Item 6: Correspondence, Albert W. Hawkes to K. F. Treschow, 1944 February 1
Item 7: Correspondence, Albert W. Hawkes to K. F. Treschow, 1944 February 2

Box 3

Item 1: Crown, Margaret Carpenter, Virginia, U. S. A., undated: Gold laurel wreath crown from Poets Laureate International, World Congress of Poets, for being designated Bicentennial Poet with Distinction.

Box 4

Item 1: Book, Sara Teasdale: A Biography, 1977: By Margaret Haley Carpenter. Autographed by the author.
Item 2: Book, Sara Teasdale: A Biography, 1960: By Margaret Haley Carpenter. First edition.
Item 3: Book, A Gift For the Princess of Springtime, 1964: Written and illustrated by Margaret Haley Carpenter.
Item 4: Book, Anthology of Magazine Verse For 1914, 1916: By William Stanley Braithwaite. Autographed by the author on June 30, 1958.
Item 5: Book, Anthology of Magazine Verse for 1958, 1959: By William Stanley Braithwaite and Margaret Haley Carpenter.
Item 6: Book, Dreams and Journeys, 1918: By Fredegond Shove. "Adventurers All" Series, No. XXI. Inscription on title page, "Sara Teasdale Filsinger."
Item 7: Book, Rivers To the Sea, 1925: By Sara Teasdale.

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