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Contains 52 Results:

Letter from Elizabeth Corbett to Laura E. Burmeister, 1961 March 20

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 13
Scope and Content

Corbett provides information about the Model School, which both she and Burmeister attended, and about some of the children who also attended it. She mentions her new novel, Hidden Island.

Poem "For Your Easter" enclosed.

Dates: 1961 March 20
Found in: USC Libraries Special Collections / Elizabeth Corbett papers / Correspondence between Elizabeth Corbett and Laura E. Burmeister

Letter/poem from Elizabeth Corbett to Laura E. Burmeister, 1961 December

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 14
Scope and Content

Holiday poem.

Dates: 1961 December
Found in: USC Libraries Special Collections / Elizabeth Corbett papers / Correspondence between Elizabeth Corbett and Laura E. Burmeister

Letter from Elizabeth Corbett to Laura E. Burmeister, 1962 January 10

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 15
Scope and Content

Corbett expresses her distaste for political correctness.

Newspaper clipping "Through My Bi-Focals" enclosed.

Dates: 1962 January 10
Found in: USC Libraries Special Collections / Elizabeth Corbett papers / Correspondence between Elizabeth Corbett and Laura E. Burmeister

Letter from Elizabeth Corbett to Laura E. Burmeister, 1962 March 15

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 16
Scope and Content

Corbett mentions the article that she wrote for The Writer (1.2). She analyzes lines from poems and books she had to read in school. She talks about her grandfather who was adopted into the Oenida tribe.

Poems "Domestic Crisis," "Epitaph," and "Lenten Interlude" enclosed.

Dates: 1962 March 15
Found in: USC Libraries Special Collections / Elizabeth Corbett papers / Correspondence between Elizabeth Corbett and Laura E. Burmeister

Letter from Elizabeth Corbett to Laura E. Burmeister, 1962 April 14

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 17
Scope and Content

Corbett writes about someone she went to school with.

Poem "All My Best to You" and newspaper clippings "Historic Homes Thrill Retirees" and "Mildred Lindsay No Social Butterfly" enclosed.

Dates: 1962 April 14
Found in: USC Libraries Special Collections / Elizabeth Corbett papers / Correspondence between Elizabeth Corbett and Laura E. Burmeister

Letter from Elizabeth Corbett to Laura E. Burmeister, 1962 July 12

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 18
Scope and Content

Corbett writes about news that her brother passed on to her about his grandson's high school graduation. She mentions that her new novel The Paige Girls had been published the previous month.

Poems "Continuity," "My Complaints," and "My Prospects" enclosed.

Dates: 1962 July 12
Found in: USC Libraries Special Collections / Elizabeth Corbett papers / Correspondence between Elizabeth Corbett and Laura E. Burmeister

Poem by Elizabeth Corbett with note addressed to Laura E. Burmeister, 1962 Decemeber 6

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 19
Scope and Content

Poem "Compliments of the Season."

Dates: 1962 Decemeber 6
Found in: USC Libraries Special Collections / Elizabeth Corbett papers / Correspondence between Elizabeth Corbett and Laura E. Burmeister

Letter from Elizabeth Corbett to Laura E. Burmeister, 1963 February 5

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 20
Scope and Content

Corbett writes about going through the papers that have accumulated in her home over the years. She says that the newspaper strike makes it difficult for her to keep up with public news.

Dates: 1963 February 5
Found in: USC Libraries Special Collections / Elizabeth Corbett papers / Correspondence between Elizabeth Corbett and Laura E. Burmeister

Easter holiday card from Elizabeth Corbett to Laura E. Burmeister, 1963 April 9

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 21
Scope and Content From the Collection: This collection consists of writings by Elizabeth Corbett. It includes both correspondence between Corbett and servicemen in Korea who advertised in newspapers requesting letters, and correspondence between Elizabeth Corbett and Laura E. Burmeister. Many of these letters include poems by Corbett and newspaper clippings. The correspondence between Corbett and Burmeister is generally about Corbett's daily life. She often makes references to the Model School, which both Corbett and Burmeister...
Dates: 1963 April 9
Found in: USC Libraries Special Collections / Elizabeth Corbett papers / Correspondence between Elizabeth Corbett and Laura E. Burmeister

Letter from Elizabeth Corbett to Laura E. Burmeister, 1963 April 16

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 22
Scope and Content

Corbett writes about how writing books has changed with technology. She writes that the newspaper strike has ended.

Poems "Invocation" and "Today's Concession" enclosed.

Dates: 1963 April 16
Found in: USC Libraries Special Collections / Elizabeth Corbett papers / Correspondence between Elizabeth Corbett and Laura E. Burmeister
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