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| Creator: | Gearhart, Susan (1876-1961) |
| Extent: | .50 linear inches. |
| Collection Number: | MSC0774 |
| Repository: | University of Iowa Special Collections |
| Summary: | Manuscripts of poems from the Springville, Iowa poet's two books, The Plow on the Hill and The West is Here, as well as other poems. |
Susan Merriam was born in Hopkinton, Iowa, on September 9, 1876. She graduated from Lenox College in Hopkinton in 1897. She married Dr. Gearhart in 1901. She was a poet with two books to her name: The Plow on the Hills, published in 1936 and The West is Here, published in 1944. She lived in Springville, Iowa, for sixty years. Mrs. Gearhart died in 1961.
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Acquisition: These papers were given to the University of Iowa Libraries by Mrs. Gearhart in 1947 -- 1948.=================CRLF==================Guide posted to Internet: July 2004=================CRLF==================
Preferred Citation: Susan Gearhart Papers, The University of Iowa Libraries, Iowa City, Iowa.
| Repository: | University of Iowa Special Collections |
| Address: | Special Collections Department University of Iowa Libraries Iowa City, IA 52242 |
| Phone: | 319-335-5921 |
| Curator: | Greg Prickman |
| Email: | lib-spec@uiowa.edu |
| Website: | http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/spec-coll/ |
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