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         65M17 
         
             
                 Sylvia Trent Auxier papers, 1946-1965, bulk 1946-1957
                     65M17 
                 
                 Finding aid prepared by Desiree' H. Perry 
             
             
                 
                     
                 
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             Sylvia Trent Auxier papers 
             65M17 
             
                 University of Kentucky Special Collections 
             
             
                 
             
             
                 0.4 Cubic feet 
                 1 box 
             
             Bulk, 1946-1957 
             1946-1965 
             
                 Auxier, Sylvia Trent 
             
         
         
             Custodial History note 
             Auxier, Sylvia Trent. Gift, July 25, 1963. 
         
         
             Conditions Governing Access note 
             Collection is open to researchers by appointment. 
         
         
             Conditions Governing Use note 
             The physical rights to the materials in this collection are held by the University of Kentucky Special Collections. 
         
         
             Preferred Citation note 
             65M17: [Identification of item], Sylvia Trent Auxier papers, 1946-1966, bulk 1946-1957, University of Kentucky Special Collections. 
         
         
             Biographical note 
             The poet, Sylvia Trent Auxier, was born in Pike County, Kentucky, to Thomas and Dolly May Trent on December 29, 1900; she was the eldest of sixteen children. She graduated from Pikeville College with a Bachelor's degree in Education and, a few years later, from the University of Cincinnati Nursing School with an R.N. degree. She married Jean Auxier, a lawyer, in 1928 and then moved to Meta, Kentucky. She published her first poetry book in 1948, though she had been published previously in newspapers like 
                 The Saturday Evening Post  and the Louisville 
                 Courier-Journal . She was killed in a car accident on December 19, 1967. Her most well known poetry book is 
                 Meadow Rue . 
             
                 Guide to the Sylvia Trent Auxier Papers . 
                  Hutchins Library Special Collections and Archives . Berea College, n.d. Web. 6 Sept. 2011. 
             Ballard, Sandra L. and Patricia L. Hudson. 
                 Listen Here: Women Writing in Appalachia . Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 2003. Web. 6 Sept. 2011. 
             
         
         
             Scope and Contents note 
             The Sylvia Trent Auxier collection includes manuscripts of her five poetry books and correspondence with her publishers. The manuscripts present are those of 
                 Meadow Rue , published in 1948; 
                 Love-Vine , published in 1953; 
                 The Grace of the Bough , 
                 No Stranger to the Earth , published in 1957. Also included are worksheets and typescripts of poems published in 
                 The Green of a Hundred Springs , published in 1966. Also included is Auxier's correspondence with James Decker and Ervin Tax of The Decker Press, Prairie City, Illinois; Paul Heard, editor-publisher of The Story Book Press and of Royal Publishing Company, Dallas, Texas; and Stanton A. Coblentz, of The Wings Press, Mill Valley, California. This correspondence deals mainly with editorial matters and details of publishing. 
         
         
             Arrangement note 
             Correspondence is arranged chronologically, while manuscripts were left unarranged. 
         
         
             Coblentz, Stanton Arthur, 1896-1982  
             Decker Press (Prairie City, Ill.). 
             Decker, James 
             Leonard, Paul, 1903- 
             Royal Publishing Company (Dallas, Tex.). 
             Story Book Press (Dallas, Tex.). 
             Tax, Ervin 
             Wings Press (Mill Valley, Calif.). 
             American poetry--Women authors. 
             Little magazines--United States. 
             Private presses--United States. 
             Publishers and publishing--United States. 
             Women poets. 
         
         
             
                 
                     
                         Correspondence 
                     I 
                     1946-1957 
                 
                 
                     Scope and Contents note 
                     The following series includes all of Auxier's correspondence with the editors that published 
                         Meadow Rue , 
                         Love-Vine , 
                         The Grace of the Bough , and 
                         No Stranger to the Earth . The content of which is comprised of editing remarks, book arrangement, and book sales. 
                 
                 
                     
                         
                             Meadow Rue  Correspondence 
                         1 
                         1 
                         1946-1950 
                     
                 
                 
                     
                         
                             Love-Vine  Correspondence 
                         1 
                         2 
                         1952-1954 
                     
                 
                 
                     
                         
                             The Grace of the Bough  Correspondence 
                         1 
                         3 
                         1956-1957 
                     
                 
                 
                     
                         
                             No Stranger to the Earth  Correspondence 
                         1 
                         4 
                         1957 
                     
                 
             
             
                 
                     
                         Manuscripts 
                     II 
                     circa 1946-1965 
                 
                 
                     Scope and Contents note 
                     This series is comprised of the annotated manuscripts for 
                         Meadow Rue , 
                         Love-Vine ,
                          No Stranger to the Earth , and 
                         The Green of a Hundred Springs . 
                 
                 
                     
                         
                             Meadow Rue  manuscript 
                         1 
                         5 
                         circa 1946 
                     
                 
                 
                     
                         
                             Love-Vine  manuscript 
                         1 
                         6 
                         circa 1953 
                     
                 
                 
                     
                         
                             No Stranger to the Earth  manuscript 
                         1 
                         7 
                         circa 1957 
                     
                 
                 
                     
                         
                             The Grace of the Bough  manuscript 
                         1 
                         8-9 
                         circa 1956 
                     
                 
                 
                     
                         
                             The Green of a Hundred Springs  manuscript 
                         1 
                         10-12 
                         1960-1965