Manuscript Database
Creator/Title
Cawein, Madison Julius, 1865-1914. Additional papers, 1888-1996. 0.33 cubic feet.
Call No.
Mss. A C383d / 1-2
Content
The Madison Julius Cawein additional papers document the life and literary career of a Louisville poet. In a letter dated 23 November 1914, Henry Van Dyke writes to Gertrude Cawein as he sails from Europe, commenting on the outbreak of World War I (1). In a series of letters dated May-August 1918, C. C. Birchard & Company, publishers, write to Madison Cawein II regarding permission to use lines from his father's poetry in patriotic music (2).
