Muriel Marjorie Boos Hanna papers (Ms. 90.11)
Brown University Library
Box A, John Hay LibraryBrown University
Providence, RI 02912
Tel: 401-863-2146
Fax: 401-863-2093
E-mail: hay@brown.edu
Collection Overview
| Title: | Muriel Marjorie Boos Hanna papers |
| Date range: | 1922-1989, (bulk 1978-1989) |
| Creator: | Hanna, Muriel Marjorie Boos, 1923- |
| Extent: |
2.75 linear feet (3 legal size clamshell boxes) |
| Abstract: | The Muriel Marjorie Boos Hanna papers consist primarily of poetry by Muriel Hanna (dating from 1976 to 1989), drafts, notes and a draft of a compilation of poems, as well as a printed collection. An active member of the Rhode Island State Poetry Society, Hanna wrote of nature, family, and personal experiences in her poems. Included in the papers are poems by Hanna's grandmother, Emma Doan (Evans) Nicholas, whose poems describe her life a farm in New Jersey, provide information about the Grange, and gender roles in rural life in the early twentieth century. |
| Language of materials: | English. |
| Repository: | Brown University Library, Special Collections |
| Collection number: | Ms. 90.11 |
