Prose

The collection contains a range of material types including manuscripts, correspondence, and articles created by Martha Linsley Spencer (1875-1954), resident and poet of Hartford, Connecticut. Manuscript writings include poems, holographs (both original and preservation photocopies), as well as typed prose and unsorted notes from throughout her career as a writer. The collection also houses two proofs of her published work "Remembered Years, Collected Poems", with one containing holograph manuscript pages. Correspondence includes letters regarding her work and personal life, as well as her communication with other notable poets such as Edna St. Vincent Millay, Wallace Stevens, and W.B. Yeats. Other files within the collection are related to specific poetry groups and publications from the Hartford area which Spencer was a part of (i.e. the Poetry Club of Hartford and Connecticut Troubadour), and materials from various individuals organized and collected by Spencer herself. Also collected by Spencer are periodicals and articles (both related and unrelated to her work), as well as miscellaneous papers, manuscript notes, and ephemera relating to The Poetry Club of Hartford, "The Poet's Corner" column, and her position as poetry editor of the Hartford Times.