Florence Burrill Jacobs papers
Collection Scope and Content
This collection includes extensive files of Jacobs' manuscripts, both published and unpublished, as well as correspondence from publishers dating from the 1920s through the 1970s. Also in the collection is biographical information, including autobiographical notes, student essays about Jacobs, photographs and school-related notebooks and memorabilia. Material relating to literary organizations and poetry awards is found in folders 121-124. The collection also includes clippings and scrapbooks of Jacobs' published work, and many of the complete issues of these journals are housed in the MWWC Periodical Collection.
Dates
- 1904-1976
Creator
- Jacobs, Florence Burrill (Person)
Access
Collection is open for research.
Publication Rights
For permission to reproduce or publish, please contact the Curator of the Maine Women Writers Collection.
Biographical/Historical Note
Born in 1898 to George and Ria Morrison Burrill, Florence Elizabeth Burrill was the fifth generation of her family to reside the family home in East Madison, Maine. She began writing verse at the age of six, but never considered herself an intellectual. Jacobs graduated East Madison High School in 1916, and then was a schoolteacher for several years. She took courses at Shaw's Business College in Portland, as well as at other schools, and worked for a time in the Farm Bureau Office in Skowhegan and in her father's store. In 1928 she married George Jacobs, a high school industrial arts teacher, and the two continued to live in Madison. Jacobs began submitting her poetry for publication as a teenager and began making a career of writing in the 1930s. Her verse was published in many diverse publications ranging from Farm Journal to Saturday Evening Post, and appeared in numerous Hallmark greeting cards and gift books. Jacobs published two volumes of her poetry, Stones and Other Poems (1932) and Neighbors (1938), a book of witty sonnets about typical rural Maine characters. In addition to poetry, for which she won many local and national awards, Jacobs wrote short stories and articles on agriculture, education, romance, and other topics. Jacobs belonged to a number of literary organizations, including the Poetry Society of America and the National League of American Pen Women Pine Tree Branch. She died in 1978, and was survived by her husband.
Extent
7.5 linear feet (9 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
This collection is organized into the following five series: I. Biographical information; II. Correspondence; III. Writing; IV. Memorabilia; V. Notebooks.
- American poetry -- 20th century Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Calendars Subject Source: Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms
- Clippings Subject Source: TGM II, Genre and physical characteristic terms
- Correspondence Subject Source: TGM II, Genre and physical characteristic terms
- Country life Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Diaries Subject Source: Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms
- Drawings Subject Source: TGM II, Genre and physical characteristic terms
- East Madison (Me.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Ephemera Subject Source: Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms
- Genealogy Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Jacobs, Florence Burrill
- Maps Subject Source: Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms
- Memorabilia Subject Source: TGM II, Genre and physical characteristic terms
- National League of American Pen Women
- Notebooks Subject Source: Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms
- Photographs Subject Source: TGM II, Genre and physical characteristic terms
- Poetry Society of America
- Research Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Scrapbooks Subject Source: Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms
- Typescripts Subject Source: TGM II, Genre and physical characteristic terms
- Yearbooks Subject Source: Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms
- Title
- Guide to the Florence Burrill Jacobs papers, 1904-1976
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Anna Brandenburg
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Maine Women Writers Collection Repository
Abplanalp Library
University of New England
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Portland Maine 04103 United States
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