JAGGERS PAPERS
M96-04
The Lily Peter Biography began in 1980 by Ms. Annielaura Jaggers, who was born near the farm plantation holdings of Miss Peter and was published in 1993.
Lily Peter was born June 2, 1891, in Phillips County, near Marvell, in southeast Arkansas. She died July 26, 1991 at age 100. She was a gifted teacher, (began teaching at age 17), a published poet and a successful plantation owner during a time when it was rare for a woman to assume either role. Her farm covered 7,000 acres in Phillips County.
She was also on author of short stories, photographer whose works were exhibited in museums and galleries and a writer of music and songs. She helped establish the Endowment Fund for Music Appreciation and personally funded scholarships for many students of music.
In 1971, Gov. Bumpers named Miss Peter the Poet Laureate of Arkansas. She is the author of eight books, including “Sea Dreams of the Mississippi” “Green Linen Summer”, and “Great Riding”.
Miss Peter was a member and state regent of the Daughters of the American Revolution. She earned a masters degree from Vanderbilt University in Nashville and studied violin, piano and voice at such schools as Julliard in New York, University of Chicago, Peabody Conservatory and Chicago Musical College.
Arrangement
Series I – Peter family correspondence, diaries, photos and Miss Peter’s special interests, such as poetry, music, writing, DAR, farming, Miss Peter’s will and newspaper clippings.
Series II- Ms. Annie Laura Jaggers research interviews, notes, correspondence, photos used in biography, taped interviews, audio tapes, Miss Peter’s obituary and the book manuscripts.
Series I
Box 1
File 1 – Brief Sketch of Miss Lily Peter. Newspaper account of Biographer
File 2 – Peter Family Correspondence, 1878-1909
File 3 – Mail-Order Violin Lessons for Lily – 1906
File 4 – Graduation from Ohio High School-1908 Diary-Lily’s first teaching job
File 5 – 1911 Diary
File 6 – Lily Peter’s 1912-1919
File 7 – 1919 – Letters from students, 2 pages from Lady’s Home Journal, Newspaper
Clippings, Devotional book.
File 8 - 1921 – Things Miss Lily saved
File 9 – 1922 -Peter Family Correspondence and undated material
File 10-1922 -1923 Lily’s handwritten History of School Year
File 11-1923- Teaching Contract – Turner School Closing Program
File 12-1923-Correspondence and Memorabilia
File 13-1924-Correspondence and Memorabilia
File 14-1924-1925 Composition of Lily Peter
File 15-1824-Correspondence to Brother Ted
File 16-1924-Correspondence to Memorabilia
File 17-1925-Correspondence Jan. – March
File 18-1925-Correspondence April – July
File 19-1925-Correspondence Aug. – Nov. and undated
File 20- 1925-”Drawing 50” (college)
File 21-1926-(spring) Lily Peter college Themes
File 22-1926-Corresponence Aug. – Dec.
File 23-1926-Lily Peter’s college Themes
File 24-1927-Corresponence and Memorabilia
File 25-1928-Fall – 1929 Summer – Miss Lily Peter’s Budget
File 26-1929-Correspondence and Memorabilia
File 27-1930-Summer School – Ark. State Normal School (Conway, Arkansas)
File 28-1930-“The American Indian” ‘Dance of Remembrance’ by Lily Peter
File 29-1930-First Methodist Church Year Book
File 30-1930-Poems by Lily Peter
File 31-1931-Correspondence, Teaching Contract, Memorabilia
File 32-1932-Correspondence, Memorabilia, Budget
File 33-1933-Correspondence, Memorabilia, Photos
File 34-1934-Correspondence
File 35-Correspondence, thru. Nov.; At age 44 began studies at Columbia University and
Julliard School of Music
File 36-1935-Correspondence – December
End of Box 1
Series 1
Box 2
File 1 – 1936-Correspondence
File 2 - 1937, 1938, 1939, - Correspondence (at age 47, Vanderbilt University,
Nashville, TN)
File 3 – 1940–Correspondence
File 4 – 1940–Programs, Post Cards, Article Written b Lily Peter in The Journal Of
Arkansas Education
File 5 – 1941-Correspondence, programs
File 6 – 1942–Correspondence, (at age 51, 1942-1943 entered George Peabody College
for Teachers)
File 7 – 1943-1946 – Correspondence & Memorabilia, including War Ration Book
File 8 – 1947-1949 – Correspondence & Memorabilia
File 9 – 1948-1949 – “Poet’s Roundtable of Arkansas”, Lily Peter’s petms published on
Pg. 14, 40, 44
File10 -1949- “The Westminister Magazine” poem-‘The Tide’ by Lily Peter
File 11-1950- “A Day in Miss Lily Peter’s Life”
File 12-1952- 1956 – Correspondence and Memorabilia
File 13-1957 – Correspondence and Memorabilia Jan. – June
File 14-1957 – Correspondence and Memorabilia July – Dec.
File 15-1958 – Correspondence and Memorabilia
File 16-1959 – Correspondence and Memorabilia Jan, - Aug.
File 17-1959 – Correspondence and Memorabilia Sept. – Dec.
File 18-1960 – Correspondence – Jan. – June
File 19-1960 – Correspondence – July – Dec.
File 20-1961 – Correspondence
File 21-1962 – Correspondence
File 22 -1963 – Correspondence
File 23- 1964 – Correspondence – Jan. – April
File 24- 1964 – Correspondence – May – June
File 25- 1964 - July – Dec.
End of Box 2
Series I
Box 3
File 1 – 1965 – Holly Grove 5th. Grade write Miss Lily
File 2 – 1965 – Correspondence
File 3 – 1966 – Correspondence
File 4 – 1967 – Correspondence – Jan – Oct.
File 5 – 1967 – Correspondence – Nov. – Dec.
File 6 – 1968 – Correspondence – Jan. May
File 7 – 1968 – Correspondence – June – Dec.
File 8 – 1968, 1969 – Diaries
File 9 - 1969 – Correspondence March – May 10, 1969
File 10- 1969 – Correspondence May 12 – May 20
File 11-1969 – Correspondence May 21 – May 23
File 12– 1969 – Correspondence May 25 – May 31
File 13– 1969 – The Philadelphia Orchestra June 3 – 4
File 14– 1969 – Correspondence relating to The Philadelphia Performance June 1 – 9
File 15– 1969 – Correspondence relating to The Philadelphia Performance June 10 – Sept.
File 16– 1969 – Correspondence June 10 – June 30
File 17- 1969 – Correspondence July - Dec.
End of Box 3
Series I
Box 4
File 1 – 1970 – Correspondence with President Nixon
File 2 – 1970 – Correspondence - Jan. – May
File 3 – 1970 – Get Well Cards and Messages – June, 1970
File 4 – 1970 – Correspondence – June - July
File 5 – 1970 – Correspondence – Aug. – Dec.
File 6 – 1971 – Correspondence – Jan. March
File 7 – 1971 – Woman of the Year Award
File 8 – 1971 – Correspondence – April – May
File 9 – 1971 – Correspondence – June – Aug.
File 10- 1971 – Correspondence – Sept. – Oct.
File 11-1971 – Correspondence – Nov. Dec.
File 12-1972 – Correspondence – Jan, - March
File 13-1972 – Correspondence – April – June
File 14- 1972 – Correspondence – July - September
File 15-1972 – Correspondence – Oct. Dec.
End of Box 4
Series I
Box 5
File 1 – 1973 –Correspondence – Jan. April
File 2 – 1973 –Correspondence – May – June
File 3 – 1973 –Correspondence – July Oct.
File 4 - 1973 - Correspondence – Nov. – Dec.
File 5 – 1973 –Correspondence – Jan. – March
File 6 – 1974 –Correspondence – April – May
File 7 – 1974 –Correspondence – June – July
File 8 – 1974 –Hendrix Choir Trip to Europe - “Thank your Notes” - July
File 9 – 1974 –Correspondence – Aug. - Sept.
File 10-1974- Correspondence – Oct. Dec.
File 11-1975- Correspondence – Jan. – March
File 12-1975- Correspondence - April – June
File 13-1975- Correspondence – July – Dec.
File 13-1976- Correspondence – Jan. – Dec.
End of Box 5
Series I
Box 6
File 1 – 1977 – Correspondence – Jan. – Dec.
File 2 – 1977 – Organic Farming
File 3 – 1978 – Correspondence – Jan. – Dec.
File 4 – 1979 - Correspondence – Jan. – July
File 5 – 1979 – Correspondence – Aug. – Oct.
File 6 – 1979 – Correspondence – Nov. – Dec.
File 7 – 1979–1980 – Naturalist Larry Lowman
File 8 – 1980 –Correspondence – Jan. – March
File 9 – 1980 - Correspondence – April – May
File 10-1980 – Correspondence – June
File 11-1980 – Correspondence – July – Aug.
File 12-1980 - Correspondence – Sept. – Oct.
File 13-1980 – Correspondence – Nov. – Dec.
File 14-1980 – The Arkansas Boy’s Choir
File 15-1981 - Correspondence – Jan. – Dec.
File 16-1982 - Lily Peter Day – March 1, 1982
File 17-1983 – Correspondence
File 18-1884 – Correspondence
File 19-1985 – Correspondence
End of Box 6
Series I
Box 7
File 1 – 1958-1959 – Ethel’s letters to Lily
File 2 – 1960-1961 – Ethel’s letters to Lily
File 3 – 1972-1973 – Ethel’s letters to Lily
File 4 – (undated) Oma Peter Thompson – A.S.T.C. student
File 5 – 1935-1942 – Oma’s letters to Lily
File 6 – 1953 – Oma’s letters to Lily
File 7 – 1958 – Oma’s letters to Lily
File 8 – 1959 – Oma’s letters to Lily
File 9 – 1960 – Oma’s letters to Lily – Jan. – June
File 10-1960 – Oma’s letters to Lily – July – Dec.
File 11-1961 – 1962 – Oma’s letters to Lily
File 12-1964 – 1965 – Oma’s letters to Lily
File 13-1967 – 1969 – Oma’s letters to Lily
File 14-1972 – Oma’s letters to Lily – June – Dec.
File 15-1972 – Oma’s letters to Lily – June – Dec.
File 16-1973 – Oma’s letters to Lily
File 17-1974 – 1980 – Oma’s letters to Lily
End of Box 7
Series I
Box 8
File 1 – 1948 – 1949 – Christmas Cards
File 2 – 1958 – Christmas Cards
File 3 – 1959 – Christmas Cards
File 4 – 1960 – Christmas Cards – Dec. 1 – Dec. 15
File 5 – 1960 – Christmas Cards – Dec. 15 – Dec. 20
File 6 – 1961 – Christmas Cards
File 7 – 1968 – Christmas Cards – Dec. 1 – Dec. 15
File 8 – 1968 – Christmas Cards – Dec. 16 – Dec. 19
File 9 – Christmas Cards – Dec. 20 – Dec. 25
File 10- 1972 – Christmas Cards – with messages
File 11-1972 – Christmas Cards – no messages
File 12-1979 - Christmas Cards
File 13- Wedding Invitations and Thank Your Notes
End of Box 8
Series I
Box 9
File 1 – 1930’s – Lily Peter’s original writings at colleges in Memphis, Tenn.,
University of Chicago, Chicago School of Music, Columbia, University, and
Julliard School of Music in New York City.
File 2 – 1936 – Published Poems by Lily Peter.
File 3 – 1937-1938 – Abstracts by Lily Peter, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tenn.
File 4 – 1938 –Published Thesis – “Mediaeval Physics in the Poetry of John Donne” by
Lily Peter
File 5 – 1938 – Lily Peter’s Graduate Student Essay
File 6 – 1950’s - Lily Peter’s speeches and writings
File 7 – 1960’s - Lily Peter’s speeches and writings
File 8 – 1950’s - Lily Peter’s speeches and poems, 1950’s–1960’s
File 9 – 1960’s - Lily Peter’s speeches and poetry
File 10-1960’s - Lily Peter’s more speeches….
SPECIAL INTERESTS
File 11- 1954-1959 – Special Interests – Business/Farm
File 12- 1960-1964 – Special Interests – Business/Farm
File 13- 1965-1969 – Special Interests – Business/Farm
File 14- 1969-1971 – Special Interests – Gifts and Contributions
File 15- 1970-1972 – Special Interests – Business/Farms
File 16 – 1974 - Special Interests – Miss Peter’s Will
File 17 – 1973-1979 Special Interests – Special Interests – Business/Farm
File 18 – 1980 - Special Interests – Business/Farm
File 19 – Undated - Special Interests – Misc. (Notes & receipts)
File 20- Special Interests – Business/Farm (books and pamphlets),
Arkansas Industrial Development Commission
End of Box 9
Series I
Box 10
File 1 – 1967-1981 – Special Interests – Art
File 2 – 1972-1975 – Special Interests – Bicentennial
File 3 – 1967-1977 – Special Interests – Big Creek Channelization
File 4 – 1975 - Special Interests – Big Creek Channelization
Corps of Engineers Public Meeting, March 19, 1975
File 5 – 1973 - Special Interests – Van Cliburn
File 6 – 1950’s - Special Interests – Donations/Gifts
File 7 – 1960’s Special Interests – Donations/Gifts
File 8 – 1970-1972 - Special Interests – Donations/Gifts
File 9 – 1973-1979 - Special Interests – Donations/Gifts
File 10-1980’s Special Interests – Donations/Gifts
File 11-1966-1980 - Special Interests – Ecology
File 12-1956-1970’s Special Interests – Education
File 13-1960-1973 - Special Interests – Louisiana Purchase Marker
File 14-1972-1979 - Special Interests – Memorabilia
File 15-1965-1980 - Special Interests – Letters asking for money
File 16-1959-1975 - Special Interests – Moravian Church
File 17-1959-1987 - Special Interests – Moravian Church
File 18-1947-1969 - Special Interests – Moravian Church Foundation
File 19-1970-1973 - Special Interests - Moravian Church Foundation
File 20-1974-1980 - Special Interests - Moravian Church Foundation
File 21-1961-1979 - Special Interests – Mothers Club
End of Box 10
Series I
Box 11
File 1 – 1930 – Etude – Music magazine – Feb. 1930
File 2 – 1930 – Etude – Music magazine – March, 1930
File 3 – 1973 – “Mid South” – magazine – April, 1973
File 4 – Songs – Published and Unpublished – by Lily Peter
File 5 – 1958-1959 – Music – Special Interests
File 6 – 1960-1969 – Music
File 7 – 1970-1971 – Music
File 8 – 1972 - Music
File 9 – 1973-1974 – Music
File 10-1975-1976 - Music
File 11-1977-1980 - Music
End of Box 11
Series I
Box 12
File 1 – Phillips County Community College. 1967-1972, Special Interests
File 2 – Photos
File 3 – Poetry – Green Linen Summer – by Lily Peter. Correspondence, news articles,
and book review
File 4 – Poetry – The Great Riding – by Lily Peter, Book Review
File 5 – Poetry – 1950’s. Correspondence
File 6 – Poetry – (poem copied years ago by Lily’s mother and sent to friend)
File 7 – Poetry – 1960-1966. Correspondence
File 8 – Poetry – 1967-1972.
File 9 – Poetry – 1972-1973.
File 10-Poetry – 1974-1980’s.
File 11-Political – 1959-1960’s. Correspondence
File 12-Political – 1970-1971. Correspondence
File 13-Political – 1972. Correspondence
File 14-Political – 1973. Correspondence
File 15-Political – 1974-1980’s. Newspaper Article
File 16-Research – 1972-1973. Correspondence
File 17-Salem College, Winston-Salem, N.C. - Gifts and Scholarships
File 18-Letters from former students – 1965-1980.
File 19-Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tenn. 1961-1979. Correspondence
File 20-Writing – 1929 – “The Homemaker magazine – Page 38
“The King of Cabbages” by Lily Peter.
File 21-The Ozark Mountaineer - 1955.
File 22-Writing - 1959-1963.
File 23-Writing - 1964-1969.
File 24-Writing – 1968 – The Delta Review, magazine article: on page 24
“An Arkansas Plantation: A Poet Runt It”, by Lily Peter.
File 25-Writing- 1969 – The Delta Review, magazine article page 10
“Salute to Arkansas Post”, by Lily Peter.
File 26-Writing – 1970’s-1980’s
End of Box 12
Series I
Box 13
File 1 – 1924-1959 -Daughters of the American Revolution – Membership
File 2 – 1960 -D.A.R.
File 3 – 1961 -D.A.R.
File 4 – 1962-1963 -D.A.R.
File 5 – 1964-1965 -D.AR.
File 6 – 1966-1969 -D.A.R.
File 7 – 1970s-1980s -D.A.R.
End of Box 13
Series I
Box 14
File 1 – 1958–1959 – Copies of original news paper clippings
File 2 – 1960’s – Copies of original news paper clippings
File 3 – 1969 – Arkansas Sesquicentennial
File 4 – 1970-1974 – Copies of original newspaper clippings
File 5 – 1975-1979 – Copies of original newspaper clippings
File 6 – 1980 – Miss Peter/Larry Lowman
File 7 – 1980’s - Copies of original news paper clippings
File 8 – 1991 – and undated – Copies of original news paper clippings
End of Box 14
Series I
Box 15
File 1 – 1950-1960’s – News Paper Clippings
File 2 – 1969 – Arkansas Sesquicentennial
File 3 – 1970-1974 – Newspaper Clippings
File 4 – 1974-1979 – Newspaper Clippings
File 5 – 1980 – Newspaper Clippings
File 6 – 1981-1989 – Newspaper Clippings
File 7 – 1991 – and undated - News Paper Clippings
End of Box 15
End of Series I
Box 1
File 1 – Material used in biography profile – 1986
File 2 – Material used for biography information – 1987, 1988, 1989
File 3 – 4 Stenographers note books – Jan. 3, 1980, July 9, 1980, Sept. 6, 1980 and April 8, 1981
File 4 – Ms. Jaggers last visit with Miss Peter – Sept. 1990
File 5 – Miss Lily Peter’s obituary – July 25, 1991
File 6 – Miss Lily Peters’ funeral - July 29, 1991
File 7 – Ms. Jaggers’ 1982 – “Afterward”
File 8 – Jaggers/Peter correspondence – 1979-1985
File 9 – “A Nude Singularity” – Forward – by AnnieLaura Jaggers
File 10-Arrangements for 1992 Book Singing
File 11-“Neighbors of Crisp’s Crossing, Creigh and Connell’s Point, Arkansas” – Map by Dorothy Crisp
File 12-Notes and correspondence – 1980-1981
File 13-Address Lists, Index of Names in Book, etc.
File 14-Vouchers for Peter Biography, 1980, ’81, and ‘82
File 15-Sketch of Miss Lily Peter 1972 and Correspondence
File 16-Marriage and Death Record Research
File 17-Suggested Changes and Errors, E. C.’s Recommendations
File 18-“Thank You” for Interview – 1980
File 19-“Thank you” for response to Questionnaires
File 20-Anne Courtemanche –Ellis-Agent – 1982
File 21-Anne Courtemanche-Ellis-Agent – 1983
File 22 -Ms. Jaggers Correspondence with O. B. Emerson and Dr. Rayburn Moore, 1981-1990
File 23-Ms. Jaggers Correspondence with Bob Lancaster, 1981-1982
File 24-Publication and Mailing List – 1981
File 25-Lily Peter/Don Brooks Correspondence, 1939-1940
File 26-Lily Peter/Don Brooks Correspondence, 1957-1973
File 27-Lily Peter/Cullen Bryant Correspondence, 1977-1978
File 28-Lily Peter/Alan Burdick Correspondence, 1977-1980
File 29-Lily Peter/(cousin) Lee Butterfield, Bethlehem, PA 1968-1974
File 30-Lily Peter/Cleon Collier Correspondence, 1968-1977
File 31-Lily Peter/Larry Lowman Correspondence, 1980
File 32-Lily Peter/Edward B. Marks Music – Correspondence, 1968-1971
File 33-Ms. Jaggers Miscellaneous Correspondence, 1980-1982
File 34-Lily Peter/Tim Moore – Correspondence, 1978-1980
File 35-Lily Peter/Harry Pearson – Correspondence, 1981, ’82, ‘84
File 36-Porter Gale Perrin – Biography Information
File 37-Ms. Jaggers/Philadelphia Orchestra – Correspondence, 1980-1981
File 38-Ms. Jaggers Correspondence with Publishers, 1991
File 39-Ms. Jaggers/Vanderbilt University Correspondence, 1980-83
File 40-Lily Peter/Larry L. Welborn, West Germany – Correspondence, 1978, ‘79, ‘80
End of Box 1
Series II
Box 2
File 1 – Lily Peter/Robert Moore Allen – Correspondence, 1964-1966
File 2 – Lily Peter/Mrs. E. H. Duncan – Correspondence, 1958-1970’s
File 3 – Lily Peter/O. B. Emerson – Correspondence, 1940’s
File 4 – Lily Peter/O. B. Emerson – Correspondence, 1952-58
File 5 – Lily Peter/O. B. Emerson – Correspondence, 1960’s
File 6 – Lily Peter/O. B. Emerson – Correspondence, 1970’s -80’s
File 7 – Photos – Sent to O. B. Emerson for Lily
File 8 – 1962-1972 Newspaper Clippings - Lily sent to O. B.Emerson
File 9 – Lily Peter/Nick Hill – Correspondence, 1980
File 10-Lily Peter/Composer Norman Dello Joio – Correspondence, 1968-69
File 11-Lily Peter/David Howell Jones, Vanderbilt University Press, Nashville, TN
File 12-Lily Peter/Colleen Kennedy – Correspondence, 1980-81
File 13-Lily Peter/Margaret Kolb – Correspondence, 1958-1980
File 14-Lily Peter/Larry Lowman – Correspondence, 1978-1979
File 15-Lily Peter/Ella Puryear Mims – Correspondence, 1958-1960
File 16-Ms. Jaggers/Moravian Music Foundation – Correspondence, 1983
File 17-Lily Peter/Uncle Ted Peter, Vicksburg, Miss. – Correspondence, 1958-1972
File 18-Lily Peter/Eugene Ormandy, Philadelphia Director – Correspondence,1968-1972
File 19-Lily Peter/J. Ross Rosazza Correspondence, 1959
File 20-Lily Peter/Laura Ruppenthal and Family, Gnadenhutten, Ohio – Correspondence,1953-1960
File 21-Lily Peter/Dr. Sarah H. Sell, M.D. – Correspondence, 1971-72
File 22– Lily Peter/Reid Smith – Correspondence 1971-72
File 23– Lily Peter/JoElla Todd – Correspondence, 1977-1979
File 24- Lily Peter/Vanderbilt Alumni Assoc. – Correspondence, 1959-1979
File 25-Lily Peter/Vanderbilt University; Nashville, TN – Correspondence, 1964-1980
File 26-Lily Peter/”Red” Wilkerson, Farm Manager – Correspondence
File 27-Lily Peter/Aunt L. Whitfield; Colton, CA – Correspondence, 1958-1973
End of Box 2
Series II
Box 3
File 1 – Front pages, contents, acknowledgement, forward
File 2 – Chapter I original
File 3 – Chapter II original
File 4 – Chapter III original
File 5 – Chapter IV original
File 6 – Chapter V original
File 7 – Chapter VI original
File 8 – Chapter VII original
File 9 – Chapter VIII original
File 10-Chapter IX original
File 11-Chapter X original
File 12-Chapter XI original
File 13-Afterword original
File 14-Sources and Notes -Chapter I Original
File 15- Sources and Notes-Chapter II Original
File 16-Sources and Notes-Chapter III Original
File 17-Sources and Notes-Chapter IV Original
File 18-Sources and Notes-Chapter V Original
File 19-Sources and Notes-Chapter VI Original
File 20-Sources and Notes-Chapter VII Original
File 21-Sources and Notes-Chapter VIII Original
File 22-Sources and Notes-Chapter IX Original
File 23-Sources and Notes-Chapter X Original
File 24-Sources and Notes-Chapter XI Original
File 25-Sources Cited Original
File 26-Academy of American Poets
File 27-Arkansas Arts Center
File 28-Arkanas Boy’s Choir
File 29-Arkansas College, Batesville, AR
File 30-Arkansas Federation of Music Clubs and National Federation of Music Clubs
File 31-Arkansas Natural Heritage Commission
File 32-Arkansas Natural Resources-Governor Clinton
File 33-Arkansas Orchestra Society
File 34-Arkansas Poets
File 35-Arkansas State College
File 36-Arkansas Wildlife Federation
File 37-“The Citizen” (Official Journal of the Citizen Councils of America, Feb. 1974)
File 38-Hendrix College, Conway, AR – 1975
File 39-Interlocheb Center for the Arts, Interlocheb MI
File 40-J. F. K. Center for the Performing Arts, Washington, D. C.
File 41-Moravian College, Bethlehem, PA
File 42-Moravian Congregation, Gnadenthutten, OH
File 43-Moravian Music Foundation, Winston-Salem, NC
File 44-National League of American Pen Women
File 45-Natioal River Academy, Helena, AR
File 46-National Society of Arts and Letters
File 47-Ouachita Baptist University, Arkadelphia, AR
File 48-The Ozark Society (Environmental Preservation) – Fayetteville, AR
File 49-Poems sent to Miss Lily Peter
File 50-Poetry Society of Tennessee, Memphis, TN
File 51-Poetry Society of Texas, Dallas, TX
File 52-Salem College-Old Salem, NC
File 53-Sigma Alpha Iota
File 54-University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR
End of Box 3
Series II
Box 4
“A Nude Singualrity: Lily Peter of Arkansas
By Annielaura Jaggers
Book Manuscript #2
End of Box 4
Series II
Box 5
“A Nude Singualrity: Lily Peter of Arkansas”
By AnnieLaura Jaggers
Book Manuscript #3
End of Box 5
Series II
Box 6
“A Nude Singualrity: Lily Peter of Arkansas”
By AnnieLaura Jaggers
Book Manuscript #4
End of Box 6
Series II
Box 7
File 1 – Photos and Mock-up pages – Lily Peter, Biography
File 2 – Photos used in Chapter II
File 3 – Photos presented for use in Chapter III
File 4 – Photos presented for use in Chapter IV
File 5 – Photos presented for use in Chapter V
File 6 – Photos presented for use in Chapter VI
File 7 –Photos presented for use in Chapter VII
File 8 – Photos presented for use in Chapter VIII
File 9 – Photos presented for use in Chapter IX
File 10-Photos presented for use in Chapter X
File 11-Photos presented for use in Chapter XI
File 12-Photos presented for use in Chapter XII
File 13-Photos presented for use in Forward
File 14-Photos presented for use in Jacket, Preface
File 15-Diary of William Oliver Peter, 1876-1877
End of Box 7
Series II
Box 8
Env. 1 – Miss Lily Peter and Friend c. 1908
Env. 2 – Connell Point School House
Env. 3 – Cotton bales w/ mule drawn wagon c. 1920-1930’s
Env. 4 – Miss Lily in forma; dress c. 1920
Env. 5 – Miss Lily Peter and young friends
Env. 6 – Miss Lily Peter as a young lade c. 1920
Env. 7 – Miss Lily Peter as young lady c. 1920
Env. 8 – Miss Lily Peter w/ violin c. 1920’s
Env. 9 – Miss Lily Peter w/ friends c. 1920’s
Env. 10-Jesse and Ted Peter (Lily’s younger brothers)
Env. 11-Group of children (3 photos) 1920’s or 1930’s
Env. 12-Unidentified young lady (Lily or sister?)
Env. 13-Ethel Peter (Lily’s younger sister) Sept. 1940
Env. 14-Unidentified woman and barn – October 1940
Env. 15-Two Mules in Pasture (2 photos)
Env. 16-Cotton pickers on Peter plantation
Env. 17-(6 photos) back row Lily and Ethel – others unidentified
Env. 18-(3 photos) Miss Lily Peter (Book signing) April 1969
Env. 19-Miss Lily Peter – Feb. 1970
Env. 20-(6 photos) Miss Lily Peter formally dressed at Podium
Env. 21-(2 photos) Miss Peter and friends – Lady Bird Johnson birthplace
Env. 22-Lily Peter w/ Van Cliburn, pianist – Feb. 1972
Env. 23-(3 photos) Miss Lily’s Bayou – April 1973
Env, 24-(5 photos) Cypress tress – Bridge over Bayou
Env. 25-Lily Peter by Cotton bale
Env. 26-Lily and Ethel Peter
Env. 27-Graduation Day! (Oma or Ethel, Lily’s sister)
Env. 28-(7 photos) Miss Lily’s Plantation – scenes from seventies
Env. 29-Photo of blue sky, clouds and trees
Env. 30-Photo of sunlight shining thru clouds
Env. 31-(10 photos) Miss Lily’s Day Lilies and Roses
Env. 32-(2 photos) Miss Lily’s Pond
Env. 33-Miss Lily’s Rosebuds and plums in bloom
Env. 34-Miss Lily’s blue in spring time, May 1972
Env. 35-(4 photos) Peter Gin Yard with Cotton trailers
Env. 36-Man with guitar) maybe Dedy King from page 162?)
Env. 37-(5 photos) Miss Lily Peter w/ flowers, Sept. 1982
Env. 38-(4 photos) Miss Peter in her yard and at mailbox
Env. 39-(10 photos) Miss Peter’s – Walnut Ridge, AR trip 1982
Env. 40-(3 photos) Lady in clothing store, 1980’s)
Env. 41-(3 photos) Unidentified and undated
Env. 42-Color negatives of group meeting
Env. 43-7 color negatives and 2 black-and-write negative
Env. 44-7 color negatives
Env. 45-6 negative strips
Env. 46-(14 negatives) cypress trees, home group
Env. 47-19 negatives
Env. 48-20 negatives
Env. 49-Negatives
Env. 50-Negatives
Env. 51-(Negatives) Miss Peter’s Walnut Ridge Trip 1982
Env. 52 – Color negatives
Env. 53-School Group (center front row – Oma and Lily) 1890’s
Env. 54-Jesse Peter age 8 mos. (Lily’s brother) c. 1901
Env. 55-Lily’s Marvell, East Main Street c. 1920’s
Env. 56-Lily’s Marvell, East Main Street c. 1920’s
Env. 57-20 photos – memories from 1920’s
Env. 58-Post Card – young Miss Lily Peter c. 1920
Env. 59-Photo and Negative (maybe Peter Plantation Store)
Env. 60-Unidentified children
Env. 61-Ted Peter, age 38, March, 1942
Env. 62-Older man with cane
Env. 63-Peter Family Photo (to r) Jesse, Lily, Oma, Ted and Ethel, 1945
Env. 64-Miss Peter and sunflower crop – 1946
Env. 65-(2 photos) – Large fowl
Env. 66-Miss Lily Peter, Nov. 1946, age 55
Env. 67-Unidentified children (friends or family of Miss Peter)
Env. 68-(2 photos) Large trees, Peter Plantation
Env. 69-Giant Tree – Peter Plantation
Env. 70-(2 photos and letter) #1. Manor Hours, Nazarath, PA
#2. Widow’s House, Morva
Env. 71-Unidentified friend of Lily Peter, 1955
ENv. 72-Peter Plantation Store
Env. 73-Miss Lily Peter, 1963, Age 68
Env. 74-(7 color photos) “Lily Peter Day”, 1965
Env. 75-(10 photos) Springtime on Miss Peter’s Land, 1960
Env. 76-(11 photos) Summertime on Miss Peter’s Land, 1960
Env. 77-(5 photos) Fall and Winter Scenes
Env. 78-(3 photos) Scenes near Lily’s home 1964
Env. 79-(2 photos) Miss Peter in blue suit near home, 1966
Env. 80-(2 photos) Building Peter Gin, April 1967
Env. 81-Miss Peter standing in field, 1967
Env. 82-Peter Gin, Jan. 1968
Env. 83-Lily’s River or Lake, 1968
Env. 84-(2 photos) Bayou or River, 1968
Env. 85-Peter Cotton Trailer in Wagonshed, 1968
Env. 86-Bayou, 1968
Env. 87-Lily Peter Auditorium. April, 1969
Env. 88-(3 photos) Miss Peter w/ employees on tractors, 1969
Env. 89-(2 photos) Miss Peter and Pick-up-truck
Env. 90-Miss Peter w/ tractor
Env. 91-Miss Peter and Farm managers w/ cottonbales
Env. 92-(2 photos) Miss Peter by trailer of cotton
Env. 93-Rural mailbox (perhaps one of the Peter tenants)
Env. 94-(4 photos) Miss Peter in formal dress), 1970
Env. 95-(5 photos) Miss Peter’s yard), 1970
Env. 96-Mis Peter and young friend – State Music Club, 1970’s
Env. 97-(3 photos) Miss Peter’s home place, 1972
Env. 98-Miss Peter at typewriter, 1975
Env. 99-(4 photos) 1976, Raising te Bicentennial Banner
Env. 100-(5 photos) AnnieLaura Jaggers at desk, 1980
Env. 101-(5 photos) Lily Peter and AnnieLaura Jaggers, 1980’s
Env. 102-(27 photos) Lily Peter visits Tech, Russellville, AR – 1980
Env. 103-(4 photos) Miss Peter w/ violin at Vanderbilt University
Env. 104-(22 photos) Miss Peter goes to Vicksburg, MS – 1981
Env. 105-(18 photos) Miss Peter visits Tech, 1983
Env. 106-(photos) Miss Peter visits Tech, 1983
Env. 107-(5 photos) Miss Peter visits longtime employee and friend Carrie Johnson and daughter, 1980’s
Env. 108-(3 photos) Mis Peter w/bird c. 1980
Env. 109-Miss Peter and friends c. 1980
Env. 110-annieLaura Jaggers, 1987
Env. 111-Miss Peter at Podium
Env. 112-Miss Peter being presented a gift
Env. 113-Community Center?
Env. 114-1st Arkansas Writers conference (Miss Peter of right)
Env. 115-(2 photos) Trailers loaded with cotton
Env. 116-(5 photos) Shoreline and tanks
Env. 117-Miss Peter at wheel of new equipment
Env. 118-Young man at keyboard
Env. 119-(3 photos) Miss Peter w/ group performers
End of Box 8
Series II
Box 9
Env. 1 – (6 photos) Photography by Miss Peter c. 1980
Env. 2 – Group photo – Lily 5th from the left on back row, early 1900
Env. 3 – Group photo – Lily, Ethel, Mother Florence, maybe Oma, early 1900
Env. 4 – 8” x 10” Miss Lily Peter as young lady school teacher 1929’s
Env. 5 – 8” x 10” Jesse Peter as man
Env. 6 – 8” x 10” Cartoon by Geo, Fisher, 1977
Env. 7 – 8” x 10” Miss Peter at Ground breaking for Community Center
Env. 8 – 6 – 7” x ½” booklets “Bayou County” by Larry Lowman, 1979
Env. 9 – 8” x 10” Miss Peter with Camera
Env. 10-8” x 10” Miss Peter in later years w/ violin
Env. 11-Negative strip – Miss Peter c. 1980’s
Env. 12-8” x 10” Miss Peter with her pick-up truck
Env. 13-8” x 10” Miss Peter with her pick-up truck
Env. 14-8” x 10” Miss Lily Peter’s home
Env. 15-8” x 10” Cotton bale at Peter Gin
Env. 16-8” x 10” Miss Peter and Business Manager at Gin
Env. 17-8” x 10” Miss Peter and Business Manager
Env. 18-8” x 10” Miss Peter and Business Manager
Env. 19-8” x 10” Cotton Picker Machine
Env. 20-Miss Peter farming Peter Plantation
Env. 21-8” x 10” Cypress trees in Miss Lily’s Bayou
Env. 22-(photos) Miss Peter’s Nature Photography c. 1940
Env. 23- 3 – oversized photo of Nature (10’ x 12” or larger)
Env. 24-Small cut-out model of Lily Peter modeling for the Phillips Co. Cotton Wives Assoc., 1974
End of Box 9
Series II
Box 10
Case 1 – Tape 1 – 30
Case 2 – Tape 31 – 36 (Tape 49 Missing)
Case 3 - Tape 61 – 68 (+9 unnumbered tapes)
End of Box 10
Series II
Box 11
File 1 – Tape #1 Lily Peter’s Ancestry (Tape 1-LPX1)
File 2 – Tape #2 Lily Peter’s Ancestry (Tape 2-LPX2)
File 3 – Tape #3 Lily Peter’s Ancestry (Tape 3-LPX3)
File 4 – Tape #4 Lily Peter’s Ancestry (Tape 4-LPX4)
File 5 – Tape #5 Lily Peter’s Ancestry (Tape 5-LPX5)
File 6 – Tape #6 Lily Peter’s - About Columbia (Tape 6-LPX6A)
File 7 – Tape #7 Lily Peter’s Ancestry & Childhood (Tape 7-LPX6B)
File 8 – Tape #8 Lily Peter’s Philadelphia Orchestra/Louisiana Purchase Marker (Tape 8-LPX7)
File 9 – Tape #9 Lily Peter’s Philadelphia Orchestra (Tape 9-LPX8)
File 10-Tape #10 Lily Peter’s Pillow Owl, Bust of Mozart (Tape 10-LPX9)
File 11-Tape #10 to 11, Lily Peter’s Entertaining the Philadelphia Orchestra and Fishing,
Van Cliburn, Dedication of Lily Peter Auditorium (Tape 10-LPX10 to 11)
File 12-Tape #12 Lily Peter – (LPX 11 – 12)
File 13-Tape #13 Lily Peter – Big Creek, Poetry, Religion – (LPX12 - T13)
File 14-Tape #14 Lily Peter – Early Childhood, early teaching National River Academy (LPX13 – T14)
File 15-Tape #15 Lily Peter – Dr. Sally Sell, Anemia, Peanut butter, T. V. Film (LPX14 - T15)
File 16-Tape #16 Lily Peter – Letters from students, etc. (T16-E1)
File 17-Tape #17 Lily Peter – Reading, Organization D. A. R. (LPE2)
File 18-Tape #18 Lily Peter – Publicity and Van Cliburn (LPE3-T18)
File 19-Tape #19 Lily Peter – Spanish Love of Music, Mexican Laborers (LPE4-T19)
File 20- #20 Lily Peter – Falling Down, Bill Conner, Boy’s Choir (LPJu.1-T20)
File 21-Tape #21 Lily Peter – Hendrix, Vanderbilt, Helena, Elaine (LP2-T21)
File 22-Tape #22 Lily Peter – More on childhood, misc. (LPJu.3-T22)
File 23-Tape #23 Lily Peter – John Ciardi, poetry, Mr. Owens (LPJu.4-T23)
File 24-Tape #24 Lily Peter – Lucille Owens-Jones, Music Composition Clubs (LPJu.5-T24)
File 25-Tape #25 Lily Peter – Composition, Songs for Gary Kendall (LPJu.6-T25)
File 26-Tape #26 Lily Peter – Larry Lowman, Whittsberg (LPJu.7-T26
File 27-Tape #27 Lily Peter – Thor Johnson (LPJy. 1-T27)
File 28-Tape #28 Lily Peter – Ethnic, Music, Trips to Chicago (LPJy.-T28)
File 29-Tape #29 Lily Peter – telling about dress that was too long (LPJy.-T29)
File 30- #30 Lily Peter – Jews, mythology of Basque, Pacha, Dora Farber, Memphis
State, Hammel Collection (LPJy.4-T30)
File 31-Tape #31 Lily Peter – continue Hammel Collection, Cleon Collier, 1978 (LPJy.5-T31)
File 32-Tape #32 Lily Paper – Chicago, Helen Mosby, Dewitt Jordan Painting,
Sculptures, Established Moravian Fund, Cousins (LPJy.6-T32)
File 33-Tape #33 Lily Paper – Painting, first experience w/ opera, Poetry study, Columbia, Drama, Poems (LPJy.7-T33)
File 34-Tape #34 Lily Peter – Share cropping, use of pesticides and insecticides (LPJy.8A-T34)
File 35-Tape #35 Lily Peter – Drama, Shakespeare (LPJy.8B-T35)
End of Box 11
Series II
Box 12
File 1 – Tape #36 Lily Peter – Ormandy, Reed Smith (LPJy.9A-T36)
File 2 – Tape #37 Lily Peter – Drama, Shakespeare, thesis, more Moravain history, trip to Marshall, TX. (LPJy.9B-T37)
File 3 – Tape #38 Lily Peter – Latrove History, Moravian Festival at Kennedy Center, John Conally, guest at art festival (LPJy.10-T38)
File 4 – Tape #39 Lily Peter – Faubus, Franklin Mint, Art, Fathers accident (LPJy.11-T39)
File 5 – Tape #40 Lily Peter – Image of self at age 6, photo exhibit at Stuttgart (LPJy.12-T40)
File 6 – Tape #41 Lily Peter – Steinway Grand, Poetry not in books, Dylan Thomas,
Columbia University (LPJy.13-T41)
File 7 – Tape #42 Lily Peter – Columbia, Change of major, hers, poems, geese, Mayo
Family, Robinsons and Jacksons (LPJy.14-T42)
File 8 – Tape #43 Lily Peter – gray geese, white, King Solomon, the Owl, Louisiana
Purchase Marker (LPJy.15-T43)
File 9 – Tape #44 Lily Peter – Year by year 1911 (LPJy.18-T44)
File 10-Tape #45 Lily Peter – In yard with Larry and Diane Wellborn, odds and ends of stories (LP-L&D-T45)
File 11-Tape #46 Lily Peter – Larry and Diane continued (LP-L&D2-T46)
File 12-Tape #47 Lily Peter – Larry and Diane, Poetry reading, Gracie and Rueben Wilson (LP-L&D3-T47)
File 13-Tape #48 Lily Peter – Report on Tanglewood, bits of childhood, grammar (LPA1-T48)
File 14-Tape #49 Lily Peter – Tanglewood, Sonatas from Dylan Thomas, Poetry
(LPA2-T49)
File 15-Tape #50 Lily Peter – Reading of Seasons, poem Tanglewood, William Connors, Red Smith (LPA3-T50)
File 16-Tape #51 Lily Peter – Q and A at school, Kenneth, Beaudoin, Helena People,
Organ Concert, Keith McNabb (LPA4-T51)
File 17-Tape #52 Lily Peter – Recruiting Money for P.C.C.C, cutting contract (LPA5a-T52)
File 18-Tape #53 Lily Peter – being on Met Board, sending Lee and Tom Butterfield, incept on Auditorium P. C. C. C. (LPA5b-T53)
File 19-Tape #54 Lily Peter – Childhood – letters written for Brinkley Argus Chronology (LPA6-T54)
File 20-Tape #55 Lily Peter – Continuing chronology, digression, highway in front of house, going through clippings, pictures (LPA7-T55)
File 21-Tape #56 Lily Peter – Dinner, Janet McElduff’s, Lowman on poetry, Indian words, cotton gathering, selling, topography (LPA8-T56)
File 22-Tape #57 Lily Peter – Church wealth, its deterioration. (LPS2-T57)
File 23-Tape #58 Lily Peter – Poetry at Village Creek, playing in LSU Orchestra, summer prior to 1924 (LPS3-T58)
File 24-Tape #59 Lily Peter – Farming, Pesticides, reading last poem, playing with orchestra (LPS4-T59)
File 25-Tape #60 Lily Peter – Trip to Stuttgart 9/19, history of Ratio, trip to Natchez, about Helena and indifference (LPS5-T60)
File 26-Tape #61 Lily Peter – Boy’s Choir, Arkansas Poet’s Roundtable, cotton, school (LPS6-T61)
File 27-Tape #62 Lily Peter – Sonnet, Geronimo, “Oklahoma” (LPS6-T62)
File 28-Tape #63 Lily Peter – Uncles, Moravian Music, don McCorckle, early memories (especially Uncle Brutus), Ted, Ormandy (LPN2-T63)
File 29-Tape #64 Lily Peter – Dinner guest, Edgar Shields, Indigo Jones, Colin Ward, Homer Samuels, Gallicuri, O.B. (LPF1-T65)
File 30-Tape #65 Lily Peter – Piano lessons, farm equipment for nephews, Tanglewood, Daniel’s death, Mayo Family, etc. (LPF1-T65)
File 31-Tape #66 Lily Peter – Mr. VanHulsteyn, Peabody, John Hopkins, engagement, attachment to family (LPF2-T66)
File 32-Tape #67 Lily Peter – Columbia, Vanderbilt, (LPF3-T67)
File 33-Tape #68 Lily Peter – Typing up loose ends, (LPF4-T68)
File 34-Index sheets to Lily Peter Taped Interviews
File 35-Harry Pearson’s phone interview
File 36-Reponses to “Questionnaire”
File 37-Lily Peter – “questionnaire” mailing list
End of Box 12
Series II
Box 13
Tape 1 – Video – Miss Lily Peter Interview, 8/27/1979
Interviewer: Dr. Philip W. Felts, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
Tape 2 – Video – Miss Lily Peter Interview, 8/27/1979
Side 1 – Vanderbilt
Side 2 – A. S. U. – ½ hour program
Tape 3 – Video – Miss Lily Peter – Arkansas for AETN, - Bill Cole
Tape 4 – Video – Miss Lily Peter, receiving “Distinguished Citizens Award”
End of Box 13
End of Collection
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