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A documentary film by Richard Beymer on the activities during the Mississippi Summer Project, 1964. Co-produced by Council of Federated Organization Film (COFO), the film documents the day-to-day lives of the people who registered Mississippi voters…

May Swenson at Purdue, Campus Beat, May 6, 1967. Swenson is interviewed about her teaching position at Purdue. She talks about her poetry, how she is inspired to write based on what she views about life, her students, and her future.

Newspaper clipping of "Poet May Swenson: 'Art Happens Out of Feeling'" by Catherine Watson from Minneapolis Tribune, April 29, 1968.

May Swenson Awarded Fellowship clipping. Announcement of May Swenson being awarded the Lucy Martin Donnelly Fellowship at Bryn Mawr College for 1968-69. The award made for distinction in writing has a $3.000 stipend.

Typed letter signed 2 pages with signature dated October 18, 1966 written by Don Finkel. Letter discusses daily life and a potential fellowship at Bennington.

Typed note 1 page signed from Don Finkel to May Swenson written January 15, 1981. Note congratulates Swenson on a recent accomplishment.

Brandeis Gives Awards to 9 in the Creative Arts clipping. Article features Kenneth Burke, a literary critic, as one of the 9 recipients of a medal and $1000 from Brandeis University for "notable creative achievement". The article then states the…

Typed letter signed 1 page from Don Finkel to May Swenson written March 3, 1985. Letter thanks Swenson for her comments on Finkel's book "The Detachable Man."