Box 5
Container
Contains 7 Collections and/or Records:
Mixed poetry, 1931-1992, undated
File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Series 1
Scope and Contents
This collection contains papers documenting the teaching and creative writing of Elisabeth Koffka, professor of history at Lawrence University from 1961 to 1971. The bulk of the collection consists of writings, both poetry and prose, in English and German, written by Koffka dating from the 1930s to the 1990s. Materials from her time at Smith College, including study abroad photos, student papers and exams, class lists, list of courses taught, and reading/reserve lists, are included. Materials...
Caught on the Wing: Social Satire and Other Poems, 1968
File — Box: 5, Folder: 4-7
Identifier: Series 1
Scope and Contents
Contains manuscript, typescript, and published versions of a collected work of poetry by Elisabeth Koffka entitled Caught on the Wing: Social Satire and Other Poems, published in 1968 by In The Shade Press.
[sp] Dialecktis [sp], undated
File — Box: 5, Folder: 16
Identifier: Series 1
Scope and Contents
This collection contains papers documenting the teaching and creative writing of Elisabeth Koffka, professor of history at Lawrence University from 1961 to 1971. The bulk of the collection consists of writings, both poetry and prose, in English and German, written by Koffka dating from the 1930s to the 1990s. Materials from her time at Smith College, including study abroad photos, student papers and exams, class lists, list of courses taught, and reading/reserve lists, are included. Materials...
Figures in the Carpet, 1978
File — Box: 5, Folder: 9-14
Identifier: Series 1
Scope and Contents
Contains manuscript and typescript copies of Figures in the Carpet, a collection of poems by Elisabeth Koffka.
Holocaust, 1981
File — Box: 5, Folder: 15
Identifier: Series 1
Scope and Contents
Manuscript and typescript copies of the poem cycle of monologues about the Holocaust. Also included is a newspaper article from The Lawrentian on November 13, 1981 describing a reading Elisabeth Koffka gave of the poem.
Epigrams and Aphorisms, 1962-1987
File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Series 1
Scope and Contents
This collection contains papers documenting the teaching and creative writing of Elisabeth Koffka, professor of history at Lawrence University from 1961 to 1971. The bulk of the collection consists of writings, both poetry and prose, in English and German, written by Koffka dating from the 1930s to the 1990s. Materials from her time at Smith College, including study abroad photos, student papers and exams, class lists, list of courses taught, and reading/reserve lists, are included. Materials...
Reading in the Dark, 1969
File — Box: 5, Folder: 8
Identifier: Series 1
Scope and Contents
This collection contains papers documenting the teaching and creative writing of Elisabeth Koffka, professor of history at Lawrence University from 1961 to 1971. The bulk of the collection consists of writings, both poetry and prose, in English and German, written by Koffka dating from the 1930s to the 1990s. Materials from her time at Smith College, including study abroad photos, student papers and exams, class lists, list of courses taught, and reading/reserve lists, are included. Materials...