Carl Sandburg Collection

Title

Carl Sandburg Collection

Subject

Carl Sandburg Birthplace (Galesburg, Ill.)
Sandburg, Carl, 1878-1967
Poets
Authors

Description

Carl Sandburg was a Pulitzer Prize-winning author and poet from Illinois. Born in Galesburg, Sandburg attended school until the age of 13 when he left to work several jobs to help his family. In his late teens Sandburg served in the United States Army during the Spanish-American War. After leaving the military Sandburg enrolled at Lombard College however he left the school before finishing his degree.

Sandburg worked as a newspaper writer in Milwaukee and Chicago. He began publishing his poetry in Poetry: A Magazine of Verse before publishing his first book of poetry, Chicago Poems, in 1916. Sandburg received his first Pulitzer Prize for Cornhuskers in 1918. During the 1920s Sandburg began writing a six volume biography of Abraham Lincoln, receiving his second Pulitzer Prize in 1939 for the second part of the work. He received his third, and final, Pulitzer Prize in 1950 for Complete Poems.

Photographs in this collection include images of the Carl Sandburg Birthplace as well as candid pictures of Sandburg attending or participating in several events.

Collection Items

Carl Sandburg with Stereoscope
A stereoscopic photo shows Carl Sandburg holding a stereoscope.

Carl Sandburg
Carl Sandburg wears a suit and bow tie for a portrait.

Carl Sandburg at Birthplace
Carl Sandburg stands in the doorway of his birthplace on his 70th birthday.

Carl Sandburg in Lincoln Room
Photo caption: "Sandburg, Carl. In Lincoln Room where Horner Lincoln collection is housed. Dedication February 12, 1941."

Carl Sandburg with Scarf
Carl Sandburg sits outside wearing a jacket and a scarf.

Carl Sandburg at Microphone
Carl Sandburg speaks at the inauguration of Governor Adlai E. Stevenson. The event took place at the Illinois State Armory.

Carl Sandburg 75th Birthday
Carl Sandburg celebrates his 75th birthday with a dinner in the Crystal Ballroom at the Blackstone Hotel in Chicago.

Carl Sandburg Book Signing
Carl Sandburg autographs copies of his book, Always the Young Strangers, at a Marshall Field department store.

Carl Sandburg, Otto Kerner, and Others
Carl Sandburg walks Governor Otto Kerner while surrounded by several unidentified individuals.

Carl Sandburg Birthplace Exhibit
Visitors look at exhibited photographs at the Carl Sandburg birthplace.

Carl Sandburg Birthplace Historical Marker Dedication
Governor Richard Ogilvie delivers an address at the dedication of the Carl Sandburg Birthplace Historical Marker in Galesburg.

Sandburg Birthplace Construction
Two construction workers finishing laying a new plank sidewalk outside the Sandburg home in Galesburg.
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