Papers, 1941-1951

Containers:

Folder 2

Scope and content:

Typescript letter, March 12, 1941, to Florence Thiot Milner from Ted Malone at Good Housekeeping Magazine, declining purchase of her work for the magazine. Also contains the returned poetry; Typescript, list of Pulitzer Prize Winners from past issues of Poetry Digest, along with note of FTM about submitting "Bridal Song," dated July 28, 1941; Letter, January 1, 1943, Florence Thiot Milner to son Stewart; Typescript letter. April 11, 1942, Eugene Field Society to Florence Thiot Milner announcing her induction of Honorary Membership and a brochure of Eugene Field Society Headquarters; Typescript carbon letter, April 23, 1942, Florence Thiot Milner to Eugene Field Society, expressing appreciation for her status of Honorary Member into the society; List of Florence Thiot Milner poems sent to the Eugene Field Society, April 25, 1942; Typescript carbon, letter to Ethel R. Forbes, Horizon House from FTM, April 28, 1943, about submitting poems for Muse of 1943; Songbook; Songs of Stephen Foster. NY: Treasure Chest Publications, 1940. Attached opposite inside front cover is a typescript poem "Old Pensacola" written by Florence Thiot Milner dedicated to her son PFC. James S. Milner of the American Army Air Force, based in England. June 18, 1943; Printed letter from Horizon House commenting on production of Muse of 1943 with poetry prizes given [1943]; Think Tank, v. 3, no. 4 (Atlanta, Georgia), November 18,1943 with poem "Stars and Stripes" by FTM on p. 3; [December 1943] Typescript booklet, compilation of poems of Florence Thiot Milner titled "So You Will Remember" with inserted Christmas card/note to Stewart; some poems have post cards glued to pages; each typescript also carries note of when written and if published, where; Newspaper clipping, January 16, 1944, Pensacola News Journal, "Woman Wins Poetry Contest," about FTM poem "A Poet's Peace" in Poetry Journal; V-Mail, Mrs. Frank Milner, Pensacola to son James S. Milner, APO, April 27, 1944; Letter, April 28, 1944, Frank M. Milner to Stewart Milner [son]. Includes mention of sending a couple of his mother's poems, one published in "Unity" which won first prize in a poetry contest. Also mentions the approaching invasion; Newspaper clipping, 1946, on "Jackson Oak" in Athens, Georgia [inspiration for 1937 poem of same title]; Typescript with carbons of poem "Blind Lover," dated in ink, "1947" and "1952" (for portions written those years); Typescript carbon, poem "Paschal Moon," typed date of 4-4-47, and 8-25-52; Pensacola News-Journal, July 10, 1949; Of and for Women" section with biographies of Miss Occie Clubbs, "Susie Cucumber," Famed fox terrier, and her mistress, Mrs. Norval Richardson (Cynthia Brosnaham), Mrs. J. Clark Bruington (Lola Lee Daniell), Miss Celia Myrover Robinson, Mrs. Frank M. Milner (Florence Thiot Milner); all notable women writers in Pensacola; Postcard, June 22, 1951, from Poetry Society of America to FTM, requesting biographical note for October bulletin; Typescript carbon, of "Bird of Passage" with typed note that it won third prize, Florida Federation of Women's Clubs, published in Tropical Gardening, Sept. 1951 [41 pieces]

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