Mary Ann Coleman papers

Descriptive Summary
Title: Mary Ann Coleman papers
Creator: Coleman, Mary Ann
Inclusive Dates: 1938-2003
Language(s): English
Extent: 13.6 Linear Feet 34 document boxes
Collection Number: ms3196
Repository: Hargrett Library

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Collection Description

Historical Note

Mary Ann (Braunlin) Coleman was born in Marion, Indiana. When she was eight, illness caused her to stay at home for a year, where she was tutored. During this time, she read and wrote poems. In the fourth grade, she started a writing club in a playhouse in her backyard where she, her sister, and a friend each chose a person from Louisa May Alcott's Little Women and wrote their own stories about that character.

After attending Indiana University for three years majoring in Education and minoring in Sociology, she transferred to Auburn University in Alabama, where she earned a BS in Elementary Education. Her first position was as a first grade teacher in Pompano, Florida. The next few years were spent in welfare work and teaching.

She married Oliver M. Coleman, Jr. who later became an associate professor at UGA. They had two sons, Jeffery Boyer and Christopher Braunlin. While they lived in Decatur, Georgia, Mary Ann studied poetry at Emory University. When their sons were in elementary school, she began to teach poetry workshops in the schools. She also taught poetry for many years at The Georgia Center for Continuing Education and The Conference for Children's Literature.

Mary Ann's poems have appeared in English Journal, MS magazine, National Forum, Kansas Quarterly, Commonweal, Chattahoochee Review, The Georgia Review, Negative Capability, The Georgia Journal, Pembroke Magazine, Poets On:, Cats, Cricket, and numerous other magazines.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of journals, correspondence, photographs, poetry, prose, office files, publications, A/V, and artifacts dated from 1938 to 2003. The bulk of the collection is Mrs. Coleman's poetry worksheets, publications and office files related to her career as a poet, writer, and teacher. Also included are items from her personal life such as journals, and correspondence from family and friends.

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Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

Mary Ann Coleman papers, ms3196, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.

Finding Aid Publication

Finding aid prepared on: 2009 April 4.

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Series Descriptions and Folder Listing

 

1. Personal
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1	1	Journal
1	2	Revised two year journal printout
1	3	Illuminations, 1981-1987
1	4	Journal
1	5	Journal, 1987-1995
1	6	Dream Journal, 1999-2002
1	7	Journal
1	8	Journal, 2000
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2	1	Journal, 1997
2	2	Journal, 1993-2002
2	3	Journal, 1991-1999
2	4	Journal, 1979
2	5	Dream Journal, 1981-1984
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3	1	Correspondence - Family, 1985-2001
3	2	Correspondence, 1978-1991
3	3	Correspondence - Friends, 1995-2002
3	4	Correspondence, 1986
3	5	Correspondence - Save the Children Sponsorship, 1987
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4	1	(Oliver) "Coleman Personal" (File)
4	2	The Stone Idol by Oliver Coleman
4	3	Oliver Coleman
4	4	Oliver's Witticisms
4	5	Oliver Coleman artwork
4	6	Jeff Coleman writings
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5	1	Photographs
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6	1	Address Book
6	2	Address Book
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7	1	Time Capsule: For Athens, Georgia "Celebrate 2000"
7	2	Framed butterfly display
2		Framed Photograph - Wild Horses Cumberland Computer-manipulated Photograph

 

2. Professional
	2.1 Poetry
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8	1		Worksheets
8	2		Worksheets
8	3		Worksheets
8	4		Worksheets
8	5		Worksheets
8	6		Children's poems to work
8	7		Poems not on manuscripts (that probably, hopefully never will be)
8	8		Other version - Sean poem - Hidden Rooms
8	9		Dreams of...Galley Sheets
8	10		Laser poems/Unpublished
8	11		Laser poems/Published
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9	1		"Strange/Amazing Creatures"
9	2		Worksheets
9	3		"Burning"-Worksheets
9	4		Old Writing
9	5		Poems to save
9	6		"Lives of Furniture"
9	7		Coastal Arts Reading
9	8		Poems not in books
9	9		Worksheets
9	10		9/11/01
9	11		"Bridges at Bradner V"
9	12		Worksheets
9	13		Uncompleted poems
9	14		A Whitman/Worksheets
9	15		Worksheets
9	16		"Leanings"
9	17		"Cockroach Sky"
9	18		Prayers for Y People Worksheets
9	19		"Secret of the 7"
9	20		"Secret Passageway"
9	21		Robert Kennedy Poem
9	22		"Changes, Exits: R. F. Kennedy"
9	23		"River Walk" - Worksheets, etc.
9	24		Unpublished poems
9	25		Worksheets
9	26		Incomplete and children's poems
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10	1		"Insomnia"
10	2		Various Revisions: Make folders on
10	3		"Overlappings"
10	4		Worksheets
10	5		"Lengths I Go To"
10	6		Incomplete: Old Poems
10	7		Worksheets
10	8		Worksheets
10	9		Poems: Young People
10	10		Extra copies: Children's poems
10	11		Poems not in manuscript....and some to forget
10	12		June 1-1973 Poems (sent out)
10	13		Worksheets
10	14		Worksheets
10	15		Worksheets
10	16		Worksheets
10	17		Worksheets
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11	1		Worksheets
11	2		Worksheets
11	3		Worksheets
11	4		Old Poems, First Drafts, Etc.
11	5		"Beloved"
11	6		"Beloved"
11	7		"Pages from History"
11	8		Worksheets
11	9		"Dreams"
11	10		Disappearances
11	11		Recognizing the Angel
11	12		Recognizing the Angel
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12	1		Worksheets
12	2		Recognizing the Angel
12	3		Fugue in Earth Tones
12	4		Fugue in Earth Tones
12	5		What We Put Away
12	6		Blood Angel
12	7		Charging the Landscape
12	8		Worksheets
12	9		Worksheets
12	10		Photographs, Lives
12	11		Photographs, Lives
12	12		Photographs, Lives
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13	1		Photographs, Lives
13	2		Photographs, Lives
13	3		Photographs, Lives
13	4		Photographs, Lives
13	5		Photographs, Lives
13	6		Photographs, Lives
13	7		"In all this Dark: Discoveries and Dreams"
13	8		Work sheets
13	9		"Secret of the 7 Woods Mice"
13	10		"Secret of the 7"
13	11		Worksheets
13	12		"Rain Toward Morning"
13	13		"After Death"
13	14		"Father and Rilke"
13	15		"Tread Water"
13	16		"On the Beach: A Presence"
13	17		"Sculptured Girl: Tablepiece"
13	18		"The Song, The Singer"
13	19		"Paper Landscape"
13	20		"Signs"
13	21		"Ghosts"
13	22		Light Poems-Including Crow-To Send
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14	1		Work sheets
14	2		First Drafts, etc.
14	3		Completed Poems-Worked 4th and 5th Month of 1986
14	4		Work sheets
14	5		Desire and Other Evidence of Life: Extra copies
14	6		Desire and Other Evidence of Life
14	7		Desire and Other Evidence of Life
14	8		Desire and Other Evidence of Life
14	9		Desire and Other Evidence of Life
14	10		Desire and Other Evidence of Life
14	11		Desire and Other Evidence of Life
14	12		Sunblaze, Moonblaze
14	13		Journeys: Sunblaze, Moonblaze
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15	1		Work sheets
15	2		Sunblaze, Moonblaze
15	3		Sunblaze, Moonblaze
15	4		Journeys: Sunblaze, Moonblaze
15	5		Journeys: Sunblaze, Moonblaze
15	6		King of All Tents and Skyscrapers
15	7		King of All Tents and Skyscrapers
15	8		Prayers from Nature
15	9		Prayers from Nature
15	10		Prayers from Nature
15	11		God of All Tents and Skyscrapers
15	12		God of All Tents and Skyscrapers
15	13		Majesty of All Tents and Skyscrapers
15	14		Cages, Shelters
15	15		Cages, Shelters
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16	1		Monsters
16	2		"Monsters Have Problems Too"
16	3		"Monsters Have Problems Too"
16	4		"Have You Ever Seen a Monster Cry..."
16	5		Flyer: Fishing, Broadside
16	6		"Fishing in Sequins"
16	7		"Escapes, Homecomings"
16	8		Poems for Adults
16	9		"Pages from History"
16	10		Work sheets
16	11		Work sheets
16	12		"Beginnings with Harriet"/"Secret Passageway"
16	13		Poems
16	14		Poetry Manuscripts and MA Vitas Only
16	15		"Ancient Houses"
16	16		"Ancient Houses"
16	17		"Ancient Houses"
16	18		"Echos, Whispers"
16	19		Work sheets
16	20		Meditations, Prayers
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1			"Ancient Houses: Cumberland Island" Framed Poem
	2.2 Prose
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17	1		"Loki Papers"
17	2		"Loki Papers"
17	3		"Loki Papers"
17	4		"Seanosaurus"
17	5		"Seanosaurus"
17	6		"Seanosaurus"
17	7		"Seanosaurus"
17	8		Company of Magicians
17	9		Company of Magicians
17	10		"In the Company of Magicians"
17	11		"The Blue Planet"
17	12		"The Blue Planet"
17	13		"The Blue Planet"
17	14		"The Blue Planet"
17	15		"The Welcome Lady of Athens"
17	16		"A Barbie Adventure"
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18	1		"The Windshield Wiper's Song"
18	2		"The Windshield Wiper's Song"
18	3		"The Windshield Wiper's Song"
18	4		"Moon Magic"
18	5		Children's Stories
18	6		"Dear Girls and Boys"
18	7		Writings
18	8		"Savannah Conversations"
18	9		"A Christmas Sighting"
18	10		Worksheets: "Christmas Sighting"/"Savannah Conversations"/"The Dead Sea: Hindsight"
18	11		"Jeff's Hats"
18	12		"Jeff's Hats"
18	13		Child Stories
18	14		"Vegetable Saga"
18	15		Writings
18	16		"The Lives of Furniture"
18	17		"Martha/Mary"
	2.3 Teaching
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19	1		Notecards
19	2		Critique-Reece
19	3		Fabian Worsham
19	4		Notes
19	5		Teaching (Part 1)
19	6		Teaching (Part 2)
19	7		Nan's Workshop: Hambidge
19	8		Talk to Tony's Class at UGA
19	9		Meditations of Poems-Quiet Day
19	10		Notes
19	11		Notes
19	12		Notes
19	13		Notes
19	14		Georgia Museum and Nature notes
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20	1		Worksheets and Van's Teaching
20	2		Transparencies-RTA , etc.
20	3		Transparencies
20	4		Children's Poems-Teaching
20	5		Lecture-Poetry: The Healing it Often Brings
20	6		Lectures
20	7		Examples, High School and Adult (Bad and Successful Poems)
20	8		Articles/Talks on Poetry
20	9		Similes for Young Children-1st-3rd
20	10		Creative Process
20	11		Haiku
20	12		Verbs
20	13		Ideas for Children's Work
20	14		Ideas
20	15		Ideas
20	16		Ideas and Markets
20	17		Ideas, Poems
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21	1		Poems for Children
21	2		Teaching Children
21	3		On Writing
21	4		College English Association Information, 1988
21	5		Society of Children's Book Writers
21	6		Notes
21	7		Notes
21	8		Grant Expenses
21	9		Business Cards
	2.4 Biographical
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22	1		Resumes
22	2		Biographical Information
22	3		Biographical Information
22	4		Biographical Information
	2.5 Reviews
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23	1		Reviews
23	2		Reviews
23	3		Reviews
23	4		Reviews
23	5		Reviews
23	6		Reviews
	2.6 Correspondence
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24	1		Melchoir
24	2		Georgia Review
24	3		Letters to and from editors
24	4		Letters from editors
24	5		Letters
24	6		Letters
24	7		Larry Rubin
24	8		Larry Rubin
24	9		Sara Baker
24	10		Episcopal Church Center
	: 2.7 Journals
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25	1-10		Journals
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26	1-6		Journals
	: 2.8 Publications
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27	1		Albert Whitman and Company catalogs
27	2		Night Owl Press
27	3		Disappearances
27	4		Pembroke Magazine 19
27	5		Poets On
27	6		Leaves of Life
27	7		Christian Science Monitor , 1996 March-1997 January
27	8		The Georgia Review - Winter , 1962-1963
27	9		The Georgia Review - Winter , 1963
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28	1		The Georgia Review - Spring , 1965
28	2		The Georgia Review , 1965, 1967
28	3		The Georgia Review - Winter , 1968
28	4		Negative Capability
28	5		Negative Capability
28	6		Early Childhood Curriculum
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29	1		Cotton Boll Atlanta Review
29	2		Poem
29	3		Kansas Quarterly - Fall , 1973
29	4		Kansas Quarterly - Winter , 1977
29	5		Like a Summer Peach
29	6		The Diamond Anthology
29	7		The Chattahoochee Review
29	8		Lullwater Review , 1990-1991
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30	1		Lullwater Review - Spring/Summer , 1995
30	2		Lullwater Review - Fall/Winter , 1995
30	3		Mississippi: Poetry Journal , 1970
30	4		Pandora Literary Magazine - Fall , 1982
30	5		The Hiram Poetry Review , 1971
30	6		4 Elements: A Poetry Review , 1976
30	7		Southern Poetry , 1971, 1973
30	8		The Dekalb Literary Arts Journal , 1969
30	9		The Reach of Song
30	10		Sun Dog
30	11		North of Wakula
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31	1		The Panhandler - Fall , 1984
31	2		The Literary Review - Winter , 1977
31	3		Gold Dust
31	4		Amelia
31	5		The Educational Forum , 1971 May
31	6		Croton Review
31	7		International Quarterly
31	8		Georgia Poets' Anthology
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32	1		Ms. Magazine , 1992 March-April
32	2		Cats Magazine , 1986 July
32	3		National Forum , 1980, 1983, 1989
32	4		Commonweal , 1986 January
32	5		Calliope , 1971-1972
32	6		Athens Magazine , 1992 October
32	7		English Journal , 1990 December
32	8		This Issue: The Magazine Book for Stories , 1970
32	9		Cricket , 1990 September
32	10		Cricket , 1998 February
32	11		Highlights for Children , 2003 February
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33	1		Spider , 1997 July
33	2		Georgia Journal , 1986-1991
33	3		Endangered Wildlife
33	4		Milkweed Chronicle - Spring/Summer , 1986
	2.9 Audiovisual
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34	1		Microcassette recorder
34	2		Microcassette tape: Talk to children; Poem testing
34	3		Microcassette tape
34	4		Microcassette tape: Peter
34	5		Microcassette tape: Athens Academy 12th grade presentation and talk
34	6		Microcassette tape: DW Monsters
34	7		Microcassette tape: Carol Lee Lorenzo
34	8		Microcassette tape: Child talk
34	9		Microcassette tape
34	10		Microcassette tape: Al Thornton, Merrill Lynch; Poem about bumperstickers
34	11		Microcassette tape: Poems
34	12		Microcassette tape: Airport reading, child
34	13		Microcassette tape: Prep for Halloween talk; Academy-Sherry Gibney-follow up on dealing with monsters-problem solving, 1985 October 21
34	14		Microcassette tape: Reading poems and thinking, talking about them
34	15		Microcassette tape: Earthscape: Reflections
34	16		Microcassette tape: Talk to Academy