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Francis Frazee Hamilton (6 months), poses for a portrait wearing a white outfit and holding a rattle in his right hand. Hamilton was the grandson of Frances Elizabeth Austen Frazee and Ephraim S. Frazee, of Rush County, Indiana, and son of, Frances…

Nellie Grey Lindsay, daughter of Nicholas T. Lindsay and Nellie A. Gager, poses for a portrait wearing a dark dress with a white collar and a bow in her hair. Nellie married Marion Felix Johnson in Monroe, Indiana, in 1910 and had five children.

The Vachel Lindsay Bridge on Lake Springfield was dedicated on July 12, 1935, and included a bronze bust made by sculptor Adrien A. Voisin located on a limestone pedestal at the west end. Lindsay's poem, "On the Building of Springfield," was carved…

Vachel Lindsay sits in a chair reading a book during a portrait session.

A bust of Vachel Lindsay by sculptor Adrien A. Voisin shows Lindsay taken from the viewer's right side of the sculpture.

Elizabeth Conner Lindsay watches her children, Susan and Nicholas, examine a Christmas tree.

The body of Esther Catharine Frazee Lindsay lies in a flower-covered coffin in the Lindsay home. On verso: "1st floor, front room, SW corner (parlor)."

A pot of flowers stand next to Vachel Lindsay's headstone at Oak Ridge Cemetery in Springfield, Illinois.

Nicholas Cave Lindsay recites poetry on stage at Springfield High School, the school his father, Vachel Lindsay, attended.

Clarissa Hagler Jorgensen, of Springfield, recounts stories of Vachel Lindsay who she knew as a child to Nicholas Cave Lindsay and an unidentified woman. In a separate oral history interview done with Jo Saner of Sangamon State University on March…

The north bedroom inside the Vachel Lindsay Home in Springfield, Illinois, features two chairs and a chest of drawers in a corner.

The south bedroom inside the Lindsay home in Springfield, Illinois, features a four poster bed. On verso: "This bed is from Indiana. Frances Austen Frazee's bed made when she was married in 1847. She was born in 1827, her chest was acquired sometime…

A room inside the Vachel Lindsay Home in Springfield, Illinois, contains a dining table and chairs next to a couch and table. Dr. Vachel Thomas Lindsay's medicine cabinet is on the left.

Vachel Lindsay and his wife, Elizabeth Conner Lindsay, along with their two children, Susan and Nicholas, pose for a picture in front of the family home in Springfield.

Stephen Graham, a British journalist and author who after becoming friends with Vachel Lindsay, holds a pipe in his right hand in a candid photograph. Graham published a book in 1922 titled, "Tramping with a Poet in the Rockies," featuring a trip he…

Richard P. Graebel, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church of Springfield, speaks to a group of unidentified people while holding the book, "The West-Going Heart: A Life of Vachel Lindsay."

Clarice Hickox, of Springfield, speaks on a stage at an unidentified event.

Elizabeth Graham talks with two unidentified girls about Peter Wright's Cellar Illustration of Vachel Lindsay's poem, "The Congo."On verso: "In basement. Postman's girls see Congo by Peter. Peter Wright's Cellar Illustration of Congo."

Elizabeth Graham, an English teacher at Springfield High School, poses for a picture next to a painting hanging on the wall. Graham met Vachel Lindsay through Susan E. Wilcox, a fellow English teacher at Springfield High School who was a friend of…

Willis J. Spaulding, a native of Springfield who was largely responsible for the construction of Lake Springfield and the city-owned power plant from 1927-1935, poses for a picture at his desk. On verso: "Just after election."

Two boys and two girls dig a hole while planting a dogwood.On verso: "Basil [Contralson's] children plant dogwood."

Two Key Club members carry a shutter on the Vachel Lindsay Home porch while two other members scrub two shutters leaning against the building.

Key Club members perform landscaping work outside the Vachel Lindsay Home in Springfield. On verso: "Please leave at Board Monday for Elizabeth Graham."

Tom Robertson seeds an area in front of the Vachel Lindsay Home in Springfield, Illinois, while other unidentified Key Club members perform landscaping work.On verso: "Tom Robertson with seeder; Please leave at Switch Board Monday for Elizabeth…

Springfield High School teachers Elru Logan and Ellen Rourke and Dean of Boys Roy "Daddy" Wintz pose with clocks given to them upon their retirement. On verso: "Year of retirement from S. H. S. Gifts to them, clocks."