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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…

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."

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

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."

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…

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.

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.

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…

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

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…

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

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

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)."

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

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

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

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…

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.

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…

Ephraim S. Frazee, a preacher of Rush County, Indiana, poses for a portrait wearing a dark suit. Frazee was the husband of Frances Elizabeth Austen Frazee, the father of Esther Catharine Frazee Lindsay, and the grandfather of poet Vachel Lindsay.

Frances Elizabeth Austen Frazee, of Rush County, Indiana, poses for a portrait wearing a dark dress. Frazee was the wife of preacher Ephraim S. Frazee, the mother of Esther Catharine Frazee Lindsay, and grandmother of Nicholas Vachel Lindsay.

Pallbearers carry Vachel Lindsay's coffin from First Christian Church in Springfield, Illinois. Pallbearers include Willis J. Spaulding, Roger E. Chapin, Duncan MacDonald, Paul M. Angle, John P. Snigg, Dr. H. S. Morrison, Romaine Proctor, and V. Y.…

Pallbearers carry Vachel Lindsay's coffin out of First Christian Church in Springfield, Illinois. Lindsay's wife, Elizabeth Conner Lindsay, and sister, Olive Catharine Lindsay Wakefield, follow pallbearers Willis J. Spaulding, Roger E. Chapin, Duncan…

Pallbearers carry poet Vachel Lindsay's coffin from the hearse into First Christian Church in Springfield, Illinois. The pallbearers are Willis J. Spaulding, Roger E. Chapin, Duncan MacDonald, Paul M. Angle, John P. Snigg, Dr. H. S. Morrison, Romaine…

Vachel Lindsay stands between a chair and a framed picture on an easel during a portrait session.