11.1 Pen and Ink Committee
In addition to its debating and oratorical content, the Jefferson Society provides a variety of opportunities for its members to present and engage with literary content in the Hall. The Pen and Ink Committee is tasked with organizing literary presentations at the Society’s Friday meetings, and also hosts contests throughout the year such as the annual Poe Contest (in which members present dramatic readings of the works of Society member Mr. Edgar Allan Poe) and the Jefferslam (where members present original works of poetry). Many Society members also present original literary content before the Hall; many of these stories and poems can be found in this box.
Items
| Title | # of items | Type | Date | Notes on condition |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1991-2005 Poe Contest Programs | 13 | Printed | 1991 - 2005 | Good |
| Poe Contest Info Sheets and Ballots | 14 | Printed | No Date Given | Good |
| 1991, 2005 Poe Contest Miscellaneous | 2 | Printed | 1991, 2005 | Good |
| Undated Poetry by Sidney Burris | 13 | Printed | No Date Given | Good |
| Undated Story 1 by Derek Kannemeyer | 13 | Printed | No Date Given | Good |
| Undated Story 2 by Derek Kannemeyer | 9 | Printed | No Date Given | Good |
| Undated Story by Edward Power | 13 | Printed | No Date Given | Good |
| Undated Anon Story - "Alabaster Woman..." | 4 | Printed | No Date Given | Good |
| Undated Anon Story - "Aubrey" | 14 | Printed | No Date Given | Good |
| Undated Anon Story - "Bellona" | 13 | Printed | No Date Given | Good |
| Undated Anon Story - "Tuckerton" | 11 | Printed | No Date Given | Good |
| Undated Anon Story - "In Front of Everyone" | 9 | Printed | No Date Given | Good |
| Undated Anon Story - "Phantasmagoria" | 8 | Printed | No Date Given | Fair |
| Undated Anon Story - "P.O.W." | 4 | Printed | No Date Given | Good |
| Undated Anon Story - "Nancy's February" | 9 | Printed | No Date Given | Good |
| Undated Anon Story - "Love" | 3 | Printed | No Date Given | Good |
| Undated Anon Story - "Happiness" | 6 | Printed | No Date Given | Good |
| Undated Anon Story - "Afternoon..." | 13 | Printed | No Date Given | Good |
| Undated Anon Story - "The Unrequited" | 2 | Printed | No Date Given | Good |
| Undated Anon Story - "The Night..." | 7 | Printed | No Date Given | Good |
| Undated Anon Story - "Inevitable Hour" | 15 | Printed | No Date Given | Good |
| Undated Anon Story - "Speeding Blue..." | 4 | Printed | No Date Given | Good |
| Undated Anon Story - "What the Image Said" | 5 | Printed | No Date Given | Good |
| Undated Anon Story - "The Book of Dreams" | 6 | Printed | No Date Given | Good |
| Undated Anon Story - "Marriage" | 20 | Printed | No Date Given | Good |
| Undated Anon Story - "Saint Teddy" | 20 | Printed | No Date Given | Good |
| Undated Anon Story - "Thane's Epistemological Eulojazz" | 15 | Printed | No Date Given | Good |
| Undated Anon Story - "Green Hatchback..." | 10 | Printed | No Date Given | Good |
| Undated Anon Story - "Excerpts from A Life" | 8 | Printed | No Date Given | Good |
| Undated Anon Story - "Anesthesia" | 13 | Printed | No Date Given | Good |
| Undated Anon Story - "The Southbound Rail" | 1 | Printed Packet | No Date Given | Good |
| Undated Anon Story - "Nothing Personal" | 5 | Printed | No Date Given | Good |
| Undated Anon Story - "A Knifing" | 4 | Printed | No Date Given | Good |
| Undated Anon Story - "Doesn't your mother..." | 8 | Printed | No Date Given | Good |
| Undated Anon Story - "The Night Before" | 6 | Printed | No Date Given | Good |
| Undated Anon Story - "Innocence Drowned" | 2 | Printed | No Date Given | Good |
| Undated Anon Story - "Make Lemonade" | 4 | Printed | No Date Given | Good |
| Undated Anon Story - "Awail, Askew" | 6 | Printed | No Date Given | Good |
| Undated Anon Story - "Daddy" | 42 | Printed | No Date Given | Good |
| Undated Anon Story - "Mouse House" | 8 | Printed | No Date Given | Good |
| Undated Anon Story - "Walls of Conformity" | 11 | Printed | No Date Given | Good |
| Undated Anon Story - "A Purge" | 8 | Printed | No Date Given | Good |
| Undated Anon Story - "Butcher Block" | 3 | Printed | No Date Given | Good |
| Undated Anon Poems - "He Sought to Rise..." | 4 | Printed | No Date Given | Good |
| Undated Anon Poems - "Private Beach" | 2 | Printed | No Date Given | Good |
| Undated Anon Poems - "The Bear Cub" | 3 | Printed | No Date Given | Good |
| Undated Anon Poems - "The Kiss..." | 3 | Printed | No Date Given | Good |
| Undated Anon Poems - "Waking Up" | 2 | Printed | No Date Given | Good |
| Undated Anon Poems - "Gone Away?" | 2 | Printed | No Date Given | Good |
| Undated Anon Poems - "Father and Farm" | 6 | Printed | No Date Given | Good |
| Undated Anon Poems - "Holocaustal Dance" | 3 | Printed | No Date Given | Good |
| Undated Anon Poems - "Other Selections" | 3 | Printed | No Date Given | Good |
| Undated Anon Poems - "Jamaican Sunrise" | 2 | Printed | No Date Given | Good |
| Undated Anon Poems - "Occidental: A Villanelle" | 3 | Printed | No Date Given | Good |
| Undated Anon Poems - "The Art of Seduction" | 3 | Printed | No Date Given | Good |
| Undated Anon Poems - "Once When..." | 2 | Printed | No Date Given | Good |
| Undated Anon Poems - "Oak Tree" | 2 | Printed | No Date Given | Good |
| Undated Anon Poems - "Peeling Potatoes | 3 | Printed | No Date Given | Good |
| Undated Anon Poems - "On Looking..." | 2 | Printed | No Date Given | Good |
| Undated Anon Poems - "Posture of..." | 4 | Printed | No Date Given | Good |
| Undated Anon Poems - "At the Airport" | 3 | Printed | No Date Given | Good |
| Undated Anon Short Poems Part 1 | 10 | Printed | No Date Given | Good |
| Undated Anon Short Poems Part 2 | 13 | Printed | No Date Given | Good |
| Undated Anon Poems - "The Dress" | 2 | Printed | No Date Given | Good |
| Undated Anon Poems - "Sonnet" | 2 | Printed | No Date Given | Good |
| Undated Anon Story and Poem - "The Outlet" | 2 | Printed | No Date Given | Good |
| Undated Poem by Sydney Trent | 2 | Printed | No Date Given | Good |
| 1980 Poem "A Weakness..." by TAS | 2 | Printed | 1980 | Good |
| 1967 Poem "A Night in Canterbury" by John Lane | 3 | Printed | 1967 | Good |
| 1978 Poem "Gunga Jeb" | 2 | Printed | 1978 | Good |
| 1979 Story (Winner) "Snipe Hunters" by Leigh Wilson | 17 | Printed | 1979 | Good |
| 1979 Poetry (Winner) "A Farmer's Trilogy" by Jackson Davis | 4 | Printed | 1979 | Good |
| 1975 Story "Big White Moon..." by John Aberman | 17 | Printed | 1975 | Good |
| 1975/78/79 Anon Story - "The Only Answer" | 11 | Printed | 1975, 1978, 1979 | Good |
| 1975/78/79 Story "Greyed Rainbow" by Kern | 4 | Printed | 1975, 1978, 1979 | Good |
| 1975 Poem (Winner) "Old Ladies" by Alma Gottlieb | 2 | Printed | 1975 | Good |
| 1975/78/79 Anon Poem - "Statue of Homer" | 2 | Printed | 1975, 1978, 1979 | Good |
| 1975/78/79 Anon Poems | 5 | Printed | 1975, 1978, 1979 | Good |
| 1975/78/79 Story "De Goon..." by Tom Haddon | 5 | Printed | 1975, 1978, 1979 | Good |
| 1975/78/79 Poems "Grey Line" by JM Burke | 2 | Printed | 1975, 1978, 1979 | Good |
| 1975/78/79 Contest Papers (General) | 3 | Printed | 1975, 1978, 1979 | Good |
| 1972-73 Anon Poem - "Raven" Parody | 6 | Printed | 1972 - 1973 | Good |
| 1981-2006 Literary Contest Programs | 15 | Printed | 1981 - 2006 | Good |
| 1975-1992 Literary Contest Advertising | 10 | Printed | 1975 - 1992 | Good |
| 1983 Report on Literary Contest | 4 | Printed | 1983 | Good |
| Undated Literary Contest Notes | 4 | Printed | No Date Given | Good |
| 1986 Literary Contest List | 1 | Printed | 1986 | Good |
| 1981 Literary Contest Letter to VLR | 1 | Printed | 1981 | Good |
| Undated Literary Contest Speech | 2 | Printed | No Date Given | Good |
| Miscellaneous Literary Contest Story Cover Sheets | 8 | Printed | No Date Given | Good |
| 1974-75 Poem - "The Fiancé" by Andre Barkin | 1 | Printed | 1974 - 1975 | Good |
| 1974-75 Anon Poem - "Rhymes Dedicated..." | 1 | Printed | 1974 - 1975 | Good |
| 1974-75 Poems - "Falling Away" by Harold Segroves | 2 | Printed | 1974 - 1975 | Good |
| 1974-75 Anon Poems - "There Once Was a Probie..." | 3 | Printed | 1974 - 1975 | |
| 1974-75 Anon Poems - "Night Battle" | 2 | Printed | 1974 - 1975 | |
| 1974-75 Anon Poems - "Singing Dem" | 3 | Printed | 1974 - 1975 | |
| 1974-75 Anon Poems - "Dead Never..." | 3 | Printed | 1974 - 1975 | |
| 1974-75 Poems (Winner) - "The Last Reading of the Roll" by Jeffrey Edmunds | 14 | Printed | 1974 - 1975 | |
| 1974-75 Stories - "Communication" by C. David Noziglia | 4 | Printed | 1974 - 1975 | |
| 1974-75 Stories - "The Roll" by Geoffrey Close | 12 | Printed | 1974 - 1975 | |
| 1974-75 Stories - "The Subject..." by Terry Saningon | 10 | Printed | 1974 - 1975 | |
| 1974-75 Stories - "It Can't be..." By Jeffrey Edmunds | 5 | Printed | 1974 - 1975 |