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31-664: The Walgreen Coast was named by Byrd after Charles R. Walgreen , president of the retail company Walgreens at the time, who was a funder of the Byrd Antarctic Expedition , 1933–1935, and assisted in equipping the Bear for the USAS, 1939–1941. This coast was mapped in detail by the United States Geological Survey from ground surveys and U.S. Navy air photographs, 1959–66. It contains Thwaites Glacier , also known as

62-566: A conversation on the poet's work. The Closer Look Book Club provides an opportunity for in-depth conversation about prose literature. The Poetry Center also provides support to the Arizona State Prison Creative Writing Workshops founded by University of Arizona Regents' Professor Richard Shelton and supported by a grant from the Lannan Foundation. Inmates attend weekly workshops, write, edit and submit work to

93-514: A dedicated journal, Rain Shadow , which is available at the Poetry Center. Pre-K to 12 Programs The Poetry Center offers a monthly Family Days activity program for children of all ages and their families. It also offers online poetry resources and lesson plans for teachers of all grade levels . High school outreach includes a statewide Bilingual Corrido Contest and Southern Arizona support of

124-516: A finger in an accident at a shoe factory. The doctor who treated him persuaded him to become an apprentice for a local druggist. His interest in pharmacy dated from the time he was employed by D.S. Horton, a druggist in Dixon where he was apprenticed as a pharmacist. In 1893, Walgreen went to Chicago and became a registered pharmacist. At the start of the Spanish–American War , Walgreen enlisted with

155-528: A mainstay of the store's retail selection. Walgreens offered low-priced lunch counters, built its own ice cream factory, and introduced the malted milk shake in 1922. By 1927, Walgreen had established 110 stores. His son Charles Rudolph Walgreen Jr. (March 4, 1906 – February 10, 2007) and grandson Charles R. Walgreen III both shared his name and played prominent roles in the company he founded. His daughter, Ruth Walgreen, married Justin Whitlock Dart , who left

186-404: A rounded understanding of a poet." Ms. Stephan's founding collection of books includes works by Ezra Pound , Kenneth Rexroth , Kenneth Patchen , Stanley Kunitz , W. H. Auden , John Berryman , Edna St. Vincent Millay and others, most of which are editions published in the 1940s and 1950s. Also included are a number of volumes of Asian and French poetry as well as classic works. Intending

217-521: A selection of black-and-white photographs of writers who have visited the Poetry Center since 1960. This photographic tradition, started by the Poetry Center's first director, LaVerne Harrell Clark, continues to this day. Beginning in 1962 with readings by Stanley Kunitz and Kenneth Rexroth, the Poetry Center has presented over 1000 writers, including most major U.S. poets of this era, significant international visitors, and emerging writers. Lectures by visiting and local writers and scholars are held throughout

248-650: A while and made a documentary film on Zen Buddhism . In 1954 Ruth Stephan began spending winters in Tucson, staying in a cottage near the University of Arizona campus. In 1960, she presented the property to the University. If the Poetry Center's initial home was modest, its founder's vision was not. She wanted to create a welcoming place and a distinguished collection that could encourage students, faculty and community members "to encounter poetry without intermediaries." In 1960 Robert Frost arrived in Tucson by train to read at

279-479: Is a Robert Creeley reading from 1963. " voca " includes multiple recordings of poets who have read for the Poetry Center numerous times over the years. All recordings are made available with the permission of the reader. Rare Book Room The Rare Book Room safeguards important items of the collection in a temperature- and humidity-controlled environment, preserving them for future generations of researchers and readers. Limited-edition works, books which are central to

310-751: Is among the most extensive collections of contemporary poetry in the United States. It is the largest such collection which is "open shelf." The University of Arizona Poetry Center was founded in 1960 by Ruth Stephan as a place "to maintain and cherish the spirit of poetry. " The Poetry Center's mission is to promote poetic literacy and sustain, enrich and advance a diverse literary culture. The Poetry Center sponsors numerous programs, including readings, lectures, classes and workshops, writing residencies, writers-in-the-schools, writers-in-the-prisons, contests, exhibitions and online resources, including standards-based poetry curricula. An area of special emphasis within

341-490: The 1st Illinois Volunteer Cavalry . While serving in Cuba, he contracted malaria and yellow fever , which continued to plague him for the rest of his life. After his discharge, Walgreen returned to Chicago and worked as a pharmacist for Isaac Blood. In 1901, he opened a second store in 1909 and by 1916 owned nine drug stores, which he incorporated as Walgreen Co. Walgreens was one of the first chains to carry non-pharmaceuticals as

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372-508: The "Doomsday Glacier", for its major contributions to sea level rise as a result of climate change . [REDACTED]  This article incorporates public domain material from "Walgreen Coast" . Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey .   [REDACTED] This Marie Byrd Land location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Charles R. Walgreen Charles Rudolph Walgreen (October 9, 1873 – December 11, 1939)

403-595: The 1940s and 1950s she wrote both poetry and novels ( The Flight and My Crown, My Love ) and with her husband, the artist John Stephan, published an influential international quarterly of art and literature called The Tiger's Eye . After spending a year in Peru, she compiled and translated the first English-language collection of Quechua songs and tales. She also produced a series of records, The Spoken Anthology of American Literature , for international audiences. She lived in Japan for

434-723: The Center's extensive literary programs and activities. Ruth Walgreen Stephan (1910–1974) was a writer and philanthropist who began visiting Tucson in the 1950s. She grew up in Chicago , the daughter of Charles Rudolph Walgreen (the founder of the national drug store chain Walgreens ) and attended Northwestern University . Her first notable publication, a poem titled "Identity," appeared in Harper's Magazine in 1937. Her work soon began appearing in other leading magazines, such as Poetry and Forum . In

465-594: The Center. In 1963 the University of Arizona awarded Ruth Stephan an honorary PhD for "high achievement as a poet, novelist, translator and editor with an international reputation and as a sponsor and patron of imaginative literature." She served as an active member of the Center's Advisory Board until shortly before her death in 1974. Ruth Stephan seeded The Poetry Center's collection with a gift of several hundred books. Her collection focused on contemporary poetry in English and also included translations of great poets from around

496-514: The College of Humanities, the Poetry Center is open and fully accessible to the public. In fall 2007, the Poetry Center moved into a 17,000-square-foot (1,600 m ) building named for Tucson arts patron Dr. Helen S. Schaefer. The Poetry Center's new building, designed by Line and Space, LLC, makes the Center's entire collection of contemporary poetry fully accessible for the first time in decades. The facility also provides meeting and gathering spaces for

527-537: The National Poetry Out Loud Competition. Contests The Poetry Center sponsors a number of annual contests to benefit and reward writers. In addition to the Corrido Contest, the Center sponsors a national writer's residency, and writing contests for University of Arizona graduate and undergraduate students. The Poetry Center and the University of Arizona Humanities Seminars Program formed

558-452: The Poetry Center's Reading Series (founded in 1962). The Poetry Center's catalog is accessible through Worldcat (OCLC). The collection is non-circulating. The Ruth Stephan and Myrtle Walgreen Collection includes, on a representative level, the work of most poets writing in English in the 20th and 21st centuries. Poets from earlier centuries and translations into English are represented on a more selective level. Stephan's original vision for

589-475: The Poetry Center's own publication VERSE! Poetry for Young Children . Activities for children, school groups, and community organizations and families are regularly presented in this area. Exhibitions The Jeremy Ingalls Gallery in the reception area of the Poetry Center features permanent and regular special exhibitions highlighting work from the collection and the Rare Book Room. The Wall of Poets features

620-747: The Walgreens company after they divorced and went on to control the rival Rexall Drug Stores in 1943. Ruth, in her adult years a published poet, eventually remarried and began spending winters in Tucson, Arizona , where in the early 1960s, she was instrumental in establishing the Poetry Center at the University of Arizona . He is a member of the Labor Hall of Fame . University of Arizona Poetry Center The University of Arizona Poetry Center in Tucson, Arizona,

651-412: The collection has been maintained, with the addition of some acquisitions of critical works by major critics (e.g., Bloom , Vendler , and Perloff ). Audio-Video Collection - voca The University of Arizona Poetry Center's Audio Video Library features recordings from the Center's long-running Reading Series and other readings presented under the auspices of the Center. The earliest of these recordings

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682-479: The collection to have national and international significance, Ms. Stephan regularly shopped for books for the Poetry Center on her journeys, and she urged the staff to acquire materials demonstrating the widest possible range of poetry, from its known beginnings in chants and song to contemporary experiments. According to Poetry Center annual reports, the collection grew by 100 volumes during the 1962-1963 academic year and had reached 900 volumes by Spring 1963. By 1975

713-429: The creative process. Ruth Stephan wrote that poets and writers "work in fiery bursts of creativity and snuff out most of the results with an eraser." In 1994, the Poetry Center inaugurated a residency program to offer poets a month-long opportunity to develop work and to access the Center's archives. The residencies are awarded through a national juried competition. The residence in the new Poetry Center building carries on

744-438: The dedication of the new Poetry Center on November 17. Ruth Stephan presided at the dedication with Arizona Congressman Stewart Udall and University President Richard Harvill. During this historic visit, Congressman Udall asked Frost to consider reading a poem at John F. Kennedy 's upcoming Presidential inauguration . For decades after her initial gift, Ruth Stephan made additional donations of land, stocks, cash and books to

775-400: The generations. When Charles's father, Carl Magnus Olofsson, came to America from Sweden, he decided to change the family name to Walgreen . When Charles was still quite young he and his family relocated to Dixon, Illinois , in 1887. He attended Dixon High School , Dixon Business College. He was a member of the international fraternity Tau Kappa Epsilon . As a young adult, he lost part of

806-425: The poetry tradition, and artist-made books and collaborative book projects are included. In this archive, scholars will find materials only available in a few libraries around the world. Children's Corner The Poetry Center's children's collection includes hundreds of volumes of poetry for young people, as well as an assortment of curricular and pedagogical materials for use in teaching poetry to children, including

837-428: The total number of volumes had increased to 4,060 and there was "a large collection of poetry periodicals and poetry recordings." The library collection, supported by an acquisitions endowment provided by Ms. Stephan and her mother Myrtle Walgreen in the mid-1970s, has grown to include over 70,000 items. These works include 40,000 books of poetry, 300 broadsides, 3000 photographs, and 1500 recordings, many of which record

868-570: The tradition of the Poet's Cottage by providing a secluded studio apartment and private garden patio within the complex. The Poetry Center administers a diverse range of programs and educational activities that create poetic literacy and cultivate a wide literary readership. Adult Programs Throughout the year, the Poetry Center offers non-credit creative writing workshops as well as classes and seminars on poetry and prose. Shop Talk discussion groups offer mini-lectures on featured poets, followed by

899-537: The world. In her "Notes on Establishing and Maintaining a Poetry Collection," Stephan wrote: The collection should consist of poetry, of biographies and bibliographies of poets, volumes of poets' letters and of prose and plays by poets. There should be no books of criticism or essays on poetry unless these books were written by poets: for example Francis Thompson 's exquisite piece on Shelley , and T. S. Eliot 's essays. Occasionally poets have written novels, as did William Carlos Williams , and these should be included for

930-399: The year. Symposia with visiting and local writers focused on a wide variety of literary topics are also presented. Part of the Poetry Center's first home was a small house reserved for poets and writers visiting Tucson. The residence, or "Poet's Cottage," has always been a part of the Center's special character. The Fieries and Snuffies wrought-iron legend displayed over the door refers to

961-414: Was an American businessman and the founder of Walgreens . He was born on a farm near Galesburg, Illinois before moving to Dixon, Illinois , in 1887. He was the son of Swedish immigrants. In the 1790s, Charles's great-great-great-grandfather, Sven Olofsson, adopted the surname Wahlgren ( Swedish pronunciation: [ˈvɑ̂ːlɡreːn] ) during his military service, a family fact passed down over

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