Marianne Moore meeting with contestants for the 1955 Glascock Poetry Contest - in the front row are Sylvia Plath (Smith), Lynne Lawner (Wellesley) Marianne Moore, Jean Piser (Mount Holyoke); in the back row are David Rattray (Dartmouth), William Key Whitman (Wesleyan), and Donal Lehmkuhl (Columbia).
Contestants and judge Marianne Moore, 1955

In celebration of the Glascock Intercollegiate Poetry Competition’s 100th year, this exhibition tells the story of the competition by highlighting pieces about the competition from the Mount Holyoke Archives and Special Collections. To learn more about the Glascock Intercollegiate Poetry Competition, please contact us at archives@mtholyoke.edu or 413-538-3079.

This exhibition was curated by students in Anna Maria Hong’s English 361: Creative Writing from the Archives class with notable contributions from Thien-An Nguyen and Rebecca Kilroy. Special thanks to Research and Instruction Librarian Mary Stettner, Head of Archives and Special Collections Deborah Richards, and Associate Curator of Engagement and Head of Interpretation at the Mount Holyoke College Art Museum Kendra Weisbin. Online adaptation by Tracey Kry ’04, Digital Collections Archivist, and Sarah Lancaster ’22, Archives Assistant.