246:
212:
149:
and
Dustbowl. Fortunately the McDaniels had family in California that helped to make the transition easier. They were able to secure employment through these family members. Wilma picked grapes at a vineyard for her Uncle Jeremiah Finster. Wilma also worked for a time as a housekeeper and maid. Her
226:
166:
newspaper editor, Tom
Hennion. Seeing her inborn talent, Hennion continued to publish her work in the newspaper which lead to her wider publication later on in life. McDaniel wrote with simple language and harsh imagery and was referred to as the "California
158:
McDaniel's love of poetry began at an early age. At age eight, she began to write on scraps of paper, envelopes, and grocery bags, storing them away for later publication. In the 1970s -when Wilma was in her 50s- she took some of her poems to the
141:. Her parents were Benjamin and Anna (Finster) McDaniel. She was the fourth born out of eight children. McDaniel studied at Green Ridge School, and another in
287:
399:
359:
404:
394:
346:
Highlights this late Okie Folk poet in images and poetry; also includes a fairly complete bibliography of her work.
123:
in the 1970s, McDaniel was dubbed "The Okie Poet" because of her writings about
Oklahoma throughout her lifetime.
384:
389:
126:
McDaniel published more than fifty books of poetry and was the subject of a film documentary by Chris Simon,
150:
father died 10 years after moving to
California and Wilma lived with her mother until her death in 1983.
101:
145:. When Wilma was 17 years old, in 1936, her father removed the family to California in the wake of the
117:
259:
245:
211:
138:
350:
379:
374:
192:
354:
8:
161:
43:
146:
340:
142:
368:
172:
120:
360:
Wilma
Elizabeth McDaniel Collection at the Oklahoma State University Library
168:
109:
97:
96:(December 22, 1918 – April 13, 2007) was a long-time resident of
65:
113:
313:
105:
345:
128:
Down an Old Road: The Poetic Life of Wilma
Elizabeth McDaniel.
76:
193:"Tulare County poet laureate kept writing until the end"
137:
Wilma
Elizabeth McDaniel was born December 22, 1918, in
282:
280:
341:
Origination page for Haslam article reproduced above.
277:
184:
366:
104:. Wilma was one of thousands who emigrated from
306:
355:UC Merced Library and Special Collections
190:
218:
227:"Okie poet says writing is her passion"
367:
252:
288:"Wilma Elizabeth McDaniel Biography"
400:20th-century American women writers
294:. Oklahoma State University Library
13:
224:
116:years of the mid-1930s. Named the
14:
416:
334:
244:
225:Yi, Matthew (30 November 1997).
210:
191:Steinberg, Jim (19 April 2007).
153:
351:Wilma Elizabeth McDaniel Papers
260:"Oklahoma Drumright quadrangle"
1:
178:
132:
7:
405:21st-century American women
395:20th-century American poets
241:– via Newspapers.com.
207:– via Newspapers.com.
10:
421:
314:"Wilma Elizabeth McDaniel"
83:
71:
61:
49:
28:
21:
139:Lincoln County, Oklahoma
94:Wilma Elizabeth McDaniel
32:Wilma Elizabeth McDaniel
23:Wilma Elizabeth McDaniel
264:dc.library.okstate.edu
385:Poets from California
390:American women poets
231:The Hanford Sentinel
292:library.okstate.edu
44:Lincoln County, OK
91:
90:
41:December 22, 1918
412:
329:
328:
326:
324:
318:back40publishing
310:
304:
303:
301:
299:
284:
275:
274:
272:
270:
256:
250:
249:
248:
242:
240:
238:
222:
216:
215:
214:
208:
206:
204:
188:
164:Advance-Register
147:Great Depression
56:
40:
38:
19:
18:
420:
419:
415:
414:
413:
411:
410:
409:
365:
364:
337:
332:
322:
320:
312:
311:
307:
297:
295:
286:
285:
278:
268:
266:
258:
257:
253:
243:
236:
234:
223:
219:
209:
202:
200:
189:
185:
181:
156:
143:Depew, Oklahoma
135:
54:
42:
36:
34:
33:
24:
17:
12:
11:
5:
418:
408:
407:
402:
397:
392:
387:
382:
377:
363:
362:
357:
348:
343:
336:
335:External links
333:
331:
330:
305:
276:
251:
217:
197:The Fresno Bee
182:
180:
177:
155:
152:
134:
131:
102:Central Valley
89:
88:
85:
81:
80:
73:
69:
68:
63:
59:
58:
57:(aged 88)
53:April 13, 2007
51:
47:
46:
30:
26:
25:
22:
15:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
417:
406:
403:
401:
398:
396:
393:
391:
388:
386:
383:
381:
378:
376:
373:
372:
370:
361:
358:
356:
352:
349:
347:
344:
342:
339:
338:
319:
315:
309:
293:
289:
283:
281:
265:
261:
255:
247:
232:
228:
221:
213:
199:. pp. B6
198:
194:
187:
183:
176:
174:
173:Gerald Haslam
170:
165:
163:
154:Poetic career
151:
148:
144:
140:
130:
129:
124:
122:
121:poet laureate
119:
118:Tulare County
115:
111:
107:
103:
99:
95:
86:
82:
78:
74:
70:
67:
64:
62:Resting place
60:
52:
48:
45:
31:
27:
20:
16:American poet
321:. Retrieved
317:
308:
296:. Retrieved
291:
267:. Retrieved
263:
254:
235:. Retrieved
233:. p. 23
230:
220:
201:. Retrieved
196:
186:
169:Walt Whitman
160:
157:
136:
127:
125:
93:
92:
55:(2007-04-13)
380:2007 deaths
375:1918 births
112:during the
84:Nationality
75:"Dust Bowl
369:Categories
269:13 January
237:13 January
203:13 January
179:References
110:California
98:California
72:Occupation
66:Tulare, CA
37:1918-12-22
133:Biography
114:Dust Bowl
106:Oklahoma
87:American
353:at the
323:9 March
298:24 July
162:Tulare
171:" by
325:2015
300:2020
271:2021
239:2021
205:2021
77:Poet
50:Died
29:Born
108:to
100:'s
371::
316:.
290:.
279:^
262:.
229:.
195:.
175:.
327:.
302:.
273:.
79:"
39:)
35:(
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.
