Scope and Contents Included in the Bertha West Nealey papers are poems and their numerous revisions from her two published books, White Plum Thickets (1978) and Altars to Kuan Yin Goddess of Mercy (1981); poems for two unpublished books, Sea Poems and Unsieved Songs of My Years; miscellaneous poems and their revisions; short stories; poems and short stories written by classmates in a creative writing class; correspondence, 1922-1981; news articles; and pencil sketches. Born in Chesterfield County, S.C., on 26...