01358cpcaa2200289 a 4500 mm2008085396 DLC 20260227111731.0 080117|||||||||||| eng mm2008085396 DLC DLC dacs DLC L lcmd Stepanek, Mattie J. T. (Mattie Joseph Thaddeus) Mattie J.T. Stepanek papers, 1993-2000. 1 item. Open to research. Presentation volume given to the Library of Congress containing copies of handwritten poems, transcriptions of poems, drawings, photographs, and a newspaper clipping written by and concerning ten-year-old Stepanek who suffered from mitochondrial myopathy, a form of muscular dystrophy. Poet and Goodwill Ambassador for the Muscular Dystrophy Association. Full name: Matthew Joseph Thaddeus Stepanek. Born, 1990. Died, 2004. Collection material in English. Forms part of: Miscellaneous Manuscripts collection. American poetry. Muscular dystrophy. Poetry. Poets. itoamc 44776 44776