Stepanek, Mattie J. T. (Mattie Joseph Thaddeus) creator mixed material monographic eng 1 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. Open to research. 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 mm2008085396 Open to research. DLC 080117 20260227111731.0 mm2008085396