Wheelwright, John, 1897-1940

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John Wheelwright was a New England poet. Born in Boston to an old and aristocratic family, he studied architecture at Harvard University and later the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, but never finished a degree. After expulsion from Harvard, he became a member of the lost generation, and embraced socialism. He published three books of verse, each complex and cautiously admired by his peers, each owing much to his Boston Brahmin heritage. He was struck and killed by a drunk driver before his literary reputation could be secured. He remains a unique and largely undiscovered voice from the Jazz Age.

From the description of John Wheelwright letter to Mr. Sanders, circa 1930s. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 76756356

Poet, student of architecture, and Socialist Party worker, of Boston.

From the description of Papers 1920-1940. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122491315

American poet.

From the description of Papers of John Wheelwright, 1924-1944. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 32136380
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referencedIn Benét, William Rose, 1886-1950. Papers of William Rose Benet [manuscript], 1945-1949. University of Virginia. Library
creatorOf Wheelwright, John, 1897-1940. Papers, 1920-1940, Part II (Bullock-Levine). Brown University Archives, John Hay Library
creatorOf Scott, Winfield Townley, 1910-1968. Papers, 1921-1966. Brown University Archives, John Hay Library
creatorOf Mitchell, Stewart, 1892-1957. Papers, 1839-1957. Boston Athenaeum
referencedIn Moore, Merrill, 1903-1957. Letters of Merrill Moore [manuscript], 1938-1948. University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn Joan Ludman papers relating to Fairfield Porter Archives of American Art
creatorOf Wheelwright, John, 1897-1940. 10 ALS, 5 TLS, 1932 Aug. 18 - 1941 Jan. 5, 415 Beacon st., Boston, Mass. and 28 Huburn st., Cambridge, Mass., to Muriel Rukeyser. New York Public Library System, NYPL
referencedIn Braithwaite, William Stanley, 1878-1962. Papers, 1897-1930 Houghton Library
creatorOf Wheelwright, John, 1897-1940. Sailors and a soldier : typescript, [193-?] Houghton Library
creatorOf Scott, Winfield Townley, 1910-1968,. Smoke : scrapbook, Providence, Rhode Island, 1931-1934. Brown University Archives, John Hay Library
creatorOf Wheelwright, John, fl. 1864. In the District Court of the United States in for the Northern District of California, John Wheelwright et. al., libellants [sic] vs. bark "Thomas Fletcher" : D, 1864. UC Berkeley Libraries
referencedIn Yaddo records, 1870-1980 New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division
referencedIn Williams, William Carlos, 1883-1963. Correspondence, 1919-1952. Brown University Archives, John Hay Library
referencedIn Harry Roskolenko collection, 1933-1952 Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
creatorOf Wheelwright, John, 1897-1940. Papers, 1920-1940, Part III (Lowell-Z). Brown University Archives, John Hay Library
referencedIn Amy Lowell correspondence, 1883-1927 (inclusive), 1910-1925 (bulk). Houghton Library
referencedIn Wendell family papers Houghton Library
referencedIn New Directions Publishing records Houghton Library
referencedIn Papers of the magazine Transition, 1933-1941. Houghton Library
creatorOf Wheelwright, John, 1897-1940. Papers of John Wheelwright, 1924-1944. University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn Blake, Howard. John Brooks Wheelwright : anniversary eulogy, 1950, Sept. 16, Boston. Brown University Archives, John Hay Library
creatorOf Wheelwright, John, 1897-1940. Correspondence to Van Wyck Brooks, 1922-1940. University of Pennsylvania Library
creatorOf Wheelwright, John, 1897-1940. Letters to Polly Thayer, [ca. 1929]. Brown University Archives, John Hay Library
referencedIn Manuscripts and proofs of New Directions books, 1937-1997. Houghton Library
creatorOf Wheelwright, John, 1897-1940. John Wheelwright letter to Mr. Sanders, circa 1930s. Pennsylvania State University Libraries
creatorOf Wheelwright, John, 1897-1940. Letters, 1929-1932, to Lewis Mumford. University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library
referencedIn Muriel Rukeyser collection of papers, 1920-1976, 1931-1976 The New York Public Library. Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature.
creatorOf Adamic, Louis, 1899-1951,. Letters to Alfred Kreymborg [manuscript], 1921-1956. University of Virginia. Library
creatorOf Wheelwright family. Wheelwright family papers, 1779-1975; bulk: 1816-1951. Massachusetts Historical Society
creatorOf Warren, Austin, 1899-1986. Papers, 1922-1986. Brown University Archives, John Hay Library
referencedIn Cummings, E. E. (Edward Estlin), 1894-1962. Additional papers, 1870-1969. Houghton Library
creatorOf Wheelwright, John, 1897-1940. Papers 1920-1940. Brown University Archives, John Hay Library
referencedIn Munson, Gorham Bert, 1896-1969. Letters, 1922-1923, to S.Foster Damon. Brown University Archives, John Hay Library
referencedIn Howe, Helen Huntington, 1905-. Wheels : biographical sketch of John Brooks Wheelwright, 1966. Brown University Archives, John Hay Library
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Birth 1897-09-09

Death 1940-09-13

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