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Carpenter, Margaret Haley. Papers of Margaret Haley Carpenter [manuscript], 1898-1985, bulk 1953-1985.

Title: Papers of Margaret Haley Carpenter [manuscript], 1898-1985, bulk 1953-1985.

Correspondence, manuscripts, proofs, photographs, account books, printed miscellanea. The collection contains manuscripts, proofs, correspondence, illustrations, and reviews for Miss Carpenter's books "Sara Teasdale: A biography"; "Reflections of an era: letters to Sara Teasdale"; "Anthology of magazine verse" (edited with William Stanley Braithwaite); "The Virginia author's yearbook"; and "A gift for the princess of springtime". Major topics in her papers include Sara Teasdale (for whom she collected transcriptions of over 760 letters) and William S. Braithwaite; as well as Edna St. Vincent Millay, Emily Dickinson, Ezra Pound, and Vachel Lindsay; her work as an author, biographer and editor; the literary efforts of her correspondents; the Poetry Society of America and the Poetry Society of Virginia. Also college correspondence courses in music; poetry in general; reviews; Virginia authors; the Smith family including account books, correspondence, clippings, photographs, and financial papers, 1910-1958, particularly the record of children delivered by William Tilden Smith, M.D. There are also files of correspondence (some on microfilm), manuscripts, memorabilia and other material assembled by Joy Gerbaulet, Floyd Dell, George Dillon, Robert Frost, Josephine Johnson (including letters from servicemen in World War I and II), Julia Johnson Davis and David Morton; and photographs of over thirty noted authors. Includes an audiotape of [David Morton reading his poetry?].

ArchivalResource: 10,800 (ca.) items.

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