Foster, Jeanne Robert, 1879-1970
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Jeanne R. Foster (1879-1970), creator of the collection, was an American poet, assistant editor of The Review of Reviews and American editor of Transatlantic Review. She met a significant group of writers, poets and artists through John Quinn who was a New York lawyer, collector of modern art and active patron of the arts.
From the description of Foster-Murphy collection, 1900-1969. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122640093
From the guide to the Foster-Murphy collection, 1900-1969, (The New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division.)
Foster (1879-1970) was an American poet, journalist and social reformer. Pound (1885-1972) was an American poet.
From the description of Letters from Ezra Pound and other papers, 1899-1958. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612367216
From the guide to the Jeanne Robert Foster letters from Ezra Pound and other papers, 1899-1958., (Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University)
Jeanne Robert Foster (1879-1970) was a poet, model, and journalist who acted as personal assistant to modern art patron and collector John Quinn. Foster associated with many of the leading modernist poets, artists, and writers of the early 20th century.
She served as assistant editor of the American Review of Reviews and American editor of the Transatlantic Review. Her childhood and youth in the Adirondacks provided the background for her books Neighbors of Yesterday (1916), Adirondack Portraits (1986) and other collections of verse.
Richard Londraville is Professor Emeritus, SUNY at Potsdam.
He has written several articles on W.B. Yeats and, with his wife Janis, a biography of Jeanne Foster, entitled Dear Yeats, Dear Pound, Dear Ford: Jeanne Robert Foster and her Circle. The Londravilles have also edited the correspondence of John Quinn with Maud Gonne and May Morris.
From the description of Jeanne Foster letters to Richard Londraville, 1966-1970. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 79427326
Jeanne Robert Foster (1879-1970) was a poet, model, and journalist who acted as personal assistant to modern art patron and collector John Quinn. Foster associated with many of the leading modernist poets, artists, and writers of the early 20th century. She served as assistant editor of the American Review of Reviews and American editor of the Transatlantic Review. Her childhood and youth in the Adirondacks provided the background for her books Neighbors of Yesterday (1916), Adirondack Portraits (1986) and other collections of verse.
Richard Londraville is Professor Emeritus, SUNY at Potsdam. He has written several articles on W.B. Yeats and, with his wife Janis, a biography of Jeanne Foster, entitled Dear Yeats, Dear Pound, Dear Ford: Jeanne Robert Foster and her Circle. The Londravilles have also edited the correspondence of John Quinn with Maud Gonne and May Morris.
From the guide to the Jeanne Foster letters to Richard Londraville, 1966-1970, (The New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division.)
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Subjects:
- American literature
- Publishers and publishing
- Musicians
- Artists
- Art patronage
- Authors
- Authors, Irish
- Poets
- Politics and culture
- Sculptors
Occupations:
- Editors
- Poets
