Collection, 1917-1962 (inclusive), 1918-1937 (bulk).

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Collection, 1917-1962 (inclusive), 1918-1937 (bulk).

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Consists mostly of material from Aiken's long-standing correspondence with Robert Newton Linscott, an editor with Houghton-Mifflin and later senior editor for Random House. Correspondence includes 131 items (ALsS, TLsS, postcards) from Aiken to Robert N. Linscott, 1917-1962; 17 items (Ts (carbons)) from Linscott to Aiken, 1918-1937; 1 item (Ts (carbon)) from Linscott to John Cournois, 1923; 1 item (Ts (carbon)) from Linscott to John Cournois, 1923; 1 item (Ts (carbon)) from Linscott to John Gould Fletcher, 1923; 1 ALS from Jessie Aiken to Helen Linscott, 1924; 1 TLS from Jessie Aiken to Robert N. Linscott, [1930]; and 1 TLS from Conrad Aiken to Archibald MacLeish, 1925 June 15. Manuscripts include 31 items of single-title poems, Ts, and Ts (carbon), light correction and revision; The Dostoevsky myth (essay), Ts; Schisophrenia (review) by Aiken of his own collection of poems; Nocturne of remembered spring, Ts. Miscellany includes National Book Award address, 1954, Ts (duplicated); and 18 items comprised of clippings, photographs and miscellany.

204 items in 2 boxes.

Washington University in St. Louis, .

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SNAC Resource ID: 6682260

Washington University in St. Louis, .

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Fletcher, John Gould, 1886-1950

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American poet and critic. From the description of Correspondence, works, and clippings, 1910-1952, nd. (Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center (HRC); University of Texas at Austin). WorldCat record id: 122453062 John Gould Fletcher, born in Little Rock, Arkansas and educated at Phillips Academy and Harvard (1903-1907), was a Pulitzer Prize-winning poet and author. Fletcher lived in England for years before returning home to Arkansas where, in the 1920s and 1930s, he was act...

Linscott, Robert N. (Robert Newton), 1886-1964

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American editor. From the description of Papers, 1931-1963. (Washington University in St. Louis). WorldCat record id: 26089883 ...

Macleish, Archibald

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Archibald MacLeish (1892-1982) was an American poet. Kaiser is a professor of comparative literature at Harvard. From the description of Letters to Walter Jacob Kaiser, 1955-1957 and undated. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612367921 MacLeish (1892-1982) was a Pulitzer Prize winning American poet, playwright, teacher, librarian of Congress, and public official. He was also Boylston professor at Harvard (1949-1962). From the description of Scratch : manu...

Aiken, Conrad Potter, 1889-1973

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Epithet: writer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000207.0x000343 American poet, short-story writer, novelist, and critic . From the description of Letter, 1969 January 26 (Johns Hopkins University). WorldCat record id: 148050827 Conrad Aiken was an American novelist, short-story writer, and poet. From the description of Conrad Aiken collection of papers, 1913-1963. (...