Nancy Cunard Collection

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Nancy Cunard Collection

1895-1965 (bulk 1908-1965)

Holograph and typescript works, personal papers, and incoming correspondence make up the bulk of the Nancy Cunard Collection, 1895-1965 (bulk 1908-1965), supplemented by correspondence from Cunard and poems and essays by her friends and acquaintances. The Works Series is composed of holograph and typescript drafts and final versions of books, articles, and poems written by Cunard over the course of her life. Of particular note are groupings of articles written for various news organizations, and research notes and drafts of her memoir of Norman Douglas, Grand Man. The Correspondence Series contains letters to and from Nancy Cunard and her friends and acquaintances and between people associated with Cunard. Many of the letters are personal, but some have to do with the Hours Press, the creation and publication of Negro: An Anthology, and other legal and financial matters. Correspondents include Valentine Ackland, Louis Aragon, Norman Douglas, Walter Lowenfels, George Moore, Ezra Pound, Sylvia Townsend Warner, as well as others. The Personal Papers Series contains financial documents, medical records, address books, diaries, and scrapbooks, as well as a variety of lists and notes regarding Cunard's travels and causes, including the Scottsboro Case. The Works by other Authors Series is composed of holograph and typescript poems, essays, and books drafted by friends, admirers, aspiring writers, and customers of Hours Press.

35 boxes (14.58 linear feet), 2 oversize files

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