Works, correspondence, and photographs, 1954-1977.

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Works, correspondence, and photographs, 1954-1977.

Bishop materials are located in the following collections: The William Burford collection contains one letter from Bishop to Burford (1974 July 9). The Cid Corman collection contains one letter from Bishop to Corman (1954 July 16). The Elizabeth Hardwick collection contains an undated photograph of Bishop's studio in Petropolis, Brazil. The Alfred A. Knopf archive contains ca. 43 items, including 27 letters from Knopf to Bishop (1964-72), 12 letters from Bishop to Knopf (1963-72), two letters from Bill Koshland to Bishop (1965 June 16, 1965 July 8), one letter from Bishop to Koshland (1965 June 26), and one letter from Judith P. Jones to Bishop (1972 February 9). In addition, correspondence between Alfred A. Knopf, Harriet de Onis, and Frank Wardlow dating from 1963 refers to Bishop. The Robert Lowell collection contains typescripts and photocopy typescripts of works by Bishop, including IN THE WAITING ROOM, THE END OF MARCH, THE MOOSE, ONE ART, POEM, 12 O'CLOCK NEWS, and, as a tribute to Lowell, NORTH HAVEN. Among correspondence in the Lowell collection are 53 letters and postcards from Bishop to Lowell, dated 1963-77. Also present is a 1962 photograph of Bishop and Lowell at the beach in Rio de Janerio. The Robie MacAuley collection contains one letter from Bishop to MacAuley (1963 November 12). The Gerard Malanga collection contains two letters from Bishop to Malanga (1975 March 23, 1975 May 29). The Marianne Moore collection contains a change of address notice from Bishop to Moore, n.d. The Anne Sexton collection contains a signed, carbon copy typescript of SESTINA, by Bishop, n.d.; six letters from Sexton to Bishop (1966-73);five letters from Bishop to Sexton (1962-73); and one postcard from Bishop to Sexton (1973 November 14).

ca. 124 items.

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Bishop, Elizabeth, 1911-1979

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Poet Elizabeth Bishop was born in Worcester, Massachusetts, and had an often difficult childhood in Canada and New England. She wrote poetry in her youth, and developed as a writer at Vassar, where her friends included Mary McCarthy and Marianne Moore. In 1946 she published a book of poetry titled North and South, and travelled to Brazil, where she remained for fifteen years. Her 1956 book of poetry, A Cold Spring, won the Pulitzer Prize; her verse was noted for precision and balance. She also p...