E.E. Cummings Collection, 1902-1962.

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E.E. Cummings Collection, 1902-1962.

Manuscripts of poems, short stories, and collections of verse, notes from his school days, and correspondence make up the bulk of the Cummings Collection, 1902-1968. The Works series contains drafts of several collections of verse as well as individual poems. The evolution of Poems: 1923-1954 is particularly well represented in both typed manuscript and galley format. There are also essays written by Cummings for college exams and two notebooks with notes and poetry fragments. The Letters series is mostly composed of single letters to various people, with the exception of Howard L. Nelson, with whom Cummings maintained a lively correspondence concerning books, poets, and fatherhood over a 22-year period. The Recipient series contains letters from admirers, publishers, and friends including Merle Armitage, Robert Bly, Hart Crane, Judson Crews, Foster Damon, John Dos Passos, Amy Lowell, Stewart Mitchell, Marianne Moore, Marion Morehouse, Charles Norman, James Purdy, Stephen Spender, Samuel Ward, and Louis Zukofsky. The Miscellaneous series is largely composed of notes from Cummings' school days, some elementary, but mostly collegiate. Additionally, a large number of letters sent to Marion Morehouse, most of them written after Cummings' death, are present, along with quite a few letters to Charles Norman. Other miscellany includes manuscripts by other authors, a copy of Cummings' birth certificate, and musical scores.

12 boxes (4 linear feet), 8 galley folders, 8 oversize folders.

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