Papers, 1919-1973.

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Papers, 1919-1973.

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A collection of poetry and prose, written by Borland in the 1920's and 1930's. Themes of the poetry include love and death, humor, children, the Depression. The prose consists of short stories, fables, essays with themes of death, the Depression, socialism and social mores; also by Borland, several libretti for ballet. The correspondence consists of letters to Borland on her essay "The Art of Dying" and correspondence between her literary executor and others re: publication of posthumous volume of her work. There are a number of scrapbooks of poetry, a diary for 1936 describing a trip to Russia, and lastly, several examples of original sheet music by A. Farwell and C. Cohen.

ca. 600 items.

Brown University Archives, John Hay Library

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Thayer, Charles W. (Charles Wheeler), 1910-1969

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