W.H. Auden collection, 1941-1952.

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W.H. Auden collection, 1941-1952.

Consists of correspondence, manuscripts, and photographs of the Anglo-American poet Wystan Hugh Auden.

.20 linear ft. (1 half-size archival box)

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SNAC Resource ID: 6940295

Princeton University Library

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Newton, Caroline, 1893-....

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Caroline Newton worked for the American Service Committee in Europe after World War I. She met Thomas Mann in Berlin in 1929. When Hitler came to power, she offered Mann and his family the use of her house in Jamestown, R.I., and later helped them find a home in Princeton, N.J. After Mann's death, she established a series of commemorations in his honor, and helped to create a Mann collection at Princeton. From the description of Caroline Newton papers, 1868-1980 (bulk 1922-1971) (Pri...

Auden, W.H. (Wystan Hugh), 1907-1973

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Wystan Hugh Auden (1907-1973), poet, was born in York, England, on February 21, 1907. He attended Christ Church, Oxford, from 1925-1928, then served as a schoolmaster in various institutions in England and Scotland from 1930 to 1935, including The Downs School in Colwell. In 1935 Auden married Erika Mann, a writer and the daughter of Thomas Mann, so that she could gain British Citizenship and escape Nazi Germany. Although the two never lived together, they remained married until Mann's death in ...

Isherwood, Christopher, 1904-1986

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After Isherwood dropped out of Cambridge University in 1925, he became the private secretary to the French violinist AndreĢ Mangeot. Mangeot's son, Sylvain, the manuscript's illustrator, would become the Diplomatic Editor for the Reuters News Agency and the author of The Adventures of a Manchurian: The Story of Lobsang Thondup (Collins, 1974). From the description of People one ought to know : autograph manuscript signed : [London], January 1926. (New York Public Library). WorldCat r...

Kallman, Chester, 1921-1975

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Alan Ansen was an American poet. From the guide to the Alan Ansen collection of papers, 1942-1953, (The New York Public Library. Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature.) Epithet: poet British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000758.0x0002f4 Chester Kallman was an American poet and librettist. From the description of Chester Kallman collection of papers,...