Papers, ca. 1917-1960.

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Papers, ca. 1917-1960.

Consists of family correspondence, newspaper clippings, corrected scripts, drawings, an improvised Aztec dictionary, personal notes, drafts and chapters of Laing's book Corazun, printer's typescripts, files of poems, reviews, prose, and political writing. Documents her relationship with her family and her development as a writer and visual artist.

7 boxes (8.75 linear ft.)

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SNAC Resource ID: 7127909

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Laing, Dilys, 1906-1960

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Writer, poet, artist; born, North Wales; educated in England and Canada; married Alexander Laing, a Dartmouth graduate and later professor of Belles Lettres, in 1936 and became an American citizen. Her work was admired by such contemporary poets as Robert Lowell. From the description of Papers, ca. 1917-1960. (Dartmouth College Library). WorldCat record id: 242977947 ...

Bennett family.

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Laing, Alexander, 1903-1976

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Correspondence to Lewis and Sophia Mumford from Alexander Laing and his wife, Dilys Bennett Laing. From the description of Letters, 1946-1964, to Lewis and Sophia Mumford. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155871137 Laing was born in Great Neck, Long Island, N.Y. in 1903, the son of Edgar Hall and Mary Adeline Laing. He was a member of Dartmouth College Class of 1925, receiving his A.B. and A.M. degrees in 1933. During the year 1925-1926 Laing worked ...