Poetry collection, 1914-1955.

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Poetry collection, 1914-1955.

Includes holograph drafts of two poems, Victories (dated May 13, 1914; 5 p.) and Glad day (after a color print by Blake)(marked "First Draft"; 2 p. on 1 leaf), a clipping of Glad day published by The Observer (London) in 1928 with a holograph note inscribed at the bottom from "J." [i.e., Jean Starr Untermeyer, 1886-1970] accompanied by an envelope addressed to Michael B. Faraero(?) and postmarked Oct. 21, 1955, and a postcard of Glad day by William Blake with a holograph note signed by L. Untermeyer on the verso.

4 items.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7355971

University of Michigan

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Untermeyer, Louis, 1885-1977

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Louis Untermeyer was a noted author, editor, and translator. His tastes were eclectic, and his friendships many; he produced more than one hundred books, and volumes of letters. His numerous poetry anthologies have helped introduce verse to generations of schoolchildren. From the description of Heinrich Heine, paradox and poet, 1936. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 56550722 From the description of Louis Untermeyer letter to Judith Wright McKinn...

Blake, William, 1757-1827

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Epithet: poet, engraver, artist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001137.0x0001f1 The original manuscript was acquired in 1847 by the English poet Dante Gabriel Rossetti. It is now, British Library. Add. 49460. From the description of Rossetti manuscript : [stats], 1935. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612881103 English artist, poet and mystic. From the description of Au...

Untermeyer, Jean Starr, 1886-1970

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Epithet: poet British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000758.0x0001e6 American poet. From the description of The steep ascent : a collection of poems, 1925-1926. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122510507 Jean Starr Untermeyer, poet and wife of poet Louis Untermeyer, was born in 1886 in Zanesville, Ohio. Growing Pains, her first poetry collection, was published in 1918. In 1927, she began work as a t...