Edith Farnsworth papers, 1900-1977.

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Edith Farnsworth papers, 1900-1977.

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Edith Farnsworth's correspondence, memoirs, poetry, poetry translations, photographs, and other miscellany, 1900-1977. Correspondence dating primarily from 1967 is with family and friends, including Eugenio Montale and Albino Pierro. Works include memoirs discussing Farnsworth's childhood, education, medical research and practice, and Mies van der Rohe and the Farnsworth House; translations of the poetry of Montale, Pierro, and other Italian poets; short essays, several on Italian poets; and Farnsworth's own poetry. There are photographs of Farnsworth as a child and in retirement (passport photos), of her family and friends, including Montale, of the Farnsworth House, and of ca. 1900 lumber workers, presumably in Wisconsin or Michigan. Also poems by Montale and a journal by Albert Martin Kales, a Chicago lawyer.

1.5 cubic ft. (3 boxes and 1 oversize box)

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