Frost family papers, 1912-1988.

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Frost family papers, 1912-1988.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/49348582

The majority of the collection consists of letters to Lesley Frost from childhood friends Delphis Gardner, Beulah Huckins, Lucy Mair, Amy Smith, Anne Smith, Edith Philip Smith and Merfyn Thomas. They discuss games and toys, the "Bouquet," photographs, school work and activities, friends, social activities and trips, World War I and family war work, and Armistice Day. Letters from Mary Gardner to Robert and Elinor Frost discuss Frost and his poetry. A letter from Robert Calverley Trevelyan to Robert Frost encloses a share of profits on a book and relating news of Wilfred Gibson. With the collection is some information on the Garner, Mair and Smith families.

30 items.

University of Virginia. Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7605889

University of Virginia. Library

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Trevelyan, R.C. (Robert Calverley), 1872-1951

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Epithet: poet and playwright British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000299.0x000034 English poet and translator. From the description of Krishna : autograph manuscript of the poem signed : place not specified, 1915 Aug. 26. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270573164 ...

Frost, Lesley

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Frost, Elinor, 1873-1938

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Wife of Robert Frost. From the description of Correspondence to Van Wyck Brooks, 1938. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 176629944 ...

Huckins, Beulah,

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Frost, Robert, 1874-1963

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American poet from New England. Winner of the 1932 Pulitzer Prize. From the description of Letters, 1931-1943. (University of Iowa Libraries). WorldCat record id: 122464432 American Pulitzer Prize-winning poet. From the description of Letter to Mr. Beggen [?], 1928. (Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens). WorldCat record id: 86129842 Robert Frost was an American poet. From the description of Papers concerning the Kenned...

Gardner, Delphis,

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Gardner, Mary Wilson, d. 1936,

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Pentin, Amy Smith,

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Smith, Anne,

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Gibson, Wilfrid Wilson, 1878-1962

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Poet Wilfrid Wilson Gibson was born and raised in northern England; he was home schooled and never attended college, and was considered mild and reclusive. A prolific poet, his verse evolved over time; his early work was inspired by Tennyson, while his mature poems were direct and dramatic. He was often associated with the Georgian movement, distinguished by realism and sentimentality. Many of his later poems show a social awareness, focussing on the working class and commonplace experiences. He...

Mair, Lucy, 1901-1986

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Thomas, Merfyn,

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