Letters to Grace Hazard Conkling, 1910-1947.

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Letters to Grace Hazard Conkling, 1910-1947.

Bynner returns a manuscript and encourages futher efforts; states a poem will be published; invites Conkling to supper at the McDowell Club; discusses difficulty of selecting poems from "Contemporary Verse" for awards, and notes that three Negroes have won (Countee Cullen, Langston Hughes, Waring Cuney); thanks her for a book; and sends brief personal news.

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Conkling, Grace Hazard, 1878-1958

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Conkling graduated from Smith College in 1899, was further educated in Germany and France and taught school in Connecticut and New York. After her marriage to Roscoe Platt Conkling in 1905 they lived in Mexico. She taught at Smith College from 1914 to 1947. From the description of [Verses] [between 1920-1928] (Smith College). WorldCat record id: 191100770 Smith College, Class of 1899. Smith College, Professor, English, 1914-1947. Poet. From the description of Gra...

McDowell Club.

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Bynner, Witter, 1881-1968

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American poet. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Berkeley, California, to Frank Deering, 1919 June 18. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270131470 Poet. Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., 1881; graduated from Harvard University. Began writing poetry full-time in 1908. Moved to Santa Fe where he died in 1968. From the description of Witter Bynner papers, 1917-1943. (University of New Mexico-Main Campus). WorldCat record id: 35920677 American poet and sc...