Richard Selig papers, 1935-1962 (inclusive), 1949-1962 (bulk).

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Richard Selig papers, 1935-1962 (inclusive), 1949-1962 (bulk).

Correspondence (including 18 letters from Stephen Spender), manuscripts of poetry and prose, notebooks and diaries, college notes and term papers. Includes correspondence of Peter Levi and his materials relating to the posthumous publication of Selig's poems, including proof copies of the book published in 1962. Also a few poems by others, including one by William Carlos Williams.

5 boxes (2.5 linear ft.)

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SNAC Resource ID: 7795488

Houghton Library

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Spender, Stephen, 1909-1995

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Sir Stephen Harold Spender (February 28, 1909 - July 16, 1995) was an English poet and novelist who worked with the themes of social injustice and class struggle. Spender was born in London and educated at University College, Oxford. He was mentored by W. H. Auden with whom he maintained a life-long friendship. He edited Horizon with Cyril Connolly from 1939-1941. Following WW II, Spender devoted his time to criticism, co-editing the magazine Encounter from 1953-1966. Spender also held a number ...

Levi, Peter

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English poet, scholar and author. Levi was born in Ruislip, Middlesex. He was educated in England and entered the Society of Jesus. He began teaching at Oxford University in 1966. His career spanned the fields of poetry, classical studies, and archaeology. Much of his work involved extensive travel to Greece, Afghanistan, and the United States. Levi resigned from the Jesuits in 1977. From the description of Peter Levi Papers, 1949-1989, (bulk 1960-1989). (Bos...

Williams, William Carlos, 1883-1963

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This collection covers the years of William Carlos Williams's medical studies at the University of Pennsylvania, a year of service at a New York City hospital, a semester of medical study in Leipzig, and the period when he was setting up his medical practice and courting his future wife, Florence Herman, in his home town of Rutherford, N.J. During this time, his younger brother Edgar went from engineering and architectural studies at M.I.T. to further study of architecture at the American Academ...

Selig, Richard, 1929-1957

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Selig was an American poet. Educated at the University of Washington, he was a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford. Returning to the U.S. in 1956, he worked in the public relations department of Western Electric. He died of Hodgkin's disease in 1957. A volume of his poems was published posthumously in 1962 by the Dolmen Press, Dublin. From the description of Richard Selig correspondence, 1954-1957. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612376867 From the description of Richard Seli...