Papers of Robinson Jeffers, [manuscript], 1930-1945.

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Papers of Robinson Jeffers, [manuscript], 1930-1945.

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The collection contains manuscripts of "To the Stonecutter" and "Storm as Galeatto," excerpts of other poems, and letters to various correspondents. The collection also contains correspondence of Una Jeffers, wife of Robinson Jeffers, primarily with Courtland Schoonover, a Jeffers collector. In addition there is correspondence of Courtlandt Schoonover with various booksellers concerning his interest in collecting Jeffers' books and manuscripts. There is also a letter to John Wilson Townsend from Una Jeffers which gives genealogical information on the Jeffers family particularly in Pennsylvania and Kentucky. With the manuscript materials is a cedar roofing shingle removed from Jeffers' Tor House at Carmel, Calif., laid by him, with a printed broadside entitled "More than Firewood" signed by G. William Gahagan.

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University of Virginia. Library

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University of Virginia. Library

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Jeffers, Robinson, 1887-1962

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Poet. Married Una Call Kuster in 1913. From the description of Papers of Robinson Jeffers, 1924-1941 (bulk 1924-1926). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71130961 Robinson Jeffers (1887-1962) was an American poet and dramatist. Born in Pittsburgh in 1887, he graduated from Occidental College in 1905. He married Una Call Jeffers (1884-1950) in 1913, and they had three children. His inspiration came from his wife, their home that he built in 1919, Tor House, and the rugged Big Sur...

Jeffers, Una, 1884 or 1885-1950

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Wife of American poet Robinson Jeffers. From the description of Letters to Cortlandt Schoonover [manuscript], 1938 January 11 to December 10. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647881155 ...

Jeffers family

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Townsend, John Wilson, 1885-1968

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Biographical note: John Wilson Townsend, a native of Fayette County, Kentucky, was a graduate of Transylvania University and the author of "Kentucky in American Literature" (1915) and numerous other works on Kentucky history. He was employed variously as a teacher, librarian, and editor, but known chiefly as a bookseller and collector of first editions, having operated the Graceland Book Shop and the Blue Grass Book Shop in Lexington. During his lifetime sizable collections of books assembled by...

Schoonover, Cortlandt, 1914-

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