Papers of Elinor Wylie [manuscript], 1921-1928.

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Papers of Elinor Wylie [manuscript], 1921-1928.

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The papers contain 30 poems, fragments, and quotations by Wylie, some of which are included in her letters. The majority of the letters were written to William Rose Benét between 1921 and 1923. They discuss her work on Nets to catch the wind, Black armour, Jennifer Lorn, and an unpublished novel, publication of Nets, her efforts to rent her house and leave Washington, financial troubles, her trips to New York, some family news, summers at the MacDowell Colony, Benét's work for Henry Canby at the N. Y. post, her work for Vanity fair and her health. The letters are filled with her sentiments for Benét and her hopes and plans for the future. Other items in the collection include a letter of Wylie to William Stanley Beaumont Braithwaite thanking him for his review of Nets, to Grace Wolcott Hazard Conkling planning a visit and giving thanks, to Robert Newton Linscott sending delayed thanks and to Donald Friede agreeing to edit poems by Warren Gilbert. The papers also contain letters of Benét to Teresa Frances Thompson Benét regarding a Harvard Yale football game, to Wylie encouraging her job search, to Donald Friede regarding Wylie's death, and 3 Christmas cards to the senior Benéts. Fellow MacDowell Colony residents mentioned in the letters include Edward Arlington Robinson, DuBose Heyward, Douglas Moore, Mary and Padraic Colum and Herbert Gorman.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7927474

University of Virginia. Library

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