Eugene Delafield collection on American poetry, 1904-1968.

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Eugene Delafield collection on American poetry, 1904-1968.

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Collection consists of correspondence, writings, and other material by or relating to the writers Laura Benét, William Rose Benét, Alfred Kreymborg, and Leonora Speyer. Most correspondence in the collection concerns literary matters. The Laura Benét material consists of outgoing letters, writings, and printed ephemera. There are letters from Benét to Eugene Delafield, Alfred Kreymborg, Henry Goddard Leach, and Marianne Moore. The writings include drafts, some heavily corrected, and printed versions for approximately thirty-five poems; poems include presentation and publication dates, possibly in the hand of Eugene Delafield. The William Rose Benét material consists of correspondence and drafts of three poems. There are outgoing letters from Benét to Eugene Delafield, Alfred Kreymborg, family members, and others, and one third party letter from Norman Corwin to Eugene Delafield. The Alfred Kreymborg material consists of correspondence and printed ephemera. There are single letters and small groups of letters with the following individuals: Conrad Aiken, Katharine Lee Bates, Maxwell Bodenheim, David Diamond, Archibald MacLeish, Martha Millet, Erwin Piscator, Paul Rosenfeld, Lew Sarett, Elie Siegmeister, Genevieve Taggard, and Ridgely Torrence, among others. The Leonora Speyer material includes correspondence, copies and printed versions of nine poems, and other papers. The Speyer material also includes outgoing letters to Eugene Delafield, Alfred Kreymborg, and Henry Goddard Leach.

0.42 linear feet (1 box)

Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 8026236

Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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Diamond, David, 1915-2005

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By Unknown - ebay.com, front of photo, back of photo, Public Domain, Link David Leo Diamond (1915-2005) was a gay, Jewish American composer of classical music....

Kreymborg, Alfred, 1883-1966

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Alfred Kreymborg was born in New York, grew up on the Lower East Side and later lived in Greenwich Village. He was a frequent contributor to "little" magazines and had frequent collections of his poetry published between 1916 and 1950. He also wrote plays, radio dramas, several novels, and an autobiography. From the description of Alfred Kreymborg letter and poem to Dear old Harry, 1928. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 64582069 ...

Aiken, Conrad Potter, 1889-1973

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Epithet: writer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000207.0x000343 American poet, short-story writer, novelist, and critic . From the description of Letter, 1969 January 26 (Johns Hopkins University). WorldCat record id: 148050827 Conrad Aiken was an American novelist, short-story writer, and poet. From the description of Conrad Aiken collection of papers, 1913-1963. (...

Bodenheim, Maxwell, 1893-1954

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American poet. From the description of Correspondence, 1948. (University of Toledo). WorldCat record id: 13435999 Bodenheim was an American novelist and poet of the 1920s and 1930s. Late in his life he lived as a panhandler in Greenwich Village, New York. In 1954 he was murdered together with this third wife Ruth Fagin. From the description of [Letter] 1930 Feb. 8, Long Island City, N.Y. [to] Sweet Cousin [Julie Bensdorf] / Maxwell. (Smith College). WorldCat reco...

Bénet, Laura.

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Laura Benét was born at Fort Hamilton, New York, on June 1, 1884. She was the daughter of Colonel James Walker and Frances Neill Rose Benét. She graduated from the Emma Willard School, Troy, New York; received a B.A. degree from Vassar College in 1907 and a Litt. D. degree from Moravian College in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. She worked as a settlement worker at the Spring Street Settlement in New York City, 1915-17; placement worker at the Children's Aid Society, New York City, 1917;...

Moore, Marianne, 1887-1972

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Poet, acting editor of The Dial magazine, 1925-1929. Born Marianne Craig Moore. From the description of Book manuscripts, 1935-1967. (Rosenbach Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 122417395 From the description of Albums, [ca. 1905-1936]. (Rosenbach Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 122524976 From the description of Family correspondence, 1848-1972, bulk 1905-1972. (Rosenbach Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 122540617 From the desc...

Siegmeister, Elie, 1909-1991

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Composer; wife participates in final interview. From the description of Reminiscences of Elie Siegmeister and Mrs. Elie Siegmeister : oral history, 1975. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 309725333 ...

Speyer, Leonora, 1872-1956

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Poet and author. Born Leonora von Stosch; married Edgar Speyer. From the description of Leonora Speyer papers, 1917-1941. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70980981 Leonora Speyer (1852-1956) was a violinist with the Boston Symphony Orchestra and a Pulitzer Prize winning poet. She was awarded the honor in 1927 for her book of poetry, Fiddler's Farewell . Other works by Speyer include A Canopic Jar (1921), Naked Heal (1931), and Slow Wall (1939). From the guide to th...

Delafield, Eugene.

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Eugene Delafield (1907-2001), New York book collector and patron of American poetry. From the description of Eugene Delafield collection on American poetry, 1904-1968. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702183758 ...

Macleish, Archibald

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Archibald MacLeish (1892-1982) was an American poet. Kaiser is a professor of comparative literature at Harvard. From the description of Letters to Walter Jacob Kaiser, 1955-1957 and undated. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612367921 MacLeish (1892-1982) was a Pulitzer Prize winning American poet, playwright, teacher, librarian of Congress, and public official. He was also Boylston professor at Harvard (1949-1962). From the description of Scratch : manu...

Rosenfeld, Paul, 1890-1946

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Paul Leopold Rosenfeld (1890-1946), author and critic, edited Seven Arts 1916-18, was music critic for Dial 1920-27, and was co-editor of the American Caravan 1927-36. He wrote articles, published seven collections of essays, and published an autobiographical novel, "The Boy in the Sun" (1928). From the description of Paul Rosenfeld papers, 1910-1963 (inclusive). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702131683 American music and art critic, editor, translator. From the ...

Piscator, Erwin, 1893-1966

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Piscator had emigrated to the U.S. in 1939, settling in New York City, where he founded and led the Dramatic Workshop at the New School for Social Research, and the associated Studio Theatre. From the description of Correspondence with Franz Werfel, 1943, 1945. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155864619 Erwin Friedrich Maximilian Piscator (17 December 1893 in Greifenstein-Ulm - 30 March 1966) was a German theatrical director and producer who, with Be...

Corwin, Norman, 1910-2011

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Writer, director, producer. From the description of Reminiscences of Norman Corwin : oral history, 1967. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122440908 From the description of Reminiscences of Norman Corwin : oral history, 1966. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122513150 Dramatist. From the description of Norman Lewis Corwin papers, 1941-1942. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 145381238 ...

Millet, Martha

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Taggard, Genevieve, 1894-1948

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Genevieve Taggard was an editor, educator, and author. Born in Washington, Taggard was raised in Hawaii by missionary parents; after graduating from The University of California at Berkeley, she settled in New York and began publishing poems. Her verse was well-received by her peers and is notable for its vivid imagery. She also wrote an important, albeit superseded, biography of Emily Dickinson. She later worked with composers, writing poems for musical settings. She was a self-described social...

Torrence, Ridgely, 1875-1950

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American poet and artist. From the description of Three O'clock (morning) : autograph poem signed : [n.p., n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270572856 American poet. From the description of Autograph letter signed : New York, to Laurens Maynard, 1899 Mar. 11. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270572852 American author, poet, playwright, and editor. From the description of Papers of Frederic Ridgely Torrence, n.d., 1906-1934. (University of V...

Sarett, Lew, 1888-1954

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American author, lecturer, professor of speech at Northwestern University. From the description of Papers of Lew Sarett, 1923-1927. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 55771782 From the description of Letter to DeVere Allen, 1926 December 16. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 56526965 English professor, lecturer, and poet. From the description of Correspondence, 1921-1941. (University of Iowa Libraries). WorldCat record id: 23311937...

Bates, Katharine Lee, 1859-1929

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American educator and poet, author of "America the Beautiful." From the description of Typed letter signed : Wellesley, Mass., to Edward Wagenknecht, 1928 Nov. 12. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270867999 American educator and author. From the description of America the beautiful : autograph manuscript signed : [n.p.], n.d. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270672042 American author and poet. From the description of Letters, 1901-1918. (Unknown)...

Leach, Henry Goddard, 1880-1970

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Leach was editor of the Forum magazine and a scholar of Scandinavian civilization. From the description of Letters from various correspondents, 1921-1951 (inclusive), 1925 (bulk). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 122656041 From the guide to the Letters from various correspondents, 1921-1951., (Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University) Henry Goddard Leach (1880-1970) was an American author, educator and poet. He was editor of the intelle...

Benét, William Rose, 1886-1950

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American poet, novelist, and editor. From the description of Letter to a dealer [manuscript], n.d. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647806176 Editor of The Chimaera. From the description of ALS, [1915]-1916. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122500150 This may not really be Benét's writing. Although the verse appears to be signed by him the writer's intent may have been simply to ascribe the verse to him. Also, it is on letterhead engraved "MM...