Papers of May Sarton, 1957-1992.

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Papers of May Sarton, 1957-1992.

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Collection consists of typed pages from a loose-leaf notebook from her class at Radcliffe Seminars, 1957-1958; entries include quotations, notes, assignments, topics for classes, etc. Also class lists; a poem by Sarton entitled "A Birthday" for the 60th birthday of her friend William Theophilus Brown, 1979, and a letter from Brown to Sarton's friend and editor, Susan Sherman, giving further information about the poem; and a letter to Brown from Sarton, thanking him for contributing to her festschrift on the occasion of her 80th birthday, 1992.

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Radcliffe Seminars

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The Radcliffe Seminars were inaugurated in 1950 with initial funding from the Carnegie Corporation to provide non-credit liberal arts courses taught mainly by Harvard professors to women in mid-life. Currently, courses are offered in five areas: liberal arts, landscape design, management studies, non-credit enrichment courses, and study tours. From the description of Records of the Radcliffe Seminars, 1950-1985 (inclusive), 1950-1959 (bulk). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: ...

Brown, William Theo, 1919-

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William T. Brown (1919- ) is a painter in San Francisco, Calif. Jonathan Weinberg (1957- ) is an artist and art historian in New Haven, Conn. From the description of Oral history interview with William T. Brown, 2010 Aug. 23-24 [sound recording]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 710020647 Painter; San Francisco, Calif. Associated with the late 1950s movement of Bay Area figurative painting. Had particularly close ties with contemporary musical and lite...

Sarton, May, 1912-1995

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By Source, Fair use, Link May Sarton (May 3, 1912-July 16, 1995), poet and novelist, was born Elanore Marie Sarton in Wondelgem, Belgium, the daughter of George Sarton, a noted historian of science, and Eleanor Mabel Elwes, an English portrait painter and designer. Sarton moved with her parents to England, and in 1916 the family immigrated to the United States. All three became naturalized Americans in 1924, by which time Sarton's name had been Americanized to Eleanor May. Sart...