Jarrell, Randall, 1914-1965

Abstract:

The Cleanth Brooks Papers contain correspondence, manuscripts of books, textbooks, essays, lectures, and various other shorter works, classroom material, professional papers, writings of others, and personal papers which document aspects of the life and career of Cleanth Brooks.

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ALS thanking Booth for his review of one of Jarrell's poetry books and discussing Booth's posssible move to Atlanta.

On the second page of the letter, Jarrell wrote two of his short poems with the first lines "The old orchard in the middle of the forest" and "In the apartment of the woman."

The manuscript note, "Late March 1965" is written at the top of the first page in an unidentified hand.

Abstract:

The papers contain personal correspondence, correspondence concerning The Nation and the American Men of Letters series, drafts of her autobiography and other writings, and personal papers.

Abstract: The Marcia Nardi collection contains correspondence and writings documenting her work as a poet between 1949 and 1983. The collection contains letters to Nardi by Louise Bogan, Marguerite Caetani, Randall Jarrell, Norman Holmes Pearson, Alec Waugh, Thornton Wilder, and others, most offering personal and professional advice and assistance in her efforts to complete a volume of poems. There is also a manuscript miscellany, "The New Helicon," in the hand of John Edmunds and a typescript of...

Abstract:

The papers consist of drafts of manuscripts and related material, correspondence, photographs, and newspaper clippings documenting Warren's life from his undergraduate years until his death in 1989.