Aldington, Richard, 1892-1962
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1892 - 1962
Richard Aldington (1892-1962), English poet, novelist, and essayist
Found in 8 Collections and/or Records:
Richard Aldington collection
Collection
Call Number: GEN MSS 321
Overview:
Correspondence and writings by Aldington. The correspondence consists of seven folders of letters written by Richard and Catherine Aldington to Eunice Black Gluckman dating from 1932 to 1962. There are also 28 letters by Richard Aldington to Crosby Gaige, and approximately fifteen letters to various other people, including five to Bernhard Knollenberg. The writings consist of drafts, layouts, and proofsheets of articles and poems by Aldington.
Dates:
1918-1962
Bryher papers
Collection
Call Number: GEN MSS 97
Overview:
The papers document the personal life and literary career of Bryher. Her extensive correspondence includes letters from H. D., Robert MacAlmon, Kenneth MacPherson, Norman Holmes Pearson, Sylvia Beach, Norman Douglas, Horace Gregory, Islay Lyons, and Edith Sitwell, and from many other figures in the fields of literature, psychoanalysis, and film. There are manuscripts of many of her works, including fragments of an unpublished volume of autobiography; financial and personal papers; material...
Dates:
1812-1980, bulk 1911-1978
H. D. Papers
Collection
Call Number: YCAL MSS 24
Overview:
The papers document the personal life and literary career of H. D. Major correspondents include Richard Aldington, Bryher, Helen Wolle Doolittle, Robert McAlmon, Brigit Patmore, Norman Holmes Pearson, George Plank, and Ezra Pound. There are manuscripts of many of her works, including Her (1927), The Walls Do Not Fall (1944), Helen in Egypt (1961), and her memoir End to Torment (1958). The collection also contains personal papers, subject files, and photographs, including items related to the...
Dates:
1887-1977
Letter : Cher, France, to Wesley Hartley, American Council on Education, 1785 Massachusetts Avenue N.W., Washington, D.C., 1958 September 27
Part of Collection — Box: 262, Folder: 4
Call Number: GEN MSS MISC
Scope and Contents:
Typescript letter, signed, discussing his high school and college education in England. Aldington explains how it prepared him for a career as an author. With envelope.
Dates:
1958 September 27
Letter : Jamay Beach, Nokomis, Florida, to "Dear Sir", 1941 April 25
Part of Collection — Box: 262, Folder: 5
Call Number: GEN MSS MISC
Scope and Contents:
Typescript letter, signed, saying that the recipient's copy of James Joyce's Ulysses is authentic.
Dates:
1941 April 25
George Plank papers
Collection
Call Number: YCAL MSS 28
Overview:
The papers contain correspondence with artistic and literary friends, Plank art work, art work of others, writings of friends, and a small quantity of personal papers. Prominent correspondents include H. D., Sylvia Townsend Warner, and Patrick White.
Dates:
1907-1965 (inclusive)
Ezra Pound Papers
Collection
Call Number: YCAL MSS 43
Overview:
The Ezra Pound Papers document the literary career and political interests of Ezra Pound. Major correspondents include Richard Aldington, George Antheil, William Bird, T. S. Eliot, Ernest Hemingway, James Laughlin, Wyndham Lewis, Marianne Moore, Odon Por, and Henry Swabey. The collection contains manuscripts of many of Pound's works, including the Cantos, Guide to Kulchur, and scripts of Pound's wartime radio broadcasts.
Dates:
1868-1976