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Wylie, Elinor, 1885-1928

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1885 - 1928

Biography

Elinor Wylie (1885-1928), American poet and novelist.

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Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:

Benét Family Collection

 Collection
Call Number: YCAL MSS 1108
Dates: 1866-1979, bulk 1912-1959
Found in: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Benét Family Collection

William Rose Benét Papers

 Collection
Call Number: YCAL MSS 1100
Scope and Contents:

The William Rose Benét papers consist of correspondence, manuscripts, printed material, and personal and family papers documenting the life and work of American author and editor William Rose Benét. The collection spans the years 1847 to 1957, with the bulk of the collection dating from roughly 1900 to 1950.

Collection material is chiefly in English; with some material in French, Italiana, Russian, and Hebrew.

Dates: 1847-1957, bulk 1920-1950
Found in: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > William Rose Benét Papers
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Letter : 36 West 9th Street, New York, to Mr. Tracy
Letter : 36 West 9th Street, New York, to Mr. Tracy

Letter : 36 West 9th Street, New York, to Mr. Tracy, [19]27 Oct 10

 Part of Collection — Box 44: [Barcode: 39002137170537], Folder: GROUP 753, F-2
Call Number: YCAL MSS MISC
Scope and Contents:

ALS concerning a set of proofs for an unidentified work. With a typescript draft, corrected.

Dates: [19]27 Oct 10
Found in: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Yale Collection of American Literature manuscript miscellany > W > WYLIE, ELINOR, 1885-1928

Letter : The MacDowell Colony, Petersborough, N. H., to [David] Morton, [Amherst College, Amherst, Mass.], 1925 Sep 12

 Part of Collection — Box 44: [Barcode: 39002137170537], Folder: GROUP 753, F-1
Call Number: YCAL MSS MISC
Scope and Contents:

ALS, with envelope, giving Morton permission to "use my sonnet 'self-Portrait' in the way you suggest."

Dates: 1925 Sep 12
Found in: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Yale Collection of American Literature manuscript miscellany > W > WYLIE, ELINOR, 1885-1928

Norman Holmes Pearson Collection of “Art for the Wrong Reason”

 Collection
Call Number: YCAL MSS 1031
Scope and Contents: The collection contains sixty-three sketches, drawings, paintings, and prints acquired by Yale faculty member Norman Holmes Pearson not for their aesthetic or artistic merit, but because they were created by poets and other authors; he titled his collection “Art for the Wrong Reason.” The works were executed in crayon, gouache, graphite, ink, charcoal, oil, and watercolor on paper, board, canvas, and panel, by fifty-three writers including E. E. Cummings, George Du Maurier, Victor Hugo, D....
Dates: 1833-1979
Found in: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Norman Holmes Pearson Collection of “Art for the Wrong Reason”