McClatchy, J. D., 1945-2018
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1945-08-12 - 2018-04-10
Biography
J. D. McClatchy (1945-2018), American poet, opera librettist, and literary critic; editor of the Yale Review and president of The American Academy of Arts and Letters.
Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:
Christopher Cox papers
Collection
Call Number: YCAL MSS 264
Abstract:
The Christopher Cox Papers consists of the writings, correspondence files, and personal papers of the editor, author, actor, director, and producer Christopher Cox, and of his partner, the art historian William Olander.
Dates:
1927-1990, bulk 1966-1990
J. D. McClatchy papers
Collection
Call Number: YCAL MSS 705
Abstract:
The collection consists of correspondence, writings, photographs, personal papers, printed material, audiovisual material, memorabilia, and artwork that document the life and work of author J. D. McClatchy from his youth to the 2010s. Correspondence is both personal and professional and includes letters from Anthony Hecht, James Merrill, Robert Penn Warren, and Richard Wilbur, among many other prominent figures of 20th and 21st century American literature, as well as correspondence relating...
Dates:
1900-2012
James Merrill papers
Collection
Call Number: YCAL MSS 580
Abstract:
The collection consists of writings, correspondence, photographs, audiovisual material, artwork, printed material, computer disks and other papers by or relating to James Merrill and documenting aspects of his work as a poet and writer. Some of the material was created and accumulated by J. D. McClatchy, who served as executor of Merrill's estate and who co-edited several volumes of Merrill's works, including Collected Poems (2001), Collected Novels and Plays (2002), Collected Prose (2004),...
Dates:
1944-2015
Thomas Meyer papers
Collection
Call Number: YCAL MSS 1461
Abstract:
The collection contains correspondence, writings, research files, astrological charts and readings, notebooks, photographs, artwork, computer media, and audiovisual media created or collected by American poet, author, and translator Thomas Meyer. Also included are materials related to Jonathan Williams, Meyer's long-time romantic partner and collaborator with The Jargon Society, as well as friends and colleagues such as Jeffrey Beam, Alfred Corn, Guy Davenport, Kenward Elmslie, Clayton...
Dates:
1952-2016, bulk 1966-2008
Note : to John Palmer, n.d.
Part of Collection — Box 9: [Barcode: 39002137170180], Folder: GROUP 165, F-1
Call Number: YCAL MSS MISC
Scope and Contents:
TNS, with envelope.
The note accompanied a book by McClatchy given to Palmer.
Removed from O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories (1972).
Dates:
n.d.
Eleanor Perényi papers
Collection
Call Number: GEN MSS 1771
Abstract:
The collection consists of correspondence, writings, printed material, diaries, research notes, photographs, and other papers by or relating to Eleanor Perényi. Correspondents include Perényi's parents Grace Zaring and Ellis Stone, as well as other writers such as Alfred Corn, Mary McCarthy, J. D. McClatchy, and James Merrill. Letters to her parents describe the social and political atmosphere in Eastern Europe, where she lived with her husband Baron Zsigmond Perényi, prior to and at the...
Dates:
1886-2007, bulk 1937-1988
Edmund White papers
Collection
Call Number: YCAL MSS 808
Abstract:
Includes personal and professional correspondence, manuscripts, research files, biographical material, financial papers, photographs, slides, audio visual material, ephemera.
Dates:
circa 1905-2016