Scope and Contents
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 Nardi's poem "Femelle de l'homme." The collection also contains John Edmunds Papers pertaining to Nardi including correspondence from Nardi to Edmunds and typescript drafts of her unpublished book "Collected Poems."
Dates
- 1949-1983
Creator
Conditions Governing Access
The materials are open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
The Marcia Nardi Collection is the physical property of the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University. Literary rights, including copyright, belong to the authors or their legal heirs and assigns. For further information, consult the appropriate curator.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from Marcia Nardi on the Danford Barney and F. O. Matthiesson Fund, 1968, and from the Turtle Island Book Shop on the Elizabeth Wakeman Dwight Memorial Fund, 2004.
Arrangement
The Marcia Nardi Collection is organized into two series: Marcia Nardi Papers and John Edmunds Papers. Each series is organized into two subseries: Correspondence and Writings. The Marcia Nardi Papers were processed in 1993 and have not been re-processed. The John Edmunds Papers were processed in 2007.
Extent
0.63 Linear Feet (2 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Catalog Record
A record for this collection is available in Orbis, the Yale University Library catalog
Persistent URL
Overview
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 Nardi's poem "Femelle de l'homme." The collection also contains John Edmunds Papers pertaining to Nardi including correspondence from Nardi to Edmunds and typescript drafts of her unpublished book "Collected Poems."
Marcia Nardi (1901-1990)
Marcia Nardi, American poet, was born Lilian Massell in Boston and attended Girls' Latin School and Wellesley College, which she left in 1921 to live in Greenwich Village and to write. During this period Nardi contributed poetry and book reviews to publications such as the Nation, New Republic, Quarterly Review of Literature, the New York Times, and the New York Herald Tribune. In 1926 her son Paul was born, and Nardi was forced to take a variety of jobs to support him and herself. In 1942 she began a correspondence with William Carlos Williams, who used long sections of her letters in Books I and II of Paterson. Her Poems was published by Alan Swallow in 1956, and she received a Guggenheim fellowship in the following year. Nardi worked extensively with John Edmunds between 1972 and 1983 with the intention of publishing a collection of her poetry; however this project did not result in a publication before Nardi's death in 1990.
- Bogan, Louise, 1897-1970
- Caetani, Marguerite, 1880-1963
- Edmunds, John, 1913-1986
- Edward MacDowell Association
- Jarrell, Randall, 1914-1965
- Nardi, Marcia, 1901-1990
- Pearson, Norman Holmes, 1909-1975
- Poets, American -- 20th Century -- Correspondence
- Ransom, John Crowe, 1888-1974
- Shapiro, Karl, 1913-2000
- Waugh, Alec, 1898-1981
- Wilder, Thornton, 1897-1975
- Women poets, American -- 20th Century
- Title
- Guide to the Marcia Nardi Collection
- Status
- Under Revision
- Author
- by H. Dean
- Date
- 2007
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
Part of the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library Repository
Location
121 Wall Street
New Haven, CT 06511
Opening Hours
Access Information
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