Scope and Contents
Writings, correspondence, journals, datebooks, notebooks, teaching materials, printed materials, awards, artwork, and audiovisual materials by, to, or relating to poet Susan Stewart.
Dates
- circa 1965-2012
Creator
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research.
Box 52 (digital media): Restricted fragile material. Access copies of digital files may be requested. Consult Access Services for further information.
Box 53 (email): Restricted until 2038. For further information consult the appropriate curator.
Digital files (email correspondence): ‡a Restricted until 2038. For further information consult the appropriate curator.
Conditions Governing Use
The Susan Stewart Papers 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.
Online access or distribution of paper correspondence prohibited until 2038; this material may not be photographed in the reading room.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from Granary Books, Inc. on the Alfred Z. Baker, Jr. Fund and the Ezra Pound Archive Fund, 2013.
Arrangement
Organized into fourteen series: I. Correspondence. II. Writings. III. Writings of others. IV. Publishing papers. V. Teaching papers. VI. Fellowships, grants, and awards. VII. Conferences, seminars, scholarships, and lectures. VIII. Journals and notebooks. IX. Photographs. X. Travel papers. XI. Other papers. XII. Printed materials. XIII. Audiovisual materials. XIV. Computer media.
Extent
45.88 Linear Feet ((49 boxes) + 4 broadsides)
Language of Materials
English
Catalog Record
A record for this collection is available in Orbis, the Yale University Library catalog
Persistent URL
Susan Stewart
Susan Stewart (born 1952) is an American poet, literary critic, and translator.
Processing Information
Collections are processed to a variety of levels, depending on the work necessary to make them usable, their perceived research value, the availability of staff, competing priorities, and whether or not further accruals are expected. The library attempts to provide a basic level of preservation and access for all collections as they are acquired, and does more extensive processing of higher priority collections as time and resources permit.
This collection received a basic level of processing, including rehousing and minimal organization.
Information included in the Description of Papers note and Collection Contents section is drawn from information supplied with the collection and from an initial survey of the contents. Folder titles appearing in the contents list below are often based on those provided by the creator or previous custodian. Titles have not been verified against the contents of the folders in all cases. Otherwise, folder titles are supplied by staff during initial processing.
This finding aid may be updated periodically to account for new acquisitions to the collection and/or revisions in arrangement and description.
- American poetry -- 20th Century
- American poetry -- 21st century
- Authors, American -- 20th Century -- Archives
- Authors, American -- 21st century -- Archives
- Poets, American -- 20th Century -- Archives
- Poets, American -- 21st century -- Archives
- Stewart, Susan, 1952-
- Translators, American -- 21st century
- Women poets
- Title
- Guide to the Susan Stewart Papers
- Author
- by Beinecke staff
- Date
- December 2019
- 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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