Graves, Robert, 1895-1985
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1895-07-24 - 1985-12-07
Biography
British poet, historical novelist, critic, and classicist.
Found in 69 Collections and/or Records:
Letter from Laura Jackson to Ellsworth Mason, 1973-02-29
Item — Box 1, Folder: 8
Identifier: 1976.004.1.8.004
Scope and Contents
"The book could not have been claimed by Mr. Graves before 1929 as from 1929 to 1939, because from December 1925 to 1939 - well into 1939 - I was in immediate controlling presence to all effects, literary and of other sort, of mine, in the association existing between Mr. Graves and myself."
Dates:
1973-02-29
Letter from Laura Jackson to Ellsworth Mason, 1973-06-13
Item — Box 1, Folder: 8
Identifier: 1976.004.1.8.012
Scope and Contents
"I have done some consulting as to the 'asking-price' for the marked copy of the page-proofs of The Telling, and I was given a range though just to the buyer and myself..."...."...I am addressing to you, before any other, a question as to some biliographical matters information on which I need in preparation for an article by myself treating of certain things bibliographical. I have been left vague in recollection as to whether you possess copies of the privately...
Dates:
1973-06-13
Letter from Laura Jackson to Ellsworth Mason, 1973-08-26
Item — Box 1, Folder: 8
Identifier: 1976.004.1.8.024
Scope and Contents
"The Madeline Vera matter is not for me on the plane of agitation of mine, and its entitlement to respect. We have here a liberty taken by Mr. Kirkham for which he has had no authority from me. I have never made public identification of myself as M.V. Mr. Kirkham has had sufficient acquaintance with me, by correspondence and by personal visit, for awareness of of my my view of the outrage committed by Messrs, Higginson and Graves in their making themselves authorities as to the...
Dates:
1973-08-26
Letter from Laura Jackson to Ellsworth Mason, 1973-08-27
Item — Box 1, Folder: 8
Identifier: 1976.004.1.8.025
Scope and Contents
"I must try to impose upon you that we have a case of bibliographic fraud: that is authority. Robert Graves is no authority for ... of authority to me or anything via Mr. Higginson. The strength of my feelings is not the issue."...."I cannot be with you at all in your solicited in M. K's authorial perogatives - as with your lack of conscience, amidst so much editorial circumstances as to what you are here with respect to a bibliographical desecration by Higginson and...
Dates:
1973-08-27
Letter from Laura Jackson to Ellsworth Mason, 1973-09-19
Item — Box 1, Folder: 9
Identifier: 1976.004.1.9.004
Scope and Contents
"...as to The Survey copyright: I believe that English law established authorial copyright to the book and I have had the confirmation of this I believe that the English publishers in the late forties returned the copyright to t[h]e authors by way of A.P. Watt."...."You do what many do in elevating normal objection to morally, plaiun morally, wrong doing to a Super-sensitivity...What is there super-sensitive about objecting to the insult Graves' and Hiiginson's and...
Dates:
1973-09-19
Letter from Laura Jackson to Ellsworth Mason, 1974-02-04
Item — Box 1, Folder: 10
Identifier: 1976.004.1.10.006
Scope and Contents
"...it seems important to me to register with y[o]u at my earliest my feelings about and my position on the fact of which I learned from Michael Kirkham a few days ago that there is being planned for the Christmas meeting a seminar on Robert Graves, to treat of the subject 'The influence of Laura Riding on Robert Graves'."
Dates:
1974-02-04
Letter from Laura Jackson to Ellsworth Mason, 1974-02-19
Item — Box 1, Folder: 10
Identifier: 1976.004.1.10.009
Scope and Contents
"While you have, as you say, and I do not doubt you, no responsibility for the idea of inviting me to speak at a conclave devoted to the (to me) rum subject of Robert Graves, you have large responsibility for the promotion of this organized concentration on that subject. Not only are you a focal point in this (to me) unhealthy project by your Focus enterprise: you are in particular an active mover in the Seminar-one Graves institution, and its maintenance."...."I am...
Dates:
1974-02-19
Letter from Laura Jackson to Guy Logsdon, 1976-07-14
Item — Box 1, Folder: 19
Identifier: 1976.004.1.19.004
Scope and Contents
"For what you have written on Graves material held by you I thank you in particular. I know nothing of these materials. There is never any telling with Graves material, whatever the date of it, as to possibilities of concotions of involved invidious intent in my regard."...."As to your particular holdings of mine: will you, please, tell me. approximately, what your charges will be for making and sending to me photocopies of of certain items which I shall specify...
Dates:
1976-07-14
Letter from [Laura Jackson] to Guy Logsdon, 1976-07-22
Item — Box 2, Folder: 2
Identifier: 1976.004.2.2.013
Scope and Contents
"I have found, in chance second looking at a letter to me from Mr. J. Howard Woolmer in which he kindly listed book-holdings of yours (books of my authorship), that I ignored a query set beside the listing of one item. I am responding to this quer here, and sending a copy of my letter to you to Mr. Woolmer."
Dates:
1976-07-22
Letter from Laura Jackson to J. Howard Woolmer, 1979-05-8
Item — Box 2, Folder: 7
Identifier: 1976.004.2.7.012
Scope and Contents
"I looked for omissions in the check-list of that entry in the Poetry By American Women of which you sent me a copy. -- A first inspection has revealed none to me."
"Thanks for the N.Y.T Magazine cutting. There have been three items of interest there, for me. The Eain article on Graves; the Tate interview; and a letter in the Apr. 29 issue of the magazine by a woman attacking Graves for his White Goddess representations of the nature of women, and as a poet all liberated women should abhor,...
Dates:
1979-05-8