Spender, Stephen, 1909-1995

Papers of American poet, writer and critic. Primarily correspondence from colleagues and friends who included: Witter Bynner, Malcolm Cowley, T.S. Eliot, Caroline Gordon, Joseph Low, Harriet Monroe, John Crowe Ransom, Stephen Spender, Allen Tate, Frank Tuohy, Thornton Wilder, and Yvor Winters. Also includes personal material such as photographs, press cuttings, phone bills, bank receipts, proof copies of a collection of unpublished poems, press cuttings, and poetry magazines.

Correspondence to/from persons named "Sam", surname unknown.

Contents generally include: biographical information and drafts (often in multiple versions) of Ellmann's bio-commentary on each poet; selected poems by each author, photocopied from published sources; press cuttings of articles; rights and permissions to reprint poems; lists of corrections; and fragments of page proofs.

Correspondence and manuscripts of the American poet. Handwritten and carbon copy typescripts.

Exchange between Ellmann and Spender.

Thanks Ellmann for bringing Stephen Spender to Beloit College.

Invitation to a reception to launch Writers and Scholars International, with a handwritten note from Stephen Spender.