Bridges, Robert, 1844-1930

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.

Letters written primarily to Siegfried Sassoon in response to Sassoon's call for monetary donations for a gift of a clavichord (to be constructed by Arnold Dometsch) in honor of the Poet Laureate, Robert Bridges, on the occasion of his 80th birthday.

Bridges asks Ellmann's advice regarding Florida State University's wish to publish some of Robert Bridges's letters.

Reprint from Wessex, 1929: "The Poet Laureate, the British Broadcasting Corporation and the Listener have kindly allowed us to print the following Report of the Lecture on Poetry broadcast by Mr. Bridges as the first of the National Broadcast Lectures....."

"Poor Poll", a privately printed, limited edition of a poem written by Robert Bridges and first collected in his book New Verse - the first example of Bridges' Neo-Miltonic Syllabics. Presented to Siegfied Sassoon by Robert Bridges.

Letters written primarily to Siegfried Sassoon in response to Sassoon's call for monetary donations for a gift of a clavichord (to be constructed by Arnold Dometsch) in honor of the Poet Laureate, Robert Bridges, on the occasion of his 80th birthday.

Carbon copy typescript.