Tate, Allen, 1899-1979

Scope and Contents The Caroline Gordon - Allen Tate correspondence consists of 50 autograph and typescript letters from Gordon to Robert Lowell and/or Jean Stafford (undated but probably c1940s) as well as 37 autograph and typescript letters and postcards from Allen Tate to Jean Stafford and/or Robert Lowell (dating from 1938-1970). The Tate correspondence includes: a carbon copy typescript to Dr. Merrill Moore concerning Lowell's mental health; a carbon copy typescript letter of concern about Lowell to...

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

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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personal material such as photographs, press cuttings, phone bills, bank receipts, proof copies of a collection of unpublished poems, press cuttings, and poetry magazines.

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Ellmann submits poems and translations for possible publication; personal notes from Tate to Ellmann. Includes Tate's essay, "The Poetry of Edgar Allan Poe", to appear as the Introduction to a future publication.

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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.