Caroline Gordon - Allen Tate correspondence, 1938-1970

Collection

Identifier: 1978-015

Staff Only

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 Lowell's mother; a carbon copy typescript letter of recommendation for Lowell to the Dean of St. John's College, Annapolis, Maryland; a signed typescript draft of an article, "The Function of the Critical Quarterly;" and mimeograph typescript drafts of "Genus Homo" and "Something Woman, Something Man" with autograph revisions. The correspondence is organized into four categories: a) Gordon to Robert "Cal" Lowell; b) Gordon to Jean Stafford; c) Gordon to Jean Stafford and Robert "Cal" Lowell; and d) Tate to Jean Stafford and/or Robert "Cal" Lowell. The Tate correspondence follows the Gordon correspondence in its own chronological sequence, followed by the Tate writings.

Dates

Creation: 1938 - 1970

Language

These materials are in English.

Access

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Use and Copyright

This material is owned by the University of Tulsa, McFarlin Library, Department of Special Collections. Unpublished manuscripts are under copyright. Therefore, permission to publish, quote, or reproduce must be secured from both the repository and the copyright holder.