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Box VMF 17

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Contains 91 Results:

Robert Penn Warren Letter

 Collection — Box: VMF 17, Folder: 29
Identifier: MS-VMF-vmf221
Scope and Contents

Typed letter signed from Warren at the the American Academy in Rome, to Burton M. Wheeler at the Department of English, Washington University. 1 page with envelope

Hilda Morley Letter

 Collection — Box: VMF 17, Folder: 17
Identifier: MS-VMF-vmf209
Scope and Contents

Autograph letter signed from Morley to Adrienne Rich. 1 page. Morley sends along a book of poems (probably 'A blessing outside us') and reflects on her relationship with her late husband, the composer Stefan Wolpe.

Leo Planiscig Letter

 Collection — Box: VMF 17, Folder: 23
Identifier: MS-VMF-vmf215
Scope and Contents

Autograph letter signed, on Wien, I. Opernring 21 stationery, from Planiscig to Giorgio Nicodemi, 2 pages

Carl Nissen Roos Collection

 Collection — Box: VMF 17, Folder: 15
Identifier: MS-VMF-vmf207
Scope and Contents

A Danish armorial binding of 1570, typescript [carbon] draft with manuscript revision, of an article by Roos, translated from the Danish by William S. Mitchell. 5 pages

John Ruskin Letter

 Collection — Box: VMF 17, Folder: 16
Identifier: MS-VMF-vmf208
Scope and Contents

Autograph letter signed, on embossed Denmark Hill, S.E. stationery, from Ruskin to "My dearest George" (probably his assistant and publisher, George Allen). Ruskin comforts George, telling him "There is no reason to vex yourself" and reassuring his correspondent that "I can keep you from anxiety as to meeting bills." Ruskin closes by remarking that "Securities are a great nuisance -- except those of word and character, which I can entirely accept in you." Undated, 1 page.

Louis Zukofsky Letters

 Collection — Box: VMF 17, Folder: 13
Identifier: MS-VMF-vmf200
Scope and Contents

1958 January 4. Autograph letter signed from Zukofsky to Babette Deutch concerning birthdays and some of his recent works, including Bottom: On Shakespeare, and a Test of Poetry. Discusses hope of having her meet with William Carlos Williams and his wife and promises to return the fiddle. 3 pages

1963 March 30. Autograph letter signed from Zukofsky to Henry Wenning thanking him for the safe return of his manuscript "A" 1-12. 1 page

Leah Rachel Yoffie Collection

 Collection — Box: VMF 17, Folder: 12
Identifier: MS-VMF-vmf199
Scope and Contents Typescript [carbon] draft of "A Cry of the Foreign-born" [poem], 2 pages. Noted "Soldan High School" in upper left cornerTypescript [carbon] draft of "Faith" [poem], 1 page. Notes "Soldan High School" in upper left cornerTypescript [carbon] draft of "A Prayer for the Great White Fast" [poem], 1 pageClipping concerning Gaylord Music Library, Washington University, from the St. Louis...

James Erwin Yeatman Letter

 Collection — Box: VMF 17, Folder: 11
Identifier: MS-VMF-vmf198
Scope and Contents

Autograph letter signed from Yeatman to Mr. Leighton accompanying verses written by William Greenleaf Eliot on his 75th birthday, shortly before his death, 1 page

John Max Wulfing Collection

 Collection — Box: VMF 17, Folder: 10
Identifier: MS-VMF-vmf197
Scope and Contents

Correspondence between Wulfing and others concerning the Wulfing mound coppers, or eight Mississippian copper plates crafted by peoples of the Mississippian culture

Patience Worth Collection

 Collection — Box: VMF 17, Folder: 9
Identifier: MS-VMF-vmf196
Scope and Contents 1920 October 29. Typescript [carbon] of Patience Worth Record. Boulder, Colorado. Two copies, 4 pages each1930 January 13. Typescript [carbon] of Patience Worth Record, 8 pagesAutograph poem, "My Beloved," 2 pagesAutograph [transcription] in pencil, 5 pagesTypescript poems, untitled. "Life's Caravan," "Life and Me," "A Prayer," and "The Sundial Speaks." 6 pagesAutograph [transcription] poem, 1...