Special Collections Department
The John Malcolm Brinnin
Papers
Manuscript Collection Number: 103
Accessioned: Purchase, 1983-1984.
Extent: 15.5 linear ft. (ca. 18,400 pages).
Content: Correspondence, photographs, poetry, essays, books, reviews, speeches, drafts, and emphemera.
Access: The collection is open for research.
Processed: Originally processed in 1983, revised 1988-1991 by Anita A. Wellner.
-
Special Collections, University of Delaware Library
Newark, Delaware 19717-5267
(302) 831-2229
Table of Contents
Contents List
Series I. Literary and professional correspondence, 1930-1982
- Abbe, George - Bettis, Valerie
- Bishop, Elizabeth - Brennan, Maeve
- Broadwater, Bowden - Campbell, Joseph
- Campbell, Robert Bhain - Combs, Tram
- Comfort, Alex - Durrel, Lawrence
- Dyment, Clifford - Fraser, George MacDonald
- Friar, Kimon - Fry, Christopher
- Fuller, Roy - Huxely, Aldous
Back to Contents List
Series I. Correspondence, I - R
Series I. Correspondence, S - Z & misc.
Series II. Materials relating to Dylan Thomas, 1949-1976
Series III - V & Appendix A.
Manuscripts written by John Malcolm Brinnin, 1930-1976
Manuscripts by other writers, 1918-1981
Miscellaneous material related to John Malcolm Brinnin, 1916-1978
List of printed material removed from the colleciton, to be cataloged for Special Collections, 1927-1978
Biographical Note
Scope and Contents Note
Series Outline
Contents List
1 Series I. Literary and professional correspondence, 1930-1982 Consists of incoming personal and professional correspondence from authors, editors, publishers, friends, and various other individuals. Also includes copies of John Malcolm Brinnin's outgoing letters and copies of letters to and from John Thompson. Note: All correspondence between John Malcolm Brinnin and Dylan Thomas, as well as all other material relating to Thomas, including correspondence with his wife Caitlin Thomas, his children Aeronwy and Llewelyn Thomas, and other family members is housed within Series II. Correspondence is arranged alphabetically by correspondent and chronologically within each correspondent's file. All correspondence is addressed to John Malcolm Brinnin unless otherwise noted. F1 Abbe, George, 1911- 1961 Nov 5 TLS 1p F2 Abrahams, William Miller, 1919- 1960-1972 Letters 19p F3 Abse, Dannie 1957 Oct 21 ALS 2p Nov 21 ALS 1p 1963 Oct 15 ALS 2p Nov 11 ALS 2p Dec 15 ALS 1p 1964 Mar 1 ALS 2p Mar 20 ALS 2p Apr 1 ALS 2p May 3 ALS 2p Jun 18 ACS 1p 1965 Jan 21 ALS 1p Oct 6 ALS 2p 1973 Feb 23 ALS 1p Jul 16 ALS 1p [n.d.] ACS 1p [n.d.] ACS 1p [n.d.] ACS 1p [n.d.] ACS 1p Note: Includes a copy of Poetry (1947). F4 Agee, James, 1909-1955. 1950 Sep 2 TLS 1p [n.d.] ALS 1p 1 Series I. Literary and professional correspondence (cont'd) F5 Aiken, Conrad, 1889-1973. 1949 May 21 TLS 1p 1951 Feb 28 TLS 1p 1960 Aug 11 TLS 1p Aug 17 TCS 1p Note: Includes a photocopy of Aiken's poem, "Thee." F6 Albee, Edward, 1928- 1977 May 20 ALS 1p F7 Amis, Kingsley 1960 Nov 30 ALS 1p F8 Ammons, A. R., 1926- [1966 Aug 18] TCS 1p 1973 Jun 20 ALS 1p [n.d.] ACS 1p F9 Amory, Hugh [ca. 1956] ACS 1p Note: Written on a cover of a Poets Theatre program. F10 Anderson, Sherwood, 1876-1941. 1937 Mar 23 TLS 1p Andrade, L. : See F388 (Andrade was secretary to Sir Osbert Sitwell). F11 Arvin, Newton, 1900-1963. 1946 Jul 27 ALS 2p 1947 Aug 23 TLS 1p 1949 Nov 14 TLS 1p 1951 Mar 14 TLS 1p [n.d.] ALS 1p F12 Ashbery, John. 1955 Oct 19 TLS 1p 1975 Aug 1 ACS 2p [ca. 1976] Jun 2 TLS 1p 1976 Nov 7 TLS 1p Note: TLS from David Kermani is on same page plus a second TLS (1977 Feb 2) from Kermani. 1977 Sep 19 TLS 1p Dec 22 ACS 1p 1979 Feb 11 ALS 1p 1 Series I. Literary and professional correspondence (cont'd) F13 Ashton, Dore. 1957 Sep 9 ALS 2p 1958 Aug 22 ALS 2p 1959 Aug 27 TLS 1p Nov 1 TLS 1p 1960 Oct 18 TLS 2p 1961 Nov 5 ALS 2p 1963 May 24 TLS 2p 1964 Jul 15 ALS 2p [n.d.] ALS 2p [n.d.] TLS 2p [n.d.] ALS 2p [n.d.] ALS 2p [n.d.] TLS 1p F14 Aswell, Mary Louise White, 1902- [n.y.] Nov 11 ALS 2p [n.y.] Dec 31 ALS 2p [n.y.] Nov 16 ALS 1p [n.y.] Mar 19 ALS 2p F15 Auden, W. H. (Wystan Hugh), 1907-1973. 1936 Apr 25 ALS 1p Note: Includes a photograph of Auden and an undated ANS from Brinnin to Thompson. 1951 Oct 19 Telegram 1p [n.d.] ALS 1p 1936 Apr 25 ALS 1p Note: Accompanied by an undated note from John Malcolm Brinnin and a photograph of Auden. To: Mrs. Patterson 1953 Mar 25 ALS 1p F16 Avshalomov, Jacob, 1919- 1949 Sep 12 TLS 1p 1955 Dec 11 TLS 1p 1956 May 9 TLS 1p F17 Babbidge, Homer D., Jr. 1963 May 21 TLS 1p F18 Babbitt, Dora D. [n.y.] Mar 25 ALS 2p 1 Series I. Literary and professional correspondence (cont'd) F19 Baff, Beverly 1940 Sep 19 TLS 1p 1945 Nov 21 ALS 4p F20 Bagguley, John and Cecil Woolf 1966 Aug 17 TLS 1p Note: Includes printed broadside. Sep 14 TLS 1p Note: Also includes TLS from Cecil Woolf. F21 Barker, George [n.d.] AN 1p F22 Barnes, Djuna 1949 Apr 26 TLS 1p May 2 TLS 1p 1952 Jun 23 TLS 1p F23 Baro, Gene 1950-1966 Letters 21p F24 Barth, John 1972 Dec 13 ACS 1p [n.y.] Oct 5 ALS 1p Note: Includes ANS from Brinnin to Thompson. F25 Beach, Dagmar Doneghy 1960 Mar 7 ALS 1p Beach, Robert A. : See F306 (Katherine Porter letters). F26 Belitt, Ben, 1911- 1936 Mar 30 TLS 1p 1937 Mar 4 TLS 1p 1938 May 11 ALS 1p 1944 Feb 13 ALS 1p 1964 Oct 14 TLS 1p 1965 Oct 26 TLS 1p F27 Beliveau, Kay 1955 Dec 26 TLS 4p 1956 Aug 27 ALS 2p 1 Series I. Literary and professional correspondence (cont'd) F28 Bell, Millicent 1966 Dec 1 ALS 3p 1978 Jul 20 TLS 1p F29 Benedikt, Michael, 1935- 1969 Apr 19 TLS 1p To: Read, Bill, 1917- 1969 May 20 TLS 1p 1970 Jul 14 TNS 1p Note: Includes 15 poems written by Benedikt. F30 Bentley, Eric, 1916- [n.y.] Feb 10 TLS 1p F31 Berman, Mort 1963 Dec 4 ACS 1p 1970 Jul 5 ACS 1p F32 Bessie, Alvah Cecil, 1904- 1935 Aug 20 TLS 1p F33 Bettis, Valerie 1957 Mar 15 TLS 1p [1957] Oct 30 TLS 1p [n.d.] TLS 1p Note: Also includes programs and tear sheets about Bettis. 2 Series I. Literary and professional correspondence (cont'd) Bishop, Elizabeth, 1911- F34 1946 Aug 9 ACS 1p [1949 Oct] ALS 2p 1949 Oct 14 TLS 1p Oct 17 ALS 1p 1950 Jan 17 ALS 1p Jan 25 TLS 1p Feb 2 TLS 2p Feb 15 ALS 1p Feb 27 ALS 1p 1953 Dec 5 TLS 1p 1954 Sep 3 TLS 2p 1956 Apr 30 TLS 1p May 25 TLS 1p 1963 Oct 14 TLS 1p 1971 Dec 2 ALS 1p Dec 17 TCS 1p 1972 Aug 25 ACS 1p Sep 24 ACS 1p F35 1973 Mar TCS 1p Apr 17 TCS 1p May 8 TCS 1p Jun 24 TCS 1p Aug 31 TLS 1p [ca. 1974-1975] TLS 1p Note: Sent with revised version of "The End of March." 1974 Mar 29 ACS 1p Mar 29 ACS 1p (To: "Bill") Apr 2 TCS 1p Apr 11 AL 1p Note: Written on letter from Louise Feinsot to Bishop. Jun TCS 1p Jun 14 TLS 2p Jun 28 TLS 2p Dec 31 TCS 1p (To: "Bill") 1975 Jan 8 TCS 1p Feb 21 TLS 2p May 3 TLS 3p Note: Included is an TLS from Alice Methfessel. May 29 TCS 1p Jun 30 ACS 1p Jul 15 TCS 1p [1975 Aug 5] TLS 1p 2 Series I. Literary and professional correspondence (cont'd) Bishop, Elizabeth (cont'd) F36 [1976] ANS 1p Note: ANS written on a magazine advertisement. 1976 Jan 9 TCS 1p Mar 10 ALS 1p (To: "Bill") Note: Tear sheet is enclosed. [1976] May 26 TCS 1p Aug 24 TLS 2p Aug 28 TCS 1p 1977 Mar 7 ANS 1p Note: Written on a clipping from Key West Citizen. Jul 5 TCS 1p Jul 11 TCS 1p Jul 28 TLS 2p Aug 4 TLS 2p Aug 27 TCS 1p 1978 Feb 4 ACS 1p Feb 15 ACS 1p May 27 TCS 1p (To: "Bill") Jul 9 TLS 1p Jul 10 TLS 1p Aug 5 TLS 2p Oct 1 TCS 1p Oct 10 TLS 2p Oct 16 TCS 1p Nov 16 TLS 3p Dec 3 TLS 3p Dec 4 TCS 1p Dec 6 TLS 1p Dec 8 AN 1p Note: Includes part of a letter from Alice Methfessel. Dec 12 TLS 2p Dec 19 ANS 1p Note: On an ALS from Alice Methfessel. 1979 Jan 8 TCS 1p Mar 1 TLS 2p Mar 22 TLS 3p Apr 9 TCS 1p Jun 4 ACS 1p Jun 30 TLS 2p Jul 14 TLS 2p Jul 25 TCS 1p Aug 5 TLS 2p 2 Series I. Literary and professional correspondence (cont'd) Bishop, Elizabeth (cont'd) F37 [n.d.] Sunday TCS 1p [n.d.] May 11 ACS 1p [n.d.] Thursday TCS 1p [n.d.] Friday ACS 1p [n.d.] ACS 1p Note: Written on a photograph of a steamboat. [n.d.] ACS 1p [n.d.] ACS 1p [n.d.] Jun 25 ACS 1p [n.d.] TLS 1p Note: Accompanied the poem "North Haven." [n.d.] AN 7p Note: Notes by Bishop defining various Portuguese words. [n.d.]Friday TCS 1p [n.d.] Jan 16 TCS 1p [n.d.] ACS 1p [n.d.] AN 1p Note: Lists times for the Rockland, Maine ferry. [n.d.] AN 1p Note: Shopping list. Cutler, John Henry To: Bishop, Elizabeth 1975 Apr 10 TLS 1p Methfessel, Alice 1980 Feb 21 TLS 2p [n.d.] Itinerary 1p Note: Itinerary with a note by Methfessel. F38 Blackmur, R. P. (Richard P.), 1904-1965. 1950 Jan 23 TLS 1p Feb 20 TLS 2p Mar 6 TLS 1p Mar 7 ALS 1p Apr 19 TLS 2p F39 Bogan, Louise, 1897-1970. 1951 Oct 26 Telegram 1p Boland, Patrick F40 1949-1953 Letters 82p F41 1954-1957 Letters 66p 2 Series I. Literary and professional correspondence (cont'd) F42 Booth, Philip E. [1957] ALS 1p 1957 May 23 ALS 1p 1963 Dec 28 TLS 1p 1969 May 29 TLS 1p Aug 29 TLS 1p Sep 16 TLS 1p F43 Bowen, Elizabeth, 1899-1973. 1952 Aug 12 TLS 1p Aug 31 ALS 3p 1954 Jul 27 ALS 2p 1955 Sep 3 ALS 2p F44 Boyars, Arthur 1952 Apr 15 TLS 1p May 20 TLS 1p F45 Boyle, Kay, 1903- 1964 Aug 10 ALS 1p Sep 18 ALS 2p Sep 27 ALS 2p Oct 4 ALS 3p Oct 5 ALS 2p Oct 16 ALS 3p Oct 26 ALS 2p Note: Includes a TLS to Boyle from William W. West. Nov 29 ALS 2p Dec ACS 1p 1965 Jan 13 ALS 2p Mar 7 ALS 1p Mar 17 ALS 1p Apr 7 ALS 1p Apr 15 TLS 1p Apr 26 ACS 1p May 25 ALS 1p Jun 3 ALS 2p Jun 19 ALS 2p Jun 23 ALS 2p Jun 30 ACS 1p Jul 13 ALS 1p Nov 11 ACS 1p 2 Series I. Literary and professional correspondence (cont'd) F45 Boyle, Kay (cont'd) 1970 Jan 18 ALS 2p Mar 12 ACS 2p [n.d.] Saturday ALS 1p [n.d.] ANS 1p To: Mrs. Brinnin 1965 Sep 13 ALS 1p F46 Brace, Gerald Warner, 1901- 1970 Oct 13 ALS 2p F47 Brashear, Lee 1949 Aug 6 TLS 2p F48 Breit, Harvey [1955 Jan 10] ACS 1p [n.y.] Dec 2 TLS 1p F49 Brennan, Maeve [n.d.] ALS 2p [n.d.] ACS 1p Brinnin, John Malcolm, 1916- Note: See folder of each receiver. To: Bishop, Elizabeth, 1911- 1975 Jul 28 Check 1p To: Cartier-Bresson, Henri, 1908- 1947 Sep 5 TLS 2p To: Gascoyne, David, 1916- 1951 Dec 6 Check 1p To: Lowell, Robert, 1917-1977. 1955 Jan 31 Check 2p Note: Signed by Lowell. 1977 May 25 ALS 1p Note: Includes TNS from "curator" and ANS from Robert Fitzgerald to Brinnin. 2 Series I. Literary and professional correspondence (cont'd) Brinnin, John (cont'd) To: Merrill, James Ingram [1961] Jul 1 Check 1p Note: Canceled checked signed by Merrill. To: Porter, Katherine Anne, 1890-1980. 1976 Oct 23 ALS 1p Note: Hung at one time on a wall in Porter's home. 1978 Dec 18 ALS 2p To: Sexton, Anne [n.y.] Dec 25 AL 1p Note: Accompanied by invitations and piece of Sexton's stationery. To: Thompson, John H. 1973 May 14 ANS 1p Note: Written on a Jean Garrigue Memorial Reading program. [n.d.] ANS 1p [n.d.] ALS 2p Note: Filed with Shirley Hazzard correspondence. 3 F50 Broadwater, Bowden 1942 and [n.d.] Letters 11p F51 Brooks, Cleanth, 1906- [n.y.] April 3 TLS 1p F52 Brooks, Van Wyck, 1886-1963. 1956 Aug 30 TLS 1p Oct 1 ALS 1p F53 Buckman, Gertrude 1970-1979 Letters 22p To: Read, Bill, 1917- [n.d.] TLS 1p F54 Burford, William 1949 Apr 1 TCS 1p May 10 ACS 1p Aug 26 ACS 1p 1952 Dec 6 TLS 2p 1953 Jan 26 TLS 2p 3 Series I. Literary and professional correspondence (cont'd) F55 Burke, Kenneth, 1897- 1936 May 11 TLS 1p Burns, Edward (See Alice B. Toklas, F485) F56 Burr, Gray 1942-1968 Letters 90p Note: Includes typescript poems. F57 Burton, Philip, 1904- 1956 Mar 21 ALS 2p Apr 2 ALS 1p 1961 Jan 2 ALS 2p 1978 May 10 ALS 1p 1981 Apr 25 ALS 2p F58 Caetani, Marguerite [n.y.] Oct 22 ALS 2p [n.y.] Jan 14 ALS 1p F59 Cage, John [n.d.] TLS 1p Note: Includes photocopies of articles and a poem about Cage. F60 Caldecott, O. 1957 Jan 4 ALS 1p Jan 22 TLS 1p Apr 24 TLS 1p Note: Includes an announcement for Dylan Thomas in America. Campbell, Florence - See Robert Bhain Campbell (F62). F61 Campbell, Joseph 1944 Sep 8 ALS 1p 4 F62 Campbell, Robert Bhain 1937-1940 Letters 19p Campbell, Florence 1940-1942 Letters 11p F63 Cantwell, Robert, 1908- 1936 May 22 TLS 1p 4 Series I. Literary and professional correspondence (cont'd) Capote, Truman, 1924- F64 1946 Jul 22 AC 1p [1946 Aug 3/4] TLS 1p [1946 Fall] ALS 2p Sep 27 Telegram 1p Note: Signed by Marguerite Young, Leo Lerman, Marylou Newell, Barbara Lawrence, Pearl Kazin, and Carson McCullers. 1947 Mar 10 ALS 3p 1949 Apr 16 ALS 2p Apr 18 ALS 1p May 8 ALS 2p Nov 6 ALS 1p Nov 25 ALS 1p 1950 Apr 7 TL 1p Jul 14 ACS 1p Jul 26 ACS 1p [Aug 22] ACS 1p Sep 5 ALS 1p 1951 Jan 7 ALS 4p Jan 27 ALS 2p Jun 24 TLS 2p Jul 18 ACS 1p Dec 17 Telegram 1p 1953 Aug 1 ALS 2p Sep 22 ALS 2p Oct 12 ALS 2p Oct 30 ALS 2p [1953] Dec 3 ALS 2p [1954] ALS 2p 1955 Oct ALS 2p Nov 25 Telegram 1p 1956 ACS 1p 1958 ACS 1p 1958 Jul 27 TLS 1p Aug 12 ALS 2p Sep 24 ACS 1p [1958 Oct 13] ACS 1p 1959 Nov 7 ALS 1p 4 Series I. Literary and professional correspondence (cont'd) Capote, Truman (cont'd) F65 1960 May 22 ALS 2p Oct 19 ALS 2p Nov 25 ACS 1p 1961 Jan 14 ALS 2p Feb 1 ALS 2p 1963 Apr 19 ACS 1p [1963 Nov 5] ACS 1p 1965 Jan 15 ACS 1p 1973 Oct ACS 1p [1976 Sep 21] ACS 1p 1981 Jun 11 ALS 1p Note: Gives Brinnin permission to publish "anything about me he cares to." [n.d.] TLS 2p [n.d.] ALS 1p [n.d.] TLS 1p [n.d.] TLS 2p [n.d.] ALS 2p [n.d.] ALS 2p [n.y.] Aug 10 ACS 1p [n.d.] ALS 2p [n.d.] TLS 3p [n.d.] TLS 2p [n.d.] ALS 1p [n.d.] TLS 2p [n.d.] ALS 2p [n.d.] ALS 1p [n.d.] ALS 1p [n.d.] ALS 1p [n.d.] TLS 2p [n.d.] ALS 1p [n.d.] ALS 2p [n.d.] ALS 2p Clark, Gerald 1976 Jul 26 TLS 1p F66 Carrera, Andrade Jorge, 1903- 1968 Jun 5 ALS 2p Note: Written in Spanish. Dec 21 ACS 2p Cartier-Bresson, Eli - See Henri Cartier-Bresson (F67) 4 Series I. Literary and professional correspondence (cont'd) F67 Cartier-Bresson, Henri, 1908- [1946 Sep 17] ACS 1p [1947] Monday ALS 1p [1947] Monday ALS 1p [1947] Thursday ALS 2p 1947 Feb 18 ALS 2p [1947] Mar 11 ALS 2p [1947] Mar 12 ALS 2p 1947 Sep 6 TLS 3p Note: Includes a TLS from Brinnin. [1947] Sep 10 ALS 1p 1948 May 8 ACS 1p 1981 Feb 20 TLS 1p [n.d.] Thursday ALS 2p [n.d.] ALS 2p [n.d.] ALS 2p [n.d.] Thursday ALS 1p [n.y.] Aug ALS 1p [n.d.] Sunday ALS 2p [n.d.] Tuesday ALS 2p Cartier-Bresson, Eli 1947 Aug 29 ALS 1p 1974 Jun 11 ALS 1p Cartier-Bresson, Nicole. 1946 Nov 22 ALS 2p F68 Cary, Joyce, 1888-1957. To: Kalodner, Dr. [n.d.] ALS 1p F69 Cassill, R. V. (Ronald Verlin), 1919- 1961 Apr 3 TNS 1p Apr 20 TLS 1p Note: Includes photocopies. F70 Cassity, Turner 1972 Jan 12 TLS 1p [n.y.] Apr 4 TLS 1p 4 Series I. Literary and professional correspondence (cont'd) F71 Cheever, John 1968 Feb 26 TLS 1p [1975] Apr 21 TLS 1p [1975] Sep 4 TLS 1p [1975] Oct 1 TLS 1p 1975 Oct 6 TLS 1p [1975] Oct 19 TNS 1p [1975] Oct 28 TNS 1p 1977 Apr 28 TNS 1p 1978 Sep 2 TLS 1p 1980 Dec 17 TNS 1p [n.y.] Jul 3 TNS 1p [n.y.] Feb 1 TNS 1p [n.d.] Tuesday TNS 1p [n.y.] Dec 9 TLS 1p F72 Ciardi, John, 1916- 1939 Aug 30 ACS 1p Oct 24 TLS 2p Dec 26 TLS 2p 1940 Feb 23 ALS 3p 1941 Mar 25 TLS 1p Nov 14 ALS 1p 1943 Jan 31 ALS 1p 1946 Oct 31 ALS 1p Dec 1 TLS 1p 1961 Jun 14 ALS 2p Jun 26 TLS 2p Jul 19 ALS 1p Sep 11 ALS 1p Oct 20 ALS 1p 1963 Nov 9 ANS 1p [1963 Christmas] ACS 1p 1964 Oct 9 TLS 1p 1967 Oct 16 TLS 1p Clark, Gerald - See Truman Capote (F65). F73 Clifford, William 1924- 1960 Feb 8 TLS 1p F74 Cole, James [n.y.] Dec 13 ALS 1p 4 Series I. Literary and professional correspondence (cont'd) F75 Cole, Tom [n.d.] ACS 1p F76 Colum, Padraic, 1881-1972. 1950 Feb 1 TLS 1p [1966 Sep 28] ACS 1p 1966 Oct 24 TLS 1p Note: ANS by Brinnin at the bottom of the page. [n.d.] ANS 1p Note: Colum's address. Combs, Tram, 1924- Note: Includes correspondence, reviews, a few poems, and clippings. Manuscripts sent with this correspondence are located in Series IV of the Brinnin collection. F77 1954-1960 Letters 35p F78 1961-1962 Letters 37p F79 1963 Letters 37p F80 1964-1967 Letters 46p 5 F81 Comfort, Alex, 1920- 1947 Apr 15 TLS 2p F82 Cone, Edward 1959 Dec 12 TLS 1p Note: ALS on the verso to Brinnin from Bill Read and photocopies of an article. F83 Congdon, Kirby 1964 Jan 29 TLS 1p 1967 Nov 20 TLS 1p F84 Connolly, Cyril, 1903-1974. 1945 Oct 26 TLS 1p Nov 25 TLS 2p 1949 Sep 14 TLS 1p [n.y.] Feb 18 ALS 2p Note: Includes tear sheets and photocopies. 5 Series I. Literary and professional correspondence (cont'd) F85 Conroy, Jack, 1899- 1934 Aug 9 TLS 1p 1935 Apr 4 TLS 1p [1939 Feb 27] TCS 1p 1939 Oct 2 TLS 1p 1940 Jun 26 TLS 1p F86 Cooper, Jane, 1924- [n.d.] ALS 1p F87 Coward, Noel, 1899-1973. 1953 Sep 16 TLS 1p Dec 30 TLS 1p 1954 Jan 27 TLS 1p 1955 Apr 23 Telegram 1p F88 Cowley, Malcolm, 1898- 1935 Aug 19 TNS 1p 1936 May 18 TLS 1p 1938 Oct 21 TNS 1p 1957 Oct 9 TLS 1p F89 Creekmore, Hubert, 1907-1966. 1945 Nov 19 TCS 1p F90 Croce, Alice 1979 May 24 ALS 1p F91 Cummings, E. E. (Edward Estlin), 1894-1962. [1949 May 9] TCS 1p [1949 May 13] ACS 1p 1949 Oct 12 TLS 1p Nov 6 ALS 1p 1953 Jul 6 Telegram 1p [1954 May 23] TCS 1p 1957 Apr 27 TCS 1p Cummings, Marion Morehouse 1969 Jun 11 Printed 1p Note: Memorial service announcement. F92 Cunliffe, Marcus 1961 Jan 25 TLS 1p 5 Series I. Literary and professional correspondence (cont'd) F93 Curnow, Allen, 1911- 1950 Apr 10 ALS 1p Cutler, John Henry - See Elizabeth Bishop (F35). F94 Daiches, David, 1912- 1942 Oct 13 TLS 1p 1946 Nov 22 TLS 1p 1950 Mar 17 TLS 1p 1963 Oct 10 TLS 1p 1964 Sep 1 TLS 1p F95 Davenport, Guy 1981 Mar 23 TLS 1p Apr 21 TLS 1p F96 Davenport, John 1952 Apr 16 TLS 2p May 10 ALS 1p Note: On verso is page 200 of "Under the Volcano." F97 Davie, Donald 1957 Dec 10 ALS 1p Davison, Peter F98 1959-1973 Letters 17p F99 [n.d.] Layout material Note: Layout material for the cover of the October 1955 issue of Atlantic Monthly, which featured Dylan Thomas. F100 De La Mare, Walter, 1873-1956. To: Friar, Kimon 1947 Mar 17 TLS 2p De Mouy, Jane Krause - See Katherine Anne Porter (F306) F101 De Vries, Peter 1940-1959 Letters 14p F102 Dean, Leonard Fellows, 1909- 1955-1965 Letters 13p Note: Includes a copy of The Penny Paper (May 1965). 5 Series I. Literary and professional correspondence (cont'd) F103 Deming, Barbara, 1917- 1949 Feb 12 TLS 1p F104 Derens, Maya 1945-1948 Letters 12p Note: Includes photocopies of articles. F105 Deutsch, Babette, 1895- 1939-1976 Letters 15p F106 Dikeman, May 1963 Oct 4 ALS 2p F107 Dillon, George 1938 Jun 2 TNS 1p 1939 Nov 10 TLS 1p 1940 Mar 7 TLS 1p 1941 Jan 29 TLS 1p F108 Doughty, Howard, 1904- 1946-1947 Letters 17p F109 Duncan, Harry 1951 Mar 14 TLS 1p F110 Dunphy, Jack 1950-1973 Letters 21p F111 Dupee, F. W. (Frederick Wilcox), 1904- 1947 May 27 TLS 1p F112 Durrell, Lawrence [1960] ACS 1p 6 F113 Dyment, Clifford 1956 Nov 14 TLS 1p F114 Eberhart, Richard, 1904- 1942-1980 Letters 29p 6 Series I. Literary and professional correspondence (cont'd) F115 Eliot, T. S. (Thomas Stearns), 1888-1965. 1950 Jun 22 TLS 1p Jul 17 TLS 1p Oct 10 TLS 1p Oct 14 TLS 2p Oct 30 TLS 1p 1951 Oct 11 TLS 1p Nov 28 TLS 1p 1952 Mar 18 TLS 1p 1953 Sep 22 TLS 1p 1957 Jul 17 TLS 1p To: Kolodney, William. 1953 Feb 17 TL (c) 1p Note: Contains Eliot's statement condemning anti-Semitism. Eliot, Valerie 1981 Mar 24 TLS 1p F116 Ellison, Ralph 1978 Jan 4 TLS 1p Ellison, Fanny (Mrs. Ralph) 1978 May 2 TLS 1p F117 Ellman, Richard 1952 Jan 27 TLS 1p 1960 Apr 8 ALS 1p 1970 Nov 5 TLS 1p F118 Empson, William, 1906-1984. 1964 Jan 13 TLS 1p F119 Engle, Paul, 1908- 1940-1951 Letters 18p F120 Enright, Elizabeth, 1909-1968. [n.d.] ALS 1p F121 Everingham, Joe 1952 and [n.d.] Letters 60p Note: Includes a signed agreement about the production of Dylan Thomas' play The Doctor and the Devils. 6 Series I. Literary and professional correspondence (cont'd) F122 Feibleman, James Kern, 1904- 1952 Apr 29 TLS 1p [1952 May] TLS 1p May 2 TLS 1p Feldman, Irving, 1928- F123 1956-1961 Mar Letters 31p F124 1961 Apr - 1963 Letters 25p F125 1964-1967 Letters 26p F126 1968-1971 Letters 26p F127 1972-1981 Letters 28p F128 Fiedler, Leslie 1948 Feb 7 ALS 1p 1950 Mar 25 ALS 1p Mar 31 ALS 1p F129 Fitts, Dudley, 1903-1968. 1952 Jan 23 TLS 1p F130 Fitzgerald, Robert, 1910- 1947 Apr 26 TLS 1p 1975 Dec 14 ACS 1p F131 Ford, Gerald, R., 1913- 1974 Jan 7 TLS 1p F132 Forster, E. M. (Edward Morgan), 1879-1970. [1962] Aug 15 ALS 1p F133 Fowlie, Wallace, 1908- 1940-1952 Letters 22p F134 Francois, Andre 1960 Apr 16 ALS 1p 1961 Mar 29 TLS 1p F135 Frank, Joseph 1949 Sep 14 TLS 1p F136 Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- To: Connole, John M. 1964 Oct 15 TLS 1p 7 Series I. Literary and professional correspondence (cont'd) Friar, Kimon. Note: Includes poems by Friar. F137 1930-1939 Jul Letters 22p F138 1939 Jul-Oct Letters 26p F139 1939 Oct-1940 Jan Letters 20p F140 1940 Jan-Mar Letters 22p F141 Mar-Jul Letters 34p F142 Aug-Oct Letters 23p F143 1940 Nov-1941 Jan Letters 33p F144 1941 Feb-Oct Letters 35p F145 1941 Nov-1942 Mar Letters 27p F146 1942 Letters 31p F147 1943 Jan-Oct Letters 24p F148 1943 Oct-1944 Letters 32p F149 1945-1946 Letters 32p F150 1947-1950 Letters 38p F151 1951-1979 Letters 28p F152 [n.d.] Letters 34p F153 [n.d.] Letters 35p F154 Fry, Christopher 1951 May 13 TLS 1p 1952 Jun 30 TLS 1p 8 F155 Fuller, Roy Broadbent, 1912- 1944 Apr 28 ALS 1p To: Friar, Kimon 1947 Apr 18 ALS 1p Sep 29 TLS 1p F156 Fussell, Paul, 1924- 1981 Jan 20 TNS 1p F157 Garcia Lorca, Francisco, 1902- 1951 Jan 24 ALS 1p F158 Gardner, Isabella To: Read, Bill, 1917- 1963 Dec 27 ALS 2p [n.d.] ACS 1p 8 Series I. Literary and professional correspondence (cont'd) F159 Garrigue, Jean, 1912-1972. Note: See F659 for another letter from Garrigue (1942 Aug 10). 1942 Aug 15 ALS 1p [Aug 31] ACS 1p [1951 Apr 27] TCS 1p 1951 Oct 24 TLS 1p 1960 Feb 29 ALS 1p 1965 Sep 7 TLS 1p [n.d.] TLS 1p [n.d.] TLS 2p Note: With ANS on verso. [n.d.] TLS 1p [n.y.] Oct 6 ALS 1p [n.d.] ALS 2p [n.d.] ALS 1p [n.d.] TLS 1p [n.d.] ALS 2p To: Friar, Kimon [n.d.] TLS 1p F160 Gascoyne, David, 1916- 1951 Oct 2 ALS 2p Nov 3 Telegram 1p F161 Gerneth, Isaac [n.d.] Poems 7p F162 Ghose, Zulfikar, 1935- 1968 Jul 26 TLS 1p Nov 16 TLS 1p 1970 May 6 TLS 1p F163 Gielgud, John, Sir, 1904- 1950 Nov 6 TLS 1p F164 Ginsberg, Louis, 1896- 1963 Aug 8 TNS 1p Note: Includes a copy of The Poetry Society of America Bulletin. F165 Gluck, Louise, 1943- [1975] Sep 9 TNS 1p 8 Series I. Literary and professional correspondence (cont'd) F166 Goyen, William 1949-1960 Letters 8p F167 Gregory, Horace, 1898- 1936 Mar 21 TLS 1p 1937 May 2 TLS 1p [n.d.] ALS 1p To: Friar, Kimon 1947 Aug 11 ALS 2p F168 Griffin, Howard, 1915-1975. 1963 Jun 23 ALS 2p 1966 Feb 20 ALS 2p Aug 8 ALS 2p F169 Grigson, Geoffrey, 1905- 1960 Jul 2 TLS 1p F170 Guggenheim, Peggy, 1898- 1978 Jul 3 ALS 1p F171 Gunn, Thom 1957 Nov 18 ACS 1p 1973 Mar 30 ALS 1p Note: With ANS by Brinnin on the letter. F172 Haffenden, John 1974 Aug 14 TLS 1p Sep 5 TLS 1p Oct 7 TLS 1p 1978 Oct 25 TLS 1p 1979 Feb 21 TNS 1p F173 Hall, Donald, 1928- [n.y.] Sep 12 ALS 1p F174 Hall, James B. 1972 Feb 1 TLS 1p To: Stafford, William Edgar, 1914- 1971 Dec 21 TLS 1p 8 Series I. Literary and professional correspondence (cont'd) F175 Hamburger, Michael 1962 Apr 26 ALS 1p F176 Hammond, Macsawyer, 1926- 1956 Apr 10 TLS 1p F177 Hardwick, Elizabeth 1973 Nov 12 ACS 1p Note: See also Elizabeth Lowell (F234). Harnack, Curtis - See Robert Lowell (F235) F178 Harper, Michael S., 1938- 1981 Nov 9 TLS 1p F179 Harrison, Jim, 1937- [n.d.] ALS 2p F180 Hayden Robert Earl, 1913- 1940 Dec 16 TL 1p 1951 Jan 19 TLS 2p F181 Hayward, John 1952 Jun 30 TLS 1p 1953 Nov 23 TLS 1p 1955 Sep 8 ACS 1p 1956 Apr 26 ALS 2p [1956] Aug 30 ACS 1p F182 Hazzard, Shirley, 1931- 1980 Oct 26 ALS 3p [n.d.] ACS 1p Note: With an ANS by Brinnin. F183 Hecht, Anthony, 1923- [1972 Aug 9] Printed 1p 1972 Oct 25 TLS 1p 1980 Jul 16 TLS 1p [n.d.] CS 1p 8 Series I. Literary and professional correspondence (cont'd) F184 Heilman, Robert Bechtold, 1906- 1950 Mar 17 TLS 1p Note: Verso bears ANS from Brinnin. Mar 27 TLS 1p Mar 28 TL 1p Apr 1 TLS 2p F185 Hellman, Lillian, 1906- 1950 Feb 20 TLS 1p 1959 Nov 5 TNS 1p Nov 16 TLS 1p [n.d.] ACS 1p [n.d.] ALS 1p F186 Herbst, Josephine, 1897-1969. 1937 Mar 3 TLS 1p F187 Hersey, John, 1914- [n.d.] ALS 1p 9 F188 Heyen, William, 1940- 1970-1978 Letters 43p Note: Includes various printed items, including two concerning Theodore Roethke and poems by Heyen. F189 Hicks, Granville, 1901- 1937 Mar 18 TLS 1p F190 Hinde, Thomas, 1926- 1968 Dec 27 TLS 1p 1969 Feb 20 TLS 1p Apr 9 TLS 1p [1969 Aug 8] TLS 1p [1970 Sep 1] ACS 1p [n.y.] Oct 7 ALS 2p F191 Hoffman, Daniel G. 1951 Mar 14 TLS 1p 1961 Nov 6 TLS 1p [1961 Dec 5] ACS 1p 1963 Oct 6 TLS 1p 1970 May 6 TLS 1p [n.d.] TCS 1p 9 Series I. Literary and professional correspondence (cont'd) F192 Holmes, John, 1904- 1955 Apr 11 TLS 2p 1957 May 22 TLS 1p Oct 9 TLS 1p 1958 Nov 27 TLS 1p Holmes, Doris (Mrs. John) 1966 Jun 23 ACS 1p [1966 Jul 13] ACS 1p [post 1978 Jun] ANS 1p [n.y.] Jun 13 ALS 4p Note: Includes a typescript poem by Doris Holmes. F193 Honig, Edwin 1960 Aug 6 TLS 1p 1961 Mar 9 ALS 1p Apr 5 TLS 1p F194 Howard, Richard, 1929- [n.y.] Mar 7 ACS 1p [n.y.] Ground Hog Day TLS 1p F195 Howes, Barbara 1963 May 18 TLS 1p 1964 Apr 15 TLS 1p 1971 Nov 6 TLS 1p 1973 Dec 8 ACS 1p 1978 Jul 26 TLS 1p [n.y.] Jun 12 TLS 2p Note: Includes typescript poem, "The Crane Chub--Barbados." F196 Hunter, Alan 1956 May 4 TLS 1p Jun 12 TLS 1p F197 Huxley, Aldous, 1894-1963. 1950 Oct 30 TLS 1p 1951 May 13 ALS 1p 1952 Aug 7 ALS 1p Nov 25 ALS 1p 1953 Jan 22 ALS 1p 1954 Jan 8 ALS 1p Jan 17 ALS 1p
Back to Contents List
Series I. Correspondence, I - R
Series I. Correspondence, S - Z & misc.
Series II. Materials relating to Dylan Thomas, 1949-1976
Series III - V & Appendix A.
Manuscripts written by John Malcolm Brinnin, 1930-1976
Manuscripts by other writers, 1918-1981
Miscellaneous material related to John Malcolm Brinnin, 1916-1978
List of printed material removed from the colleciton, to be cataloged for Special Collections, 1927-1978
Back to the UD Special Collections Home Page
Return to List of Manuscript Finding Aids by Title
