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 ephemera.
Access: The collection is open for research.
Processed: Originally processed in 1983, revised 1988-1991 by Anita A. Wellner.
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Special Collections, University of Delaware Library
Newark, Delaware 19717-5267
(302) 831-2229
Table of Contents
Contents List
Series III - V and Appendix A
- Series III: Manuscripts written by John Malcolm Brinnin, 1930-1976
- Series IV: Manuscripts by other writers
- Series V: Miscellaneous material related to John Malcolm Brinnin, 1916-1978
- Appendix A: List of printed material removed from the collection, to be cataloged for Special Collections, 1927-1978
Biographical Note
Scope and Contents Note
Series Outline
Contents List
36 Series III. John Malcolm Brinnin Manuscripts, 1930-1976 Includes articles, poetry, books, and other material written by John Malcolm Brinnin. Arranged alphabetically. F592 Archibald MacLeish article, [n.d.] Unpublished typescript with autograph corrections. 1 item (21 pp.) F593 "The Cool of the Evening or Echoes of British Sensibility," 1953 Typescript parody of Elizabeth Bowen's "Heat of the Day," plus letter from Brinnin. 2 items (6 pp.) F594 The Dolphin Who Didn't See Venice, [n.d.] Typescript (setting copy), with autograph corrections and editorial markings, of a book for children. 1 item (9 pp.) F595 Interview with Brinnin by John Thompson, 1959 Nov 10 Two copies, one with autograph corrections and additions, plus biographical information on Brinnin, and a revised copy. 3 items (23 pp.) F596 Interview with Brinnin, [1960s] Typescript of an interview by an unidentified interviewer. 1 item (28 pp.). F597 "Lady, The Demand is For a Dream," [1939] Unpublished typescript play written by Brinnin using the pseudonym Louis Warner, as an entry for Minor Hopwood Award in Drama. 1 item (119 pp.) F598 "The Late Summer," [1940 Nov 4] Typescript (carbon) with autograph corrections of an unpublished story written in Ann Arbor, Michigan. 1 item (12 pp.) F599 "Letter from Key West," [n.d.] Unpublished poem written for Elizabeth Bishop. Includes autograph and typescript drafts and worksheets, bearing autograph corrections, demonstrating the various stages of revision. 54 pp. F600 Lincoln Lyrics, 1942-1943 Typescript with autograph notes of this book of poetry published by New Directions in 1942. Also includes clippings and photocopies of Brinnin's address titled "Abraham Lincoln and the Religion of Humanity." 8 items (104 pp.) 36 Series III. John Malcolm Brinnin Manuscripts (cont'd) F601 "Lines of Sight," 1976 Jun 21 Poem published in the New Yorker. Includes: 1. TLS to Brinnin from New Yorker (1979 Jun 20). 1 item (1 p.) 2. Typescript (setting copy) with editor's and printer's autograph notations and corrections. 1 item (2 pp.) 3. Twelve typescript drafts. 12 items (24 pp.) 4. Autograph and typescript worksheets. 103 pp. F602 "Mr. Bones: An Eclogue for Dancers," [n.d.] Typescript of an unpublished poem, bearing Brinnin's autograph note: "Jack = Bennington. My first attempt to make a dance drama. J." 1 item (13 pp.) 37 F603 Poems published in the New Yorker, 1949-1975 Nineteen poems. 31 items (41 pp.) 1. "Letter from an Island," 1964 Dec 19 Two typescript drafts with autograph corrections, a photocopy of the printed poem, and a letter. 4 items (7 pp.) 2. "Straw Hat Blues," 1951 Jun 30 Typescript (carbon) with an autograph note and a photocopy of the printed poem. 2 items (2 pp.) 3. "Albergo Paradiso E Commerciale," 1960 Sep 24 Typescript with corrections and a photocopy of the printed poem. 2 items (3 pp.) 4. "The Ascension," 1963 May 25 Typescript with corrections and a letter. 2 items (2 pp.) 5. "Cape Ann: A View," 1962 Jun 23 Two typescripts with autograph corrections. 2 items (4 pp.) 6. "The Giant Turtle Grants an Interview," 1963 Jun 29 Typescript with corrections, a letter, and a photocopy of the printed poem. 3 items (3 pp.) 7. "Friday Afternoon," 1960 Apr 2 Typescript with corrections and a photocopy of the printed poem. 2 items (2 pp.) 37 Series III. John Malcolm Brinnin Manuscripts (cont'd) F603 Poems published in the New Yorker (cont'd) 8. "News From the Islands," 1957 Apr 10 Typescript with corrections. 1 item (2 pp.) 9. "Middle Age: A Chinese Restaurant," 1969 Nov 22 Typescript with corrections and letter. 2 items (3 pp.) 10. "Saul, Afterwards, Riding East," 1970 Mar Typescript and autograph drafts bearing autograph corrections. 2 items (2 pp.) 11. "Glorious Victory of the Sloop Maria," 1949 Jul Photocopy of the printed poem. 1 item (1 p.) 12. "Return of the Natives: Pier 90," 1952 Sep 6 Photocopy of the printed poem. 1 item (1 p.) 13. "Song for the Strangers in Wales," 1958 Jan 18 Photocopy of the printed poem. 1 item (1 p.) 14. "Skin Diving in the Virgins," 1964 Jan 4 Photocopy of the printed poem. 1 item (1 p.) 15. "My Father, My Son," 1967 Oct 7 Photocopy of the printed poem. 1 item (1 p.) 16. "A Thin Facade for Edith Sitwell," [n.d.] Photocopy of the printed poem. 1 item (1 p.) 17. "Ich Am of Irlaunde," [n.d.] Photocopy of the printed poem. 1 item (1 p.) 18. "Heavy Heavy Heavy," [n.d.] Photocopy of the printed poem. 1 item (1 p.) 19. "The End of March, Duxbury," 1975 Mar 24 Photocopy of the printed poem. 1 item (1 p.) 37 Series III. John Malcolm Brinnin Manuscripts (cont'd) F604 No Arch, No Triumph, 1944-1945 Book of poems published by Knopf in 1945. Includes: 1. Typescript (setting copy) with author's autograph revisions and editor's markings. 1 item (73 pp.) 2. Galley proofs with corrections and pages initialed by Brinnin. 1 item (42 pp.) 3. Printed announcements. 6 items (6 pp.) F605 "Offices," [n.d.] Poem dedicated to Anne Sexton and published in American Poetry Review. Includes: 1. Typescript drafts with autograph revisions. 10 items (13 pp.) 2. Autograph drafts. 6 items (9 pp.) F606 "Reading Othello in Venice," [n.d.] Unpublished poem. Includes: 1. Typescript drafts with autograph corrections. 8 items (8 pp.) 2. Autograph drafts. 10 items (12 pp.) F607 Selected Operas and Plays of Gertrude Stein, [1970] Edited by Brinnin and published by the University of Pittsburgh Press in 1970). Typescript with autograph revisions of the introduction. 1 item (10 pp.) F608 Selected Poems of John Malcolm Brinnin, 1962-1963 Published by Little, Brown, in 1963. Includes: 1. Typescript (setting copy) with autograph revisions and editor's markings. 1 item (177 pp.) 2. Letter and list of poems, with information about copyrights. 2 items (5 pp.) 38 Series III. John Malcolm Brinnin Manuscripts (cont'd) Skin Diving in the Virgins, 1964-1970 Published by Delacorte Press in 1970. F609 Typescript (setting copy) of the entire book with author's autograph revisions and editorial markings. 1 item (77 pp.) F610 Autograph and typescript drafts with Brinnin's autograph revisions of the title poem, "Skin Diving in the Virgins,." plus reviews and related material. 59 items (66 pp.) F611 Autograph and typescripts drafts, bearing Brinnin's autograph revisions of the poem, "Letter from an Island." 40 items (54 pp.) F612 Autograph and typescript drafts, bearing Brinnin's autograph revisions of the poem, "The Saint in the Picture." 30 items (33 pp.) F613 Autograph and typescript drafts, bearing Brinnin's autograph revisions of the poem, "My Father, My Son," plus correspondence with the editor. Brinnin considered this his best poem. 7 items (ca. 246 pp.) 39 The Sorrows of Cold Stone, 1946-1951 Published by Dodd, Mead in 1951. F614 Copy of the book with dust jacket and author's autograph revisions, autograph worksheets and a photocopy of the poem,"The Sorrows of Cold Stone," as printed in Mademoiselle, announcements, and a note from Brinnin. 5 items (126 pp.) F615 Autograph and typescript worksheets with autograph revisions for "The Worm in the Whirling Cross." 250 pp. Voice of America Broadcast for a course, "American Life as Seen by Contemporary Writers," 1959-1964 Information and text of Brinnin's lecture for the broadcast used in the Stephen's College Telephone Course in 1964. F616 Three mimeographed typescript drafts with autograph notes, two mimeographed biographical sketches of Brinnin and text of some of his poems, plus correspondence, and notes. 12 items (98 pp.) 39 Series III. John Malcolm Brinnin Manuscripts (cont'd) F617 Want is Wisdom Enough, 1938-1939 A manuscript of poems submitted by Brinnin (using the pseudonym Louis Warner) in 1938 the Minor Hopwood Award in Poetry. Includes: 1. Typescript (carbon) with an autograph note. 1 item (46 pp.) 2. Typescript of a different version, with an autograph note. 1 item (48 pp.) F618 William Carlos Williams, 1963 Published by the University of Minnesota Press as number 24 of "Pamphlets on American Writers Series." Includes: 1. Typescript with autograph corrections. 1 item (6 pp.) 2. Typescript with autograph corrections. 1 item (41 pp.) 3. Galley proofs with corrections. 1 item (12 leaves) 4. Photocopied page proofs. 1 item (13 pp.) F619 "Young But Not Angry," [n.d.] Typescript draft, with Brinnin's revisions, of an article published in Mademoiselle. 2 items (6 pp.) 40 The Third Rose: Gertrude Stein and Her World, 1959 Brinnin's biography of Gertrude Stein was published by Little & Brown in 1959. Includes the setting copy typescript, bearing Brinnin's autograph corrections and editor's markings. 1 item (629 pp.) F620 Preliminary material and pages 1-109 F621 Pages 110-288 F622 Pages 289-448 F623 Pages 449-579, plus 39 pages of index 41 Series III. John Malcolm Brinnin Manuscripts (cont'd) Miscellaneous poems, 1930-1973 Consists of folders of individual poems written by Brinnin. Some of them were sent to John Thompson or bear notes to him; others are in printed form. F624 Poems sent to John Thompson, 1940-1950 14 items (22 pp.) Titles include: "Return of the Natives: Pier 90," [n.d.] Typescript with revisions. 1 item (1 p.) "Heavy, Heavy, Heavy," [n.d.] Typescript (carbon) with note. 1 item (1 p.) "Lancelot on the 8:15," 1940 Mar 20 Five typescript drafts with autograph revisions and a note. 6 items (9 pp.) "A Little Elegy for Gertrude Stein," 1947 Jan Published in Harpers, includes typescript (carbon) draft with autograph revisions, page proof, and photocopy of the printed poem. 3 items (3 pp.) "American Plan," 1949 Aug 5 Typescript of poem published in New Yorker. 1 item (1 p.) "Nuns at Eve," 1949-1950 Typescript and photocopy of a poem published in New Yorker (1949 Aug 5) and in Harper's Bazaar (1950 Aug) 2 items (2 pp.) "Fin De Saison--Palm Beach," [n.d.] Typescript of press release. 1 item (3 pp.) "The Worm in the Whirling Cross," 1947 Mar 8 Typescript with autograph revisions and envelope. 1 item (4 pp.) 41 Series III. John Malcolm Brinnin Manuscripts (cont'd) Miscellaneous poems (cont'd) F625 Poems with notes to John Thompson, [n.d.] 69 items (77 pp.) Titles include: "Golfo di Salerno," [n.d.] Seven typescript drafts with autograph revisions and two notes. 9 items (9 pp.) "All the Proud Ships" and "All Ships Have Names" [n.d.] Three typescript drafts with autograph revisions and note. 4 items (4 pp.) "On the First Day of His Dying," [n.d.] Two typescript drafts with autograph revisions. 2 items (2 pp.) "At the Grave of W. H. Auden," [n.d.] Five typescript drafts with autograph revisions. 5 items (7 pp.) "La Creazione degli Animali," [n.d.] Five typescript drafts with autograph revisions. 5 items (4 pp.) "Ich Am of Irlaunde," [n.d.] Ten typescript drafts with autograph revisions. 10 items (12 pp.) "The Double Crucifixion," [n.d.] Twenty-three autograph and typescript drafts with autograph revisions. 23 items (23 pp.) "Encounter," [n.d.] Typescript draft with autograph revisions and note. 2 items (3 pp.) "Return of the Natives: Pier 90," [n.d.] Typescript draft with autograph revisions. 1 item (1 p.) "At the Very Height of the Season," [n.d.] Typescript (carbon) draft. 1 item (1 p.) "In the Religions Air," [n.d.] Typescript and autograph draft. 1 item (2 pp.) "Lament for the A & P Gypsies," [n.d.] Typescript draft with autograph revisions. 1 item (1 p.) "Twelve or Thirteen Ways of Looking at Wallace Stevens," [n.d.] Typescript draft with autograph revisions. 1 item (2 pp.) "The Ascension," [n.d.] Typescript draft with autograph revisions. 1 item (1 p.) "Not Far From Ararat," [n.d.] Typescript draft with autograph revisions. 1 item (1 p.) "Carmarthen Bar," [n.d.] Typescript draft with autograph revisions and note. 2 items (3 pp.) F626 "Dachau," [n.d.] Five typescript drafts with autograph revisions. 5 items (7 pp.) 41 Series III. John Malcolm Brinnin Manuscripts (cont'd) Miscellaneous poems (cont'd) F627 "A House for the Summer," [n.d.] Autograph and typescript work sheets with autograph revisions. 84 pp. F628 "Gunnery Practice," [n.d.] One autograph and seven typescript drafts with autograph revisions. 8 items (9 pp.) F629 "With a Posthumous Medal," [n.d.] Autograph and typescript drafts with autograph revisions. 12 items (16 pp.) F630 "The World is a Wedding," [n.d.] Ten autograph and typescript drafts with autograph revisions. 10 items (14 pp.) F631 "In Season of Actual War," [n.d.] Seven autograph and typescript drafts with autograph revisions. 7 items (13 pp.) F632 "The Insatiable," [n.d.] Four autograph and typescript drafts with autograph revisions. 4 items (5 pp.) F633 Typescripts of miscellaneous poems, 1937-1946 58 items (66 pp.) Titles include: "My Mother's Second Life," [n.d.] Typescript draft with autograph revisions. 1 item (1 p.) "Promise of Rio Guayas," [n.d.] Typescript with autograph revisions and typescript (carbon) drafts. 2 items (4 pp.) "Notes From a Parachutist," [n.d.] Typescript with autograph revisions and typescript (carbon) drafts. 2 items (2 pp.) "Nothing Belongs to Us," [n.d.] Typescript with autograph revisions and typescript (carbon) drafts. 2 items (2 pp.) "Life of the Cricket," [n.d.] Typescript with autograph revisions and typescript (carbon) drafts. 2 items (2 pp.) "Windy Weather," [n.d.] Typescript with autograph revisions, typescript (carbon), and clean typescript drafts. 3 items (3 pp.) "Diary Entry," [n.d.] Typescript draft with autograph revisions. 1 item (2 pp.) "For Dwellers in Cities," [n.d.] Typescript (carbon) draft. 1 item (2 pp.) 41 Series III. John Malcolm Brinnin Manuscripts (cont'd) Miscellaneous poems (cont'd) F633 Typescripts of miscellaneous poems (cont'd) "Song of the Immigrant Fathers," [n.d.] Typescript (carbon) draft. 1 item (1 p.) "Poem in 1933," [n.d.] Typescript (carbon) draft. 1 item (1 p.) "Christ on My Hands and in the Star-full bowl," [n.d.] Typescript (carbon) draft with autograph revisions and note. 2 item (2 pp.) "Canto Two," [n.d.] Typescript draft with note. 1 item (1 p.) "Une Recherche," [n.d.] Typescript draft. 1 item (2 pp.) "Letter to His Father," [n.d.] Typescript draft. 1 item (1 p.) "A Day in Berlin," [n.d.] Typescript draft. 1 item (1 p.) "Sea-Going," [n.d.] Typescript draft with note. 1 item (1 p.) "At the Confidential Cabaret," [n.d.] Signed typescript draft and note. 2 items (2 pp.) "Elegy in the Fifth Year," [n.d.] Four typescript drafts with autograph revisions of a poem related to Dylan Thomas and a note. 5 items (6 pp.) "Flight 539," [n.d.] Typescript draft with autograph revisions. 1 item (2 pp.) "The Desperate Heart," [n.d.] Typescript (transcript). 1 item (1 p.) "Mardi Gras," [n.d.] Typescript draft with autograph revisions. 1 item (2 pp.) "The Centaurs," [n.d.] Typescript draft. 1 item (1 p.) "Sunday Afternoon" and "At the Museum," [n.d.] Typescript drafts. 1 item (1 p.) "The Return," [n.d.] Typescript draft. 1 item (1 p.) "Sit-down Strike," 1937 Feb 23 Typescript draft. 1 item (1 p.) "To the Lighthouse," 1937 Feb 23 Typescript draft. 1 item (1 p.) "I Margin Twenty Years Between the Moon's," 1937 Mar 10 Typescript draft. 1 item (1 p.) "We Learned to Doubt That City's Legend," 1937 Mar 10 Typescript draft with autograph revisions. 1 item (1 p.) 41 Series III. John Malcolm Brinnin Manuscripts (cont'd) Miscellaneous poems (cont'd) F633 Typescripts of miscellaneous poems (cont'd) "The Ascent," 1937 Oct 10 Typescript (carbon) draft. 1 item (2 pp.) "Cadillac Square," 1938 Nov 16 Typescript draft. 1 item (1 p.) "Poem for the Birth of X," 1940 Mar 20 Typescript draft. 1 item (1 p.) "A Letter," 1940 Mar 20 Typescript draft and note. 2 items (2 pp.) "At the Airport," [n.d.] Typescript draft. 1 item (1 p.) "Testament in the Fifth Year," [n.d.] Typescript draft. 1 item (1 p.) "Vermont 7 p.m.," [n.d.] Typescript draft. 1 item (1 p.) "Movie," [n.d.] Typescript draft. 1 item (1 p.) "A New England Sampler," 1941 Oct 29 Typescript draft. 1 item (1 p.) "For Wystan as Medusa," 1942 Jan 12 Typescript draft. 1 item (1 p.) "The Acrobats," 1942 Nov 9 Signed typescript drafts. 1 item (1 p.) "A Devotion for John Milton," [n.d.] Signed typescript draft. 1 item (1 p.) "Marianne Moore's," 1945 Jan 12 Typescript draft. 1 item (1 p.) "With Twenty Illustrations and a Map," 1943 Jan 8 Typescript draft with note. 1 item (1 p.) "Around the Egg," [1946] Signed typescript draft of a poem published in Poetry. 1 item (1 p.) "Before There Was No Reason in the World," [n.d.] Autograph draft. 1 item (1 p.) "Pleasures of History," "Waiting," and "By the Lake," [n.d.] Typescript draft. 1 item (1 p.) 41 Series III. John Malcolm Brinnin Manuscripts (cont'd) Miscellaneous poems (cont'd) F634 Photocopies, proofs, or mimeographed copies of published poems, 1938-1973 22 items (38 pp.) Titles include: "Cradle Song," 1950 Dec Page proof and photocopy as published in Mademoiselle. 2 items (2 pp.) "John the Baptist," 1941 Dec Issue of The Harvard Advocate and photocopy. 2 items (3 pp.) "The Talk on the Cape," 1973 Apr Tear sheet of poem as published in McCall's. 1 item (1 p.) "Speech of the Wedding Guest," 1950 Feb Mimeographed typescript of poem as published in Poetry. Includes a critique by R.W. Stallman. 1 item (4 pp.) "Marginal," 1938 Jul 12 Tear sheet and photocopy of poem as published in New Masses. 2 items (2 pp.) "The Vacationers," 1938 Sep 13 Tear sheet and photocopy of poem as published in New Masses. 2 items (2 pp.) "You, Ancestor," [n.d.] Tear sheet and photocopy of poem from New Masses. 2 items (2 pp.) "Perils of X," 1938 Oct 25 Tear sheet and photocopy of poem from New Masses. 2 items (2 pp.) "Drive into Town," 1938 Aug 9 Tear sheet and photocopy of poem from New Masses. 2 items (2 pp.) "Hometown," 1938 Apr 29 Tear sheet and photocopy of poem from New Masses. 2 items (2 pp.) "Eight Poems," 1965 Winter Copy of The Liberal Context in which the following eight poems appeared: "Views of the Favorite Colleges," "To the Priest in the Window Seat," "Observatory Hill," "La Creazione degli Animali," "Grave Mind I Loved," "Letter to Statues," "Architect, Logician," and "For My Pupils in the War Years." 1 item (32 pp.) "At the Museum," [n.d.] Photocopy of poem as published in Harper's Bazaar. 1 item (1 p.) "Galatea," 1941 Apr Photocopy of poem as published in Harper's Bazaar. 1 item (1 p.) "Mirror Writing" 1947 Apr Photocopy of poem as published in Harper's Bazaar. 2 items (2 pp.) "Cadillac Square," [n.y.]: Mar 14 Mimeographed typescript, including discussion of poem. 1 item (9 pp.) 41 Series III. John Malcolm Brinnin Manuscripts (cont'd) Miscellaneous poems (cont'd) F635 "Oedipus' Cradle Song," 1949 Jul 9 Photocopy of a musical score, with lyrics based on a poem by Brinnin and score by Jacob Aushalomoff. Score is inscribed to Brinnin by Aushalomoff. Item is in an oversized envelope on top of Box 41. 1 item (5 pp.) F636 Miscellaneous Prose written by Brinnin, 1937-1959 Includes reviews, essays, and articles. 18 items (54 pp.) Titles include: "Edinburgh-the Fringe on Top," 1958 May Photocopy of poem as published in Mademoiselle. 1 item (6 pp.) "Within a Budding Grove," 1945 Jul Photocopy of poem as published in Tomorrow Magazine. 1 item (4 pp.) "Gertrude Stein in America," 1959 Oct Issue of The Atlantic with article. 1 item (5 pp.) "On First Meeting," [n.d.] Photocopy of galley proofs with autograph notes. 1 item (3 pp.) "A Visit to William Faulkner in Mississippi," 1947 Nov Tear sheets and photocopy of article in Harper's Bazaar and copy of Book of the Month announcement which includes the article. 3 items (9 pp.) "Few Dull Moments in Elmer and Lily' Ingenious Settings...," 1943 May 19 Issue of Vassar Miscellany News with article. 1 item (2 pp.) "Calverton, Wilson, Cowley...," 1937 Apr 3 Photocopy of review published in the Michigan Daily. 1 item (1 p.) "Dylan Thomas' Poems," 1946 Dec 8 Photocopy of review published in New York Times Book Reviews. 1 item (1 p.) "Virtue of Freshness," 1952 Dec 8 Photocopy of review published in New Republic. 1 item (1 p.) "From Mind to Image to Meter," [n.d.] Photocopy of review published in Poetry Quarterly. 1 item (3 pp.) "I Can't Give You Anything But Marks," 1947 Apr Photocopy of article published in Junior Bazaar. 1 item (6 pp.) "Youth Faces Its Future," 1947 Aug Photocopy of article published in Harper's Bazaar. 3 items (6 pp.) "Basking in Bermuda," [n.d.] Photocopy of article written by J. B. McNally for Harper's Bazaar. 1 item (4 pp.) "Poets, Painters, and Vice Versa," 1947 Jul Photocopy of article published in Junior Bazaar. 1 item (3 pp.) 42 Series IV. Manuscripts written by other writers, 1918-1981 Arranged alphabetically by the author of the manuscript. Series IV.1. Bidart, Frank, 1939- F637 The Book of the Body, 1975 Jun 15 Typescript (photocopy) of a book of poems in binder, bearing an inscription from the author to Brinnin and Bill Read. 1 item (36 pp.) Series IV.2. Bishop, Elizabeth, 1911- F638 "Memories of Uncle Neddy," [1975]-1977 Typescript draft with autograph revisions, a photocopy of the article as published in Southern Review (1977 Fall), and an envelope. 2 items (35 pp.) F639 North and South, [n.d.] Typescript and typescript (carbon) drafts with autograph revisions by Bishop and a note by Brinnin. 30 pp. Includes 19 poems: "The Map" "The Imaginary Iceberg" "The Colder the Air" "The Gentleman of Shalott" "From the Country to the City" "The Man-Moth" "Love Lies Sleeping" "A Miracle for Breakfast" "The Weed" "The Unbeliever" "The Monument" "Cirque D'Hiver" "Florida" "Jeronimos House" "Cootchie" "Sea-Scape" "Late Air" "Roosters" "The Fish" 42 Series IV. Manuscripts written by other writers (cont'd) Series IV.3. Campbell, Robert Bhain F640 Poems, 1938-1939 Typescript, typescript (carbon), and autograph drafts, all bearing autograph revisions. Some of the thirteen poems are inscribed. 13 items (18 pp.) Titles include: "A Map for Two Who Visit," 1938 With autograph map. "Anableps Anableps," [n.d.] "Crime and Counter-Crime," [n.d.] "Small Ode After Small Beer," 1939 Jan "X," 1938 Dec "The Lawyer and the Thrush," 1939 Oct 21 Inscribed to Brinnin by author. "The Use of Exile," 1939 Oct 21 Inscribed to Brinnin by author. "Ultra-Montane," 1938 Mar 17 Inscribed to Brinnin by author. "On a Handloomed Rug," 1939 Oct 21 Inscribed to Brinnin by author. "Epigraph for a la Recherche du Temps Perdu," 1938 Dec "Of the People In Their Parks" "Crusoe's Plovers," 1938 Oct Series IV.4. Combs, Tram, 1924- Collections of poems. F641 But Never Mind: Poems etc. 1946-50, [1959] Typescript (carbon) draft and a mock-up of the book. 2 items (63 pp.) F642 Cat Clutch, 1962 May Typescript (carbon) draft of nine poems and a note from Combs to Brinnin. 2 items (10 pp.) F643 Christmas Clutch, 1957, 1957 Booklet of mimeographed poems, with a photograph of Vincent Barzey, and signed by Combs. 1 item (15 pp.) F644 Meetings on Saint Thomas, 1957 Dec 31 Typescript (carbon) draft, inscribed to Brinnin. 1 item (7 pp.) F645 a pilgrim's leap year, [n.d.] Typescript (carbon) draft. 1 item (192 pp.) 42 Series IV. Manuscripts written by other writers (cont'd) Series IV.4. Combs, Tram (cont'd) F646 pilgrim's terrace, 1958 Typescript and typescript (carbon) drafts, plus a transcript. 3 items (13 pp.) F647 poems of God, 1962 May 19 Typescript (carbon) draft and letter from Combs to Brinnin. 2 items (44 pp.) F648 Saint Thomas' & Francis' cities songs' o' tram 1958, 1958 Booklet of autograph and mimeographed poems. 1 item (14 pp.) 43 F649 Saint Thomas. Poems, 1964 Typescript (carbon) draft. 1 item (47 pp.) F650 Saint Thomas. Poems, 1964 Aug 11 Typescript (carbon) draft, inscribed to Brinnin by Combs. 1 item (76 pp.) F651 Poems submitted to Wesleyan University Press, 1954-1967 Typescript and typescript (carbon) drafts. 129 items (130 pp.) F652 Miscellaneous poems sent to Brinnin for safe-keeping, 1964-1967 Typescript (carbon) drafts with notes from Combs. 35 items (35 pp.) F653 Unpublished poems sent to Brinnin for safe-keeping, 1957-1967 Typescript and typescript (carbon) drafts, plus letter to Brinnin. 22 items (25 pp.) 43 Series IV. Manuscripts written by other writers (cont'd) Series IV.5. Feldman, Irving, 1928- Typescript (photocopy), typescript (mimeograph), and typescript (carbon) drafts of poems by Feldman. Some poems bear autograph notes and revisions. 103 items (195 pp.) Titles include: F654 Poems, 1955-1981 "Artist and Model," 1961 Signed. 1 item (4 pp.) "The Birth of Theseus," 1960 Signed. 1 item (7 pp.) "Elegy," 1978 Signed. 1 item (8 pp.) "Epistle to Trilinguus," 1956 Signed. 1 item (3 pp.) "Family History," 1977 1 item (4 pp.) "First Testament," 1955 Oct Signed. 1 item (3 pp.) "Hump," [n.d.] Signed and bearing autograph revisions. 2 items (6 pp.) "Manhattan," [n.d.] 1 item (3 pp.) "Passages," 1965-66 Signed and bearing autograph revisions. 2 items (9 pp.) "Poem," 1968 Jan Bearing autograph revisions. 1 item (3 pp.) "Prometheus Dying," 1959 Aug Signed and bearing autograph revisions. 1 item (5 pp.) "Read to the Animals, or Orpheus at the SPCA," 1981 Jul Bearing autograph revisions. 1 item (3 pp.) "Seeing Red," [n.d.] 1 item (3 pp.) 43 Series IV. Manuscripts written by other writers (cont'd) Series IV.5. Feldman, Irving (cont'd) F655 Poems, 1956-1981 "Speculations," 1957-1959 Signed and bearing autograph revisions. 1 item (4 pp.) "Teach Me, Dear Sister," 1981 Nov 1 item (3 pp.) "Three Tales," 1976 Dec 1 item (3 pp.) "Work and Days," 1956-1957 Bearing autograph revisions. 3 items (21 pp.) "Greenwich Village Saturday Night," 1958 Apr 1 item (2 pp.) "Summer Game," 1960 Feb Signed. 1 item (1 p.) "The Lost Language," 1959 Nov Signed and bearing autograph revisions. 2 items (2 pp.) "Goya," 1959 Apr-Jul Signed and bearing autograph revisions. 1 item (2 pp.) "The Nurses," 1958-59 1 item (1 p.) "To a Third-Generation Israel: Girl," 1958 Oct Bearing autograph revisions. 1 item (1 p.) "The Old Men," 1958 Aug-Sep 1 item (1 p.) "The Dreamers," 1957 Dec 31 1 item (1 p.) "Scratch," 1957 Dec 5 1 item (1 p.) "All the Stake: The Martyr Speaks to Her Burners," 1956 Mar 9-14 2 items (2 pp.) "Girl Singing," 1963 Nov 1 item (1 p.) "Clown and Destiny" and "The New Night," 1963 Nov 1 item (1 p.) "The Double" and "Scene of a Summer Morning," 1963 Nov 1 item (1 p.) "In Time of Troubles," [n.d.] 1 item (1 p.) "Forgetting," " Melancholy," and "Division," 1957 Feb-Mar 1 item (1 p.) "The Drowned Man," [n.d.] 1 item (1 p.) 43 Series IV. Manuscripts written by other writers (cont'd) Series IV.5. Feldman, Irving (cont'd) F655 Poems (cont'd) "Growing Up" and "Man," [n.d.] 1 item (1 p.) "Litany-The Road," 1981 Sep 1 item (1 p.) "Flight From the Center," [n.d.] 1 item (1 p.) "Man of Letters, or The Last Meow-A Fable," [n.d.] 1 item (2 pp.) "Cloud of Brightness," 1977 Nov 29 1 item (1 p.) "Rowing on the Acheron," [n.d.] 1 item (1 p.) F656 Poems, 1955-1981 "Ever After," [n.d.] 1 item (2 p.) "The Ecstasies," 1977 Jun 1 item (1 p.) "The Thousand Nights and the One Night," [n.d.] 1 item (1 p.) "Waking Words," 1971 Dec 15 State University of New York at Buffalo, Lockwood Memorial Library Christmas Broadside #4. Inscribed to Brinnin by Feldman. 1 item (2 pp.) "Saint and Leper," 1955 Nov Signed. 1 item (1 p.) "Moses at Sinai: The Law," 1956 Jan Signed. 1 item (1 p.) "Ballade: Where Are My Father's Ways?" 1956 Feb Signed. 1 item (1 p.) "Non-being," 1956 Feb Signed. 1 item (1 p.) "He," 1956 Feb 24 1 item (1 p.) "A Woman Like Odysseus" and "With Orpheus," 1963 Nov 1 item (1 p.) "The Messengers" and "To Lucifer," 1963 Oct 1 item (1 p.) "Poem at 35" and "Forgiving Adam," 1963 Sep 1 item (1 p.) "Morton's Dream," 1971 May Signed with note. 2 items (2 pp.)43 Series IV. Manuscripts written by other writers (cont'd) Series IV.5. Feldman, Irving (cont'd) F656 Poems (cont'd) "Lullaby," 1971 Mar 1 item (1 p.) "Six Sailors," 1971 Apr Signed with notes. 2 items (4 pp.) "School for Prophets," 1971 Mar 1 item (1 p.) "Bembu of the Antilles Addresses His Beloved," [n.d.] With note. 1 item (2 pp.) "Bones for the Tomb of Vide," 1962 Mar 1 item (2 pp.) "Dark Night," 1962 Mar 1 item (1 p.) "Prologue," 1962 Feb 1 item (1 p.) "Not a Nightmare, But the Truth" and "Light," 1962 1 item (1 p.) "Dark Nights," 1962 Jul 1 item (2 pp.) "The No-Night" and "The Marionette," 1964 Jan 1 item (1 p.) "The Return," 1964 Jan 1 item (1 p.) "Nightwords," 1964 Jan 1 item (2 pp.) "Poem," 1964 Jan 1 item (2 pp.) "Other Mutilations: Disasters of the Deaf," "Arabian Nights," and "The Poem," 1960 1 item (1 p.) "The Gnome," 1959 Jan 1 item (2 pp.) "At the Movies," 1959 Jan 1 item (1 p.) "A Crone's Tale," 1980 Aug 1 item (2 pp.) "My Olson Elegy," 1970 Sep Signed and bearing autograph revisions. 1 item (2 pp) "Dunkerque 1951," 1967 Dec Bearing autograph revisions. 1 item (1 p.) "Night and the Maiden," [n.d.] 1 item (1 p.) 43 Series IV. Manuscripts written by other writers (cont'd) Series IV.5. Feldman, Irving (cont'd) F656 Poems (cont'd) "To Waken You with Your Name," 1968 Spr Signed and with notes. 1 item (2 pp.) "The Heir," 1968 Jan 1 item (1 p.) "Fabulous Disaster," [n.d.] Signed. 1 item (1 p.) "To S., Underground," [n.d.] Signed and with a note. 1 item (2 pp.) "A Psalm," 1965 Jul 1 item (1 p.) "Dressing Hornport," 1965 Aug 1 item (2 pp.) "The Word," 1965 Sum 1 item (1 p.) "Sea, Island, Night," 1965 Sum 1 item (2 pp.) "Egg," 1973 Feb 1 item (2 pp.) "Elegy for a Suicide," 1965 Feb 2 items (4 pp.) "Was," 1973 Apr 1 item (1 p.) "The Titanic," 1970 Apr Bearing autograph revisions. 1 item (1 p.) "The Air Children," 1970 Oct Signed and bearing autograph revisions. 1 item (1 p.) "Rue Git-le-Coeur," [n.d.] 1 item (1 p.) "The Party," [n.d.] 1 item (1 p.) "Fast as You Can," 1970 Mar Bearing autograph revisions. 1 item (2 pp.) "Birthday," 1972 Feb Signed. 1 item (1 p.) "Our Leaders," 1970 Oct 1 item (2 pp.) "The Jumping Children," 1970 Oct 1 item (1 p.) "A Little Boy Said" and "The River Song," 1962 Apr Signed. 2 items (2 pp.) "Poet at Twelve," [n.d.] 1 item (2 pp.) 44 Series IV. Manuscripts written by other writers (cont'd) Series IV.6. Friar, Kimon Includes poetry and an essay. 3 items (120 pp.) F657 Myth and Metaphysics, [n.d.] Typescript (carbon) draft, bearing autograph revisions. 1 item (83 pp.) F658 Poems Early and Late, [n.d.] Friar's entry for a major Hopwood Award in Poetry using the pseudonym, Owen Robartes. Typescript with autograph revisions and a note from Brinnin. 2 items (37 pp.) Series IV.7. Garrigue, Jean, 1912-1972. F659 "The Fox, The Horse and Wanton Swan," 1942 Typescript draft with folder, letter from Garrigue, and a note by Brinnin. Collection of poems which Brinnin notes appeared in 1947 as Garrigue's first book, The Ego and the Centaur. 3 items (54 pp.) Series IV.8. Jarrell, Randall, 1914-1965. F660 The Animal Family, 1965 Galley proofs of a children's book by Jarrell, sent to Brinnin by Pantheon Books for Brinnin's opinion. Includes a letter from Pantheon. 2 items (32 pp.) Series IV.9. Kallman, Chester. 1921- F661 Three poems, [n.d.] Typescript drafts bearing autograph revisions and enclosed with a letter from Kallman to Brinnin. 4 items (5 pp.) Titles include: "Aubade," 1 p. "The Intimate Story," 2 pp. "The Art of Poetry," 1 p. Series IV.10. Purdy, Harry F662 "A Short Story," [n.d.] Typescript draft bearing autograph revisions. 1 item (19 pp.) 44 Series IV. Manuscripts written by other writers (cont'd) Series IV.11. Quinn, Kerker F663 Poems, [n.d.] Typescript drafts. 6 items (7 pp.) Titles include: "You Wouldn't Listen Earlier," 1 p. "Conversational," 1 p. "Melodrama," 1 p. "Last of a Long Line," 2 items (2 pp.) "Modam Invades the City," 2 pp. Series IV.12. Russell, Peter. 1921- F664 Photocopied typescript drafts of poems, 1918-1965 All poems are a single page. 22 items (22 pp.) Titles include: "Playful Verses," 1965 Jan 31 Inscribed to Brinnin and with a note by Brinnin. "Dream Song," 1965 Feb "The Golden Chain," 1965 Apr 11 "Venice," 1965 Dec 5 "Girl Painting," 1965 Jun 4 Untitled with first line: "O Sandy Time who speakest always of tomorrow," 1964 Oct 30. "To the Trinity of Night," 1964 Oct 16 "The Cloth of Night" and "For K-K-," [n.d.] "Still-Leben," 1964 Jun 2 Untitled with first line: "Pours out of sky and tree," 1964 Jun 26 "Ezra Pound," 1965 Oct 29 "Splenetics," [n.d.] "Viet Nam (or Anywhere)," [n.d.] "Four Epigrams," [n.d.] "CLX Leningrad," 1930 Translation of a poem written by Russian Osip Mandelshtam. "CVI Tristia," 1918 Translation of a poem by Osip Mandelshtam. "XCIV," 1918 Translation of a poem by Osip Mandelshtam. "LXXXVII The Age," 1923 Translation of a poem by Osip Mandelshtam. "CXII," 1918 Translation of a poem by Osip Mandelshtam. "Mousai," 1964 Jan 6 "Missing a Bus," [n.d.] Untitled with first line: "For the first time articulately," [n.d.] 44 Series IV. Manuscripts written by other writers (cont'd) Series IV.13. Scott, Winfield Townley, 1910-1968. F665 Poems, [n.d.] Typescript and typescript (carbon) drafts. 15 items (20 pp.) Titles include: "A Christmas Carol," 4 pp. "The Trap," 1 p. "Late Winter," 1 p. "Lost Generation (Hamatreya)," 3 pp. "Peterborough," 1 p. "Who's Been Here Before Me?" 1 p. "Dedication," 1 p. "Verses" and "Confidential," 1 p. "Tidal River," 1 p. "Dreamed Rain," 1 p. "The Owl in the Hall," 1 p. "If All," 1 p. "The Outcast," 1 p. "A Kingdom Is," 1 p. "Rose Island," 1 p. Series IV.14. Scully, James F666 Poems and article, 1961-1966 Typescript, typescript (photocopy), typescript (carbon), and typescript (mimeograph) drafts of poems, plus on article. 49 item (64 pp.) Titles include: "Night Bathers," 1961 Mar 8 1 item (2 pp.) "The Marches," 1964 Mar 4 1 item (1 p.) "Pier," 1964 Mar 4 1 item (1 p.) "An American Airman," 1964 Mar 4 1 item (2 pp.) "Scully in Paradise," [n.d.] Initialed typescript draft. 1 item (2 pp.) "Paridiso," [n.d.] 1 item (2 pp.) "A Late Spring," [n.d.] 1 item (1 p.) "Gibraltar," [n.d.] 1 item (1 p.) 44 Series IV. Manuscripts written by other writers (cont'd) Series IV.14. Scully, James (cont'd) F666 Poems and article (cont'd) "The Glassblower," [n.d.] 1 item (2 pp.) "A Fantasy of Little Waters," [n.d.] 1 item (1 p.) "Lullaby," [n.d.] 1 item (1 p.) "Ammianus Marcellinus," [n.d.] 2 items (2 pp.) "Orpheus at the Window," [n.d.] 1 item (1 p.) "The Verge," [n.d.] 1 item (1 p.) "The Abandoned Asylum," [n.d.] 1 item (1 p.) "Breakfast on the Terrace," [n.d.] 1 item (1 p.) "I Lie," [n.d.] 2 items (2 pp.) "Flowers," [n.d.] 1 item (1 p.) "Ama-je un reve ?" [n.d.] 1 item (1 p.) "The Fall," [n.d.] 1 item (1 p.) "The Change of Life," [n.d.] 1 item (1 p.) "Conception is a blessing," [n.d.] 1 item (1 p.) "Brother and Sister," [n.d.] 1 item (1 p.) "Home," [n.d.] 1 item (1 p.) "Of a Pure Aesthetics" and "An Impossible Friend," [n.d.] 1 item (1 p.) "The Housekeeper Tells Him of Himself," [n.d.] 1 item (1 p.) "An Old Priest Meditates on a Child's Confession," [n.d.] 1 item (1 p.) "The Dream," [n.d.] 1 item (1 p.) "The Holiday," [n.d.] 1 item (1 p.) 44 Series IV. Manuscripts written by other writers (cont'd) Series IV.14. Scully, James (cont'd) F666 Poems and article (cont'd) "Remembering," [n.d.] 1 item (1 p.) "The Insinuant," [n.d.] 1 item (1 p.) "Iris," [n.d.] 1 item (1 p.) "We Are the Evergreens, Too," [n.d.] Initialed typescript draft. 1 item (1 p.) "Coming at Last Into Our Own Land," [n.d.] Initialed typescript draft. 1 item (1 p.) "Crew Practice on Lake Bled" [n.d.] 2 item (4 pp.) "An American Airman," [n.d.] 1 item (1 p.) "Dropping Out," [n.d.] 1 item (1 p.) "The Old Order," [n.d.] 1 item (2 pp.) "Provinces," [n.d.] Signed typescript draft. 1 item (1 p.) "Lt. Cmdr. T. E. Sanderson," [1963] 1 item (2 pp.) Untitled. Previously titled "The Sun," [n.d.] 1 item (1 p.) "Graven Images," [1965-1966] Signed typescript draft. 1 item (2 pp.) "Chiaroscura," [n.d.] 1 item (3 pp.) "The Marketplace," [n.d.] 1 item (2 pp.) "The Grandson," [n.d.] 1 item (1 p.) "The Audience Swam for Their Lives," [1964 Nov 14] Photocopy of an article by Scully with notes. 1 item (3 pp.) 44 Series IV. Manuscripts written by other writers (cont'd) Series IV.15. Sexton, Anne F667 The Awful Rowing Toward God, [n.d.] Typescript (photocopy) with note by Brinnin. 1 item (55 pp.) Titles include: "Rowing" "The Civil War" "Two Hands" "The Children" "The Witch's Life" "Blame" "Courage" "The Fish That Walked" "The Fallen Angels" "The Earth" "After Auschwitz" "The Baby" "The Poet of Ignorance" "The Sermon of the Twelve Acknowledgments" "The Evil Eye" "The Dead Heart" "The Play" "The Sickness Unto Death" "Locked Doors" "When Man Enters Woman" "The Room of My Life" "Riding the Elevator Into the Sky" "The Evil Seekers" "Bubble" "The Wall" "Is It True?" "Jesus, the Actor, Play the Holy Ghost" "The God-Monger" "Not So. Not So" "What the Bird With the Human Head Knew" "The Fire Thief" "Welcome Morning" "The Big Heart" "Words" "Mothers" "Doctors" "Small Coin" "Frenzy" "Snow" "Small Wire" "The Saints Come Marching In"44 Series IV. Manuscripts written by other writers (cont'd) Series IV.16. Shattuck, Roger F668 Two poems, [n.d.] Signed typescript drafts. 5 items (6 pp.) Titles include: "Legend," 2 pp. "Songs of Songs: I-IV," (4 pp.). Series IV.17. Sitwell, Edith, Dame. 1887-1964. F669 "The Road to Thebes," [n.d.] Typescript of two sections of "The Road to Thebes." Inscribed by Sitwell to Brinnin and bearing a note by Brinnin. 2 items (9 pp.) Series IV.18. Waldrop, Rosemarie and Keith F670 Issues of Open Places, 1971-1972 Two issues of Open Places (nos. 9 and 11), which include poetry by Rosemarie Waldrop. Also includes photocopies of articles about Rosemarie Waldrop and a poem by Keith Waldrop. 5 items (39 pp.) 45 Series V. Miscellaneous material related to John Malcolm Brinnin, 1916-1978 Series V.1. Photographs, 1943-1973 Includes photographs of John Malcolm Brinnin, his friends, and acquaintances. Photographs include poses for publicity, travel pictures, and photographs with others. Individuals include Gertrude Stein, Richard Wilbur, Katherine Anne Porter, Jean Stafford, Ben Bellit, Frank Bidart, Bill Read, Allen Ginsberg, Helen Vendler, Bernard Fleishman, George Prideaux, John Thompson, John Wolfen, Howard Moss, Rollie McKenna, Tony Hecht, Donald Hall, Stanley Cooperman, W. D. Snodgrass, Alan Dugan, Zbigniew Herbert, Louis Simpson, Robert Duncan, Nicanor Parra, Jorge Carrera Andrade, George Hitchcock, William Jay Smith, Miller Williams, Bob Hayden, Jon Silkin, Henry Rago, Zulfikar Ghose, John Logan, James Tate, Enrique Ojeda, Jim Harrison, and others. Photographs of John Malcolm Brinnin with Dylan Thomas are located in Series II.10 (F563). 104 items (104 pp.) F671 45 photographs and several notes, 1943-1973 F672 55 photograph, plus notes, [1943]-1967 Includes a number of full page contact sheets with numerous images. 45 Series V. Miscellaneous material related to Brinnin (cont'd) Series V.2. Awards and honors, 1940-1978 F673 Clippings, photocopies, and award, 1940-1978 Various items of ephemera relating to awards or honors earned by Brinnin. Includes clippings concerning his 1940 Hopwood Award in Poetry and his election to the American Academy of Arts and Letters in 1978. His citation, which accompanied Alexander Drovtzkoy Memorial Award from the Poetry Society of America (1955), is also present. 22 items (72 pp.) Series V.3. Travel ephemera, 1936-1972 F674 Material related to Brinnin's travels abroad, 1936-1972 Printed, mimeographed, and autograph material related to John Malcolm Brinnin's numerous travels. Includes brochures, passports, menus, passenger lists, U.S. Government Grant Authorization, passports, and menus. 15 items (152 pp.) Series V.4. Material relating to the YMHA-YWHA Poetry Center, 1950-1969 F675 Programs, clippings, and articles related to the Poetry Center, 1950-1969 Most of the items are programs detailing the poetry and literary readings arranged by Brinnin while he was director of the Poetry Center. 29 items (92 pp.) 46 Series V.5. Material related to John Malcolm Brinnin's published works, 1942-1972 F676 Announcements, contracts, invitations, cartoons, galley proofs, publishers catalogs, and cover proofs, 1944-1972 Includes material related to Brinnin's The Garden is Political, The Third Rose, The Selected Poems of John Malcolm Brinnin, Modern Poetry (edited with Kimon Friar), Modern Poets (edited with Bill Read), The Sway of the Grand Saloon, Sextet, and No Arch, No Triumph. 22 items (125 pp.). F677 Reviews of Brinnin's published works, 1942-1972 Includes proofs, clippings, and photocopies of reviews for The Sway of the Grand Saloon, The Garden is Political, The Lincoln Lyrics, No Arch, No Triumph, The Modern Poets, The Selected Poems of John Malcolm Brinnin, The Sorrows of Cold Stone, The Third Rose. 76 items (97 pp.) 46 Series V. Miscellaneous material related to Brinnin (cont'd) Series V.6. Material related to speeches, lectures, programs, and conferences in which Brinnin participated, 1947-1971 F678 Programs, announcements, invitations, correspondence, photographs, schedules, posters, and Brinnin's notes and typescript speeches, 1947-1971 76 items (254 pp.) Series V.7. Material published about Brinnin, 1936-1976 F679 Articles, interviews, and other material which profile Brinnin and his career, 1936-1976 Includes a copy of the November 1940 issue of the University of Michigan Gargoyle. 16 items (32 pp.) 47 Series V.8. Ephemera related to Brinnin, 1916-1975 F680 Printed material with notes from Brinnin to Thompson, 1916-1973 Includes an announcement for sound recording of Brinnin reading poetry, prints of birds, lease for and information about "The Book Room" (a bookstore operated by Brinnin while he was at the University of Michigan), postcards, photocopies of newspaper and magazine articles, announcement for books by others, and invitations to events. 31 items (184 pp.) F681 Autograph guest book kept by Brinnin at Duxbury, 1956-1975 Guest register contains signatures, poems and comments by a number of literary persons including Richard Wilbur, Howard Moss, Ruthven Todd (with watercolor drawings), Tram Combs, Kay Boyle, Richard Tillinghast, Seymour Lawrence, James Scully, Kimon Friar, John Lehman, Irving Feldman, Helen Vendler, Frank Bidart, Octavia Paz, Penelope Mortimer and others. 1 item (56 pp.) Series V.9. Miscellaneous printed material collected by Brinnin, 1920-1972 F682 Journals and a booklet, 1920-1972 Includes A Critical Supplement to Poetry (1950 Feb), Foreground (1946 Spr-Sum), Commonwealth Journal (1972 Jan), The Harvard Advocate (1942 May), The Chapbook (1920 Nov). 5 items (246 pp.).
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