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The Emily Holmes Coleman Papers
Manuscript Collection Number: 105
Accessioned: Purchases, 1988-1997.
Extent: 50 linear ft.
Content: Correspondence, diaries, poetry, stories, essays, novels, plays, photographs, clippings, passports, brochures, programs, report cards, printed material, and ephemera.
Access: The collection is open for research.
Processed: 1989-1997 by Anita A. Wellner
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Table of Contents
Contents List
Series V: Material written by individuals other than Coleman
Series VI: Photographs, 1837-1975
Series VII: Family correspondence and papers, 1852-1967
Biographical Note
Scope and Contents Note
Series List
Contents List
Series I: Personal and professional correspondence
Series II: Diaries and Journals, 1929-1970
Series III - IV: Material written by Emily Coleman; Personal miscellany
Supplement and Appendices: Supplement; Appendix A, List of Poems; Appendix B, List of Correspondence
Contents List
124 Series V. Material written by individuals other than Coleman, 1915-1965 Manuscripts sent to Coleman by friends and correspondents. Arranged alphabetically by the author. 821 leaves Series V.1. George Barker, 1960 and [n.d.] English poet and writer. See supplement (F1689) for Barker's poem "MCMXXV." F1556 "8 Beatitudes to Denver," 1960 Jul 3 Printed paste-up bearing the autograph inscription: "For Johnny." 1 item (11 leaves) F1557 "The Gardens of Altering Eros: A Theological Eclogue on Gerard Manley Hopkins," [n.d.] Typescript (mimeograph) for radio. Produced by Douglas Cleverdon and initialed by Barker and with cover. 1 item (31 leaves) 31 pp. Series V.2. Djuna Barnes, 1938 American novelist and writer. F1558 "Call Upon My Soul," 1938 Typescript poem with autograph corrections. 1 item (1 leaf) 1 p. Series V.3 Raffaeli Bianchetti, 1925-1931 Italian writer. F1559 "La Creatura Di Bacillus Virgola," 1931 May 12 Typescript with autograph revisions and signed at Assisi. 1 item (6 leaves) "Dal Diario," 1927 Apr 12 Typescript written in Rome. 1 item (2 leaves) "Il Dono Di Necros," 1931 Typescript with autograph revisions, signed, with cover. 1 item (6 leaves) F1560 Two autograph notebooks, with some entries signed, 1925-1930 2 items (118 leaves) 124 Series V.4. Loyd R. Coleman, 1915-1917 Essays and stories written by Loyd Ring Coleman for English or Rhetoric classes which he attended. F1561 "The Detective and the Ghost," 1915 May 13 Autograph and signed, for Rhetoric I. 1 item (15 leaves) "John Bull and Uncle Sam," 1915 Nov 15 Autograph and signed, for English I. 1 item (4 leaves) "What is a Liberal Education?" 1915 Oct 9 Autograph and signed, for English I. 1 item (5 leaves) "And Some Believe It," 1917 Feb 1 Autograph and signed, for Rhetoric III. 1 item (3 leaves) "Old America," 1917 Feb 24 Autograph and signed, for Rhetoric III. 1 item (5 leaves) "Where There Is No Vision," [n.d.] Typescript with autograph corrections, signed. 1 item (4 leaves) "Universities for Peace," [n.d.] Typescript with autograph corrections. 1 item (6 leaves) Series V.5. John Coleman-Holmes, [n.d.] Three short stories. F1562 "Hazel," [n.d.] Typescript with a few autograph corrections. New York. 1 item (7 leaves) "The Unworthy Pedagogue," [n.d.] Typescript with a few autograph corrections. New York. 1 item (5 leaves) "Teachers' Dialogue," [n.d.] Typescript with a few autograph corrections. New York. 1 item (9 leaves) Series V.6. Peggy Guggenheim, [n.d.] F1563 "Poem Two (for S.B.)," [n.d.] Typescript (carbon?) poem. 1 item (1 leaf) Series V.7. Samuel Hoare, 1920-1921 and [n.d.] Poems and essays. F1564 "The Crisis of Western Culture," [n.d.] Autograph essay which includes notes on books by Wyndham Lewis, Valery, etc. 1 item (41 leaves) "Afternoon Tea," [n.d.] Autograph fragment. 1 item (18 leaves) "Paysage d'Automne" or "Autumn Landscape," [n.d.] Three drafts. Autograph draft with French title. 1 item (1 leaf) Typescript draft with autograph revisions and French title. 1 item (1 leaf) Typescript draft with English title. 1 item (1 leaf) "Landscape, with Figure," [n.d.] Three drafts. Autograph draft. 1 item (3 leaves) Typescript draft with autograph revisions. 1 item (1 leaf) Typescript draft with autograph revisions by Coleman. 1 item (1 leaf) "The Marriage of Figaro," 1921 Nov Two drafts. Autograph draft with revisions. 1 item (2 leaves) Typescript draft, signed. 1 item (2 leaves) "Confession," [n.d.] Autograph, signed. 1 item (1 leaf) "To Him Who is Deeper Than I," 1920 Jun 21 Typescript with autograph note. 1 item (1 leaf) Untitled with first line: "There, day by day, wrapped round in mystery," [n.d.] Typescript. 1 item (1 leaf). Untitled with first line: "Emily, would I were as clever as thou art!" [n.d.] Typescript (carbon). 1 item (1 leaf) Untitled with first line: "I had to make my first response in prose," [n.d.] Typescript. 1 item (1 leaf) Untitled with first line: "King Redhead sat, surrounded by his staff," [n.d.] Autograph. 1 item (1 leaf) Untitled with first line: "It is the Ecstasy of God," [n.d.] Typescript with autograph corrections. 1 item (1 leaf) Series V.8. John Holms, [n.d.] F1565 Untitled poem with first line: "When she I love turns yet her cheek aside," [n.d.] Autograph and two typescript copies, one with autograph corrections by Emily Coleman. 3 items (3 leaves) Untitled poem with first line: "By the clear sky, no brother takes my hand," [n.d.] Autograph. 1 item (1 leaf) *See F1573 and supplement (F1669) for copies of H. T. Hopkinson's short story "I Have Been Drowned." 125 Series V.9. Lionel Johnson, [n.d.] F1566 "The Dark Angel," [n.d.] Typescript poem. 1 item (2 leaves) Series V.10. Robert Liddell, [n.d.] F1567 "An Object for a Walk" [n.d.] Page Proofs with autograph corrections and envelope. 1 item (215 leaves) F1568 "Feuilles de Journal," [n.d.] Typescript (carbon) with autograph corrections and envelope. 1 item (16 leaves) F1569 "The Letters," [n.d.] Typescript (carbon) with autograph corrections and envelope. A chapter on Jane Austen's letters. 1 item (16 leaves)125 F1570 Chapters from his book on Jane Austen, [n.d.] Four segments sent to Coleman. Each typescript bears autograph revisions and has a separate envelope. "Wuthering Heights" 1 item (54 leaves) "Bleak House" 1 item (46 leaves) "Middlemarch" 1 item (37 leaves) "Howard's End Revisited" 1 item (26 leaves) Series V.11. Raissa Maritain, 1945-1965 F1571 "Chagall," [n.d.] Galley proofs, initialed, with one autograph correction. 1 item (2 leaves) "Patriarch Tree," 1965 Aug 16 Printed announcement with poem, "L'Acte d'etre," and the English translation, "Act of Being." 1 item (1 leaf) "Chanson," 1946 Two drafts written in Rome. Typescript (carbon). 1 item (1 leaf) Typescript (carbon) with autograph revisions, initialed. 1 item (2 leaves) "Colonnes," 1947 Two drafts written in Rome. Autograph, initialed, with autograph note. 1 item (1 leaf) Autograph, signed. 1 item (1 leaf) "La Piste," [n.d.] Autograph with autograph note, initialed. 1 item (1 leaf) "Dialogue," [n.d.] Typescript (carbon) with autograph revisions, initialed. 1 item (3 leaves). "Sans Demeure," 1946 Two drafts. Autograph, initialed, 1946 Dec 15. 1 item (1 leaf) Autograph with autograph note, initialed. 1 item (1 leaf) "Le Lac," 1946 Two drafts written in Rome. Autograph, initialed. 1 item (1 leaf) Typescript (carbon), initialed. 1 item (1 leaf) "Au point du jour," 1947 Typescript, initialed, written in Rome. 1 item (1 leaf) "Le soir descend voile de soie," 1946 Jun 22 Two drafts written in Rome. Typescript (carbon) with autograph revisions, initialed. 1 item (2 leaves) Typescript (carbon), initialed. 1 item (2 leaves) "Mosaique," 1945 Dec Two drafts written in Rome. Typescript (carbon) with autograph revisions, initialed. 1 item (1 leaf) Ts (carbon), initialed. 1 item (1 leaf) "La Dissonance," 1946 Dec 25 Two drafts written in Rome. Typescript (carbon). 1 item (1 leaf) Typescript (carbon). 1 item (1 leaf) "Portes de l"Horizon," 1946 Two drafts written in Rome. Autograph with autograph revisions, initialed. 1 item (1 leaf) Typescript (carbon), initialed. 1 item (1 leaf)125 "Meditation," 1946 Two drafts written in Rome. Typescript (carbon), initialed. 1 item (1 leaf) Typescript (carbon) with autograph title change, initialed. 1 item (1 leaf) "Au Latium," 1946 Mar 13 Typescript (carbon) with autograph note, initialed at Rome. 1 item (2 leaves) Series V.12. Edwin Muir, 1926-1936 and [n.d.] Includes poetry and a letter from Muir. See supplement (F1683) for several pages written by Coleman critiquing Muir's work. F1572 Letter from Muir to Coleman, 1936 Feb 14 TLS, St. Andrews, Fife, with envelope. 1 item (2 leaves). "The Horses," [n.d.] Typescript poem with few a autograph corrections. 1 item (1 leaf) "Chorus of the Newly Dead," 1926 Printed title page (Hogarth Press, 1926), with note on the verso: "To John Holms." 1 item (1 leaf) "Time," [n.d.] Two typescript drafts, one with autograph revisions. 2 items (4 leaves) "Heraldry,"[n.d.] Typescript with autograph corrections. 1 item (1 leaf) Untitled fragment, [n.d.] Typescript with autograph revisions. 1 item (1 leaf) "The First Day," [n.d.] Typescript with autograph corrections, partially burned. 1 item (1 leaf) "The Stationary Journey," [n.d.] Typescript with autograph corrections and note, plus typescript (carbon?). 2 items (2 leaves) "The Fall," [n.d.] Typescript with a few autograph corrections. 1 item (2 leaves) "The Field of the Potter." [n.d.] Typescript with a few autograph corrections. 1 item (2 leaves) "The Riders," [n.d.] Typescript with autograph corrections. 1 item (1 leaf) "The Dilemma," [n.d.] Typescript. 1 item (2 leaves) "Variations on a Time Theme," [n.d.] Typescript (carbon). 1 item (13 leaves) Untitled fragment with first line: "And hill and plain and wood and tower..." Typescript with autograph corrections. 1 item (1 leaf) Series V.13. Material written by unidentified persons, 1937 and [n.d.] F1573 "The Zodiac," [n.d.] Typescript poem with a few autograph revisions. 1 item (2 leaves) Untitled poem with first line: "The ballet...." Autograph. 1 item (1 leaf) Untitled poem with first line: "While you're away, it makes to me...." Autograph with corrections. 1 item (1 leaf) Untitled poem with first line: "Together we shall merge the songs...." Autograph with corrections. 1 item (1 leaf) Untitled poem with first line: "Lack you but one alone...." Typescript. 1 item (1 leaf) "I Have Been Drowned" [1937] Typescript of a story which was originally unidentified in this collection. Bears autograph corrections. The story has been identified by researcher Jane Dunn and by material received in the supplement (F1669) as written by Sir H. T. (Thomas) Hopkinson. 1 item (15 leaves) 126 Series VI. Photographs, 1857-1975 Include photographs of Emily Coleman family, and friends. Also includes art work and photograph negatives. The photographs, which were originally housed loosely in five small boxes, have been reorganized into folders and specific categories in one record center carton numbered Box 126. Boxes 127-130 no longer exist. A detailed list of the cetegories and the photographs found in each folder is available in Appendix C at the end of this findind aid. See also supplement (F1690) for more photographs of Coleman, her father, son and grandson. ca. 766 items Series VI.1. Photographs of Emily Coleman from childhood to adulthood, 1900-1965 Photographs include her with others persons such as her mother, her brothers (John and William), Loyd Ring Coleman, John Holmes (her father), her son (John Coleman-Holmes), her grandson (Dunstan), and others. There is also a photograph of the painting of Emily Coleman created by Djuna Barnes. 120 items 127-128 Series VI.2. Family Photographs, 1837-1969 Photographs of Emily Coleman's family, including her father, grandparents, aunts and uncles, etc. Some of the identified names are: Jessie Wheeler, Charles Freshfield Coaney, Emily Judson Coaney, W.Hunt Hall, Jake Scarborough, Francis Holmes, Eleanor Holmes, Eleanor S. Coaney, Lucy A. Coaney, Charlotte [Lottie] Coaney, Pauline Stephanie Coaney, Gertrude Watson, Henry Morton Cameron, Edward Dean Adams, George D. Coaney, Charlotte and Dunstan Coleman, William Hicks Coaney, Fanny Howard. Three photographs of Coleman's father, John Holmes (F1574) has been removed to the oversize section. 351 items 129 Series VI.3. Friends of Coleman and unidentified individuals, 1900-1975 Names identified in the collection include Eunice Carter, Marie Claire Coleman, Harriet Adams, Saxe Commins, Raymond Fontaine, Graham Greene, Raissa Maritain, Luis Ariza, John Gay, W.C. Bryant, Olga Rostik, Peter Maurin, John Holms, Beatrice Holms, Mary and Roger Siepmann (with Georgiana), Dorothy Day, Antonia White, Mother Benedict Duss, Sonia Himmel, Dr. Max Wiskott, Emily Coleman, Dorothy Holms, Ernst (Putzi) Hansfstangel, Djuna Barnes, Charles Henri Ford, Phyllis Jones, John Coleman, Mrs. Turgeon (?), Lucy Adams, Beatrice Kathleen Holms, Palmer, Miss O'Grady. Includes a photograph postcard from Peggy Guggenheim and a photograph of Dublin's St. Patrick's Day parade in 1928 (with Desmond Fitzgerald). 165 items 130 Series VI.4. Photographs of landscapes, horses, other animals, the Hindenburg, and pieces of artwork, 1896-1970 Includes an ink drawing of John Holmes Coleman by Thelma Wood (1956), negatives of photographs shot in Arizona, and children's drawings. The photograph of the Hindenburg was taken in 1936 when Coleman's father flew in it to Europe. 127 items 131 Series VII. Family Correspondence and Papers, 1852-1967 Includes Emily Coleman's correspondence with her father and her two brothers, as well as correspondence among various her various grandparents, aunts, uncles, and other family members. Arranged chronologically in subseries. ca. 3390 leaves Series VII.1. John Milton Holmes (Coleman's father) letters to Coleman, 1918-1951 In addition to Mr. Holmes's letters, this series includes a story, "The Scarecrow," clippings, quotations from Montaigne's essay on death, a letter to Deak, a letter from John Holmes to his son (William), and a letter from Holmes to Leach, Sims & Co. Also includes a letter from Holmes to Jake Scarborough, a letter from Charles Coaney to Holmes, a poem by Holmes ("Ye Olde Ashfield Plumbinge"), and an account of Holmes's mountain climbing in 1901. 194 items (ca. 395 leaves) F1575 1918-1931 F1576 1932-1935 F1577 1936-1937 F1578 1938-1939 Sep F1579 1939 Sep-1940 F1580 1941 132 F1581 1942-1943 F1582 1944-1946 F1583 1947 F1584 1948 Jan-Jun F1585 1948 Jul-Sep F1586 1949 F1587 1950-1951 F1588 [n.d.] 133 Series VII.2. Emily Coleman letters to John M. Holmes, 1906-1951 Letters include Coleman's report cards and schoolwork, her proxy for stock, a story written by Coleman ("A New England Quilting Party"), clippings, graduation program, wedding announcement, photographs, and drawings. ca. 700 items (950 leaves) F1589 1906-1910 F1590 1911-1912 F1591 1913 F1592 1914 F1593 1915 F1594 1916-1919 134 F1595 1920-1929 F1596 1930 F1597 1931-1937 F1598 1938-1939 F1599 1940-1949 F1600 1950-1951 135 F1601 [n.d.] F1602 [n.d.] F1603 [n.d.] F1604 [n.d.] F1605 [n.d.] 136 Series VII.3. General Family Correspondence, 1852-1967 Includes letters among Coleman's immediate family (brothers, parents, children & grandchildren) and her grandparents, aunts, uncles, and others. Family material includes medical reports on Emily's mother. Includes letters from: Harriet Sampson, Louis H. Jones, Henry J. Williams, Charlotte Louise Greene, Mrs. Eunice Tyler, James Hadley, Rev. and Mrs. John Milton Holmes, Charles L. Thomas, Caroline Morgan, William and Sara Bridgman, Mary Smith, George Scovill, Libbie C. Walker, Lucy Adams Coaney Holmes (Emily's mother), F.F. Thompson, Louise Coaney, Gloria Coleman, Charlotte Coleman (Emily's granddaughter), Ina M. King, "Polly," H. A. Watson, Eleanor Coaney, Mary S. Adams, Grace Mitchell Clark, C. S. Kremer, Lettie B. Ring, Francis S. Williams, H. Coaney, William Holmes (Emily's brother), John M. Holmes, Jr. (Emily's brother), Viola and W. H. Spaulding, P.G. Palmer, Jennie P. Serrell, Charles Freshfield Coaney, Mrs. Jones, Dr. Amos J. Givens, Dr. F. H. Barnes, L. H. Earle, R. M. Bissell, Herbert Raymond Smith, J. H. Campbell, Louise Coleman, John Coleman, Dr. D. J. Knowlton, and unidentified individuals. Also includes copies of Rev. John M. Holmes' (Emily's grandfather) "An Interesting Letter from Europe," "Rambles in Switzerland," and an 1868 letter to his congregation. Also includes report cards, schoolwork of John Holmes, clippings, wedding announcements, marriage certificate, fabric, an announcement for "The Pacific Underwriter," poems, programs, telegrams, checks, information concerning the American Academy of Immortals, brochures ("The Earnest Exercise," Craig View, and Taylor's Supporter), 1913 newspaper, photographs, a rejection slip from Century Magazine, religious brochures, John Holmes' membership cards, invitations, artwork, calling cards, art exhibition announcement, a copy of "Numerology of Charles Freshfield Coaney," notes on the Tyler family history, and Brighton Beach program. ca. 1000 items (ca. 1600 leaves) F1606 1852-1859 F1607 1860 F1608 [1859-1861] F1609 [1861-1862] F1610 1863-1868 F1611 1869-1870 137 F1612 1871-1886 F1613 1896 Jan-Feb F1614 Mar-Jun F1615 Jul F1616 Aug F1617 Sep-Dec 138 F1618 1897 Jan-Mar F1619 Apr-May F1620 Jun-Aug F1621 Sep-Dec F1622 1898 Feb-Jun F1623 Jul-Nov 139 F1624 1899 Jan-Mar F1625 Apr-May F1626 Jun F1627 Jul-Aug F1628 Sep-Nov F1629 Dec 140 F1630 1900 Jan-Feb F1631 Mar-May F1632 Jun-Dec and [n.d.] F1633 1901 Jan-Feb F1634 Mar-Apr F1635 May-Jun F1636 Jul-Dec 141 F1637 1902-1907 F1638 1909-1911 F1639 1912-1913 F1640 1914-1919 F1641 1920-1925 F1642 1926-1929 F1643 1930-1931 F1644 1936-1944 F1645 1945-1949 F1646 1950-1951 142 F1647 1952-1955 F1648 1956-1959 F1649 1960-1967 F1650 [n.d.] F1651 [n.d.] F1652 [n.d.] F1653 [n.d.] 143 Series VII.4 A Sketch of Lottie's Life by Eleanor S. Coaney, [n.d.] F1654 Two copies of a book about Charlotte Hale Coaney, [n.d.] Charlotte Coaney was Lucy Coaney Holmes's sister and Emily Coleman's aunt. 2 items (128 pp.) Series VII.5. Passport for John M. Holmes, 1928-1932 F1655 Passport. 1 item (32 pp.) Series VII.6. John Holmes Coleman's journal (Coleman's son), 1951-1954 F1656 Typescript journal, 1951-1954 Written in English and French it bears autograph notes and revisions and includes clippings. Includes his thoughts, quotations, and other information. 168 leaves
Contents List
Series I: Personal and professional correspondence
Series II: Diaries and Journals, 1929-1970
Series III - IV: Material written by Emily Coleman; Personal miscellany
Supplement and Appendices: Supplement; Appendix A, List of Poems; Appendix B, List of Correspondence
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