mss0099_0810.xml Frances Cornford letters and poems1959–1960, undated University of Delaware Library, Special Collections University of Delaware Library
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Date encoded (2007 August 15) Finding aid encoded 2007 August 15 English Frances Cornford letters and poems1959–1960, undated Special Collections Department, University of Delaware Library
Newark, Delaware 19717-5267 Phone: 302-831-2229 Fax: 302-831-6003 URL: http://www.lib.udel.edu/ud/spec/
 Cornford, Frances Darwin, 1886-1960. Frances Cornford letters and poems1959–1960, undated MSS 099, F810 8 items (13 pp.) Autograph letters and manuscript poems written by English poet Frances Cornford. Materials entirely in English. University of Delaware Library - Special Collections Source

Purchase, July 2007.

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 Citation

MSS 099, F810, Frances Cornford letters and poems, Special Collections, University of Delaware Library, Newark, Delaware.

 Shelving Summary Shelved in SPEC MSS 099 Processing

Processed and encoded by Jaime Margalotti, August 2007.

 Biographical Note

British poet Frances Cornford (1886–1960) was descended from a number of Cambridge intellectuals, including Charles Darwin and William Wordsworth. Her work was influenced by both the Georgian and modernist forms of poetry. She experimented with a variety of forms including the triolet and the villanelle and also translated a number of works from Russian and French.

"Frances Cornford." Dictionary of Literary Biography, Volume 240: Late Nineteenth- and Early Twentieth-Century British Women Poets (reproduced in Literature Resource Center). http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/LitRC (accessed August 17, 2007).

 Scope and Content Note

Four autograph letters signed from Frances Cornford to Alan Clodd. Cornford thanks Clodd for his praise of her work and answers questions about her poems. She also mentions her ill health. The collections also includes four undated manuscript poems in Cornfeld's hand.

 Selected Search Terms Personal Names Clodd, Alan. Topical Terms English poetry--History--20th century--Sources.Poets, English--20th century--Correspondence. Form/Genre Terms Letters (correspondence) Poems. Occupation Poets. Related Materials in this Repository

This item forms part of MSS 099 Miscellaneous Literary and Historical Manuscripts.

 Detailed Contents List Letters to Alan Clodd1959–1960 4 items 53810Autograph letter signed1959 September 753810Autograph letter signed1960 April 2

Letter partially in the hand of Cornfeld's grandson.

53810Autograph letter signed[1960 April 6]With envelope.53810Autograph card signed1960 April 28 Poemsundated 4 items 53810"Invocation for a Modern Marriage"undated53810"LF"undated53810"Mother to Father"undated53810"The Girl in the Blue-bell Wood"undated