Bellamy, Dodie, Killian, Kevin, Lennon, John, 1940-1980, and Ono, Yōko
Subject (Topic):
American literature--20th century, American poetry--20th century, Authors, American--20th century--Archives, Authors--United States--20th century, Gay authors, LGBTQ resource, Poets, American--20th century--Archives, and Poets--United States--20th Century
1 photomechanical postcard in folder 1 digitized.
1 TLS with manuscript friendship contract on verso in folder 5 digitized.
Description:
6 folders.
Subject (Name):
Bellamy, Dodie and Killian, Kevin
Subject (Topic):
American literature--20th century, American poetry--20th century, Authors, American--20th century--Archives, Authors--United States--20th century, Gay authors, LGBTQ resource, Poets, American--20th century--Archives, and Poets--United States--20th Century
Collection of letters to Rodman from other English-language authors discussing literary and personal matters, including published work, work in progress, publication, and health and travel plans. Correspondents include: W. H. Auden, Robert Bly, Richard Eberhart, John Hersey, Christopher Isherwood, Stanley Kunitz, Norman Mailer, Joyce Carol Oates, Stephen Spender, William Styron, Dylan Thomas, Derek Walcott, and Richard Wilbur. The collection features twenty letters from Norman Mailer and a sketch by Mailer. With drafts, typescript, corrected, of chapters from an unidentified book by Rodman about Kunitz and Mailer.
Description:
Purchased from Stuart Lutz on the Sinclair Lewis Fund, 2003. and Selden Rodman (1909-2002), born Cary Selden Rodman, was an American poet, critic, and art collector.
Subject (Name):
Auden, W. H. (Wystan Hugh), 1907-1973, Bly, Robert, Eberhart, Richard, 1904-2005, Hersey, John, 1914-1993, Isherwood, Christopher, 1904-1986, Kunitz, Stanley, 1905-2006, and Mailer, Norman
Subject (Topic):
American literature--20th century, Authors, American--20th century--Archives, and Poets, American--20th century--Archives
American literature--20th century, American poetry--20th century, Authors, American--20th century--Archives, Authors--United States--20th century, Gay authors, LGBTQ resource, Poets, American--20th century--Archives, and Poets--United States--20th Century
American literature--20th century, American poetry--20th century, Authors, American--20th century--Archives, Authors--United States--20th century, Gay authors, LGBTQ resource, Poets, American--20th century--Archives, and Poets--United States--20th Century
Album (box 1) containing photographs of James Merrill as an infant and child, circa 1926 to 1938, with members of the Merrill family and unidentified others. Photographs also include images of the Merrill family estate ("The Orchard") in Southampton, New York.
Description:
James Merrill, American poet.
Subject (Geographic):
Southampton (N.Y.)
Subject (Name):
Jackson, David,--1922-2001, Merrill family, and Merrill, James,--1926-1995
Subject (Topic):
American literature--20th century and Poets, American--20th century--Archives