Howard Griffin collection of papers, 1948-1966.

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Creator

Griffin, Howard, 1915-1975.

Location

Berg Collection of English and American Literature

Extent

• 160 items.

Scope/Contents Note

This is a synthetic collection consisting of manuscripts, typescripts, and correspondence. The manuscripts and typescripts include drafts of his work on W. H. Auden and Frank O'Hara, as well as an Auden poetry exam and Griffin's notes on Auden lectures. The correspondence includes letters to Frances Steloff, dating from 1951 to 1964, as well letters to Griffin from Alan Ansen, W. H. Auden, Elizabeth Bishop, Paul Bowles, Ivy Compton-Burnett,Cecil Day-Lewis, Robert Graves, Christopher Isherwood, Chester Kallman, Rose Macaulay, Marianne Moore, Howard Nemerov, Anais Nin, Frank O'Hara, George Plimpton, Katherine Anne Porter, Stephen Spender, Carl Van Vechten, Sylvia Townsend Warner, and others dating from 1942 to1975.

Biographical/Historical Note

Howard Griffin was an American poet, editor, and interviewer.

Controlled Access Terms

• Auden, W. H. (Wystan Hugh), 1907-1973.
• O'Hara, Frank, 1926-1966.
• Correspondence.

Additional Creator Names

• Ansen, Alan.
• Auden, W. H. (Wystan Hugh), 1907-1973.
• Bishop, Elizabeth, 1911-1979.
• Bowles, Paul, 1910-1999.
• Compton-Burnett, I. (Ivy), 1884-1969.
• Day Lewis, C. (Cecil), 1904-1972.
• Graves, Robert, 1895-1985.
• Isherwood, Christopher, 1904-1986.
• Kallman, Chester, 1921-1975.
• Macaulay, Rose, Dame.
• Moore, Marianne, 1887-1972.
• Nemerov, Howard.
• Nin, Anaïs, 1903-1977.
• O'Hara, Frank, 1926-1966
• Plimpton, George.
• Porter, Katherine Anne, 1890-1980.
• Spender, Stephen, 1909-1995.
• Steloff, Frances, b. 1887.
• Van Vechten, Carl, 1880-1964.
• Warner, Sylvia Townsend, 1893-