Archibald MacLeish collection of papers, 1923-1981.

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Creator

MacLeish, Archibald, 1892-1982.

Location

Berg Collection of English and American Literature

Extent

• 133 items.

Access Restrictions

Restricted access; Berg Collection; Permit must be requested at the division indicated.

Scope/Contents Note

This is a synthetic collection consisting of typescripts, manuscripts and correspondence by and about the author. The typescripts include poems by the author, reviews in holograph and typescript by Randall Jarrell, and an essay Arthur Mizener. The bulk of the collection consists of correspondence, dating from 1923 to 1981, to Kay Boyle, Maurice Firuski, Alfred Kazin, Vladimir Nabokov, Muriel Rukeyser, May Sarton, Frances Steloff, Louis Untermeyer, and others. Also included are letters relating to the author, dating from 1925 to 1975, between various correspondents including Kay Boyle, Henry Seidel Canby, Maurice Firuski, and others. There are letters to MacLeishfrom Kathleen Millay, Herbert Mitgang, Vladimir Nabokov, and Louis Untermeyer, dating from 1942 to 1975.

Biographical/Historical Note

Archibald MacLeish was an American essayist, literary critic, playwright, screenwriter, and poet.

Controlled Access Terms

• MacLeish, Archibald, 1892-1982.
• Correspondence.

Additional Creator Names

• Jarrell, Randall, 1914-1965.
• Mizener, Arthur.
• Boyle, Kay, 1902-1992.
• Firuski, Maurice.
• Kazin, Alfred, 1915-1998.
• Millay, Kathleen, d. 1943.
• Mitgang, Herbert.
• Nabokov, Vladimir Vladimirovich, 1899-1977.
• Rukeyser, Muriel, 1913-
• Sarton, May, 1912-1995.
• Steloff, Frances, b. 1887.
• Untermeyer, Louis, 1885-1977.
• Canby, Henry Seidel, 1878-1961.
• Firuski, Maurice. fmo
• Gotham Book Mart.
• Harper & Row, Publishers. fmo