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Finding Aid for Conrad Aiken collection of papers, 1913-1963

Guide to the Conrad Aiken collection of papers,1913-1963

Berg Coll MSS Aiken
The Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature. New York Public Library. Room 320.
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Date Completed:
2006
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Table of Contents

Descriptive Summary Table of Contents

Title
Conrad Aiken collection of papers, 1913-1963
Creator
Aiken, Conrad, 1889-1973.
Call Number
Berg Coll MSS Aiken
Size
63 items
Repository
The New York Public Library. The Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American LiteratureNew York, New York
Abstract
This is a synthetic collection consisting of manuscripts, typescripts, correspondence by and about the author, and notebooks for 1913 through 1927.

Administration Information Table of Contents

Source

This is a synthetic collection, created from materials acquired through gift and purchase from various sources.

Custodial History

Previous owners include Maurice Firuski.

Access

Collection is restricted to qualified scholars and researchers through the Office of Special Collections, Room 316

Restrictions on Use

For permission to publish, contact the Curator, The Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature

Preferred Citation

[Identification of the item]. The Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature, The New York Public Library.

Biography Table of Contents

Conrad Aiken was an American novelist, short-story writer, and poet.

Scope and Content Note Table of Contents

This is a synthetic collection consisting of manuscripts, typescripts, correspondence by and about the author, and notebooks for 1913 through 1927. The manuscripts and typescripts consists of novels, poems, outlines of stories, notes for works, and essays, as well as essays and reviews about the author by Randall Jarrell and Alfred Kreymborg. The correspondence consists of letters from the author, dating from 1935 to 1963, to Muriel Rukeyser, May Sarton, Frances Steloff, Julian Symons, Louis Untermeyer, and others, as well as letters relating to the author, dating from 1920 to [1963], between various correspondents including Maurice Firuski, Kathleen Raine, Frances Steloff, and others.

Series Descriptions Table of Contents

   
Manuscripts & Typescripts Table of Contents
    
Blue voyage. Holograph n.d.
ms.
( 2 v. )

On p. [171-172] of v. 1 his: The Man who was Greater than God. Holograph outline, undated. On p. [52-56] of v. 2 his: Mr. Arcularis. Holograph story, undated Published, New York: Scribner's, 1927 Inscribed to Maurice Firuski, "1926"

Manuscript box     
Changing mind, I-IV. Holograph poem n.d.
ms.
( 16 p. )

Published in his Collected Poems, New York: Oxford University Press, 1953 Sent to Maurice Firuski

Manuscript box     
The circuit, I-XI. Typescript of poem, with ms. corrections in an unidentified hand n.d.
typescripts (emended)
( 18 p. )

Sent to Maurice Firuski

Manuscript box     
Ekiomachia (?) Holograph poem n.d.
ms.
( 5 p. )

Sent to Maurice Firuski

Manuscript box     
Holograph notes n.d.
ms.
( 3 p. )

With pencil sketch. 1 p.

In his: Blue voyage. Holograph     
Man who was greater than God. Holograph outline n.d.
ms.
( 2 p. )
In his: Blue voyage. Holograph     
Mr. Arcularis. Holograph story n.d.
ms.
( 5 p. )

Published in his Collected short stories, New York: World Publishing Co., 1960

    
[Poems] Holograph notebooks 1913 - 1927
notebooks
( 4 v. )

Vol. 3 signed and dated 1920 Detailed list of contents laid in each volume; t.p. of his Turns and movies, 1916, laid in v. 1; holograph notes laid in v. 2. 3 p. Published in his Collected Poems, New York: Oxford University Press, 1953 Vol. 3 inscribed to Maurice Firuski "Christmas 1925"

Manuscript box     
[Story] "Came in looking haggard and strange." Typescript n.d.
typescripts
( 2 p. )

Sent to Maurice Firuski

    
Jarrell, Randall. [The Rhetoricians] Holograph draft of book review. Review of Conrad Aiken's And in the Human Heart. Mutilated (some pages completely torn out) n.d.
ms.
( 1 v. )

Several pages have original pen-and-ink skethes. In same vol. his: [Poems] Holograph drafts, incomplete, of 5 poems, undated. 5 p.; The reactionary intellectual. Holograph notes for essay, undated. 3 p.; Holograph list of phonograph records, undated. 6 p. Published in New Republic, Feb. 17, 1941, p. 221-222

Manuscript box (Gotham) In: Gotham Book Mart, New York. We moderns. Folder 38     
Kreymborg, Alfred. [Conrad Aiken] Typescript of contribution to We moderns n.d.
typescripts
( 1 p. )

Published in Gotham Book Mart catalog, no. 42, New York, 1940

Manuscript box (Gotham) In: Gotham Book Mart, New York. We moderns. Folder 1     
Stevens, Wallace. Typescript of contribution to We moderns n.d.
typescripts
( 1 p. )

His TLS to Frances Steloff, Oct. 29, 1939 on verso Published in Gotham Book Mart catalog, no. 42, New York, 1940

   
Correspondence Table of Contents
   
Outgoing Table of Contents
Manuscript box     
Edgett, Edwin Francis. ALS [n.d.]
corr. out
( 2 p. )
Manuscript box     
Firuski, Maurice. TLS and postcard. One undated 1945 Jan. 4
corr. out
( 2 items )

With clipping from the Lakeville journal, Salisbury, Mass., Feb. 16, 1978 relating to M. Firuski

Manuscript box     
Grigson, Geoffrey. Postcard 1962 Apr. 24
corr. out
( 1 item )
Manuscript box     
Roberts, Michael. TLS. Relates to The Faber book of modern verse, 1936 1935 Mar. 26
corr. out
( 1 p. )

With envelope

Manuscript box     
Rukeyser, Muriel. TLS 1956 June 9
corr. out
( 1 item )
Manuscript box     
Sarton, May. ALS and 15 TLS 1936 May 16 - 1940 Oct. 1
corr. out
( 16 items in 3 folders )

ALS on verso of water color sketch by Mary Aiken

Manuscript box     
Sarton, May. 3 TLS 1938 May 2 - 1950 July 4
corr. out
( 3 items )
Manuscript box (Gotham) In: Gotham Book Mart, New York. We moderns. Folder 1     
Steloff, Frances. TLS 1939 Oct. 29
corr. out
( 1 p. )

His: Wallace Stevens, contribution to Gotham book mart's We moderns catalog, on verso

Manuscript box (Gotham)     
Steloff, Frances. 2 TLS, 1 postcard 1963 Jan. 29 - 1963 Apr. 6
corr. out
( 3 items )

With 2 TL (carbon) replies

Manuscript box     
Symons, Julian. 6 TLS [1936] Oct. 11 - 1938 Aug. 10
corr. out
( 6 items )

Includes three typewritten carbon replies

Manuscript box     
Untermeyer, Louis. 2 TLS 1962 Oct. 11 - 1962 Oct. 17
corr. out
( 2 items )

Also, 4 TL (carbons) from L. Untermeyer to C. Aiken, July 5, 1961-Oct. 15, 1962. 1 p. each; TL (carbon) of related correspondence

   
Incoming Table of Contents
Manuscript box (Aiken, C.)     
Firuski, Maurice [?] TL (carbon) to Conrad Aiken [n.d.]
corr. In
( 1 p. )

Came with Aiken's Blue Voyage. Holograph. Possibly by M. Firuski

Manuscript box (Aiken, C.)     
Firuski, Maurice (?) TL (carbon) to Aiken [n.d.]
corr. in
( 1 p. )

Came with Aiken's Blue Voyage. Holograph. Possibly by Maurice Firuski

Manuscript box     
Untermeyer, Louis. 4 TL (carbons) to Aiken 1961 July 5 - 1962 Oct. 15
corr. in
( 4 items )

With TL (carbon) of related correspondence and 2 TLS from Aiken to Untermeyer. Oct. 11 and 17, 1962. 1 p. each.

   
Related Table of Contents
Manuscript box (Aiken, C.)     
Aiken, Jessie (McDonald). ALS, TLS to Maurice Firuski 1920 June 17; [n.y.] May 12
corr. About
( 2 items )
Manuscript box     
Lowell, Amy. TLS to Mrs. Becker. Mentions Conrad Aiken, Hervey Allen, Edna St. Vincent Millay, Louis Untermeyer, Elinor Wylie and others 1923 July 7
corr. About
( 7 p. )
Manuscript box (Gotham)     
Raine, Kathleen. TL (copy) to Frances Steloff. Relates to Conrad Aiken [1963] Jan. 22
corr. About
( 1 p. )

With: Aiken, Mary. 2 ALS, 1 ANS, 1 postcard to Frances Steloff, 1963-1964

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