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Guide to the Elinor Wylie collection of papers, 1885-1950 bulk (1902-1928)

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Table of Contents

Descriptive Summary Table of Contents

Title
Elinor Wylie collection of papers, 1885-1950 bulk (1902-1928)
Creator
Wylie, Elinor, 1885-1928.
Call Number
Berg Coll MSS Wylie
Size
287 items
Repository
The New York Public Library.
The Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature.New York, New York
Abstract
This is a synthetic collection consisting of manuscripts, typescripts, correspondence, legal and financial documents, pictorial works and portraits.

Administration Information Table of Contents

Source

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

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

Elinor Wylie was an American novelist and poet.

Scope and Content Note Table of Contents

This is a synthetic collection consisting of manuscripts, typescripts, correspondence, legal and financial documents, pictorial works and portraits. The collection includes holographs and typescripts of poems, stories, translations, and notes toward works. It also contains essays and notes in manuscript and typescript relating to the author by Eleanor Wylie Nelson, Horace Wylie, and Anne McMichael Hoyt. The correspondence includes letters dating from 1903 to 1928, to Babette Deutsch, Anne McMichael Hoyt, Horace Wylie, and others. There are also letters relating to the author, dating from 1893 to 1950, between various correspondents including William Rose Benet, Mary Seccombe, Horace Wylie, and others. There are letters to Wylie from Anne Hoyt, Kathleen Millay, and Constance Stumm, dating from [1910] to 1924.

Container List Table of Contents

   
Manuscripts and Typescripts Table of Contents
   
Manuscripts and Typescripts written by Wylie Table of Contents
Manuscript box     
Atavism. Holograph poem
n.d.
ms.
( 1 leaf )

Published in her: Nets to catch the wind. New York, Harcourt, Brace, 1921, p. 11. Came with the Elinor Wylie-Anne (McMichael) Hoyt corresondence

Manuscript box     
Crooked stick, The. Holograph poem
n.d.
ms.
( 1 leaf )

Differs from her published version in: Nets to catch the wind. New York, Harcourt, Brace, 1921, p. 10. Came with the Elinor Wylie-Anne (McMichael) Hoyt corresondence

Manuscript box     
Fairy wife, The. Holograph poem
1907 or 1908
ms.
( 2 p. )

With her: [Incindental numbers] 6 holograph poem. Folder 1. Came with her correspondence with Horace Wylie

Manuscript box     
"Fire and sleet and candlelight." Holograph poem
n.d.
ms.
( 2 p. )

Published in her: Nets to catch the wind. New York, Harcourt, Brace, 1921, p. 30-31. Came with the Elinor Wylie-Anne (McMichael) Hoyt corresondence

Manuscript box     
For Holly's Valentine. Holograph poem. ["Holly" is the writer's second husband, Horace Wylie]
1913
ms.
( 1 p. )

Came with her correspondence with Horace Wylie

Manuscript box     
Hokku. Typescript of poem
n.d.
typescripts
( 1 p. )

Came with the Elinor Wylie-Anne (McMichael) Hoyt corresondence

Manuscript box     
Holograph note in margin of clipping
n.d.
ms.
( 1 p. )

Came with the Elinor Wylie-Anne (McMichael) Hoyt corresondence

Manuscript box     
Impregnable. Typescript of sonnet
n.d.
typescripts
( 1 p. )

Signed with initials. With Wylie's ms. note at bottom. Inscribed "For Helen" [Lady Helen Ilbert Young]

Manuscript box     
[Incidental numbers] 6 holograph poems
1906 - 1909
ms.
( 2 folders )

On leaf with Rondeau her: The fairy wife. Holograph poem, dated "1907 or 1908". 2 p.; At top of "--In the wood" her: AN to Horace Wylie [n.d.] 1 p.; Published London, W. Clowes, 1912. Came with her correspondence with Horace Wylie

Manuscript box     
Love to Formosa. Typescript of poem
n.d.
typescripts
( 2 p. )

Signed with note to Lady Jessie Helen Ilbert Young. Accompanied by envelope addressed in Wylie's hand to Mrs. George Young

Manuscript box     
[Mr. Hodge & Mr. Hazard] Typescript (incomplete) with the author's ms. and typescript corrections. Comprises "Advertisement," 1st page and last three pages of typescript, and one unnumbered intermediate page
1927 Nov.
typescripts (emended)
( 6 p. )

Signed. With author's presentation inscriptions to "Coby"; Removed from copy 2

Manuscript box     
"My darling & dear..." Holograph poem. On writing paper of Claridge's hotel, London.
n.d.
ms.
( 1 p. )

With Horace Wylie's ms. note on verso: "Elinor made up for me night of 16 Dec 1912."; Came with her correspondence with Horace Wylie

Manuscript box     
Narrow escape, A. Holograph story
n.d.
ms.
( 6 p. )

Signed. Came with the Elinor Wylie-Anne (McMichael) Hoyt corresondence

Manuscript box     
No more verses. Holograph poem. On writing paper of Royal palace hotel, London
n.d.
ms.
( 1 p. )

With clippings of five poems from 1922 publications. Came with her correspondence with Horace Wylie

Manuscript box. In her: 48 AL, 13 ALS, 2 TLS, 1 TL, 3 telegrams to Horace Wylie. 1909-1928. Enclosed in letter of [Oct. 31, 1922] Folder 21     
Peregrine's Sunday evening. Typescript of poem
n.d.
typescripts
( 3 p. )

With the author's ms. note at top of p. 1; Published in Collected poems, New York, A. A. Knopf, 1932, p. 261-264

Manuscript box     
[Poems] The cloak; Prayer; Roses in winter; Samson; Son of man. Typescripts (1 carbon) of five poems. Two dated
1919; 1920
typescripts
( 1 p. each )

With variant typescript (carbon) of Prayer. 1 p.; Came with her correspondence with Horace Wylie

Manuscript box     
Questions. Holograph poem
1919 Nov. 16
ms.
( 1 leaf )

Signed "E. W. to H. W."; Came with her correspondence with Horace Wylie

Manuscript box     
Questions. Typescript of poem
n.d.
typescripts
( 1 p. )

Signed. With ms. notes by Elinor Wylie's sister Nancy Hoyt. Came with the Elinor Wylie-Anne (McMichael) Hoyt corresondence

Manuscript box     
Room, The. Manuscript poem in Horace Wylie's (?) hand
1918 Nov. 25
ms.
( 2 p. )

With envelope inscribed "E's poem of the room."; Came with her correspondence with Horace Wylie

Manuscript box     
Sals de bain. Holograph draft of poem
n.d.
ms.
( 1 p. )

Came with her correspondence with Horace Wylie

Manuscript box     
Samson. Typescript of poem
n.d.
typescripts
( 1 p. )

Came with the Elinor Wylie-Anne (McMichael) Hoyt corresondence

Manuscript box     
Sea lullaby. Holograph (?) poem. Possibly written in the poet's juvenile hand
n.d.
ms.
( 1 leaf )

With her ms. note; with typescript, undated. 1 p.; Last verse differs from the published version in her: Nets to catch the wind. New York, Harcourt, Brace, 1921, p. 33-34. Came with the Elinor Wylie-Anne (McMichael) Hoyt corresondence

Manuscript box     
Silver filigree. Holograph poem
n.d.
ms.
( 1 p. )

Published in her: Nets to catch the wind. New York, Harcourt, Brace, 1921, p. 41. Came with the Elinor Wylie-Anne (McMichael) Hoyt corresondence

Manuscript box     
Son of man. Typescript of poem
n.d.
typescripts
( 1 p. )

Came with the Elinor Wylie-Anne (McMichael) Hoyt corresondence

Manuscript box     
Song. Typescript of poem
n.d.
typescripts
( 1 p. )

Signed. Came with the Elinor Wylie-Anne (McMichael) Hoyt corresondence

Manuscript box     
Sonnet. Typescript of poem
n.d.
typescripts
( 1 p. )

Signed. Came with the Elinor Wylie-Anne (McMichael) Hoyt corresondence

Manuscript box     
Sword of Damocles. Typescript of poem
n.d.
typescripts
( 1 p. )

With carbon copy. Came with the Elinor Wylie-Anne (McMichael) Hoyt corresondence

Manuscript box     
To Claudia Homonoea. Holograph poem
n.d.
ms.
( 1 p. )

On same page: Theocritus. English. Wylie. To Apollo & the muses. Elinor Wylie's ms. translation of poem, undated. 1 p.; Published in Black Armour, New York, G. H. Doran co., 1923, p. 77. Came with her correspondence with Horace Wylie

Manuscript box     
To a lady. Typescript of poem
n.d.
typescripts
( 1 p. )

With ms. initials next to title: "J.H.Y." [ie. Lady Jessie Helen Ilbert Young]

Manuscript box     
Velvet shoes. Holograph poem
n.d.
ms.
( 1 leaf )

Published in her: Nets to catch the wind. New York, Harcourt, Brace, 1921, p. 45. Came with the Elinor Wylie-Anne (McMichael) Hoyt corresondence

Manuscript box     
"We who inherited happiness..." Holograph poem. First line of poem used as title. Dated by Horace Wylie
[19]10 Mar. 4
ms.
( 1 p. )

Came with her correspondence with Horace Wylie

   
Manuscripts and Typescripts relating to Wylie Table of Contents
Manuscript box     
Hoyt, Anne (McMichael). The naked truth. Holograph memoir
n.d.
ms.
( 25 p.; 4 p.; 3 p. )

Signed with initials. Came with the Elinor Wylie-Anne (McMichael) Hoyt corresondence

(Wylie)     
Nelson, Eleanor (Taylor) Wylie. [Memoir of Horace and Elinor Wylie] Typescript (carbon) with the author's ms. corrections. Incorporates poems by Elinor Wylie, her letters to Horace Wylie, and his notes on their relationship
n.d.
typescripts (emended)
( 146 p. )

Signed Eleanor Taylor. Accompanied by incomplete typescript (carbon) of draft, 25 p.

Manuscript box     
Theocritus. English. Wylie. To Apollo & the muses. Elinor Wylie's ms. translation of poem
n.d.
ms.
( 1 p. )

With: Wylie, Elinor. To Claudia Homonoea. Holograph poem. Came with Elinor Wylie's correspondence with Horace Wylie

Manuscript box (Wylie, E.)     
Wylie, Horace. Miscellaneous autograph material: 8 pieces
n.d.
ms.
( 8 items )

Came with Elinor Wylie's correspondence with Horace Wylie

Manuscript box (Wylie, E.)     
Wylie, Horace. [Autobiographical notes] Holograph
n.d.
ms.
( 4 p. )

With related Wylie family material, manuscript and typescript. 9 p.

   
Correspondence Table of Contents
   
Outgoing Correspondence Table of Contents
Manuscript box     
Boyd, Madeleine Elise Reynier. ALS to
1927 June 6
corr. out
( 1 p. )
Manuscript box     
Deutsch, Babette. ALS to
[n.d.]
corr. out
( 1 p. )
Manuscript box     
Hoyt, Anne McMichael. 95 ALS, 7 TLS to. Annotations were made by Elinor Wylie's sister Nancy Hoyt
[1902 Oct. 1] - [1928 Nov.?]
corr. out
( 102 letters in 21 folders )
Manuscript box (Wylie). In: Wylie, Horace. 9 ALS to Anne McMichael Hoyt, May 23, 1911-May 15, 1916. Folder 1     
Hoyt, Anne McMichael. ANS to
[1912] Dec. 12
corr. out
( 1 p. )
Manuscript box     
Hoyt, Henry Martyn. ALS to
[1903] June 5
corr. out
( 6 p. )

Came with the Elinor Wylie-Anne (McMichael) Hoyt corresondence

Manuscript box     
Hoyt, Nancy. TLS to
[n.y.] Oct. 20
corr. out
( 1 p. )

Came with the Elinor Wylie-Anne (McMichael) Hoyt corresondence

Manuscript box     
Wylie, Horace. 48 AL, 13 ALS, 2 TLS, 1 TL, 3 telegrams to
[1909 Oct. 10] - 1928 Dec 16
corr. out
( 67 letters in 22 folders )

Letter of [Oct. 31, 1922] encloses her: Peregrine's Sunday evening. Typescript of poem, undated. 3 p. With the author's ms. note at top of p. 1 Folder 21. On leaf conjugate with letter of [April 15, 1911] her: Old house in Stuttgart tower. Folder 16

Manuscript box     
Wylie, Horace. AN to
[n.d.]
corr. out
( 1 p. )

With her: [Incindental numbers] 6 holograph poems. At top of "--In the woods." Folder 2

Manuscript box     
Young, Lady Jessie Helen Ilbert. TLS, ALS (fragment) to
[n.y.] Nov. 5; [n.d.]
corr. out
( 3 p.; 1 p. )
   
Incoming Correspondence Table of Contents
Manuscript box (Wylie)     
Hoyt, Anne (McMichael). ALS to Wylie. Correspondent is Elinor Wylie's mother
[1916 Dec. 24]
in. corr.
( 2 p. )
Manuscript box     
Millay, Kathleen. TL (carbon) to Wylie
1924 Aug. 27
in. corr.
( 1 p. )
Manuscript box (Wylie)     
Stumm, Constance (Hoyt), baroness von. ALS to Wylie. Writer is Elinor Wylie's sister
[1910] Dec. 29
in. corr.
( 9 p. )

Came with the Elinor Wylie-Anne (McMichael) Hoyt correspondence

   
Related Correspondence Table of Contents
Manuscript box (Wylie)     
Benét, William Rose. TLS to Mary Seccombe. The Saturday review of literature. Relates to Elinor Wylie
1928 Nov. 1
related corr.
( 4 p. )

Removed from: Wylie, Elinor. Angels and earthly creatures. New York, London: A. A. Knopf, 1929

In: Wylie, Elinor. Angels and earthly creatures. New York, London: A. A. Knopf, 1929     
Benét, William Rose. 2 ALS to Mary Seccombe. Relate to Elinor Wylie
[1928? Dec.]; 1929 Jan. 20
related corr.
( 1 p. each )
Manuscript box (Wylie, E.)     
Hinckley, Robert. ALS to Horace Wylie
1922 Nov. 13
related corr.
( 1 p. )

Came with Elinor Wylie's correspondence with Horace Wylie

Manuscript box (Wylie, E.)     
Letters, ALS, TLS, etc. from miscellaneous correspondents not listed separately to Horace Wylie
1913 - 1950
related corr.
( 18 letters in 3 folders )

Came with Elinor Wylie's correspondence with Horace Wylie

Manuscript box     
Lowell, Amy. TLS to Mrs. [--?] Becker. Mentions Conrad Potter Aiken, Hervey Allen, Edna St. Vincent Millay, Louis Untermeyer, Elinor Wylie and others
1923 July 7
related corr.
( 7 p. )
Manuscript box (Wylie)     
Stumm, Ferdinand, baron von. ALS to Horace Wylie. From Elinor Wylie's brother-in-law to her second husband
1911 Oct. 13
related corr.
( 2 leaves )

Came with the Elinor Wylie-Anne (McMichael) Hoyt correspondence

Manuscript box (Wylie, E.)     
Wylie, Horace. TLS to Mrs. James W. Wadsworth, Jr.
1926 Mar. 24
related corr.
( 2 p. )

Accompanied by TL to Mrs. William H. King, March 25, 1926 with same text as above

Manuscript box (Wylie, E.)     
Wylie, Horace. AL (copy) to [--?]. In verse
1893 Sept. 29
related corr.
( 3 p. )

Signed. Came with Elinor Wylie's correspondence with Horace Wylie

   
Financial and Legal Documents Table of Contents
   
Financial Documents Table of Contents
Manuscript box (Wylie)     
Wylie, Horace. "Expenses; annual, 1912." Holograph accounts
1912
financial docs.
( 4 leaves )

Came with the Elinor Wylie-Anne (McMichael) Hoyt corresondence

   
Legal Documents Table of Contents
Manuscript box (Wylie, E.)     
Rhode Island. Courts. Superior court. [Petition for divorce of Elinor Wylie from Horace Wylie, and final decree] Two printed forms (true copies) filled out in typescript
1922 Sept. 18; 1923 Oct. 1
legal docs.
( 1 p. each )

Originals signed. Horace Wylie's copies

Manuscript box (Wylie, E.)     
St. John's church, Washington, D. C. Certified copy of baptism record of Horace Wylie. Printed form filled out in ms.
1934 Jan. 15
legal docs.
( 1 item )

Signed Roland Cotton Smith

Manuscript box (Wylie, E.)     
St. Mark's church, Philadelphia, Pa. Certificate of baptism for Elinor Morton Hoyt, later Elinor Wylie. Broadside, 16 x 11 cm.
1885 Oct. 18
legal docs.
( 1 item )
Manuscript box     
Will. Typescript. Prepared by Emery, Booth, Janney & Varney, Boston
1916 Nov. 15
legal docs.
( 2 p. )

Signed by Wylie and three witnesses. Came with her correspondence with Horace Wylie

   
Portraits and Pictorial Works Table of Contents
   
Portraits Table of Contents
Manuscript box     
Photographs (19) of Elinor Wylie
n.d.
portraits
( 19 items )

Includes 7 photographs of Horace Wylie. Two photographs with ms. notes by Horace Wylie; also two envelopes annotated by him. Came with Elinor Wylie's correspondence with Horace Wylie

Manuscript box     
"Blonde que l'on connait". Original charcoal self-portrait. 15 x 15 cm.
n.d.
portraits
( 1 item )

With holograph note on verso. Came with her correspondence with Horace Wylie

   
Pictorial Works Table of Contents
Manuscript box     
In "borrowed" plumes. Original pencil drawing. 25 x 20 cm.
n.d.
pictorial works
( 1 item )

With ms. notes by Horace and Elinor Wylie on verso. Came with her correspondence with Horace Wylie

Manuscript box. In her: 48 AL, 13 ALS, 2 TLS, 1 TL, 3 telegrams to Horace Wylie. 1909-1928. On leaf conjugate with letter of [April 15, 1911] Folder 16     
Old house in Stuttgart tower. Original pencil sketch. 14 x 11 cm.
1911 Apr. 14
pictorial works
( 1 item )

Signed

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