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Machine readable finding aid created 2006. Description is in English Berg Coll MSS AikenGuide to the Conrad Aiken collection of papers,1913-1963 The Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature The New York Public LibraryNew York, New York The Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature. New York Public Library. Room 320. Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street New York, NY 10018-2788 (212) 930-0802 brgref@nypl.org http://nypl.org/research/chss/spe/brg/berg.html Processed by: Staff Date Completed: 2006 Encoded By: Lynn Lobash and Nina Schneider Processed and encoded through a gift from Gladys Kreible Delmas Foundation.

Descriptive Summary Conrad Aiken collection of papers, 1913-1963 Aiken, Conrad, 1889-1973. Berg Coll MSS Aiken63 items The New York Public Library. The Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature

New York, New York

This is a synthetic collection consisting of manuscripts, typescripts, correspondence by and about the author, and notebooks for 1913 through 1927. Subjects Personal Names Firuski, Maurice. Jarrell, Randall, 1914-1965.Kreymborg, Alfred, 1883-1966.Raine, Kathleen, 1908-Rukeyser, Muriel, 1913-Sarton, May, 1912-Steloff, Frances, b. 1887.Symons, Julian, 1912-Untermeyer, Louis, 1885-1977. Subjects Aiken, Conrad, 1889-1973. Document Types Correspondence. Notebooks. Administration Information 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

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

Scope and Content Note

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 Manuscripts & Typescripts 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 Outgoing 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 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 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