]> brggriff Guide to the Howard Griffin collection of papers,1942-1975 Processed by Staff; Machine-readable finding aid created by Lynn Lobash and Nina Schneider.

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 Machine readable finding aid created 2006. Description is in English Berg Coll MSS GriffinGuide to the Howard Griffin collection of papers,1942-1975 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 Staff 2006 Lynn Lobash and Nina Schneider Processed and encoded through a gift from Gladys Kreible Delmas Foundation.

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 Descriptive Summary Howard Griffin collection of papers, 1942-1975 Griffin, Howard, 1915-1975. Berg Coll MSS Griffin160 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 and typescripts, as well as correspondence dating from 1942 to 1975. Subjects Personal Names Ansen, AlanAuden, W. H. (Wystan Hugh), 1907-1973. Bishop, Elizabeth 1911-1979 Bowles, Paul, 1910- Compton-Burnett, I. (Ivy), 1884-1969 Day Lewis, C. (Cecil), 1904-1972. Graves, Robert, 1895- Isherwood, Christopher, 1904- Kallman, Chester, 1921- Macaulay, Rose, Dame. Moore, Marianne, 1887-1972. Nemerov, Howard Nin, Anais, 1903-1977. O'Hara, Frank Plimpton, George Porter, Katherine Anne, 1890-1980. Spender, Stephen, 1909-1995. Steloff, Frances, b. 1887. Van Vechten, Carl, 1880-1964Warner, Sylvia Townsend, 1893- Subjects Auden, W. H. (Wystan Hugh), 1907-1973. O'Hara, Frank, 1926-1966. Document Types Correspondence Administration Information 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

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

 Scope and Content Note

This is a synthetic collection consisting of manuscripts and typescripts, as well as correspondence dating from 1951 to 1964. 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. The bulk of the correspondence is addressed 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.

Series Descriptions Manuscripts and Typescripts Manuscript box Auden, Wystan Hugh. [Exam] The meaning and technique of poetry. Typescript (mimeographed) handouts and final examination, with Howard Griffin's ms. annotations. A course he taught at the New School for Social Research, New York 1948 typescripts (emended) 19 p. Manuscript box (Auden) [Conversation with Wystan Hugh Auden]. Holograph and typescript drafts (incomplete) of dialogues 1949 Nov. 14 - 1950 Mar. 15 ms. 161 p. in 9 folders Manuscript box (Auden) [Conversation with Wystan Hugh Auden] Typescript and typescript (carbon) drafts of 5 dialogues (1 complete), with the author's ms. corrections n.d. typescripts (emended) 244 p. in 11 folders Manuscript box (Auden) Idiom of W. H. Auden, The. Typescript draft (incomplete) and 2 typescript (carbon, incomplete) drafts of essay with the author's ms. corrections n.d. typescripts (emended) 3 items Manuscript box (O'Hara, F.) [Notes on Frank O'Hara]. Holograph draft c. 1966 ms. 19 p. Manuscript box (Isherwood) [Portrait of a novelist, A]. Holograph and typescript drafts (incomplete) of article with the author's ms. corrections. A conversation with Christopher Isherwood 1957 Oct. 11 ms. 29 p. Manuscript box (Isherwood) [Portrait of a novelist, A]. Typescript draft of article with the author's ms. corrections n.d. typescripts (emended) 15 p.

Signed

(Auden) [Shakespeare's plays and sonnets]. Typescript of notes on lectures by W. H. Auden with his ms. corrections. From lectures given at the New School (New York) in 1946-1947 and later published in The enchafed flood (1950) 1949 Feb. 13 typescripts (emended) 190 p.

Detailed list of contents laid in

Manuscript box (Auden) W. H. A[uden]. Typescript draft (incomplete) of article with the author's ms. corrections n.d. typescripts (emended) 1 p. Correspondence Outgoing Correspondence Manuscript box (Gotham) Steloff, 6 ALS to Frances 1951 Apr. 13 - 1964 Jan. 9 corr. Out 6 items

With ALS by Claire Griffin, Nov. 15, 1954

Incoming Correspondence Manuscript box Ansen, Alan. ANS to Griffin. On card 1953 May 28 in. corr 1 item

With: Auden, W. H. 21 ALS, 1 AL (incomplete), etc. to Howard Griffin. Folder 2

Manuscript box Auden, Wystan Hugh. 21 Als, 1 AL (incomplete), 3 TLS, 1 postcard to Griffin 1946 Oct. 26 - [1969] Dec. 22 in. corr 26 items

With a printed birthday invitation for Feb. 21, 1961. Folder 4. Accompanied by: Ansen, Alan. 1 ANS to Griffin, May 28, 1953. On card

Manuscript box Benet, William Rose. 2 ALS, 2 TLS, 2 TL, 2 TNS, 1 TN to Griffin 1947 June 27 - 1950 Jan. 6 in. corr 9 items in 2 folders Manuscript box Betjeman, John. 2 TLS to Griffin 1957 Jan. 30; 1957 Feb. 7 in. corr 2 items Manuscript box Bishop, Elizabeth. 1 TLS to Griffin 1975 Aug. 27 in. corr 1 leaf Manuscript box Bowles, Paul. 1 TLS to Griffin 1973 Aug. 29 in. corr 1 p. Manuscript box Brinnin, John Malcolm. Postcard to Griffin 1959 May 10 in. corr 1 item Manuscript box Broughton, James. 2 ALS, 1 TLS, 1 TLS (mutilated) to Griffin. One dated Sept. 29 [n.y.]; two undated 1949 Apr. 15 in. corr 4 items Manuscript box Bynner, Witter. 2 TLS to Griffin 1951 May 25; 1951 Aug. 16 in. corr 1 p. each Manuscript box Caetani, Marguerite. 3 ALS to Griffin. Dated July 20 [n.y.], June 11 [n.y.], and Sept. 19 [n.y.] in. corr 3 items Manuscript box Compton-Burnett, Ivy. 1 ALS to Griffin 1961 Nov. 12 in. corr 1 leaf Manuscript box Davidson, Gustav. 2 ALS, 2 TLS to Griffin 1948 Apr. 16 - 1948 Sept. 30 in. corr 4 items Manuscript box Day, Dorothy. Postcard to Griffin 1950 Jan. 28 in. corr 1 item Manuscript box Day-Lewis, Cecil. 1 ALS to Griffin 1962 Aug. 31 in. corr 1 leaf Manuscript box Farrar, John Chipman. TNS to Griffin 1947 Nov. 28 in. corr 1 p. Manuscript box Fowlie, Wallace. 5 ALS to Griffin 1954 May 30 - 1957 Dec. 31 in. corr 5 items Manuscript box Goll, Claire. ALS to Griffin 1953 Jan. 8 in. corr 1 p. Manuscript box Graves, Robert. ALS to Griffin 1958 May 10 in. corr 1 p. Manuscript box Holmes, John. 2 TLS to Griffin 1954 Apr. 30; 1954 Dec. 1 in. corr 2 items Manuscript box Isherwood, Christopher. 2 ALS, 1 TLS, 3 postcards to Griffin [1952] Jan. 6 - [1957] Jan. 26 in. corr 6 items in 1 folder Manuscript box Isherwood, Christopher. TLS to Griffin [n.y.] Sept. 14 in. corr 1 p. Manuscript box (Griffin) Johnson, Spud. TLS to Griffin 1954 June 23 in. corr 1 p. Manuscript box Kallamn, Chester. ANS to Griffin [n.d.] in. corr 1 p.

With his: [Poems]. Typescript and typescript (carbon) of four poems.

Manuscript box (Auden) Kallman, Chester. Telegram to Griffin. Relates to W. H. Auden [n.d.] in. corr 1 item Manuscript box Kinross, Patick, Lord. ALS to Griffin 1957 Feb. 12 in. corr 1 p. Manuscript box (O'Hara, F.) Le Seur, Joseph. TLs to Griffin. Relates to Frank O'Hara 1966 Oct. 17 in. corr 1 p. Manuscript box Lehmann, John. TLS to Griffin 1954 Aug. 13 in. corr 1 p. Manuscript box Luhan, Mabel Dodge. ALS to Griffin [n.d.] in. corr 1 p. Manuscript box Macaulay, Rose. 2 postcard to Griffin [1958] Mar. 26; [1958] Apr. 9 in. corr 2 items Manuscript box Macdonald, Dwight. ALS, TLS to Griffin. One undated 1948 Nov. 12 in. corr 2 items Manuscript box Moore, Marianne. 7 ALS, 2 ANS, 1 TLS to Griffin 1950 Jan. 18 - 1956 June 26 in. corr 10 items Manuscript box Nemerov, Howard. 2 TLS to Griffin 1947 June 27; [n.y.] July 25 in. corr 1 p. each Manuscript box Nin, Anais. Postcard to Griffin 1951 July 16 in. corr 1 item Manuscript box O'Hara, Frank. 2 TLS to Griffin 1957 Jan. 26; 1957 Dec. 5 in. corr 1 p. each

One signed "Clifford"

Manuscript box O'Hara, Frank. TLS, postcard to Griffin 1955 Oct. 14; 1956 Aug. 28 in. corr 2 items Manuscript box Partisan Review. TL to Griffin 1950 May 5 in. corr 1 leaf

Signed William Barrett

Manuscript box Plimpton, George. TLS to Griffin [n.d.] in. corr 1 p. Manuscript box (Griffin) Poetry. AL, TL to Griffin 1948 July 30; 194[?] Oct. 23 in. corr 2 items

AL signed Marion Strobel; TL signed Hayden Carruth

Manuscript box Porter, Katherine Anne. 2 ALS, 2 TLS to Griffin 1954 July 15 - 1957 Jan. 28 in. corr 4 items Manuscript box Rahv, Philip. TNS to Griffin 1953 Aug. 18 in. corr 1 p. Manuscript box Raine, Kathleen J. ALS to Griffin [n.d.] in. corr 1 leaf Manuscript box Ransom, John Crowe. 3 ALS to Griffin. One date Aug. 20 [n.y.]; another dated Sept. 6 [n.y.] 1946 Oct. 10 in. corr 1 p. each Manuscript box Reik, Theodor. ALS to Griffin 1954 Apr. 29 in. corr 1 p. Manuscript box Spender, Stephen. ALS, 3 TLS, postcard to Griffin 1953 Nov. 4 - 1957 Nov. 28 in. corr 5 items Manuscript box Speyer, Leonora (von Stosch). 3 ALS to Griffin. One dated Oct. 15 [n.y.], another dated Sunday 24 [n.d.] [1950] July 5 in. corr 3 items Manuscript box Steegmuller, Francis. ALS to Griffin 1947? Apr. 8 in. corr 1 leaf Manuscript box Stephan, Ruth. ALS to Griffin 1948 Jan. 11 in. corr 1 p. Manuscript box Van Doren, Mark. 4 ALS, 1 TLS, postcard to Griffin 1942 May 7 - 1955 July 31 in. corr 6 items Manuscript box Van Vechten, Carl. TLS to Griffin 1950 Feb. 15 in. corr 1 p. Manuscript box Viereck, Peter. TLS to Griffin [n.y.] Nov. 12 in. corr 1 p. Manuscript box Warner, Sylvia Townsend. ALS to Griffin 1972 Dec. 7 in. corr 2 p. Manuscript box Weiss, Theodore. 5 ALS, postcard to Griffin 1947 Jan. 9 - 1957 Mar. 13 in. corr 6 items Manuscript box West, Rebecca [pseud.]. Postcard to Griffin 1947 July 10 in. corr 1 item Manuscript box Wheelock, John Hall. TLS to Griffin 1949 Oct. 18 in. corr 1 p.