Research Catalog
William Meredith collection of papers
- Title
- William Meredith collection of papers, 1941-1973.
- Author
- Meredith, William, 1919-2007.
- Supplementary Content
- Finding Aid
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Mixed material | Permit needed | Berg Coll MSS Meredith | Schwarzman Building - Berg Collection Room 320 |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Auden, W. H. (Wystan Hugh), 1907-1973.
- Berryman, John, 1914-1972.
- Deutsch, Babette, 1895-1982.
- Eliot, T. S. (Thomas Stearns), 1888-1965.
- Hugo, Victor, 1802-1885.
- Jarrell, Randall, 1914-1965.
- Kallman, Chester, 1921-1975.
- Menashe, Samuel, 1925-2011.
- Merrill, James, 1926-1995.
- Pasternak, Boris Leonidovich, 1890-1960.
- Rukeyser, Muriel, 1913-1980.
- Salus, Peter H.
- Description
- 101 items.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Correspondence.
- Biography (note)
- William Meredith was an American poet, literary critic, librettist, and translator.
- Indexes/Finding Aids (note)
- Inventory list and card catalog available in repository.
- Provenance (note)
- This is a synthetic collection, created from materials acquired through gift and purchase from various sources. Previous owners include Mary von Schrader Jarrell and Muriel Rukeyser.
- Processing Action (note)
- Cataloged
- Call Number
- Berg Coll MSS Meredith
- Author
- Meredith, William, 1919-2007.
- Title
- William Meredith collection of papers, 1941-1973.
- Summary
- This is a synthetic collection consisting of manuscripts and typescripts, correspondence, and legal documents. The manuscripts and typescripts include poems by the author, as well as manuscript transcriptions of Robert Lowell's translations of the works of Victor Hugo and Boris Pasternak. The correspondence consists of letters from the author, dating from 1941 to 1973, to W. H. Auden, Babette Deutsch, Randall Jarrell, Chester Kallman, Samuel Menashe, Muriel Rukeyser, Peter Salus, and others, as well as a letter, dated 1969, from Chester Kallman to James Merrill relating to the author. There are letters to Meredith from W. H. Auden, John Berryman, T. S. Eliot, Chester Kallman, and Peter Salus, dating from [1955] to 1972.
- Biography
- William Meredith was an American poet, literary critic, librettist, and translator.
- Indexes
- Inventory list and card catalog available in repository.
- Connect to:
- Added Author
- Auden, W. H. (Wystan Hugh), 1907-1973.Berryman, John, 1914-1972.Deutsch, Babette, 1895-1982.Eliot, T. S. (Thomas Stearns), 1888-1965.Hugo, Victor, 1802-1885.Jarrell, Randall, 1914-1965.Kallman, Chester, 1921-1975.Menashe, Samuel, 1925-2011.Merrill, James, 1926-1995.Pasternak, Boris Leonidovich, 1890-1960.Rukeyser, Muriel, 1913-1980.Salus, Peter H.Jarrell, Mary. Former ownerRukeyser, Muriel, 1913-1980. Former owner
- Research Call Number
- Berg Coll MSS Meredith