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Collection of 1 autograph letter signed with initials, 5 typed letters signed with initials, and a carbon copy typescript of poem, "To the memory of E. E. Cummings" : location varies, to Gilbert Seldes

Title
  1. Collection of 1 autograph letter signed with initials, 5 typed letters signed with initials, and a carbon copy typescript of poem, "To the memory of E. E. Cummings" : location varies, to Gilbert Seldes, 1938-1968.
Author
  1. Burke, Kenneth, 1897-1993.

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FormatTextAccessPermit neededCall numberBerg Coll m.b. Burke, K A.l.s. to Seldes 1938Item locationSchwarzman Building - Berg Collection Room 320

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Additional authors
  1. Seldes, Gilbert, 1893-1970.
Description
  1. 7; 22-28 cm.
Summary
  1. Burke discusses his work and academic activities, comments on Seldes's news, and comments on the Dial, E.E. Cummings, Ernest Hemingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Sigmund Freud, and Arthur Schopenhauer.
Subject
  1. Freud, Sigmund, 1856-1939
  2. Schopenhauer, Arthur, 1788-1860
  3. Fitzgerald, F. Scott (Francis Scott), 1896-1940
  4. Dial (Chicago, Ill.)
  5. Cummings, E. E (Edward Estlin), 1894-1962
  6. Hemingway, Ernest, 1899-1961
Call number
  1. Berg Coll m.b. Burke, K A.l.s. to Seldes 1938
Note
  1. Collection consists of the following letters: autograph letter, signed, with initials "K.B." in blue pen, dated Aug. 19, 1938 and written from Chicago (with "Kenneth Burke" added in another hand in black felt-tip pen), 1 p.; typed letter, signed, with initials "K.B." in blue pen, dated Oct. 9, 1962 and written from Bennington, Vt., 1 p. (with accompanying 8-p. carbon copy typescript of Burke's poem, "To the Memory of E.E. Cummings"); typed letter, signed, with initials "K.B." in blue pen, dated Nov. 7, 1962 and written from Andover, N.J., with penciled annotations, 1 p.; typed letter, signed, with initials "K.B." in black pen, dated Jan. 1, 1965 and written from Santa Barbara, 1 p.; typed letter, signed, with initials "K.B." in black pen, dated May 14, 1967 and written from Andover, N.J., 1 p.; and typed letter, signed, with initials "K.B." in black pen, dated Dec. 17, 1968 and written from Brooklyn, N.Y., with signed autograph postscript, 2 p. (1 leaf).
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  1. Restricted access;
Author
  1. Burke, Kenneth, 1897-1993.
Title
  1. Collection of 1 autograph letter signed with initials, 5 typed letters signed with initials, and a carbon copy typescript of poem, "To the memory of E. E. Cummings" : location varies, to Gilbert Seldes, 1938-1968.
Access
  1. Restricted access; request permission from holding division.
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Added author
  1. Seldes, Gilbert, 1893-1970. Addressee
Research call number
  1. Berg Coll m.b. Burke, K A.l.s. to Seldes 1938
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