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Title

Collection of 22 typed letters, signed; 24 autograph letters, signed; 9 postcards, signed; 6 greeting cards, signed; 4 notes, signed; and 2 poem cards, signed : primarily from York, Me., to Edwin James Kenney Jr., Susan McIlvanie Kenney, Jamie Kenney, and Anne Kenney, 1975 Feb. 6-1992 Dec. 12.

Author

Sarton, May, 1912-1995.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Kenney, Anne.
• Kenney, Edwin, 1942-1992.
• Kenney, Jamie.
• Kenney, Susan, 1941-
• Perrin, Noel.
• Saum, Karen, 1935-
• Sherman, Susan (Susan Jean), 1939-

Description

1 ill.; size varies.

Note

• Related correspondence comprises: Edwin Kenney to May Sarton, carbon copies and photocopies of 8 typed letters (Feb. 15, 1975-June 11, 1976); Noel Perrin to Edwin Kenney, 1 t.l.s., Oct. 10, 1975, 3 leaves of New England College English Association (NECEA) program on Robert Frost, May Sarton, and teaching Freshman English (Oct. 25, 1975), and 3 leaves of ms. notes on Sarton; Colby College President to Edwin Kenney, 2 t.l.s. regarding May Sarton program, with 1 leaf of ts. notes about Sarton by Kenney; Karen Saum to Edwin Kenney, 2 t.l.s. (Jan. 7, June 15, 1979), with 1 leaf ts. summary of video retrospective on May Sarton, "She Knew a Phoenix"; Susan Sherman to Susan Kenney, 4 t.l.s. (June 13, 1993-Aug. 4, 1996), 1 May Sarton memorial card, 1 memorial service card, 1 Sarton fund solicitation card, signed, 2 May Sarton poem cards with autograph notes, signed, 1 Holiday Greetings card (1999) with autograph note, signed.
• With: May Sarton c.v. photocopy (3 leaves); 1-leaf autograph note regarding "Journey into Solitude," in blue pen, for "Curriculum Vitae" timeline; typed c.v. timeline with "Journal of a Solitude" autograph note in blue pen; photocopy of 1 p. of Sarton autograph notes; photocopy of Puckerbrush Review (Winter 1992) containing Susan Kenney's article on Sarton's Journals; W.W. Norton notice of "May Sarton: Among the Usual Days."
• With inventory and notes by Susan Kenney about the correspondence.
• Edwin James Kenney Jr. (1942-1992) was a professor of English Literature at Colby College (Waterville, Maine), an essayist, literary scholar, and frequent book reviewer for The Nation, The New Republic, The Saturday Review, and The New York Times Book Review.
• Susan McIlvanie Kenney, the wife of Edwin Kenney, was a professor of English Literature and Creative Writing at Colby College, a fiction writer, scholar, and literary critic.
• James Kenney, the son of Edwin and Susan Kenney, was born in 1970; Anne Kenney, their daughter, was born in 1973.
• Susan Sherman is the editor of May Sarton's Selected Letters (N.Y.: Norton, 1997-) and other Sarton writings and was a close friend of the poet.

With (note)

• Collection includes related correspondence and other related materials, including Sarton's typed biographical time-line with an autograph addition in blue pen and a photocopy of her typed c.v.

Access (note)

• Restricted access;

Call Number

Berg Coll Cased Sarton A.l.s. to Kenney 1975

OCLC

768250854

Author

Sarton, May, 1912-1995.

Title

Collection of 22 typed letters, signed; 24 autograph letters, signed; 9 postcards, signed; 6 greeting cards, signed; 4 notes, signed; and 2 poem cards, signed : primarily from York, Me., to Edwin James Kenney Jr., Susan McIlvanie Kenney, Jamie Kenney, and Anne Kenney, 1975 Feb. 6-1992 Dec. 12.

With:

Collection includes related correspondence and other related materials, including Sarton's typed biographical time-line with an autograph addition in blue pen and a photocopy of her typed c.v.

Access

Restricted access; request permission from holding division.

Local Note

Donated by Susan M. Kenney, August 2, 2005.

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Added Author

Kenney, Anne. Addressee

Kenney, Edwin, 1942-1992. Addressee

Kenney, Jamie. Addressee

Kenney, Susan, 1941- Addressee. Donor

Perrin, Noel.

Saum, Karen, 1935-

Sherman, Susan (Susan Jean), 1939-

Research Call Number

Berg Coll Cased Sarton A.l.s. to Kenney 1975