Research Catalog

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Additional authors

1. Adams, Barbara.
2. Antell, Esther.
3. Davidson, Donald.
4. Graves, Robert, 1895-1985.
5. Jacobs, Marc.
6. Kirkham, Michael.
7. Mathias, James F.
8. Oliver, Mary, 1935-2019.
9. Schmidt, Michael, 1947-

Description

1. (77 manuscript boxes); 38.5 linear feet

Summary

1. Organized into 11 series: Series 1: Works by Laura Riding Jackson; Series 2: Correspondence; Series 3: Diaries; Series 4: Book reviews of Laura Riding Jackson’s works; Series 5: Criticism of Laura Riding Jackson’s works; Series 6: Photographs; Series 7: Documents; Series 8: Awards, bibliographies obituaries; Series 9: Ephemera; Series 10: Clippings; Series 11: Writings by others.

Subject

1. Diaries
2. Authors, American > 20th century
3. Language and languages > Study and teaching > 20th century
4. English languag > United States > Semantics
5. Manuscripts
6. American literature > 20th century
7. Jackson, Laura (Riding), 1901-1991 > Criticism and interpretation
8. American poetry > 20th century
9. Poetics > 20th century
10. Jackson, Schuyler B
11. Jackson, Laura (Riding), 1901-1991 > Ethics > 20th century
12. Meaning (Philosophy) > 20th century
13. Printed ephemera
14. Graves, Robert, 1895-1985 > Correspondence
15. Feminist criticism > United States
16. Graves, Robert, 1895-1985 > Criticism and interpretation
17. Jackson, Laura (Riding), 1901-1991 > Portraits
18. Jackson, Laura (Riding), 1901-1991 > Philosophy > 20th century
19. Correspondence
20. Graves, Robert, 1895-1985 > Diaries
21. Semantics > 20th century
22. Clippings files
23. Contracts
24. Modernism (Literature)
25. Wills
26. Criticism > United States > 20th century

Genre/Form

1. Clippings files.
2. Correspondence.
3. Contracts.
4. Diaries.
5. Manuscripts.
6. Printed ephemera.
7. Wills.

Call number

1. Berg Coll MSS Jackson 1924-1984

Note

1. Writings by others in the collection are chiefly about Laura Riding Jackson.
2. Documents series contains drafts of Laura Riding Jackson’s last will and testament.
3. Formerly owned by James F. Mathias (Saratoga, N.Y.), Vice President of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation (N.Y.), and, for a time, Riding’s literary executor.
4. Donated to the Berg Collection by Wilson S. Mathias, James F. Mathias’s son, on June 13, 2000.

With (note)

1. Numerous photocopies of correspondence, articles, and pamphlets, as well as original manuscript material.
2. 7 leaves of autograph manuscript journal entries by Robert Graves.
3. Photocopies of Jackson’s diaries for 1979-1980.
4. Letters from poet Mary Oliver and photocopies or carbons of Jackson’s replies.
5. Voluminous correspondence with publishers and editors.

Access (note)

1. Restricted access;

Author

1. Jackson, Laura (Riding), 1901-1991.

Title

1. Laura Riding Jackson papers, 1924-1984 (bulk, 1970-1984).

Imprint

1. New York, Saratoga, Wabasso (Fla.), etc., 1924-1984.

With:

1. Numerous photocopies of correspondence, articles, and pamphlets, as well as original manuscript material.
2. 7 leaves of autograph manuscript journal entries by Robert Graves.
3. Photocopies of Jackson’s diaries for 1979-1980.
4. Letters from poet Mary Oliver and photocopies or carbons of Jackson’s replies.
5. Voluminous correspondence with publishers and editors.

Local note

1. Shelved in downstairs vault.

Access

1. Restricted access; request permission in holding division.

Connect to:

1. Request access to this item in the Berg Collection
2. Finding Aid

Added author

1. Adams, Barbara. Addressee
2. Antell, Esther. Addressee
3. Davidson, Donald. Addressee
4. Graves, Robert, 1895-1985. Addressee
5. Jacobs, Marc.
6. Kirkham, Michael. Addressee
7. Mathias, James F.
8. Oliver, Mary, 1935-2019.
9. Oliver, Mary, 1935-2019. Addressee
10. Schmidt, Michael, 1947- Addressee
11. Mathias, James F. Former owner
12. Mathias, Wilson S. Donor

Research call number

1. Berg Coll MSS Jackson 1924-1984