Lowell, Amy, 1874-1925. Amy Lowell letters to various persons, 1915-1924: Guide.

Houghton Library, Harvard College Library

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Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138 USA

Last updated 2011 September 13

Descriptive Summary

Repository: Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University
Location: f
Call No.: MS Am 1721
Creator: Lowell, Amy, 1874-1925.
Title: Letters to various persons,
Date(s): 1915-1924.
Quantity: 1 volume (.1 linear ft.)
Language of materials: Collection materials are in English.
Abstract: Letters and manuscripts of American poet Amy Lowell.

Acquisition Information:

*62M-339. Purchased with the M. Gray fund; received: 1941.

Note: these manuscripts were originally accessioned as C1-8326F.

Access Restrictions:

There are no restrictions on physical access to this material.

Preferred Citation for Publication:

Amy Lowell Letters to Various Persons, 1915-1924 (MS Am 1721). Houghton Library, Harvard University.

Historical Note

Lowell was an American poet.

Scope and Content

Consists of 22 letters by Amy Lowell together with a few manuscripts of prefaces, reviews, and essays. Most of the letters are to William Stanley Braithwaite, editor, critic, and anthologist. Also includes a manuscript of Braithwaite's introduction to his 1921 Anthology of Magazine Verse.

Container List

Lowell, Amy, 1874-1925. 18 letters to William Stanley Braithwaite:
- (1) Brookline, 8 May [1915?] 1s. (1p.) telegram.
- (2) Same, 12 May [1915] 1s. (1p.) telegram.
- (3) Same, 7 Jun 1915. 1s. (1p.) telegram.
- (4) Same, 25 Aug [1915] 1s. (1p.) telegram.
- (5) Dublin, N. H., 23 Aug 1915. 1s. (1p.) telegram.
- (6) Same, 2 Sep 1915. 1s. (1p.)
- (7) Brookline, 29 Sep 1915. 1s. (1p.) telegram.
- (8) Same, 25 Oct 1915. 1s. (2p.)
- (9) Same, 2 Jun 1916. 1s. (1p.)
- (10) Dublin, N. H., 11 Aug 1916. 1s. (1p.)
- (11) Same, 17 Aug 1916. 2s. (3p.)
- (12) Same, 6 Sep 1916. 4s. (4p.)
  incl. preface to Men, Women, & Ghosts.
- (13) Brookline, 8 Sep 1919. 1s. (1p.)
- (14) Same, 3 Sep 1921. 1s. (1p.)
- (15) Same, 14 Sep 1921. 7s. (7p.)
- (16) Same, 11 Mar 1922. 1s. (1p.)
- (17) Same, 23 Sep 1922. 1s. (1p.)
- (18) Same, 5 Oct 1923. 1s. (1p.)

Lowell, Amy, 1874-1925. 3 letters to Maurice Firuski:
- (19) Brookline, 26 Jun 1919. 1s. (1p.)
- (20) Same, 31 Jul 1919. 1s. (1p.)
- (21) Same, 13 Sep 1919. 1s. (1p.)

(22) Lowell, Amy, 1874-1925. T.L.s. to [] McCreary; Brookline, 14 Jul 1924. 2s. (2p.)
Includes authorization for Miss Lowell to ask Richard Aldington for a monthly letter for Poetry review of America.

(23) Lowell, Amy, 1874-1925. Two imagist poets [review of books by Richard Aldington and F. S. Flint] TS. (carbon, unsigned); [n.p., 1916] 13f. (13p.)

(24) Lowell, Amy, 1874-1925. Preface [to Can Grande's castle.] TS. (carbon, unsigned); Brookline, 24 May 1918. 5s. (5p.)

(25) Lowell, Amy, 1874-1925. The imagists. TS. (with autograph revisions); [n.p., n.d.] 2s. (2p.)

(26) Braithwaite, William Stanley, 1878-1962. Introduction: reflections [to his 1921 anthology] TS. (unsigned); [Cambridge, 1921] 3s. (3p.)

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