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Repository: Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University
Location: b, pf
Call No.: MS Am 1691.3
Creator: Eliot, T. S. (Thomas Stearns), 1888-1965.
Title: T. S. Eliot miscellaneous papers,
Date(s): 1910-1979.
Quantity: 2 boxes, 1 pf box (1 linear foot)
Abstract: Correspondence and compositions of the American poet, dramatist, and critic T. S. Eliot, with papers of family members and others.

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Historical Note

Eliot was an American poet, dramatist, and critic.

Arrangement

Arranged alphabetically by author.

Scope and Content

Includes correspondence, compositions, drawings, and photographs of T. S. Eliot, Henry Ware Eliot, Theresa Eliot, and others.

Container List

• Browne, Elliott Martin, 1900- . A.L.s. to Helen Delano Willard; London, 17 Nov 1973. 1s. (1p.)
  With material concerning a memorial service for Henzie (Raeburn) Browne.
  Acquisition Information: *73M-38(1). Gift of Miss Helen Delano Willard, Nov 1973.

• Chesterton, G. K. (Gilbert Keith), 1874-1936. T.L.s. to [T. S. (Thomas Stearns)] Eliot; Beaconsfield,13 May 1929. 1s. (2p.)
  Relates to Fr. Lancelot Andrewes.
  Acquisition Information: *44M-248F. Gift of Henry Ware Eliot, Jan. 1945.

• Eliot family summer home, exterior : photograph ; Gloucester (Mass.), [n.d.]. 1s. (1p.)
  With a copy negative and print.
  Acquisition Information: *96M-10. Gift of A. Lyell Rushton, III, 1996.

• Eliot, Henry Ware, 1879-1947. A.L.s. toCharlotte Eliot; Chicago, Nov.1912. 3s.(9p.) env.
  Acquisition Information: *75M-94. Gift of Mrs. Henry Ware Eliot, 18 Feb 1976.

• Eliot, Henry Ware, 1879-1947. T.L.s. to [William Henry] McCarthy; Cambridge, 1 Jul 1946. 1s. (1p.) env.
  With an A.MS.s. note by T. S. (Thomas Stearns) Eliot.
  Acquisition Information: *71M-75. Gift of Robert S. Pirie, 14 Feb 1972.

• Eliot, Henry Ware, 1879-1947. Picturesque mumps. TS.; London, [n.d.]. 6s. (6p.)
  With heading "Penny Peeps at Places." Satire of English countryside rambles.
  This item was missing from shelf in 1985.
  Acquisition Information: *47M-401. Gift of Mrs. Henry Ware Eliot, 1947.

• Eliot, Henry Ware, 1879-1947. Snowfall. TS. (carbon copy, unsigned) with MS. correction; Cambridge, [n.d.]. 27s. (27p.)
  Acquisition Information: *73M-60 (1). Gift of Mrs. Henry Ware Eliot, 14 May 1974.

• Eliot, T. S. (Thomas Stearns), 1888-1965. American literature and the American language. TS.s (initials); St. Louis, 9 June 1953. 31s. (31p.)
  With a few autograph revisions, and inscription: This is the copy I read from at Washington University [i.e., Washington University (Saint Louis, Mo.)].
  Acquisition Information: *53M-21F. Gift of Mrs. Henry Ware Eliot, Sep. 1953.

• Eliot, T. S. (Thomas Stearns), 1888-1965. Inscription to the Harvard University Harvard Union; A.MS.s., undated. 1s. (2p.) env.
  Inscription on title-page taken from a Harvard University Library copy of Eliot's Homage to John Dryden, Hogarth Press, 1927.
  Acquisition Information: *78M-68. Anonymous, 1979.

• Eliot, T. S. (Thomas Stearns), 1888-1965. The Jim Jum Bears are at their Tricks [first line of poem]. TS.s.; Cambridge, [1937]. 1s.(2p.)
  With note (removed from verso) by Mrs. T. C. Sturtevant: Written at request of my grandmother, Susan Hinkley, (who was Cousin Tom's Aunt), for my three sons Ebby, Benjamin and Roger Dane, for her to put in a picture book she was making for her great-grandsons, for Christmas, I believe in 1937.
  Acquisition Information: *97M-3. Gift of Mrs. Theodore C. Sturtevant, 15 July 1997.

• Eliot, T. S. (Thomas Stearns), 1888-1965. Journey of the Magi. A.MS.s. (negative and positive photostats); [n.p.], 24 July 1961. 6s.(6p.)
  Prints of a fair copy made for the Signet Club. The original was acquired by the University of Texas in 1965.
  Acquisition Information: *64M-204F. Gift of Mr. Alton E. Peters, 26 Apr 1965.

• Eliot, T. S. (Thomas Stearns), 1888-1965. T.L.s. to (Mrs.) Charles F.D. Belden; London, 15 May 1963. 1s. (2p.)
  His reply to her letter of condolence for the death of his sister.
  Acquisition Information: *68M-27. Gift of Women's Alliance of the First Church in Cambridge, 15 Aug 1968.

• Eliot, T. S. (Thomas Stearns), 1888-1965. 2 T.L.s. to Winthrop Sprague Brooks:
  • "Dear Jo and Nick"; Cambridge, 2 June 1955. 1s.(1p.)
  • "Dear Nick"; London, 18 July 1956. 1s.(2p.)
  Acquisition Information: *65M-67. Gift of Dr. Stanley Cobb, 10 Nov. 1965.

• Eliot, T. S. (Thomas Stearns), 1888-1965. T.L.s. to E[ugene] Merrick Dodd; London, 29 Apr. 1955. 1s.(2p.)
  Replying to an invitation to read in the Harvard advocate poets' series; with a printed invitation and a clipping from the Harvard crimson.
  Acquisition Information: *97M-32. Gift of Eugene Merrick Dodd, 1997.

• Eliot, T. S. (Thomas Stearns), 1888-1965. T.L.s. (Tom) to Henry [Ware Eliot]; London, 11 Nov. 1944. 1s.(1p.)
  With an A.MS.s. letter, Paris, ca. [1939], from James Joyce in re: copies of Finnegans wake.
  Acquisition Information: *44M-249-250F. Gift of Henry Ware Eliot, 16 Jan. 1945.

• Eliot, T. S. (Thomas Stearns), 1888-1965. T.L.s. to "Dear Cousin" [Samuel Eliot]; London, 31 Mar. 1951. 1s.(1p.)
  Acquisition Information: *53M-47. Gift of Miss Mary Bowditch, 10 Nov. 1953.

• Eliot, T. S. (Thomas Stearns), 1888-1965. T.L.s. (Tom) to Theresa [Eliot]; London, 11 June 1961. 1s. (2p.)
  Acquisition Information: *64M-257. Gift of Mrs. Henry Ware Eliot, 24 June 1965.

• Eliot, T. S. (Thomas Stearns), 1888-1965. 7 letters to Dorothy O. Elsmith:
  • Cambridge, 23 Sept. 1936. 1s. (1p.)
  • London, 4 Sept. 1942. 1s. (1p.)
  • London, 3 Oct. 1944. 2s. (2p.)
  • London, 5 Aug. 1946. 1s. (1p.)
  • London, 17 Apr. 1947. 1s. (1p.) incomplete
  • Cambridge, 14 May 1947. 1s. (1p.)
  • Princeton, 16 Nov. 1948. 1s. (1p.)
  Acquisition Information: *81M-72. Gift of Mrs. Dorothy O. Elsmith, Jun 1982.

• Eliot, T. S. (Thomas Stearns), 1888-1965. Letter to [Ford Madox] Ford, 1924 October 6. 1 folder.
  Acquisition Information: Gift of George A. Smathers Libraries, Department of Special and Area Studies Collections, University of Florida, 2006 November 20.

• Eliot, T. S. (Thomas Stearns), 1888-1965. T.L.s. to Clara (Tannenbaum) Glasser; London, 5 Apr. 1956. 1s.(1p.) env.
  With an A.L. (draft) from Mrs. Glasser to TSE, 21 Mar. [1956].
  Acquisition Information: *65M-18. Gift of Mrs. Clara M. Glasser, Aug. 1965.

• Eliot, T. S. (Thomas Stearns), 1888-1965. T.L.s. (photocopy) to William B. Goodman; London, 12 Oct 1961. 1s. (1p.).
  Concerns George Santayana and R. P. (Richard P.) Blackmur. With A.MS.s. note by Goodman to Perry Miller.
  Acquisition Information: Gift of Perry Miller, 1961.

• Eliot, T. S. (Thomas Stearns), 1888-1965. Telegram to James Craig La Drière; Princeton, 20 May 1947. 1s.(1p.)
  Acquisition Information: Bequest of James Craig La Drière, 1978.

• Eliot, T. S. (Thomas Stearns), 1888-1965. 3 T.L.s. to "Dear Matty " [Francis Otto Matthiessen]:
  • London, 22 Feb. 1949. 1s. (1p.)
  • London, 19 Aug. 1949. 1s. (1p.) env.
  • London, 7 Sept. 1949. 1s. (1p.) env.
  Acquisition Information: *66M-154 (1-3). Purchased from Hoffman and Freeman, 8 May 1967.

• Eliot, T. S. (Thomas Stearns), 1888-1965. T.L. (signed by secretary, Natalie Balck-Foote) to Constance M. Maxon; London, 9 May 1957. 1s.(2p.).
  Acquisition Information: *70M-107. Gift of Miss Constance M. Maxon, 26 May 1971.

• Eliot, T. S. (Thomas Stearns), 1888-1965. 8 T.L.s. to Edward Harry William Meyerstein:
  • London, 31 Mar. 1947. 1s.(1p.)
  • London, 16 Oct. 1947. 1s.(1p.). With note by C. (Cecil) Day Lewis at foot of page.
  • London, 27 Oct. 1947. 1s.(2p.)
  • London, 11 Nov. 1947. 1s.(1p.)
  • London, 15 Nov. 1947. 1s.(2p.)
  • London, 20 Nov. 1947. 1s.(1p.)
  • London, 20 Nov. 1947. 1s.(1p.)
  • London, 20 Nov. 1947. 1s.(1p.) postcard
  Acquisition Information: *52M-193-200. Purchased from Charles Archibald Stonehill, 4 Mar. 1953.

• Eliot, T. S. (Thomas Stearns), 1888-1965. T.L.s. to Anthony Netboy; London, 10 July 1934. 1s. (1p.).
  Acquisition Information: *81M-6. Gift of Anthony Netboy,Sept. 1981.

• Eliot, T. S. (Thomas Stearns), 1888-1965. T.L.s. to Arthur Colby Sprague; London, 8 Nov 1938. 2s. (2p.).
  Arranging a lecture tour for Louis MacNeice.
  Acquisition Information: *72M-40. Gift of Arthur Colby Sprague, 13 Mar 1970.

• Eliot, T. S. (Thomas Stearns), 1888-1965. 3 T.L.s. to Barbara (Welch) Sturtevant:
  • Princeton, 29 Oct. 1948. 1s. (1p.)
  • London, 27 July 1953. 1s. (1p.)
  • [London], 6 Aug. 1956. 1s. (2p.)
  Acquisition Information: *97M-3. Gift of Mrs. Theodore C. Sturtevant, 15 July 1997.

• Eliot, T. S. (Thomas Stearns), 1888-1965. T.L.s. to John Lincoln Sweeney; London, 29 Sep. 1952. 1s. (2p.)
  Acquisition Information: *68M-35. Gift of John L. Sweeney, 1968.

• Eliot, T. S. (Thomas Stearns), 1888-1965. 3 T.L.s. to John Lincoln Sweeney:
  • London, 5 Nov. 1952. 1s. (2p.)
  • London, 24 Oct. 1957. 1s. (2p.)
  • London, 17 May 1962. 1s. (2p.)
  Acquisition Information: *65M-131. Gift of John Lincoln Sweeney, 1 Mar. 1966.

• Eliot, T. S. (Thomas Stearns), 1888-1965. T.L.s. to Kenneth S. Warren; Chicago, 11 Oct. 1950. 1s. (1p.)
  Acquisition Information: *56M-164. Gift of Dr. Kenneth S. Warren, 15 Jan. 1957.

• Eliot, T. S. (Thomas Stearns), 1888-1965. T.L.s. to Helen Delano Willard; London, 10 Oct. 1963. 1s. (1p.)
  Acquisition Information: *63M-47. Gratis, Oct. 1963.

• Eliot, T. S. (Thomas Stearns), 1888-1965. Mr. Pugstyles. TS. (carbon copy, unsigned); [n.p., n.d.]. 1s. (1p.)
  Acquisition Information: *73M-60 (4). Gift of Mrs. Henry Ware Eliot, 14 May 1974.

• Eliot, T. S. (Thomas Stearns), 1888-1965. [Notes for lecture at University of Illinois]. A.MS. (unsigned); [n.p., June 1953]. 3s. (3p.)
  Acquisition Information: *53M-22F. Gift of Mrs. Henry Ware Eliot, Sep. 1953.

• Eliot, T. S. (Thomas Stearns), 1888-1965. On a portrait. A.MS.s.; [Cambridge (Mass.), ca. 1910]. 1s. (1p.)
  Added note by Eliot dated 24 June 1953. Originally published in the Harvard advocate.
  Acquisition Information: *52M-266. Presented by Harford Powel, 25 June 1953.

• Eliot, T. S. (Thomas Stearns), 1888-1965. The practical possum. TS. (carbon copy, unsigned); [n.p., n.d.]. 1s. (1p.)
  With a note in the hand of Valerie Eliot.
  Acquisition Information: *73M-60 (3). Gift of Mrs. Henry Ware Eliot, 14 May 1974.

• Eliot, T. S. (Thomas Stearns), 1888-1965. The problem of education. TS. (unsigned); [n.p., n.d.]. 3s. (3p.)
  Incomplete; lacks p. 2 and possibly the ending.
  Acquisition Information: *63M-175. Presented by Charles E. Pettie, 2 Mar. 1964.

• Eliot, T. S. (Thomas Stearns), 1888-1965. A. signature on Christmas card; [n.p., n.d.]. 1s. (2p.)
  Card no. 100 by the De La More Press.
  Acquisition Information: *49M-75. Presented by Dr. Eliot Porter, Oct. 1949.

• Eliot, T. S. (Thomas Stearns), 1888-1965. Song. A.MS.s.; [Cambridge (Mass.), ca. 1910]. 1s. (1p.)
  Added note by Eliot dated 24 June 1953. Originally published in the Harvard advocate.
  Acquisition Information: *52M-267. Presented by Harford Powel, 25 June 1953.

• Eliot, T. S. (Thomas Stearns), 1888-1965. The waste land by T.S. Eliot; a French translation... TS. with A.MS. annotations, [n.p., 1926]. 12s. (12p.)
  Translation by Jean de Menasce. "The type-written copy submitted to T. S. Eliot with his remarks. The translation appeared in L'esprit Paris, 1926." In decorative paper binding.
  Acquisition Information: *53M-114. Gift of Jean de Menasce, Feb. 1954.

• (pf) [Eliot, Theresa Garrett, 1884- ]? [M. Colgate?, depicted] : drawing : sanguine conte crayon, [n.p., n.d.].
  M..Colgate, noted in label appearing at lower right, is presumed to be the subject and Theresa Eliot the artist.
  Acquisition Information: *2003M-6. Gift of Mrs. Henry Ware Eliot, ca. 1978.

• Eliot, Theresa Garrett, 1884- . [T. S. Eliot, depicted] : drawing : pencil and crayon on paper, [n.p., n.d.].
  Acquisition Information: *73M-60 (2). Gift of Mrs. Henry Ware Eliot, 197414 May.

• (pf) Eliot, Theresa Garrett, 1884- . [T. S. Eliot, depicted] : drawing : charcoal and black ink with and under graphite, [n.p., n.d.].
  With manuscript greeting: Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. Inscription at lower left recto: Polishing Up the Old Sentiment / Henry W. Eliot.
  Acquisition Information: *2003M-6. Gift of Mrs. Henry Ware Eliot, ca. 1978.

• (pf) Eliot, Theresa Garrett, 1884- . [T. S. Eliot, depicted] : drawing : pastel on paper, [n.p., n.d.].
  Acquisition Information: *2003M-6. Gift of Mrs. Henry Ware Eliot, ca. 1978.

• (pf) Eliot, Theresa Garrett, 1884- . [Portrait of a woman] : drawing : drypoint, [n.p., n.d.].
  Acquisition Information: *2003M-6. Gift of Mrs. Henry Ware Eliot, ca. 1978.

• Eliot, Valerie. A.L.s. (postcard) to Barbara Sturtevant; Nassau, 1 Mar. 1959. 1s.(2p.)
  Acquisition Information: *97M-3. Gift of Mrs. Theodore C. Sturtevant, 15 July 1997.

• Emerson, Lillias. A.L.s. (postcard) to Thomas Stearns Eliot; [n.p., n.d.]. 1s.(2p.)
  Acquisition Information: *89M-20 (1). Gift of Ronald Newburgh, 6 Sept 1989.

• Gallup, Donald Clifford, 1913- . A.L.s. (Donald) to Theresa Eliot; New Haven, 5 Jan. 1965. 1s.(1p.). env.
  Acquisition Information: *64M-257. Gift of Mrs. Henry Ware Eliot, 24 June 1965.

• Gaye, Freda. A.L.s. to Helen Delano Willard; London, 13 Nov. 1973. 1s. (2p.)
  Acquisition Information: *73M-38 (2). Gift of Miss Helen Delano Willard, Nov 1973.

• Lamb, Aimee. [T.S. Eliot, depicted] : drawing : pencil on paper, Nassau, [1958]. 1 drawing 28 x 21 cm.
  Acquisition Information: *89M-6. Estate of Aimee and Rosamund Lamb, 5 Jun 1990.

• Photographs, 1993. 2s. (2p.)
  Includes:

  • framed quotation read at the Harvard centennial celebration of Eliot's birth;
  • plaque at Eliot's grave in East Coker (Somerset).
  Acquisition Information: *97M-3. Gift of Mrs. Theodore C. Sturtevant, 15 July 1997.

• Richards, I. A. (Ivor Armstrong), 1893- . A.L.s. (initials) to Teresa [Mrs. Henry Ware Eliot]; Bedford, [n.d.]. 1s. (2p.)
  Acquisition Information: *64M-257. Gift of Mrs. Henry Ware Eliot, 24 June 1965.

• Richmond, Bruce L. (Bruce Lyttleton), 1871-1964. A.L.s. to [T. S. (Thomas Stearns)] Eliot; London, 31 Dec. [1920]. 1s. (2p.)
  In re: articles by Eliot for the Times literary supplement.
  Acquisition Information: *44M-251F. Gift of Henry Ware Eliot, 16 Jan. 1945.

• Smith, Theodora Eliot, 1904- . A.L.s. (Christmas card) to T. S. (Thomas Stearns) Eliot; Boston, 22 Dec [n.y.]. 1s.(2p.)
  Acquisition Information: *89M-20 (2). Gift of Ronald Newburgh, 6 Sept 1989.

• Stoddard, George Dinsmore, 1897- . "Introduction of Mr. T. S. Eliot by President George D. Stoddard. "TS. (carbon copy, unsigned); [Urbana, Ill.], 4 June 1953. 4s. (3p.)
  With labeled folder covers.
  Acquisition Information: *53M-23. Gift of Mrs. Henry Ware Eliot, Sept. 1953.

• Woolcott, Barbara Hinkley Welsh. [T. S. (Thomas Stearns) Eliot]. Drawing : pencil and ink on paper, [n.p., n.d.].
  Acquisition Information: *97M-3. Gift of Mrs. Theodore C. Sturtevant, 15 July 1997.

• [ ], [Jean?]. A.L.s. to T. S. (Thomas Stearns) Eliot; Aubonne, 7 Sept. 1912. 1s.(2p.)
  Acquisition Information: *89M-20 (3). Gift of Ronald Newburgh, 6 Sept 1989.

• [ ]. MS.L. (unsigned) to [T. S. (Thomas Stearns)] Eliot; Battle, Sussex, 23 July 1920. 1s. (2p.)
  With a note in Eliot's hand: "From the handwriting, believe this to be from Lytton Strachey. Caetera desunt--"; and a 1945 note signed GWC refuting this.
  Acquisition Information: *44M-252F. Gift of Henry Ware Eliot, 16 Jan. 1945.