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- Emilie Amram, ACS postcard 7/24/1965.
- Michael Biddle, ALS 8/6/1965.
- Carley Dawson, TLS 7/25, 1965.
- Bernice Kenyon Gilkyson, TLS 8/10/1965 with TMsS by Gilkyson, "Of This My Craft (Plus Comment on Allen Tate," (2 pages).
- Elizabeth Kray, ALS 7/20/1965.
- Charles Philbrick, TLS 9/21/1965?, with reference to Mary and Conrad Aiken, and meeting Allen Tate and Isabella Gardner.
- C.H. Sharp, 2 TLS 7/22/1965, 8/25/1965 with lengthy comments on Biddle's article.
- Donald E. Stanford, ALS 7/21/1965.
- Adelaide Walker, ALS c.1965.
- Charles R. Walker, ALS c.1965.
- Carroll _____?
Box: 26 Fold: 5 by Allen Tate: "The Battle of Gettysburg" (Lecture) Box: 26 Fold: 6 by Allen Tate: "A Southern Mode of the Imagination" (Lecture) Box: 26 Fold: 7 re Allen Tate: "The Courage of Irony..." by K. Biddle Box: 26 Fold: 8 re Allen Tate: "The Courage of Irony..." by K. Biddle Box: 26 Fold: 9 re Allen Tate: "The Courage of Irony..." by K. Biddle Box: 26 Fold: 10 re Allen Tate: Notes by Katherine Biddle Box: 26 Fold: 11 by Allen Tate: Suggestions for "The Other Journey" by K. Biddle Box: 26 Fold: 12 re Allen Tate: Printed Articles (clippings) Box: 27 Fold: 1 Caroline Tate Box: 27 Fold: 2 Isabella Gardner
* Note: To be distinguished from the artist Isabella Stewart Gardner (1840-1924). The poet Isabella (Stewart) Gardner (1915-1981) will hereafter be referred to as Isabella Gardner.
Box: 27 Fold: 3 Isabella Gardner Box: 27 Fold: 3.1 Isabella Gardner Box: 27 Fold: 4 Isabella Gardner
- ALS 4/2/1960 (2 pages/1 sheet). Reference to visits from Herbert Read and Red Warren (Robert Penn Warren?).
- ALS 4/26/1960 (3 pages/2 sheets), with thanks for an enjoyable dinner party and mention of meeting Allen Tate and poet Robert Lowell for a stroll around Dumbarton Oaks. Reference also to visiting the home of Katherine Anne Porter.
Box: 27 Fold: 5 Isabella Gardner Box: 27 Fold: 6 Isabella Gardner
- ALS 5/2/1962 (2 pages/1 sheet), inviting the Biddles to a lunch with Robert Lowell and Katherine Anne Porter.
- ALS 5/17/1962 (4 pages/2 sheets). Reference to dining with Karl Shapiro.
Box: 27 Fold: 7 Isabella Gardner Box: 27 Fold: 8 Isabella Gardner
- ALS 10/29/1962 (3 pages/1 sheet). Reference to Conrad Aiken; to John Steinbeck's winning the Nobel Prize; to Delmore Schwartz; and to a fight between Stanley Kunitz and Oscar Williams after a lecture by Herbert Read.
- ACs postcard 11/14/1962. Reference to receiving a copy of Francis Biddle's book (probably volume two of his autobiography, "In Brief Authority").
Box: 27 Fold: 9 Isabella Gardner
- ALS 3/3/1964 (6 pages/3 sheets), with regrets that she and Allen Tate will be unable to visit the Biddles in Washington, given Tate's hectic lecture schedule. Reference also to her children Rose van Kirk and Daniel Seymour. Also news of visits from Robert Speaight, W.H. Auden, and John Logan in Minneapolis; and of upcoming lecture by Joseph Warren Beach which she hopes will be attended also by Stephen Spender. Mentions illness of Andrew Lytle.
- ACS postcard 3/10/1964.
Box: 27 Fold: 10 Isabella Gardner
- ALS 7/8/1964 (4 pages/4 sheets). Reference to daily routine during a sojourn in Italy; to plans to see Nannina Fossi and Elizabetta Mariano ("Nicky").
- ALS 7/18/1964 (1 sheet), with remarks on a proposed anthology of poetry dedicated to John F. Kennedy.
Box: 27 Fold: 11 Isabella Gardner Box: 27 Fold: 12 Isabella Gardner Box: 27 Fold: 13 Isabella Gardner
- ALS 7/13/1965 (6 pages/3 sheets). Reference to summer travel plans; visiting Barbara Guest; and relationship with Allen Tate.
- ACS postcard 7/22/1965.
Box: 27 Fold: 14 Isabella Gardner Box: 27 Fold: 15 Isabella Gardner Box: 27 Fold: 16 Isabella Gardner
- ACS postcard 10/3/1965.
- ACS postcard 10/10/1965.
- ALS 10/11/1965 (9 pages/9 sheets). Reference to relationship with Allen Tate.
Box: 27 Fold: 17 Isabella Gardner Box: 27 Fold: 18 Isabella Gardner
September 21, 1966
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence to Katherine Biddle from Allen Tate: TLS 9/21/1966 (1 page). Reference to beginning work on his memoir; and to Helen Heinz.
November 2, 1966
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence to Katherine Biddle from Allen Tate: TLS 11/2/1966 (1 page), with news of travels to the "Finger Lakes colleges -- Hobart, Ithaca, etc..."
November 18, 1966
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence to Katherine Biddle from Allen Tate: TLS 11/18/1966 (1 page).
December 4, 1966
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence to Katherine Biddle from Allen Tate: TLS 12/4/1966 (1 page). Reference to Helen Heinz.
December 31, 1966
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence to Katherine Biddle from Allen Tate: TLS 12/31/1966 (1 page). Reference to George Biddle and Helene Sardeau.
January 31, 1967
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence to Katherine Biddle from Allen Tate: TLS 1/31/1967 (2 pages/1 sheet), with news of settling in Nashville, Tennessee.
April 1, 1967
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence to Katherine Biddle from Allen Tate: TLS 4/1/1967 (1 page). Reference to visiting Conrad and Mary Aiken.
April 19, 1967
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence to Katherine Biddle from Allen Tate: ALS 4/19/1967 (1 page).
May 9, 1967
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence to Katherine Biddle from Allen Tate: TLS 5/9/1967 (1 page). Reference to William Claire.
June 3, 1967
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence to Katherine Biddle from Allen Tate: TLS 6/3/1967 (1 page). Reference to John Ranson, John Hall Wheelock, Katherine Anne Porter, Truman Capote, George Biddle and Helene Sardeau at an awards ceremony of the American Academy of Arts and Letters in New York.
June 20, 1967
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence to Katherine Biddle from Allen Tate: TLS 6/20/1967 (1 page) with attached TL copy of letter from Tate to William Claire regarding the manuscript of an article the latter wrote on Katherine Biddle.
September 8, 1967
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence to Katherine Biddle from Allen Tate: ALS 9/8/1967 (2 pages/1 sheet). Reference to complications arising from the premature births of twin sons, John Allen and Michael Paul.
September 20, 1967
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence to Katherine Biddle from Allen Tate: ALS 9/20/1967 (2 pages/1 sheet). Includes photograph of the Tate home in Sewanee.
November 2, 1967
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence to Katherine Biddle from Allen Tate: TCS postcard 11/2/1967. Reference to health of his sons and to concern for the health of Conrad Aiken.
December 29, 1967
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence to Katherine Biddle from Allen Tate: ALS 12/29/1967 (2 pages/2 sheets). Reference to prospective election as president of the Institute of Arts and Letters.
January 22, 1968
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence to Katherine Biddle from Allen Tate: TLS 1/22/1968 (2 pages/1 sheet). Reference to Conrad Aiken and to Kathleen Raine.
March 29, 1968
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence to Katherine Biddle from Allen Tate: ACS postcard 3/29/1968.
July 9, 1968
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence to Katherine Biddle from Allen Tate: TLS 7/9/1968 (1 page). Reference to Robert Lowell.
August 2, 1968
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence to Katherine Biddle from Allen Tate: ALS (1 page) with envelope postmarked 8/2/1968. Reference to death of son Michael Paul.
August 17, 1968
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence to Katherine Biddle from Allen Tate: ALS 8/17/1968 (2 pages/1 sheet). Reference to death of son Michael Paul.
August 20, 1968
DESCRIPTION: Prayer card for Allen Tate's son, Michael Paul (1967-1968). Includes envelope postmarked 8/20/1968.
September 7, 1968
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence to Katherine Biddle from Allen Tate: ALS 9/7/1968 (1 page) with envelope and attached autograph manuscript of verse written in memory of his son Michael Paul.
October 6, 1968
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence to Katherine Biddle from Allen Tate: ALS 10/6/1968 (2 pages/2 sheets). Reference to death of Francis Biddle.
October 19, 1968
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence to Katherine Biddle from Allen Tate: ALS 10/19/1968 (1 page), notifying that he will attend the memorial service for Francis Biddle.
October 25, 1968
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence to Katherine Biddle from Allen Tate: ALS 10/25/1968 (1 page). Reference to speaking at the memorial service for Francis Biddle.
November 3, 1968
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence to Katherine Biddle from Allen Tate: ALS 11/3/1968 (1 page) with attached autograph transcription of a translation of Catullus by Aubrey Beardsley. Reference to visit from Malcolm Cowley.
November 14, 1968
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence to Katherine Biddle from Allen Tate: ALS 11/14/1968 (2 pages/1 sheet). Reference to death of Francis Biddle.
November 25, 1968
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence to Katherine Biddle from Allen Tate: ALS 11/25/1968 (1 page).
December 15, 1968
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence to Katherine Biddle from Allen Tate: ALS 12/15/1968 (2 pages/1 sheet).
January 23, 1969
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence to Katherine Biddle from Allen Tate: ALS 1/23/1969 (2 pages/1 sheet with envelope). Reference to William Yandell Elliott and William Jay Smith.
February 4, 1969
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence to Katherine Biddle from Allen Tate: ALS 2/4/1969 (2 pages/1 sheet). Reference to William Jay Smith.
February 28, 1969
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence to Katherine Biddle from Allen Tate: ALS 2/28/1969 (2 pages/1 sheet). Reference to writing his memoirs.
April 26, 1969
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence to Katherine Biddle from Allen Tate: ALS 4/26/1969 (2 pages/1 sheet). Reference to William Jay Smith.
June 20, 1969
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence to Katherine Biddle from Allen Tate: ALS 6/20/1969 (2 pages/1 sheet). Reference to "Essays of Four Decades," (1968); and to Conrad Aiken.
July 7, 1969
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence to Katherine Biddle from Allen Tate: ALS 7/7/1969 (2 pages/1 sheet). Reference to Conrad Aiken. Includes typescript, inscribed and signed, of a poem: "Sonitus uxori quae aetatem bonam et filio nostriqui kalendas XVIII habet..." (1 page).
August 25, 1969
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence to Katherine Biddle from Allen Tate: ALS 8/25/1969 (1 page). Reference to progress on memoir.
November 23, 1969
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence to Katherine Biddle from Allen Tate: ALS 11/23/1969 (1 page).
January 25, 1970
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence to Katherine Biddle from Allen Tate: ALS 1/25/1970 (2 pages/1 sheet). Reference to domestic life and upcoming conference at the Library of Congress organized by Roy Basler.
March 11, 1970
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence to Katherine Biddle from Allen Tate: ALS 3/11/1970 (2 pages/1 sheet). Reference to death of Louise Bogan.
April 21, 1970
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence to Katherine Biddle from Allen Tate: ALS 4/21/1970 (1 page), with news of return to Minneapolis for a few days. Includes 5 color photographs of baby sons John Michael and Paul Allen, and house.
May 15, 1970
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence to Katherine Biddle from Allen Tate: ALS 5/15/1970 (2 pages/1 sheet). Reference to proofreading poems for publication; and to Alexis Leger.
August 25 1970
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence to Katherine Biddle from Allen Tate: ALS 8/25/1970 (2 pages/1 sheet). Reference to travels in Europe; to seeing Robert Lowell in London; and to George Biddle.
October 22, 1970
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence to Katherine Biddle from Allen Tate: ALS 10/22/1970 (2 pages/1 sheet with envelope). Reference to giving a reading in New York with John Hall Wheelock; and to writing a review of the second edition of Conrad Aiken's "Collected Poems," (Oxford University Press, 1970).
December 4, 1970
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence to Katherine Biddle from Allen Tate: ACS 12/4/1970. Reference to writing a review for Conrad Aiken's "Collected Poems," second edition (Oxford University Press, 1970).
January 4, 1971
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence to Katherine Biddle from Allen Tate: ALS 1/4/1971 (2 pages/1 sheet), with an offer to assist in preparation of an anthology of Marguerite Caetani's literary journal, "Botteghe Oscure"; and to Iris Origo.
April 7, 1971
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence to Katherine Biddle from Allen Tate: ALS 4/7/1971 (3 pages/ 2 sheets). Reference to George Biddle's wish to elect Iris Origo a member of the Academy of Arts and Letters.
August 11, 1971
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence to Katherine Biddle from Allen Tate: ALS 8/11/1971 (1 page). Reference to work on his memoir and aborted attempts to go on holiday.
September 7, 1971
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence to Katherine Biddle from Allen Tate: ALS 9/7/1971 (1 page). Reference to visiting Robert Fitzgerald.
February 15, 1972
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence to Katherine Biddle from Allen Tate: ALS 2/15/1972 (2 pages/1 sheet). Reference to Conrad Aiken; and to the American publication of Tate's poems, "The Swimmers and Other Selected Poems," (Scribners, 1971).
April 20, 1972
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence to Katherine Biddle from Allen Tate: ALS 4/20/1972 (3 pages/2 sheets), with praise for an article by Biddle on Tate. Reference to health of George Biddle, Iris Origo and husband Antonio, and Conrad Aiken (who was in danger of losing his home in Savannah).
September 9, 1972
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence to Katherine Biddle from Allen Tate: ALS 9/9/1972 (2 pages/1 sheet), with news of recent illness and recovery.
November 15 1972
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence to Katherine Biddle from Allen Tate: ALS 11/15/1972 (2 pages/1 sheet), enclosing a clipping of an autobiographical essay by Tate, "A Lost Traveller's Dream," (in The Michigan Quarterly Review," Autumn 1972), inscribed and signed. A note to the article reads: "This...constitutes the opening chapter of a memoir to be entitled, A Lost Traveller's Dream."
Christmas 1972
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence to Katherine Biddle from Allen Tate: Christmas card, inscribed and signed, with references to departed friends Cornelia Chapin, Mark Van Doren and Franklin Watkins ("Watty").
March 12, 1958
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence to Francis Biddle from Allen Tate: ALS 3/12/1958 (1 page), inquiring after the former's health.
November 3, 1958
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence to Francis Biddle from Allen Tate: ALS 11/3/1958 (4 pages/2 sheets), writing from Oxford where he was lecturing.
April 2, 1959
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence to Francis Biddle from Allen Tate: TLS 4/2/1959 (1 page). Reference to relationship with Isabella Gardner.
May 23, 1959
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence to Francis Biddle from Allen Tate: ALS 5/23/1959 (2 pages/1 sheet). Reference to divorce with Caroline Tate; and to Robert Lowell's reaction to Isabella Gardner.
April 2, 1960
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence to Francis Biddle from Allen Tate: TLS 4/2/1960 (2 pages/1 sheet), with wishes for a speedy recovery from an accident on the ice.
October 6, 1961
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence to Francis Biddle from Allen Tate: TLS 10/6/1961 (2 pages/1 sheet), with praise for Biddle's book, "Justice Holmes."
September 4, 1963
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence to Francis Biddle from Allen Tate: ALS 9/4/1963 (2 pages/1 sheet). Reference to Nannina Fossi and death of Louis MacNeice.
October 19, 1965
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence to Francis Biddle from Allen Tate: TLS 10/19/1965 (2 pages/2 sheets), responding to ALS 10/17/1965 from Biddle. Reference to Isabella Gardner.
February 7, 1966
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence to Francis Biddle from Allen Tate: ALS 2/7/1966 (1 page).
October 13, 1966
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence to Francis Biddle from Allen Tate: TLS 10/13/1966 (1 page). Reference to Tate's memoir, a work in progress.
March 12, 1967
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence to Francis Biddle from Allen Tate: TLS 3/12/1967 (1 page) with attached typescript of commencement address to be given by Tate at the University of Minnesota, March 18, 1967 (11 pages). Includes TL 4/11/1967 with comments by Francis Biddle.
April 19, 1967
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence to Francis Biddle from Allen Tate: TLS 4/19/1967 (1 page). Reference to his lecture circuit.
April 24, 1968
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence to Francis Biddle from Allen Tate: TLS 4/24/1968 (2 pages/1 sheet). Reference to Biddle's book, "Mr. Justice Holmes," (Scribners, 1942); and to personal finances. Includes 3 TL 3/25/1968, 4/18/1968, 4/29/1968, from Francis Biddle.
undated
DESCRIPTION: Autograph note undated on postcard from Allen Tate?
undated
DESCRIPTION: Autograph limerick, signed, by Allen Tate for Katherine Biddle's birthday (undated).
c.1936
DESCRIPTION: Typed note, signed with initials, by Allen Tate regarding the background to a private edition of his poems, "The Mediterranean and Other Poems."
undated
DESCRIPTION: Autograph drafts of letters from Katherine Biddle to Allen Tate.
1965
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence to Katherine Biddle from Robert Evett: 3 TLS 4/28/1965, 6/3/1965, 8/28/1965. Reference to articles by Biddle on Allen Tate and Katherine Anne Porter for the New Republic. Includes AL draft from Biddle.
undated
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence to Katherine Biddle from Robert Lowell: ACS postcard undated. Reference to an article on Allen Tate by Biddle.
November 12, 1965
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence to Katherine Biddle from Stephen Spender: ALS 11/12/1965 (1 page), with praise for her article on Allen Tate.
1965
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence to Katherine Biddle regarding her review on Allen Tate, "The Courage of Iron," (New Republic, July 24, 1965; see Folder 26:7).
February 14, 1963
DESCRIPTION: Typescript of a lecture delivered by Allen Tate at the University of Minnesota, February 14, 1963. Entitled, "The Battle of Gettysburg: Why It was Fought," (18 pages).
undated
DESCRIPTION: Carbon copy of typescript of a lecture by Allen Tate entitled, "A Southern Mode of the Imagination, cir. 1918 to the Present," (undated, 21 pages).
July 24, 1965
DESCRIPTION: Typescript and printed copy of a review of Allen Tate's work by Katherine Biddle. Entitled, "The Courage of Irony, the Poetry of Allen Tate," (in the New Republic, July 24, 1965).
July 1965
DESCRIPTION: Autograph manuscript and drafts of article by Katherine Biddle on Allen Tate, entitled, "The Courage of Irony."
July 1965
DESCRIPTION: Typescripts and drafts of article on Allen Tate by Katherine Biddle, entitled, "The Courage of Irony."
January 1964
DESCRIPTION: Notebook containing autograph notes on Allen Tate by Katherine Biddle.
undated
DESCRIPTION: Autograph notes by Allen Tate and Katherine Biddle re the publication of "The Other Journey," by Biddle (Minnesota Press, 1959).
1960-65
DESCRIPTION: Clippings of journal and newspaper articles re Allen Tate. Includes clippings of printed poems, "Ode to the Confederate Dead," and "The Swimmers."
undated
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence to Katherine Biddle from Caroline Tate: 2 TLS dated, "Wednesday," and "January twenty eighth," respectively (2 pages). Reference to meeting Charlie Chaplin at a party; and to Herbert Read and T.S. Eliot.
March 20, 1959
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence to Katherine Biddle from Isabella (Stewart) Gardner*: ALS 3/20/1959 (8 pages/4 sheets). Reference to divorce, children, Allen Tate, and Robert Lowell.
September 28, 1959
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence to Katherine Biddle from Isabella Gardner: ALS 9/28/1959 with envelope (7 pages/4 sheets), with news of travels on the East Coast with Allen Tate. Includes ANS by Tate at the end.
March 20, 1960
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence to Katherine Biddle from Isabella Gardner: ACS postcard 3/20/1960.
April 1960
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence to Katherine Biddle from Isabella Gardner:
October 7, 1961
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence to Katherine Biddle from Isabella Gardner: ALS 10/7/1961 (2 pages/1 sheet). Reference to Biddle's article on Conrad Aiken (title not mentioned).
May 1962
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence to Katherine Biddle from Isabella Gardner:
June 2, 1962
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence to Katherine Biddle from Isabella Gardner: ALS 6/2/1962 (4 pages/2 sheets). Reference to son Daniel Seymour.
October to November 1962
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence to Katherine Biddle from Isabella Gardner:
March 1964
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence to Katherine Biddle from Isabella Gardner:
July 1964
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence to Katherine Biddle from Isabella Gardner:
December 19, 1964
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence to Katherine Biddle from Isabella Gardner: ALS 12/19/1964 (3 pages/2 sheets). Reference to domestic life; and to Edward Dahlberg.
March 25, 1965
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence to Katherine Biddle from Isabella Gardner: ALS 3/25/1965 (2 pages/1 sheet), with suggestions for guestlist for a party to be given by the Biddles.
July 1965
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence to Katherine Biddle from Isabella Gardner:
August 21, 1965
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence to Katherine Biddle from Isabella Gardner: ALS 8/21/1965 (1 page). Reference to death of Adlai Stevenson.
September 23, 1965
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence to Katherine Biddle from Isabella Gardner: ALS 9/23/1965 (2 pages/2 sheets). Reference to Allen Tate and Andrew Lytle.
October 1965
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence to Katherine Biddle from Isabella Gardner:
October 24, 1965
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence to Francis Biddle from Isabella Gardner: ALS 10/24/1965 (4 pages/2 sheets). Reference to relationship with Allen Tate and possible divorce proceedings.
October 18, 1965
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence to Katherine Biddle from Isabella Gardner: ALS 10/18/1965 (11 pages/11 sheets) with reference to her relationship with Allen Tate.
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