Box: 30 Fold: 13.2 Langston Hughes Box: 30 Fold: 14 Langston Hughes - Articles about Box: 30 Fold: 15 Hubert Humphrey Box: 30 Fold: 16 Jane Ickes (Mrs. Harold Ickes) Box: 30 Fold: 17 McNair Ilgenfritz Box: 30 Fold: 18 Sturgis Ingersoll Box: 30 Fold: 19 Florence & Bill Ivins Box: 30 Fold: 19.1 Robert Jackson Box: 30 Fold: 20 Lady Bird Johnson Box: 30 Fold: 21 Mary Johnson Box: 30 Fold: 22 Eithne Wilkins Kaiser Box: 30 Fold: 23 Eithne & Ernst Kaiser Box: 30 Fold: 24 Joseph Joel Keith Box: 30 Fold: 25 Joseph Joel Keith Box: 30 Fold: 26 Joseph Joel Keith Box: 30 Fold: 27 Joseph Joel Keith Box: 30 Fold: 28 Charlotte Kellogg Box: 30 Fold: 29 Eleanora Kissel Box: 30 Fold: 30 Alfred Kreymborg Box: 30 Fold: 31 Stanley Kunitz Box: 30 Fold: 32 Stanley Kunitz - Article about Box: 30 Fold: 33 Margaret Landon Box: 30 Fold: 34 Emmet Lavery
- TLS dated 3/24/1946 (2 pages/2 sheets) with reference to his nomination to run for Congress.
- ACS 6/11/1971 with typed announcement of an NBC TV presentation entitled, "Continental Congress: 1976" to star Lloyd Bridges and Burgess Meredith.
- TLS dated 12/23/1971 with attached copy of printed article about Lavery's friendship with Pope Paul VI.
Box: 30 Fold: 35 Frieda Lawrence Box: 30 Fold: 36 Ruth Lechlitner Box: 30 Fold: 37 Clare Leighton Box: 30 Fold: 38 Harry Levin: "Charles Dickens (1812-1870)" Box: 30 Fold: 39 Harry Levin: "What Was Modernism?" Box: 30 Fold: 40 Harry Levin: "William Carlos Williams and the Old World" Box: 30 Fold: 41 Harry Levin: "Wonderland Revisited" Box: 30 Fold: 42 Harry Levin - Preface to Renato Poggioli's Essays Box: 30 Fold: 43 Anthony J. Lewis Box: 30 Fold: 44 Madeline Lins Box: 30 Fold: 45 Calvin D. Linton Box: 30 Fold: 46 Joseph W. Lippincott Box: 30 Fold: 47 Walter Lippmann Box: 30 Fold: 48 Alain Locke to Cornelia Chapin Box: 30 Fold: 49 Alain Locke to Charlotte Mason Box: 30 Fold: 50 Kathleen Louchheim Box: 30 Fold: 51 Robert Lowell Box: 30 Fold: 52 Robert Lowell Box: 30 Fold: 53 Robert Lowell Box: 30 Fold: 54 Robert Lowell - Printed Items Box: 30 Fold: 55 Charles & Jacqueline Lucet Box: 30 Fold: 56 Willard Luther Box: 30 Fold: 57 by Kemp Malone - Article: "Oldest England" Box: 30 Fold: 58 by Kemp Malone - Article: "Our Literary Heritage..." Box: 30 Fold: 59 Laurence Adams Malone Box: 30 Fold: 60 Jackson Matthews Box: 30 Fold: 61 Arthur Meigs Box: 30 Fold: 62 Lowell Mellett Box: 30 Fold: 63 Constance Mellon
Box: 30 Fold: 64 Rachel Mellon (?)(Mrs. Paul Mellon) Box: 30 Fold: 65 Gian Carlo Menotti Box: 30 Fold: 66 William Meredith Box: 30 Fold: 67 William Meredith - Printed Items
Box: 30 Fold: 68 William Stanley Merwin Box: 30 Fold: 69 Agnes E. Meyer Box: 31 Fold: 1 Amy Miller (Mrs. Lawrence K. Miller) Box: 31 Fold: 2 Mary Britton Miller Box: 31 Fold: 3 Mary Owings Miller Box: 31 Fold: 4 Robert Mitchell Box: 31 Fold: 5 Marianne Moore
Box: 31 Fold: 6 Marianne Moore from Katherine Biddle Box: 31 Fold: 7 Marianne Moore - Articles about (clippings) Box: 31 Fold: 8 Logan Morrill Box: 31 Fold: 9 Helene Mullins
- Printed notice of publication of volume of poems by Mullins, "The Mirrored Walls," (New York: Twayne Publishers, 1970).
Box: 31 Fold: 10 Ines Munoz Box: 31 Fold: 11 William Arthur Neubauer Box: 31 Fold: 12 John Nef Box: 31 Fold: 13 Douglas T. Newbold Box: 31 Fold: 14 Louise Townsend Nicholl Box: 31 Fold: 15 Winifred Nicholson Box: 31 Fold: 16 Marjorie (Lady) Oaksey Box: 31 Fold: 17 Eleanor Ober Box: 31 Fold: 18 Victoria Ocampo Box: 31 Fold: 19 Charlton Ogburn
Box: 31 Fold: 20 Eugene Ormandy Box: 31 Fold: 21 Eugene Ormandy Box: 31 Fold: 22 Eugene Ormandy Box: 31 Fold: 23 Eugene Ormandy Box: 31 Fold: 24 Eugene Ormandy Box: 31 Fold: 25 Sir William David Ormsby Gore Box: 31 Fold: 26 Isabel Paterson Box: 31 Fold: 27 Milo Perkins Box: 31 Fold: 28 Charles Philbrick
Box: 31 Fold: 29 Marjorie & Duncan Phillips Box: 31 Fold: 30 Lena Poillon Box: 31 Fold: 31 Katherine Anne Porter Box: 31 Fold: 32 Katherine Anne Porter Box: 31 Fold: 33 Kathleen Raine
Box: 31 Fold: 34 Kathleen Raine Box: 31 Fold: 35 Kathleen Raine Box: 31 Fold: 36 Kathleen Raine Box: 31 Fold: 37 Kathleen Raine Box: 31 Fold: 38 Kathleen Raine Box: 31 Fold: 39 Kathleen Raine Box: 31 Fold: 40 Kathleen Raine Box: 31 Fold: 41 Kathleen Raine Box: 31 Fold: 42 Kathleen Raine Box: 31 Fold: 43 Kathleen Raine
September 6, 1930
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence to Katherine Biddle from Langston Hughes: ALS 9/6/1930 (7 pages/4 sheets). Reference to Biddle's new book of poems, "Outside of the World." Reference also to Charlotte Mason. Includes AL draft from Biddle dated November 14, 19?
1983
DESCRIPTION: Clipping of review of biography on Langston Hughes by Faith Berry, "Before and Beyond Harlem," (Westport, Conn.: Lawrence Hill & Co., 1983).
May 3, 1971
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence to Katherine Biddle from Hubert Humphrey: TLS 5/3/1971 (1 page) accepting an invitation to a party.
March 19, 1951
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence to Katherine Biddle from Jane Ickes: TLS 3/19/1951 with reference to hearing Biddle reading her poetry on the radio.
1936 and undated
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence to Katherine Biddle from composer McNair Ilgenfritz: 2 TLS dated 6/18/1936, 6/26/1936 and 2 TLS and ACS undated. Reference to setting Biddle's poetry to music, particularly, "Moon Shadow."
1952-61
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence to Katherine Biddle from R. Sturgis Ingersoll: 3 TLS dated 12/2/1952, 12/13/1954, 12/26/1961, with praise for Biddle's poetry.
New Year 1927
DESCRIPTION: Autograph and illustrated manuscript signed by Florence Ivins and Bill Ivins, entitled, "A Parable of Art Critics and of Collectors..." (New Year 1927).
August 5, 1941
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence to Katherine Biddle from Justice Robert Jackson: ALS (with envelope postmarked 8/5/1941), acknowledging receipt of a telegram from the former in lieu of being able to attend a cocktail party in Jackson's honor.
February 8, 1973
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence to Katherine Biddle from Lady Bird Johnson: TLS 2/8/1973 (1 page with envelope), acknowledging a letter (not included in the collection) from Biddle re death of Lyndon B. Johnson.
1942-69
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence to Katherine Biddle from Mary Johnson, secretary to Francis Biddle: 3 TLS dating from 1942-69.
1953-60
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence to Katherine Biddle from friend Eithne Kaiser (nee Wilkins): 9 TLS dating from 1953 to 1960. Includes TLS undated. Reference to Conrad Aiken and to obtaining renewal for a fellowship with the Bollingen Foundation. Also reference to translation work with husband Ernst Kaiser on "The Man Without Qualities," by Robert Musil.
October 1956
DESCRIPTION: Reprint of translation by Eithne and Ernst Kaiser of "The Perfecting of Love" by Robert Musil. Reprinted from the "Botteghe Oscure" no.XVIII. Inscribed and dated October 1956.
February 18, 1960
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence to Katherine Biddle from poet Joseph Joel Keith: TLS 2/18/1960 (2 pages/1 sheet). Reference to Robert Evrett who was to be guest editor of "The Lyric."
1963
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence to Katherine Biddle from Joseph Joel Keith: 3 ALS dated 4/16/1963 with attached TLS 4/1/1963 from David Moody, Los Angeles City College, inviting Francis Biddle to lecture; 5/2/1963; c.June 1963 with attached typed poem signed by Keith, "Colt."
1964
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence to Katherine Biddle from Joseph Joel Keith: 4 ALS dated 2/25/1964 (with envelope); 6/8/1964; 11/1/1964 with attached printed announcement of a new volume of poems by Keith, "Across the Dark"; 11/18/1964 (with envelope). Reference to a proposed anthology of poetry dedicated to John F. Kennedy.
undated
DESCRIPTION: Autograph and typed fragments of notes by Joseph Joel Keith. Includes empty envelope addressed to Katherine and Francis Biddle.
1935-57
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence to Katherine Biddle from friend Charlotte Kellogg: letters dating from 1935-57.
1944-65
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence to Katherine Biddle from friend Eleanora Kissel: letters dating from 1944-65.
1939-60
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence to Katherine Biddle from writer Alfred Kreymborg and wife Dorothy: 4 TLS dated 10/24/1939, 3/29/1941, 10/22/1948, 2/6/1960. Includes ACS Christmas card.
1959-67
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence to Katherine Biddle from poet Stanley Kunitz: 2 ALS dated 9/16/1959 and 3/23/1960. Includes ACS 9/14/1967 from wife Elise Kunitz.
March 22, 1960
DESCRIPTION: Clipping of newspaper article about Stanley Kunitz.
May 20, 1973
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence to Katherine Biddle from writer Margaret Landon: TLS 5/20/1973 with reference to her book, "Anna and the King of Siam." Includes TL carbon from Biddle in reply.
1946-71
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence to Katherine Biddle from playwright Emmet Lavery:
October 9, 1939
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence to Katherine Biddle from Frieda Lawrence: ALS 10/9/1939 (3 pages/2 sheets). Includes ANS from Eleanora Kissel with whom Lawrence was visiting in Taos, New Mexico. Lawrence remarks on Mark Twain
November 9, 1937
DESCRIPTION: Printed notice to Katherine Biddle re her nomination of Ruth Lechlitner for the Shelley Memorial Award, 1937.
August 2, 1966
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence to Katherine Biddle from artist/sculptor Clare Leighton: ALS c. August 1966 (2 pages/1 sheet). Reference to her work and to "Mary and Conrad" (Aiken?).
Autumn 1970
DESCRIPTION: Reprint of article by Harry Levin, "Charles Dickens (1812-1870)" from "The American Scholar, vol.39, no.4, Autumn 1970. Inscribed to Katherine Biddle and signed by Levin.
Spring 1960
DESCRIPTION: Reprint of an article by Harry Levin, "What Was Modernism?" from a symposium, "Varieties of Literary Experiences." Inscribed and initialled by Levin.
Summer 1970
DESCRIPTION: Reprint of an article by Harry Levin, "William Carlos Williams and the Old World," from The Yale Review, Summer 1970.
c.1966?
DESCRIPTION: Reprint of an article by Harry Levin, "Wonderland Revisited," re the centennial of the publication of Lewis Carroll's "Alice in Wonderland."
1965/1969
DESCRIPTION: Xerox copy of the inscribed flyleaf, title page and table of contents for Renato Poggioli's "The Spirit of the Letter: Essays in European Literature," (Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1965). Preface is by Harry Levin. Autograph inscription is to Katherine Biddle, signed Levin and dated 10/6/1969.
November 20, 1972
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence to Katherine Biddle from writer Anthony J. Lewis: TLS 11/20/1972. Reference to Justice John Harlan.
1935-73
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence to Katherine Biddle from her accountant(?) Madeline Lins: letters dating from 1935 to 1972.
1970
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence to Katherine Biddle from Calvin D. Linton: 2 TLS dated 6/9/1970, 6/17/1970 with attached copy of typescript for an address given by Linton at George Washington University, entitled, "The Other Harmony" (23 pages).
February 7, 1928
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence to Katherine Biddle from writer/publisher Joseph W. Lippincott: TLS 2/7/1928 with praise for her poem, "Nancy Hanks."
undated
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence to Katherine Biddle from Walter Lippmann: ALS undated re a recent visit to Philadelphia to read a paper. Includes ACS invitation to celebrate the 75th birthday of Lippmann's wife Helen Byrne Lippmann (undated).
December 25, 1946
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence to Cornelia Chapin from Alain Locke: TL carbon copy, signed, dated 12/25/1946. Reference to plans for depositing his papers art collection at Howard University.
April 12, 1939
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence from Alain Locke to Charlotte Mason: ALS dated 4/12/1939 (4 pages/2 sheets with envelope). Reference to hearing an address by Harold Ickes and a concert given by singer Marian Anderson.
1965-73
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence to Katherine Biddle from writer Kathleen Louchheim ("Katie"): ALS 28/1965, TLS 12/16/1966, ALS 12/10/1969, TLS 2/13/1973, with praise for Biddle's poetry.
March 30, 1954
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence to Katherine Biddle from poet Robert Lowell ("Cal"): TLS dated 3/30/1954 (1 page/1 sheet). Reference to divorce with Elizabeth Hardwick; and to Marguerite Caetani.
January 14, 1961
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence to Katherine Biddle from Robert Lowell: TLS 1/14/1961 (1 page/1 sheet).
August 15, 1966
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence to Katherine Biddle from Robert Lowell: TLS dated 8/15/1966 (1 page/1 sheet). Reference to William Jay Smith's birthday tribute to France Biddle.
c.1959-68
DESCRIPTION: Clippings of book reviews and articles on Robert Lowell. Includes clippings of printed poems by Lowell: "Soft Wood," "The Flaw," "Night Sweat," and "R.F.K. (1925-1968)."
1968-72
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence to Katherine Biddle from Charles Lucet, French ambassador to the U.S., and wife Jacqueline: TLS 3/4/1968 (in French) and ACS 9/15/1972. Includes newspaper article clipping re the departure of the ambassador and his wife from the U.S. (4/6/1972).
1918-30
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence to Katherine Biddle from friend Willard Luther: letters dating from 1918 to 1930 with comments and compliments on her poetry. Includes typed manuscript signed by Luther for an untitled poem, "Give me, O Lord, the steel of life..."
October 1949
DESCRIPTION: Reprint of article by Kemp Malone, "Oldest England" (in "The Emory University Quarterly," October 1949). Inscribed to Katherine Biddle and signed by the author.
May 1950
DESCRIPTION: Reprint of article by Kemp Malone: "Our Literary Heritage and the Book of Common Prayer," (from the "Maryland Churchman," May 1950). Inscribed to Katherine Biddle and initialled by the author.
1970-72
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence to Katherine Biddle from poet Laurence Adams Malone: ACS c.December 1972 written on announcement card for Malone's book, "From Eden...And Evolving World"; TLS undated; and 2 typescripts of poems signed by Malone, "Spring's Moods," "I am a Thorn in the Side of Spring," and "The Door."
April 17, 1966
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence to Katherine Biddle from writer Jackson Mattews: ALS 4/17/1966 (with envelope).
1928-50
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence to Katherine Biddle from architect Arthur Meigs: 4 ALS & 2 TLS dating from 1928-50 with comments and compliments on her poetry.
December 29, 1942
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence to Katherine Biddle from Lowell Mellett: TLS 12/29/1942 with reference to a film by Lester Cowan, "The Commandos Strike at Dawn."
undated
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence to Katherine Biddle from Constance Mellon: 2 ALS undated.
c.1951
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence to Katherine Biddle from Rachel Mellon (Mrs. Paul Mellon): ALS undated with reference (possibly) to the marriage of Biddle's son Edmund Randolph (1951).
June 8, 1950
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence to Katherine Biddle from composer Gian Carlo Menotti: ALS c.6/8/1950 (3 pages/2 sheets), with reference to his new opera, "The Consul."
1963-71
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence to Katherine Biddle from poet William Meredith: ALS 12/8/1964; TLS 3/4/1967 with envelope and autograph manuscript of poem, "Whorls" inscribed to Biddle and signed by Meredith; ALS December 1967 bearing autograph manuscript of poem, "In the Canyon"; TN giving change of address with envelope postmarked 12/23/1968, enclosing autograph manuscript of poem, "Literary Uncle, Worldly Niece," inscribed and signed by Meredith; ACS 4/28/1969; autograph poem, "His Students," inscribed and signed by Meredith (New Year's 1971); ALS October 30, 19?
c.1972
DESCRIPTION: Clippings of printed poems by William Meredith: "The Chinese Banyan Tree," and "After the Gala (A Hard Look at the Bing Years)." Includes information about Meredith's work as poetry editor of "Poetry Pilot."
May 2, 1967
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence to Katherine Biddle from writer and poet William Stanley Merwin: ALS 5/2/1967 with envelope (1 page).
1940
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence to Katherine Biddle from Agnes E. Meyer: ALS 6/4/1940 and TLS 6/11/1940.
Dated February "30" 1967
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence to Katherine Biddle from Amy Miller (Mrs. Lawrence K. Miller): TLS 2/(30)/1967 enclosing printed items relating to activities of the Melville Society at the Hancock Shaker Village in Massachusetts. Includes reference to Leonard Kastle's work, "The Pariahs."
June 6, 1932
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence to Katherine Biddle from poet Mary Britton Miller: ALS 6/6/1932 acknowledging a review by Biddle of a recently published book by Miller.
Fall 1957
DESCRIPTION: Issue of "Prairie Schooner," inscribed to Katherine Biddle and signed by poet Mary Owings Miller. Issue includes two poems by Miller, "Dylan Thomas," and "Exhibits in a Personal Museum," (p. 210-11).
April 18, 1961
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence to Katherine Biddle from poet Robert Mitchell: TLS 4/18/1961 forwarding a copy of his book, "The End and Other Poems," (not included in collection).
August 19, 1959
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence to Katherine Biddle from poet Marianne Moore: ALS 8/19/1959 (1 page/1 sheet). Reference to nomination of Leonie Adams to the Academy of American Poets.
c. 1966
DESCRIPTION: Autograph drafts of letters from Katherine Biddle to Marianne Moore. Includes invitation card to celebrate the publication of Moore's book, "Tell Me, Tell Me; Granite Steel, and Other Topics," (Viking Press, 1966).
1955-72
DESCRIPTION: Clippings of newspaper articles and reviews about Marianne Moore. Includes obituary (1972).
1965-71
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence to Katherine Biddle from Logan Morrill: TLS 5/23/1972 with reference to Biddle's poetry and enclosing samples of his own, including, "Variations for Christmas," (collection of Christmas verses); "Christmas Variation XIII" (1966); "Song in December" (1968); "Matin" (typescript, 1971); "In July Two Artists Died," (typescript, 1969).
1969-70
DESCRIPTION: - Printed Christmas poem by Helene Mullins, "Christmas 1969," inscribed to Katherine Biddle and signed.
1941, 1966, and undated letters
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence to Katherine Biddle from friend Ines Munoz (Mrs. Luis Munoz Marin): ALS 9/6/1941; printed Christmas card, 1966; and 6 ALS undated.
March 1, 1930
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence to Katherine Biddle from William Arthur Neubauer: ALS 3/1/1930 with comments on her poetry.
1972
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence to Katherine Biddle from John Nef: ACS 5/12/1972; TLS 6/1/1972.
1962-71
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence to Katherine Biddle from Douglas T. Newbold: 3 ALS, 2 TLS dating from 1962 to 1971.
June 19, 1959
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence to Katherine Biddle from poet Louise Townsend Nicholl: TLS 6/19/1959 (1 page). Reference to her poetry, especially poem entitled, "The House." Reference also to the Poetry Society of America.
1965
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence to Katherine Biddle from Winifred Nicholson: 3 ALS 1/13/1965, 1/18/1965 and undated. Reference to mutual friend Kathleen Raine and to Lelia Howard (nee Caetani).
1965-71
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence to Katherine Biddle from Marjorie Oaksey, wife of Geoffrey (Lord) Oaksey: 6 ALS dated 6/3/1965, 8/16/1966, 1/30/1967, 12/16/1970, 10/19/1971, 12/19/1971 with attached obituary for Lord Oaksey. Includes 7 ALS undated.
1936-55
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence to Katherine Biddle from friend Eleanor Ober: 2 ALS 4/15/1936 and 11/7/1955.
1958-64
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence to Katherine Biddle from Victoria Ocampo: 8 ALS (in French) dated 3/19/1958 with reference to translating "Under Milkwood" by Dylan Thomas, and meeting Thomas sometimes in New York; 8/1/1958; 11/17/1959; 12/23/1959; 1/7/1960; 4/4/1960 with reference to Alexis and Dorothy Leger; 8/24/1960 expressing concern at not hearing from Alexis Leger; 9/?/1964 with reference to poet Alberto Girri who translated some of Biddle's poetry and who would shortly visit the U.S.
1942-62
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence to Katherine Biddle from Charlton Ogburn: TLS 5/20/1942 written to Francis Biddle enclosing a typed letter from a friend at the "Savannah Morning News," with reference to Katherine Biddle. Includes 6 TLS from Ogburn to Katherine Biddle dated 12/24/1942, 12/14/1943, 9/1/1944, 2/28/1945, 12/25/1960 and 2/7/1962. Also includes ALS and TLS undated. Reference to Alexis Leger and reviews of his work by Katherine Biddle.
1947-1951
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence to Katherine Biddle from conductor Eugene Ormandy: 3 TLS dated 12/8/1947, 1/5/1948, 10/4/1951 (total: 3 pages), concerning the disposition of a piano that the Biddles had given him for his dressing room.
November 1, 1951
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence to Katherine Biddle from Eugene Ormandy: TLS 11/1/1951 (1 page), with reference to the Steinway piano in his dressing room.
March 5, 1952
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence to Katherine Biddle from Eugene Ormandy: TLS 3/5/1952 (1 page), with reference to renovating the Steinway given to him by the Biddles.
March 25, 1952
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence to Katherine Biddle from Eugene Ormandy: TLS 3/25/1952 (1 page), with reference to the Steinway piano and to inviting the Biddles to accompany Mrs. Ormandy to a concert.
March 31, 1952
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence to Katherine Biddle from Eugene Ormandy: TLS 3/31/1952 (1 page), with regard to returning the Steinway piano.
1962-67
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence to Katherine Biddle from Sir William David Ormsby Gore: ALS 12/9/1967 and Christmas card with envelope postmarked 12/13/1967. Includes TLS 10/29/1962 from wife Sylvia Ormsby Gore.
February 16, 1933(?)
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence to Katherine Biddle from Isabel Paterson: TLS dated 2/16/1933(?) and TLS undated with reference to "Elinor" (poet, Elinor Wylie?).
March 3, 1960
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence from Milo Perkins to Richard Harvill, president, university of Arizona, introducing Francis and Katherine Biddle: TLS 3/3/1960 with envelope.
1959-1963
DESCRIPTION: Reprint of poem, "Voyages Down," by Charles Philbrick. Inscribed to Katherine Biddle and signed by Philbrick. Includes copy of typescript of "New England Suite," inscribed to Biddle and signed by Philbrick (9/7/1959).
1941-68
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence to Katherine Biddle from friends Marjorie and Duncan Phillips: 4 letters dating from 1941 to 1968. Reference to Biddle's poetry and to Alexis and Dorothy Leger.
1935-36
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence to Katherine Biddle from friend Lena Poillon: 3 ALS and telegram dating from 1935 to 1936.
December 20, 1964
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence to Katherine Biddle from writer Katherine Anne Porter: ALS 12/20/1964 (3 pages/3 sheets). Reference to travels in Mexico for the State Department and to John L. Brown.
March 28, 1965
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence to Katherine Biddle from Katherine Anne Porter: TLS 3/28/1965 (1 page with envelope). Reference to expected visit from William Jay Smith; and to illness of Clinch Calkins (a.k.a. Marion Merrell).
August 27, 1962
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence to Katherine Biddle from poet and writer Kathleen Raine: ALS 8/27/1962 (3 pages/3 sheets). Reference to preparing accommodations for friend Winifred Nicholson in London; writing a prospective article on Conrad Aiken for "TLS" (Time Literary Supplement); and to Alexis Leger.
December 16, 1963
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence to Katherine Biddle from Kathleen Raine: ALS 12/16/1963 (4 pages/2 sheets). Reference to death of John F. Kennedy. Reference also to meeting Allen Tate at the seventieth birthday party of Herbert Read and at the home of Stephen Spender; and to being asked to write an article on the poetry of Vernon Watkins.
December 28, 1966
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence to Katherine Biddle from Kathleen Raine: ALS 12/28/1966 (4 pages/2 sheets). Reference Alexis Leger and to work on a new book, "The Lion's Mouth; concluding chapters of autobiography," (1977).
January 20, 1967
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence to Katherine Biddle from Kathleen Raine: ALS 1/20/1967 (4 pages/2 sheets). Reference to introducing friend and poet Peter Russell, also personally acquainted with Ezra Pound. Reference also to plans by Miron Grindea, editor of literary journal, "Adam," to publish a number on Marguerite Caetani and her literary review the "Botteghe Oscure."
January 23, 1967
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence to Katherine Biddle from Kathleen Raine: ALS 1/23/1967 (4 pages/2 sheets with envelope). Reference to comparing Alexis Leger and Marcel Proust in an article by Raine.
September 27, 1967
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence to Katherine Biddle from Kathleen Raine: ALS 9/27/1967 (4 pages/2 sheets with envelope). Reference to Miron Grindea and proposed number on Marguerite Caetani in "Adam." Reference also to an article by Raine on Alexis Leger; and to mutual friend Mildred Bliss.
April 21, 1968
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence to Katherine Biddle from Kathleen Raine: ALS 4/21/1968 (5 pages/3 sheets with envelope), writing from Ninfa while on a visit with the Caetani family. Reference to acquaintances (past and present), including Isak Dinesan (a.k.a. Karen Blixen), T.S. Eliot, Edwin Muir, and Allen Tate. Encloses autograph poem written in honor of Biddle's golden wedding anniversary.
October 22, 1968
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence to Katherine Biddle from Kathleen Raine: ALS 10/22/1968 (2 pages/1 sheet), with reference to death of Francis Biddle.
October 13, 1969
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence to Katherine Biddle from Kathleen Raine: ALS 10/13/1968 (4 pages/2 sheets). Reference to death of Gavin Maxwell; to Alexis Leger; to Lelia and Hubert Howard; and to her work on William Blake, "Blake and Tradition," (1968).
November 1969
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence to Katherine Biddle from Kathleen Raine: ALS dated November 1969 on a card bearing a print of a painting by Winifred Nicholson. Reference to Alexis Leger.
1973
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence to Katherine Biddle from Kathleen Raine: ALS 4/17/1973 (2 pages/1 sheet) with TL carbon from Biddle. Reference to Raine's missing an exhibition of paintings by Marjorie Phillips.
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