Box: 54 Fold: 74 Radio Talks: WFIL - Samuel Rosenbaum Box: 54 Fold: 75 Radio Talks: WFIL - Fanmail Box: 54 Fold: 76 Radio Talks: WFIL - Permissions Correspondence (A-T) Box: 54 Fold: 77 Radio Talks: WFIL - Permissions Correspondence (Publishers) Box: 54 Fold: 78 Radio Talks: WFIL - Publicity, Notes, Misc. Box: 54 Fold: 79 Radio Talks: WFIL - Publicity Notices Box: 54 Fold: 80 Radio Talks: WFIL - Early Drafts Box: 54 Fold: 81 Radio Talks: WFIL Talk #1 Box: 54 Fold: 82 Radio Talks: WFIL Talk #2 Box: 54 Fold: 83 Radio Talks: WFIL Talk #3 Box: 54 Fold: 84 Radio Talks: WFIL Talk #4 Box: 54 Fold: 85 Radio Talks: WFIL Talk #5 Box: 54 Fold: 86 Radio Talks: WFIL Talk #6 Box: 54 Fold: 87 Radio Talks: WFIL Talk #1-6 Box: 54 Fold: 88 Radio Talks: WFIL Talk Box: 54 Fold: 89 Radio Talks: WFLN Philadelphia Box: 54 Fold: 90 Radio Talks: WOR New York Box: 54 Fold: 91 Radio Talks: WOR New York Box: 54 Fold: 92 Radio Talks: Announcement re UNRRA Clothing Drive Box: 54 Fold: 93 Radio Talks: Announcements re WWII "Mothers Groups" Box: 54 Fold: 94 KGLO-TV - Presentation of "The Lady of the Inn" Box: 55 Fold: 1 Poetry MSS: "Afterwards" Box: 55 Fold: 2 Poetry MSS: "Bitter Winter"
Box: 55 Fold: 3 Poetry MSS: "Butterflies" Box: 55 Fold: 4 Poetry MSS: "Cape Song" Box: 55 Fold: 5 Poetry MSS: "Caribbean Island" Box: 55 Fold: 6 Poetry MSS: "Circle of Summer" Box: 55 Fold: 7 Poetry MSS: "Clocks" Box: 55 Fold: 8 Poetry MSS: "Colloquy" Box: 55 Fold: 9 Poetry MSS: "Country of Summer" Box: 55 Fold: 10 Poetry MSS: "Death Tree" - Related Correspondence
William Jay Smith, TLS 3/15/1969 (2 pages).
Joan _____? ALS 7/24/1969.
Box: 55 Fold: 11 Poetry MSS: "Death Tree" Box: 55 Fold: 12 Poetry MSS: "End of My Spirit" Box: 55 Fold: 13 Poetry MSS: "For a Boy on the Dune" Box: 55 Fold: 14 Poetry MSS: "Home Thoughts from Abroad" Box: 55 Fold: 15 Poetry MSS: "In Cycle Repeated" Box: 55 Fold: 16 Poetry MSS: "Irish Tree" Box: 55 Fold: 17 Poetry MSS: "Key West Blues" Box: 55 Fold: 18 Poetry MSS: "Late Song" Box: 55 Fold: 19 Poetry MSS: "A Leave-Taking in Winter" Box: 55 Fold: 20 Poetry MSS: "Look, on this Horizon" Box: 55 Fold: 21 Poetry MSS: "Meditation on Thebes" - Correspondence Box: 55 Fold: 22 Poetry MSS: "Meditation at Thebes" Manuscripts Box: 55 Fold: 23 Poetry MSS: "Meditation at Thebes" Background Material Box: 55 Fold: 24 Poetry Mss: "Midsummer Provencale" Box: 55 Fold: 25 Poetry Mss: "Narrow are the Vessels" Box: 55 Fold: 26 Poetry Mss: "New Orbits..." Box: 55 Fold: 27 Poetry Mss: "Night Song" - Correspondence Box: 55 Fold: 28 Poetry Mss: "Night Song" Box: 55 Fold: 29 Poetry Mss: "On a Sea-Grape Leaf" Box: 55 Fold: 30 Poetry Mss: "Portrait in Winter" Box: 55 Fold: 31 Poetry Mss: "The Savage Flutes" Box: 55 Fold: 32 Poetry Mss: "Seasons" Box: 55 Fold: 33 Poetry Mss: "Shallow Eyes" Box: 55 Fold: 34 Poetry Mss: "Sick Season" Box: 55 Fold: 35 Poetry Mss: "Sirius on the Potomac" Box: 55 Fold: 36 Poetry Mss: "Small Boy and Bird" Box: 55 Fold: 37 Poetry Mss: "Song of the Bridesmaids" Box: 55 Fold: 38 Poetry Mss: "St. John's Poem" Box: 55 Fold: 39 Poetry Mss: "Strasbourg Clock" Box: 55 Fold: 40 Poetry Mss: "Summer Magic" Box: 55 Fold: 41 Poetry Mss: "The Sun is Enough" Box: 55 Fold: 42 Poetry Mss: "Self Portrait" Box: 55 Fold: 43 Poetry Mss: "To Speak Before Sleep" Box: 55 Fold: 44 Poetry Mss: "Tiber Valley" Box: 55 Fold: 45 Poetry Mss: "A White Rose for Michael" Box: 55 Fold: 46 Poetry Mss: "White of Summer" Correspondence Box: 55 Fold: 47 Poetry Mss: "White of Summer"
Box: 55 Fold: 48 Poetry Mss: "Years End" Box: 55 Fold: 49 Poetry Mss: Early Revisions Box: 55 Fold: 50 Poetry Mss: Titles A-O Box: 55 Fold: 51 Poetry Mss: Titles P-Y Box: 55 Fold: 52 Poetry Mss: New Year Box: 55 Fold: 53 Poetry Mss: Rough (Drafts) Box: 55 Fold: 54 Poetry Mss: Rough Copies Published Box: 55 Fold: 55 Poetry Mss: To be published... Box: 55 Fold: 56 Poetry Mss: Old (1 of 2) Box: 55 Fold: 57 Poetry Mss: Old (2 of 2) Box: 55 Fold: 58 Poetry Mss: Extra Copies Box: 55 Fold: 59 Poetry Mss: Humorous Verse Box: 55 Fold: 60 Poetry Mss: Not Yet Sold Box: 55 Fold: 61 Poetry Mss: Old - American, etc. Box: 55 Fold: 62 Poetry Mss: Published (Titles A-O) Box: 55 Fold: 63 Poetry Mss: Published (Titles P) Box: 55 Fold: 64 Poetry Mss: Published (Titles R) Box: 55 Fold: 65 Poetry Mss: Published (Titles S-Z) Box: 55 Fold: 66 Poetry Mss: Published (singles) Box: 55 Fold: 67 Poetry Mss: Working / Unfinished Box: 55 Fold: 68 Poetry Mss: Working / Very Old Box: 55 Fold: 69 Poetry Mss: Working Box: 55 Fold: 70 Poetry Mss: Working Box: 55 Fold: 71 Poetry Mss: Miscellaneous Box: 55 Fold: 72 Poetry Mss: Fragments Box: 56 Fold: 1 Poetry Published: "Poetry" Magazine Box: 56 Fold: 2 Poetry Published: "Contemporary Poetry" Box: 56 Fold: 3 Poetry Published: "Contemporary Poetry" Box: 56 Fold: 4 Poetry Published: "Delaware Poets" Box: 56 Fold: 5 Poetry Published: "Presence" Box: 56 Fold: 6 Poetry Published: "Sur" Box: 56 Fold: 7 Poetry Published: "Prairie Schooner" Box: 56 Fold: 8 Poetry Published: "Correspondences"
1937-38
DESCRIPTION: 3 TLS to Katherine Biddle from Samuel Rosenbaum, president of WFIL radio, Philadelphia (2/11/1937, 3/17/1937, 5/12/1937). Includes article re Rosenbaum (in Broadcasting, 5/15/1938).
1937
DESCRIPTION: Fanmail received by Katherine Biddle regarding her series of talks on poetry broadcast by WFIL radio, Philadelphia.
1937
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence regarding requests by Katherine Biddle to read works by other authors on WFIL radio. Includes letters from Franklin Adams(?)(TLS undated); William Rose Benet (ALS 3/9/1937); Stephen Benet (TLS undated); Witter Bynner (TLS 3/16/1937); Arthur Davison Ficke (TLS 4/20/1937); Orrick Johns (ALS 5/6/1937); Una Jeffers (wife of poet Robinson Jeffers, ALS 3/18/1937); Archibald MacLeish (TLS 3/11/1937); Margery Mansfield (TLS undated); Muriel Rukeyser (ALS 4/18/1937); Carl Sandburg (TLS 3/31/1937); Genevieve Taggard (TL carbon from Biddle, 4/9/1937).
1937
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence from publishers granting Katherine Biddle permission to read from published works on WFIL radio. Includes TLS (3/3/1937) from Eugene F. Saxton, Harper & Brothers.
c.1937
DESCRIPTION: Miscellaneous items relating to Katherine Biddle's readings on WFIL radio. Includes biographical information on Biddle, notes, and newspaper clippings.
1937
DESCRIPTION: Printed notices announcing six radio talks by Katherine Biddle for WFIL radio, entitled, "Poetry and Readings from Contemporary American Poets."
1937
DESCRIPTION: Typescripts of early drafts of talks by Katherine Biddle on WFIL radio.
April 15, 1937
DESCRIPTION: Typescript of Talk #1 by Katherine Biddle on WFIL radio.
April 22, 1937
DESCRIPTION: Typescript of Talk #2 by Katherine Biddle on WFIL radio.
1937
DESCRIPTION: Typescript of Talk #3 by Katherine Biddle on WFIL radio.
May 6, 1937
DESCRIPTION: Typescript of Talk #4 by Katherine Biddle on WFIL radio.
May 13, 1937
DESCRIPTION: Typescript of Talk #5 by Katherine Biddle on WFIL radio.
May 20, 1937
DESCRIPTION: Typescript of Talk #6 by Katherine Biddle on WFIL radio.
April to May 1937
DESCRIPTION: Typescripts of radio talks by Katherine Biddle broadcast on WFIL radio, Philadelphia. Talks #1-6 on April 15, April 22, April 29, May 6, and May 20, 1937.
December 21, 1938
DESCRIPTION: Typescript of WFIL radio talk by Katherine Biddle re her recently published choral poem, "Lament for the Stolen" (1938).
1950
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence from Lawrence M.C. Smith, president, WFLN radio, Philadelphia, re a reading of her poem, "Nancy Hanks," by Katherine Biddle on February 12, 1950.
1937
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence to Katherine Biddle from A.M. Sullivan, host of "New Poetry" on WOR radio, New York, re readings of her verse and broadcast interview. Includes transcript of the questions and answers session. Broadcast on January 31, 1937.
1937
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence to Katherine Biddle re the broadcast on WOR radio, New York, of readings of her poems and an interview with host A.M. Sullivan. Includes letters from Elmo Russ (ALS 1/31/1937); Marion and William Stix Wasserman (ACS); Margaretta Wright (ALS & telegrams 1/30/1937, 1/31/1937); William Zorach (2 ALS 1/30/1937 & 2/8/1937, total 2 pages).
1945
DESCRIPTION: Typescript of radio announcement by Katherine Biddle in aid of the UNRRA Clothing Drive.
1945
DESCRIPTION: Transcripts of radio announcements by Katherine Biddle re mothers during World War Two. Includes memorandum on so-called "Mothers Groups," vehicles of Nazi propaganda.
1964
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence to Katherine Biddle from KGLO-TV regarding a television presentation of her poem, "The Lady of the Inn." Includes autograph note by Katherine Biddle describing the poem.
1970
DESCRIPTION: TMss by Katherine Biddle for poem entitled, "Afterwards."
undated
DESCRIPTION: AMss by Katherine Biddle for poem entitled, "Bitter Winter."
undated
DESCRIPTION: AMss and TMss by Katherine Biddle for poem entitled, "Butterflies," dedicated to Marcel Marceau.
1953
DESCRIPTION: AMss by Katherine Biddle for poem entitled, "Cape Song."
undated
DESCRIPTION: TMss by Katherine Biddle for poem entitled, "Caribbean Island," dedicated to Saint John Perse.
undated
DESCRIPTION: TMss by Katherine Biddle for poem entitled, "Circle of Summer."
undated
DESCRIPTION: AMss by Katherine Biddle for poem entitled, "Clocks."
undated
DESCRIPTION: TMss by Katherine Biddle for poem entitled, "Colloquy," dedicated to Barbara Guest.
undated
DESCRIPTION: TMss by Katherine Biddle for poem entitled, "Country of Summer." Includes ALS 8/22/1972 from Karl Darmstadter.
1969
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence to Katherine Biddle re her poem, "Death Tree." Includes:
1968-69
DESCRIPTION: AMss and TMss by Katherine Biddle for poem entitled, "Death Tree." Published in "The New Republic," (10/25/1969).
1919
DESCRIPTION: AMss by Katherine Biddle for poem entitled, "End of My Spirit."
undated
DESCRIPTION: AMss and TMss by Katherine Biddle for poem entitled, "For a Boy on the Dune."
September 1963
DESCRIPTION: AMss and TMss by Katherine Biddle for poem entitled, "Home Thoughts from Abroad."
undated
DESCRIPTION: AMss and TMss by Katherine Biddle for poem entitled, "In Cycle Repeated."
undated
DESCRIPTION: TMss by Katherine Biddle for poem entitled, "Irish Tree."
undated
DESCRIPTION: AMss and TMss by Katherine Biddle for poem entitled, "Key West Blues."
undated
DESCRIPTION: AMss and TMss by Katherine Biddle for poem entitled, "Late Song."
undated
DESCRIPTION: AMss and TMss by Katherine Biddle for poem entitled, "A Leave-Taking in Winter," dedicated to friend Edith Hamilton.
undated
DESCRIPTION: TMss by Katherine Biddle for poem entitled, "Look, on this Horizon."
1949-52
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence and notes to Katherine Biddle from friend and literary agent Dorothy Herzog, re research for the former's poem, "Meditation at Thebes."
Undated
DESCRIPTION: Autograph drafts and notes by Katherine Biddle for her poem entitled, "Meditation at Thebes."
1949-52
DESCRIPTION: Clippings of articles on Egypt used by Katherine Biddle for her poem, "Meditation at Thebes."
Undated
DESCRIPTION: Autograph manuscripts by Katherine Biddle for a poem entitled, "Midsummer Provencale."
Undated
DESCRIPTION: Autograph manuscripts by Katherine Biddle for a poem entitled, "Narrow are the Vessels."
1969-73
DESCRIPTION: Autograph manuscripts by Katherine Biddle for a poem dedicated to Robert Graves, variously entitled, "Explorer #65," "The Poet and Space," "A Poem for Robert Graves," "New Orbits of the Heart, a Poem for Robert Graves," and "New Orbits." Includes correspondence from Thomas Lask, editor at the New York Times.
1956
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence to Katherine Biddle from the Edward G. Freehafer, director, New York Public Library regarding a gift to the library of the manuscripts for her poem "Night Song."
Undated
DESCRIPTION: Autograph and typed manuscripts by Katherine Biddle for a poem entitled, "Night Song," part of a larger cycle dedicated to the home of the Caetani family in Italy, entitled, "Poems for Ninfa."
Undated
DESCRIPTION: Autograph and typed manuscripts by Katherine Biddle for a poem entitled, "On a Sea-Grape Leaf."
Undated
DESCRIPTION: Autograph and typed manuscripts by Katherine Biddle for a poem entitled, "Portrait in Winter."
Undated
DESCRIPTION: Autograph and typed manuscripts by Katherine Biddle for a poem entitled, "The Savage Flutes."
Undated
DESCRIPTION: Autograph manuscripts by Katherine Biddle for a poem entitled, "Seasons."
Undated
DESCRIPTION: Typed manuscripts by Katherine Biddle for a poem entitled, "Shallow Eyes."
Undated
DESCRIPTION: Autograph and typed manuscripts by Katherine Biddle for a poem entitled, "Sick Season."
Undated
DESCRIPTION: Autograph and typed manuscripts by Katherine Biddle for a poem entitled, "Sirius on the Potomac."
Undated
DESCRIPTION: Autograph and typed manuscripts by Katherine Biddle for a poem entitled, "Small Boy and Bird."
Undated
DESCRIPTION: Autograph manuscripts by Katherine Biddle for a poem entitled, "Song of the Bridesmaids."
Undated
DESCRIPTION: Autograph manuscripts by Katherine Biddle for a poem entitled, "St. John's Poem."
Undated
DESCRIPTION: Autograph and typed manuscripts by Katherine Biddle for a poem entitled, "Strasbourg Clock."
Undated
DESCRIPTION: Autograph manuscripts by Katherine Biddle for a poem entitled, "Summer Magic."
Undated
DESCRIPTION: Autograph manuscripts by Katherine Biddle for a poem entitled, "The Sun is Enough."
Undated
DESCRIPTION: Autograph manuscripts by Katherine Biddle for a poem entitled, "Self Portrait."
Undated
DESCRIPTION: Autograph and typed manuscripts by Katherine Biddle for a poem entitled, "To Speak Before Sleep."
Undated
DESCRIPTION: Autograph and typed manuscripts by Katherine Biddle for a poem entitled, "Tiber Valley."
Undated
DESCRIPTION: Autograph and typed manuscripts by Katherine Biddle for a poem entitled, "A White Rose for Michael," dedicated to Allen Tate.
Undated
DESCRIPTION: 2 ALS dated 9/24/19? and 10/11/19? from Dorothy Lee Richardson to Katherine Biddle re the latter's poem entitled, "White of Summer."
Undated
DESCRIPTION: Autograph and typed manuscripts by Katherine Biddle for a poem entitled, "White of Summer," dedicated to Sylvia Harlech.
1971-72
DESCRIPTION: Typed manuscript by Katherine Biddle for a poem entitled, "Years End." Includes photocopy of the poem published in The New Republic (December 18, 1971). Also includes ALS 1/3/1972 from Reed Whittemore, editor, The New Republic, forwarding correspondence from an admiring reader, Karl Darmstadter.
1930-31
DESCRIPTION: Autograph and typed manuscripts by Katherine Biddle for poems dating 1930 to 1931, marked as "early revisions." Includes some poems dating from 1913 to 1919.
1942
DESCRIPTION: Autograph and typed manuscripts by Katherine Biddle for poems dated 1942.
1942
DESCRIPTION: Autograph and typed manuscripts by Katherine Biddle for poems dated 1942.
1945
DESCRIPTION: Autograph and typed manuscripts by Katherine Biddle for poems dated New Year 1945.
1958
DESCRIPTION: Autograph and typed manuscripts by Katherine Biddle for poems dated 1958 and marked "Rough."
1958-59
DESCRIPTION: Autograph and typed manuscripts by Katherine Biddle for poems dated 1958 and 1959, marked "rough copies published."
1959
DESCRIPTION: Autograph and typed manuscripts by Katherine Biddle for poems dated 1959 and marked, "To be published in magazines."
1962
DESCRIPTION: Autograph and typed manuscripts by Katherine Biddle for poems dated 1962 and marked "Poems/Working/Unfinished/Old."
1962
DESCRIPTION: Autograph and typed manuscripts by Katherine Biddle for poems dated 1962. (Second part of preceding folder.)
Undated
DESCRIPTION: Autograph and typed manuscripts of poems by Katherine Biddle marked, "Extra Copies." Undated.
Undated
DESCRIPTION: Autograph and typed manuscripts of poems by Katherine Biddle marked, "Humorous Verse." Undated.
Undated
DESCRIPTION: Autograph and typed manuscripts of poems by Katherine Biddle marked, "Not Yet Sold." Undated.
Undated
DESCRIPTION: Autograph and typed manuscripts of poems by Katherine Biddle marked, "Old - American, etc. / Working." Undated.
Undated
DESCRIPTION: Autograph and typed manuscripts of poems by Katherine Biddle marked, "Published Poems."
Undated
DESCRIPTION: Autograph and typed manuscripts for poems by Katherine Biddle, marked, "Published." Includes TLS 8/23/1966 from I.L. Salomon commenting on Biddle's poem, "Parting in a Dry Summer."
Undated
DESCRIPTION: Autograph and typed manuscripts for poems by Katherine Biddle, marked, "Published."
Undated
DESCRIPTION: Autograph and typed manuscripts for poems by Katherine Biddle, marked, "Published."
Undated
DESCRIPTION: Autograph and typed manuscripts of poems by Katherine Biddle. Loose, single pages (arranged alphabetically).
c.1966
DESCRIPTION: Autograph and typed manuscripts of poems by Katherine Biddle, marked, "Poems / Working / Current / Unfinished," dated 1966.
Undated
DESCRIPTION: Autograph and typed manuscripts of poems by Katherine Biddle, marked, "Poems / Very Old / Working."
Undated
DESCRIPTION: Autograph and typed manuscripts of poems by Katherine Biddle, marked, "Working."
1940s & Undated
DESCRIPTION: Autograph and typed manuscripts of poems by Katherine Biddle, marked, "Working." Some dated in the 1940s.
Undated
DESCRIPTION: Autograph and typed manuscripts of poems by Katherine Biddle.
Undated
DESCRIPTION: Fragments of autograph and typed manuscripts of poems by Katherine Biddle.
January 1942
DESCRIPTION: Published poems by Katherine Biddle in "Poetry" magazine (January 1942), pp.204-207.
Autumn 1943
DESCRIPTION: Published poem(s) by Katherine Biddle in "Contemporary Poetry," entitled, "Refugee," p.14.
Spring 1945
DESCRIPTION: Published poem by Katherine Biddle in "Contemporary Poetry," entitled, "Mexican Madonna," p.9. 2 issues.
1947
DESCRIPTION: Published poem(s) by Katherine Biddle in "Delaware Poets" (1947), entitled, "Open City," p.7.
Winter 1957-58
DESCRIPTION: Published poem(s) by Katherine Biddle in "Presence," (Winter 1957-58), pp.35-36 (in French translation). 2 issues.
July-August 1957
DESCRIPTION: Published poem(s) by Katherine Biddle in "Sur," (July-August 1957), pp.43-46. Translated into Spanish. 2 issues.
Summer 1958
DESCRIPTION: Published poem(s) by Katherine Biddle in "Prairie Schooner" (Summer 1958), pp.108-110.
1958
DESCRIPTION: Published poem(s) by Katherine Biddle in "Correspondences" (1958), pp.175-77, in French translation.
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