Box: 5 Fold: 20 Robert Graves - Address Notes by Katherine Biddle Box: 5 Fold: 21 Robert Graves - Articles
- "These Be Thy Gods, O Israel -- I," (The New Republic, February 27, 1956).
- Edmund Wilson, a Protestant Abroad," (The New Republic, April 30, 1956).
- "Symptoms of Love," a sequence of 21 poems (The Observer, January 22, 1961).
Box: 5 Fold: 22 Robert Graves - Reviews Box: 5 Fold: 23 Robert Graves - Related Articles Box: 6 Fold: 1 Alexis Leger
All correspondence from Leger to Katherine Biddle in French unless otherwise indicated.
Also note that letter dates marked with and asterisk (*) indicates publication in English translation by Arthur J. Knodel in "St.-Perse Letters," Bollingen Series (Princeton University Press, 1971).
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Note that letters marked with an asterisk (*) have been translated into English and published by Arthur J. Knodel in "St.-John Perse Letters," (1971).
Box: 7 Fold: 3 Alexis Leger - Corres. to Francis Biddle Box: 7 Fold: 4 Alexis Leger - Corres. to Francis Biddle Box: 7 Fold: 5 Alexis Leger - Corres. to Francis Biddle Box: 7 Fold: 6 Alexis Leger - Corres. to Francis Biddle Box: 7 Fold: 7 Alexis Leger - Corres. to Francis Biddle Box: 7 Fold: 8 Alexis Leger - Corres. to Francis Biddle Box: 7 Fold: 9 Alexis Leger - Corres. to Francis Biddle Box: 7 Fold: 10 Alexis Leger - Corres. to Francis Biddle Box: 7 Fold: 11 Alexis Leger - Corres. to Leon Blum Box: 7 Fold: 12 Alexis Leger - Corres. to Edouard Herriot Box: 7 Fold: 13 Alexis Leger - Corres. to Franklin D. Roosevelt Box: 7 Fold: 14 Alexis Leger - Corres. to Robert Richman
- TLS 2/19/1962, from Leger to Richman sending regrets, due to illness, for being unable to attend an evening honoring Jorge Luis Borges.
Box: 7 Fold: 15 Alexis Leger - Corres. to Unidentified Box: 7 Fold: 16 Alexis Leger - Corres. from Clarence R. Decker Box: 7 Fold: 16.1 Alexis Leger - Corres. from Jeanne de Lanux Box: 7 Fold: 17 Alexis Leger - Corres. from Telford Taylor Box: 7 Fold: 18 Alexis Leger Mss: "Exil" (Typescript) Box: 7 Fold: 19 Alexis Leger Mss: "Pluies" Box: 7 Fold: 20 Alexis Leger Mss: "Pluies" (Xerox copy) Box: 7 Fold: 21 Alexis Leger Mss: "Pluies" (Typescript) Box: 7 Fold: 22 Alexis Leger Mss: "Rains" (Printed Translation) Box: 7 Fold: 23 Alexis Leger Address: Intl. Congress, 7th Centenary of Dante, Florence Box: 7 Fold: 24 Alexis Leger Address: Francis Biddle's 80th Birthday Box: 7 Fold: 25 Alexis Leger Mss: Notes on his poetry Box: 7 Fold: 26 Alexis Leger Mss: Note on "Dwarf Poinciana" Box: 7 Fold: 27 Alexis Leger Mss: Fragment w/ essay by Alain Bosquet Box: 7 Fold: 28 Alexis Leger Mss: "14 Juillet 1942: An III de l'exil" Box: 7 Fold: 29 Alexis Leger Statement to Dag Hammerskjold re "Amers" Box: 8 Fold: 1 re Alexis Leger - Emilie Amram Box: 8 Fold: 2 re Alexis Leger - W.H. Auden Box: 8 Fold: 3 re Alexis Leger - Margaret Bates Box: 8 Fold: 4 re Alexis Leger - Francis Biddle Box: 8 Fold: 4.1 re Alexis Leger - Mildred & Robert Bliss Box: 8 Fold: 5 re Alexis Leger - Etienne Boegner Box: 8 Fold: 6 re Alexis Leger - Baron Rene Boel Box: 8 Fold: 7 re Alexis Leger - Alain Bosquet Box: 8 Fold: 8 re Alexis Leger - William & Peggy Burden Box: 8 Fold: 9 re Alexis Leger - Hugh Chisholm Box: 8 Fold: 10 re Alexis Leger - William Claire Box: 8 Fold: 11 re Alexis Leger - Mina Curtiss Box: 8 Fold: 12 re Alexis Leger - Denis de Rougement Box: 8 Fold: 13 re Alexis Leger - Rita Essayan Box: 8 Fold: 14 re Alexis Leger - Robert Evett Box: 8 Fold: 15 re Alexis Leger - Robert S. Fitzgerald Box: 8 Fold: 16 re Alexis Leger - Waldo Frank Box: 8 Fold: 17 re Alexis Leger - Alfred Kazin Box: 8 Fold: 18 re Alexis Leger - Arthur Knodel
* "St. John Perse: Letters," translated and edited by Arthur J. Knodel (Princeton University Press, 1979).
Box: 8 Fold: 19 re Alexis Leger - Arthur Knodel Box: 8 Fold: 20 re Alexis Leger - Arthur Knodel Box: 8 Fold: 21 re Alexis Leger - Arthur Knodel Box: 8 Fold: 22 re Alexis Leger - Arthur Knodel Box: 8 Fold: 23 re Alexis Leger - Arthur Knodel Box: 8 Fold: 24 re Alexis Leger - Arthur Knodel Box: 8 Fold: 25 re Alexis Leger - John Lehmann
c.1961
DESCRIPTION: Autograph notes for addresses on Robert Graves by Katherine Biddle.
1956-61
DESCRIPTION: Clippings of articles and published poems by Robert Graves:
1955 & undated
DESCRIPTION: Clippings of printed reviews of works by Robert Graves.
1956-61
DESCRIPTION: Clippings of printed articles about Robert Graves. Includes article by Delmore Schwartz, "Graves in Dock -- the Case for Modern Poetry," (The New Republic, March 19, 1956).
August 27, 1940
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence to Katherine Biddle from Alexis Leger: ALS 8/27/1940*(4 pages/2 sheets with envelope). Reference to receiving a letter from Marguerite Caetani (di Bassiano) bearing news of the Leger in Europe and mentioning Katherine Biddle whom Leger expresses a long-time wish to meet. Caetani also refers Leger to Archibald MacLeish.
September 13, 1940
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence to Katherine Biddle from Alexis Leger: ALS 9/13/1940*(6 pages/3 sheets with envelope). Reference to an enjoyable weekend with the Biddles and to Francis Biddle's work.
November 6, 1940
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence to Katherine Biddle from Alexis Leger: ALS 11/6/1940*(6 pages/3 sheets with envelope). Reference to presidential election of Franklin D. Roosevelt and participation of Francis Biddle. Reference also to being denied French nationality by the Vichy government.
December 10, 1940
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence to Katherine Biddle from Alexis Leger: ALS 12/10/1940*(8 pages/4 sheets, with envelope). Reference to his life in exile; desire to find lodgings in Washington similar to those of his current residence at the Shelton Hotel in New York, and a position (eventually as fellow) at the Library of Congress with the aid of Archibald MacLeish.
July 11, 1941
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence to Katherine Biddle from Alexis Leger: ALS 7/11/1941 (3 pages/2 sheets), with thanks for the hospitality during a recent stay at the Biddles' home. Reference also to dining with the vice president Henry Wallace who spoke highly of Francis Biddle and "his remarkable wife."
July 18, 1942
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence to Katherine Biddle from Alexis Leger: ALS 7/18/1942* (4 pages/2 sheets with envelope). Reference to censorship of telegrams to/from Europe, particularly one from Marguerite Caetani. Reference also to a call from Winston Churchill and to reassurances from Archibald MacLeish regarding his position at the Library of Congress.
September 20, 1942
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence to Katherine Biddle from Alexis Leger: ALS 9/20/1942* (5 pages/5 sheets with envelope). Reference to hasty departure from Washington to Seven Hundred Acres Island, Dark Harbor, Maine. Requests immigration assistance for a Cuban acquaintance.
April 14, 1943
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence to Katherine Biddle from Alexis Leger: telegram 4/14/1943.
December 30, 1943
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence to Katherine Biddle from Alexis Leger: telegram 12/30/1943.
September 13, 1944
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence to Katherine Biddle from Alexis Leger: ALS 9/13/1944 (6 pages/3 sheets with envelope). Reference to life on Seven Hundred Acre Island, Maine. Reference also to a letter from Charlton Ogburn.
July 20, 1945
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence to Katherine Biddle from Alexis Leger: ALS 7/20/1945 (6 pages/3 sheets with envelope). Reference to loneliness in Washington.
August 20, 1946
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence to Katherine Biddle from Alexis Leger: ALS 8/20/1946* (4 pages/2 sheets with envelope). Reference to receiving aid from the Bollingen Foundation.
July 7, 1948
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence to Katherine Biddle from Alexis Leger: ACS postcard.
July 13, 1948
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence to Katherine Biddle from Alexis Leger: ALS 7/13/1948 (4 pages/2 sheets with envelope).
August 28, 1949
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence to Katherine Biddle from Alexis Leger: ALS 8/28/1949 (5 pages/5 sheets). Reference to life in Dark Harbor, Maine.
June 21, 1949
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence to Katherine Biddle from Alexis Leger: ALS 6/21/1949* (2 pages/1 sheet with envelope and autograph card. Reference to refusal to participate in the "Goethe Bicentennial Convocation and Festival" in Aspen, Colorado.
September 13, 1950
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence to Katherine Biddle from Alexis Leger: ALS 9/13/1950* (4 pages/2 sheets with envelope). Reference to travels in New England, including a tour by car with wife Dorothy.
June 27, 1951
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence to Katherine Biddle from Alexis Leger: ALS 6/27/1951* (4 pages/4 sheets with envelope). Reference to marriage of the Biddle's son Edmund Randolph. Reference also to Edmund Wilson and to Countess Marthe Andre de Fels.
August 27, 1951
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence to Katherine Biddle from Alexis Leger: ALS 8/27/1951* (3 pages/3 sheets with envelope). Reference to departure of the Biddle's for Europe and to acquaintances to whom he can offer an introduction to including Edouard Herriot and Robert G. Vansittart.
June 26, 1952
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence to Katherine Biddle from Alexis Leger: ALS 6/26/1952* (3 pages/3 sheets, with envelope). Reference to Mina Curtiss.
July 31, 1953
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence to Katherine Biddle from Alexis Leger: ALS 7/31/1953* (4 pages/2 sheets with envelope). Reference to visiting Mina Curtiss and Archibald MacLeish.
August 11, 1953
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence to Katherine Biddle from Alexis Leger: ALS postmarked 8/11/1953* (4 pages/2 sheets with envelope). Reference to Mina Curtiss and to news of family in France from Dorothy Leger who was there visiting.
October 25, 1953
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence to Katherine Biddle from Alexis Leger: ALS 10/25/1953 (2 pages/1 sheet with envelope).
July 14, 1954
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence to Katherine Biddle from Alexis Leger: ALS 7/14/1954 (4 pages/2 sheets with envelope). Reference to Mina Curtis and visiting Archibald MacLeish and family.
October 30, 1954
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence to Katherine Biddle from Alexis Leger: ALS 10/30/1954 (5 pages with envelope). Reference to Waldo Frank and Edmund Wilson.
September 5, 1955
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence to Katherine Biddle from Alexis Leger: ALS 9/5/1955* (3 pages with envelope). Reference to Mina Curtiss.
October 28, 1955
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence to Katherine Biddle from Alexis Leger: ALS 10/28/1955* (4 pages/2 sheets with envelope with small autograph card).
August 30, 1956
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence to Katherine Biddle from Alexis Leger: ALS 8/30/1956* (4 pages/2 sheets with envelope). Reference to Mina Curtiss and Dorothy Leger.
September 10, 1956
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence to Katherine Biddle from Alexis Leger: ALS postmarked 9/10/1956 (2 pages/1 sheet with envelope). Reference to friends Mina Curtiss, Anne Lindbergh, Henri Peyne, Dean Acheson and family, Adele Lovett, and Archibald MacLeish and family.
September 10, 1957
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence to Katherine Biddle from Alexis Leger: telegram 9/10/1957.
September 30, 1957
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence to Katherine Biddle from Alexis Leger: ALS 9/30/1957* (4 pages/4 sheets with envelope). Reference to his return to Provence and his home at Les Vigneaux.
March 3, 1958
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence to Katherine Biddle from Alexis Leger: ALS 3/3/1958 (2 pages/1 sheet with envelope).
November 16, 1966
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence to Katherine Biddle from Alexis Leger: ALS 11/16/1966 (3 pages). Reference to the Bollingen Foundation.
October 22, 1968
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence to Katherine Biddle from Alexis Leger: ALS 10/22/1968 (3 pages/2 sheets with envelope and translation by Katherine Biddle). Reference to death of Francis Biddle.
January 7, 1971
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence to Katherine Biddle from Alexis Leger: Transcription of a message written on 1/7/1971.
April 5, 19?
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence to Katherine Biddle from Alexis Leger: ACS postcard 4/5/19?.
undated
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence to Katherine Biddle from Alexis Leger: ALS undated (2 pages/1 sheet). Includes a transcription in Biddle's hand of a note (dated September 30) from Rene Char to Leger re Marguerite Caetani.
undated
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence to Katherine Biddle from Alexis Leger: autograph card with envelope (when Leger was French ambassador).
undated
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence to Katherine Biddle from Alexis Leger: 3 autograph cards with envelopes.
1961; 1963
DESCRIPTION: Autograph draft letters from Katherine Biddle to Alexis Leger, dated 6/22/1961 & 7/29/1963. Reference to Biddle's study of Leger's work; to Allen and Isabella Tate; and to Lelia Howard (daughter of Marguerite Caetani).
undated
DESCRIPTION: Autograph notes (probably for telegrams) from Katherine Biddle to Alexis Leger.
May 1, 1943
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence from Alexis Leger to Edmund Randolph Biddle: ALS 5/1/1943 (2 pages/1 sheet with envelope), wishing a speedy recovery from illness.
July 31, 1945
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence from Alexis Leger to Francis Biddle: ALS 7/31/1945* (4 pages/2 sheets), with thanks for the latter's assistance and support; and reference to Philip and Emilie Amram.
April 17, 1947
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence from Alexis Leger to Francis Biddle: ALS 4/17/1947 (4 pages/1 folio). Reference to enjoying a sojourn in Key West, Florida.
June 29, 1949
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence from Alexis Leger to Francis Biddle: ALS 6/29/1949 (2 pages/1 sheet). Includes statement (1 page) regarding his residence status in the U.S.
November 3, 1959
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence from Alexis Leger to Francis Biddle: ALS 11/3/1959* (5 pages).
January 2, 1965
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence from Alexis Leger to Francis Biddle: ALS 1/2/1965* (4 pages). Reference to Biddle's autobiography as well as his work on Oliver Wendell Holmes and John Randolph of Roanoke.
undated
DESCRIPTION: Undated correspondence from Alexis Leger to Francis Biddle: ALS (2 pages/1 sheet). Reference to Biddle's visit to Leger's mother.
undated
DESCRIPTION: Undated correspondence from Alexis Leger to Francis Biddle: ALS (2 pages/1 sheet). Includes quotations from Montesquieu (1 page).
undated
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence from Alexis Leger to Francis Biddle: ALS (4 pages). Reference to Conrad Aiken.
undated
DESCRIPTION: Undated correspondence from Alexis Leger to Francis Biddle: ALS (1 page).
September 29, 1945
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence from Alexis Leger to Leon Blum: Typed transcription (in French), introducing Francis Biddle. Reference also to Leger's resignation as French ambassador and what he considers the end of his administrative career. (2 pages)
April 23, 1955
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence from Alexis Leger to Edouard Herriot: ALS 4/23/1955 (2 pages/1 sheet), introducing Francis Biddle. Includes autograph transcription (in Biddle's hand?) of the same letter, as well as a draft by Biddle of a similar introduction dated the same day.
November 3, 1943
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence from Alexis Leger to Franklin D. Roosevelt: ALS 11/3/1943 (5 pages/3 sheets). Reference to the Moscow Conference (October 1943) which Leger hopes will bring peace to the Allied democracies. Also expresses gratitude for Roosevelt's declaration of U.S. support against the Vichy government.
1958; 1962
DESCRIPTION: - TLS 9/2/1958, from Robert Richman to Alexis Leger inviting the latter to participate in an evening devoted to his poetry to be held by the Institute for Contemporary Arts.
July 1, 1948
DESCRIPTION: Autograph transcription (in Francis Biddle's hand) of a letter written by Alexis Leger to an unidentified woman, thanking her for her hospitality during a visit. Dated July 1, 1948.
December 6, 1960
DESCRIPTION: Carbon copy of TLS 12/6/1960, to Alexis Leger from Clarence Decker, president, Poetry Society of America, congratulating Leger on receiving the Nobel Prize for poetry and inviting him to be guest of honor at the society's annual dinner.
May 10, 1960
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence to Alexis Leger from Jeanne de Lanux: ALS 5/10/1960, thanking Leger for providing assistance via Francis Biddle in an immigration matter.
June 5, 1969
DESCRIPTION: Typed carbon of a letter from Telford Taylor to Alexis Leger (dated 6/5/1969), expressing his interest in talking to Leger about the Munich crisis of 1938 concerning the German-Czech clash over the Sudetenland.
June 1941
DESCRIPTION: Typescript for "Exil" by Alexis Leger (21 pages + title page). Dated June 1941, Long Beach Island.
1942
DESCRIPTION: Autograph manuscript for "Pluies," by Alexis Leger (18 pages + title page; with dedication to Katherine and Francis Biddle on page 1). Manuscript undated; the poem was written in Savannah, Georgia, in 1942.
1942
DESCRIPTION: Xerox copy of the autograph manuscript for "Pluies" by Alexis Leger.
1942
DESCRIPTION: Typescript for "Pluies" by Alexis Leger (17 pages + title and dedication pages).
undated
DESCRIPTION: Clipping of printed translation by Denis Devlin of "Rains" by Alexis Leger.
April 20, 1965
DESCRIPTION: Xerox copies of typescript of the inaugural address given by Alexis Leger at the International Congress of the 7th centenary of Dante at Florence, April 20, 1965. (Total of 3 copies, 9 pages each + title page with autograph inscription from Leger to Francis and Katherine Biddle.)
May 1966
DESCRIPTION: Autograph manuscript of an address given by Alexis Leger in honor of Francis Biddle's eightieth birthday. (8 pages).
undated
DESCRIPTION: Autograph notes by Alexis Leger on criticism of his poetry -- probably suggestions to Katherine Biddle for one of her essays (2 pages/1 sheet).
undated
DESCRIPTION: Autograph note by Alexis Leger on the flower, "Dwarf Poinciana."
January 1959
DESCRIPTION: Clipping of printed essay on Alexis Leger by Alain Bosquet. Includes fragment of autograph verse by Leger written on the verso of a clipping page.
July 14, 1942
DESCRIPTION: Typescript of pronouncement by Alexis Leger to French citizens abroad in America to join him in solidarity with the French resistance movement. (Total of 3 copies of 2 pages each.)
1958
DESCRIPTION: Autograph transcription by Katherine Biddle of statement made by Alexis Leger to Dag Hammerskjold regarding the inspiration for his poem, "Amers." (8 pages in French with English translation following.)
undated
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence to Katherine Biddle from Emilie Amram: ALS undated. Reference to Alexis Leger.
Incomplete dates
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence to Katherine Biddle from W.H. Auden: 2 TLS dated 1/7/19? & 1/20/19? (total of 2 pages). Reference to Auden's prospective address on Alexis Leger at the Institute of Contemporary Arts. Includes autograph letter draft from Biddle.
September 30, 1958
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence to Katherine Biddle from Margaret Bates re the symposium on Alexis Leger to be held by the Institute of Contemporary Arts.
September 3, 1963
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence to Francis Biddle from Galen Eberl, secretary of The Poetry Center, New York, re a reading of Alexis Leger's works by M. Bonnefoy.
1958
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence from Katherine Biddle to Mildred and Robert Woods Bliss re funds for the restoration of Alexis Leger's home at "Les Vigneaux" in France.
1958
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence from Katherine Biddle to Etienne Boegner re raising funds from friends to restore the home of Alexis Leger at "Les Vigneaux."
1956
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence from Katherine Biddle to Barone Rene Boel re funding for the restoration of Alexis Leger's home in France at "Les Vigneaux."
November 2, 1960
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence to Katherine Biddle from Alain Bosquet: ALS 11/2/1960 (1 page with envelope), enclosing a newspaper article about Alexis Leger (from "Combat," May 16, 1957).
1957
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence to Katherine Biddle from William & Peggy Burden re donating funds for the restoration of "Les Vigneaux," Alexis Leger's home in France. Includes autograph letter from Biddle.
1950
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence to Katherine Biddle from Hugh Chisholm: 3 TLS dated 8/20/1950, 8/30, 1950, 10/23/1950, re his translation of "Vents" by Alexis Leger. Includes autograph letter from Biddle with notes on the translation.
October 20, 1967
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence to Katherine Biddle from William Claire: ALS 10/20/1967 (2 pages/1 sheet), with reference to an article by Biddle on Alexis Leger.
1956-7
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence to Katherine Biddle from Mina Curtiss: 7 TLS, 2 ALS dating 1956-7 with reference to the restoration Alexis Leger's home in France at "Les Vigneaux." Includes itemization of some of the costs of the restoration.
May 19, 19?
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence from Katherine Biddle to Denis de Rougement re sending him an article she had written about Alexis Leger's poem, "Chronique."
1957
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence to Katherine Biddle from Rita Essayan: 2 TLS, 1 ALS dated 1957. Includes TLS 3/4/1957 from husband K.L. Essayan. Also includes autograph letter drafts from Biddle. Reference to the restoration of Alexis Leger's home "Les Vigneaux" in France.
1958
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence to Katherine Biddle from Robert Evett: 3 TLS dated 8/5/1958, 8/14/1958, 8/28/1958. Includes autograph letter drafts from Biddle. Reference to an article she wrote on Leger's poem, "Vents."
1966
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence to Katherine Biddle from Robert S. Fitzgerald: ALS 5/7/1966. Includes printed card with poem, "For Epiphany" by Fitzgerald. Reference to his translations of Alexis Leger. Includes autograph letter draft from Biddle, and clippings re Fitzgerald (including obituary).
undated
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence to Katherine Biddle from Waldo Frank: ALS undated with reference to what she wrote about Alexis Leger.
undated
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence to Katherine Biddle from Alfred Kazin: TLS undated with reference to an article written by Biddle on Alexis Leger.
1955-63
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence to Katherine Biddle from Arthur Knodel, translator and editor of the letters of Alexis Leger*: 6 ALS, 2 TLS, dating 1955-63.
1964-65
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence to Katherine Biddle from Arthur Knodel: 8 ALS dating 1964-65.
1966-67
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence to Katherine Biddle from Arthur Knodel: 5 ALS, 5 TLS, dating 1966-67. Includes clippings of reviews of Knodel's, "Saint-John Perse: A Study of His Poetry," (Edinburgh University Press, 1967).
1968-69
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence to Katherine Biddle from Arthur Knodel: 1 ALS, 4 TLS, dating 1968-69. Includes comments from Knodel on the typescript (included) for an article by Biddle, "Poet of Wide Horizons: A Note on Saint-John Perse."
1970-72
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence to Katherine Biddle from Arthur Knodel: 1 ALS, 9 TLS, dating 1970-72.
October 30, 19?
DESCRIPTION: Autograph notes by Katherine Biddle commenting on Arthur Knodel's work on Alexis Leger.
April 21, 19?
DESCRIPTION: Autograph notes by Katherine Biddle for Arthur Knodel re T.S. Eliot's translation of "Anabase" by Alexis Leger.
1956
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence to Katherine Biddle from John Lehmann, editor, "The London Magazine" re an article she wrote on Alexis Leger.
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