Box: 15 Fold: 23 Marion Merrell Box: 15 Fold: 24 Marion Merrell Box: 15 Fold: 25 Marion Merrell Box: 15 Fold: 26 Marion Merrell Box: 15 Fold: 27 Marion Merrell Box: 15 Fold: 28 Marion Merrell from Katherine Biddle Box: 15 Fold: 29 Marion Merrell from Katherine Biddle Box: 15 Fold: 30 Marion Merrell from Katherine Biddle Box: 15 Fold: 31 Marion Merrell from Katherine Biddle Box: 15 Fold: 32 Marion Merrell - Related Correspondence Box: 15 Fold: 33 Marion Merrell - Unpublished Poems Box: 15 Fold: 34 Marion Merrell - "Calendar of Love": Review by K. Biddle Box: 15 Fold: 35 Marion Merrell - Review by Katherine Biddle Box: 15 Fold: 36 Marion Merrell - Article about Box: 15 Fold: 37 Mark Merrell Box: 15 Fold: 38 Mark Merrell from Francis Biddle Box: 16 Fold: 1 Gabriela Mistral Box: 16 Fold: 2 Gabriela Mistral Box: 16 Fold: 3 Gabriela Mistral Box: 16 Fold: 4 Gabriela Mistral Box: 16 Fold: 5 Gabriela Mistral from Katherine Biddle Box: 16 Fold: 6 re Gabriela Mistral: Francisco Aguilera
Also includes carbon of typed letter (4/15/1946) from Aguilera to Mistral regarding plans to translate and publish her poems in English.
Also includes autograph draft and typed Spanish translation (by Aguilera) of a letter from Katherine Biddle to Mistral, explaining that an appointment of Francis Biddle to UNESCO may affect her ability to assist with the English publication of Mistral's poems (11/12/1946).
Box: 16 Fold: 7 re Gabriela Mistral: George Dillon Box: 16 Fold: 8 re Gabriela Mistral: Roger W. Straus, Jr. Box: 16 Fold: 9 re Gabriela Mistral: James Van Alan Box: 16 Fold: 10 re Gabriela Mistral: Related Correspondence
- Margaret Bates, 2 TLS 10/12/1951 & 11/5/1951, re an article she was writing on Mistral. Includes a clipping of a review by Bates on "The Christ of Velazquez," by Miguel de Unamuno (1951).
- Dudley Fitts, TLS 3/15/1946 re including poems by Mistral in an anthology.
Box: 16 Fold: 11 re Gabriela Mistral: Library of Congress Box: 16 Fold: 12 re Gabriela Mistral: Pan American Union
- Correspondence to Katherine Biddle from L.S. Rowe, director general of the Pan American Union; and from the Pan American Liaison Committee of Women's Organizations in Washington, D.C.
- Speech cards for an address given by Katherine Biddle.
- Transcript in English and Spanish of a "Message to American Youth on Pan American Day," by Gabriela Mistral.
- Press releases from the Organization of American States.
- Printed programs and notices of Pan American Union events honoring Mistral.
Box: 16 Fold: 13 re Gabriela Mistral: Address by Katherine Biddle Box: 16 Fold: 14 Gabriela Mistral - Poems Translated by Katherine Biddle Box: 16 Fold: 15 re Gabriela Mistral: Newspaper Articles About Box: 17 Fold: 1 Iris Origo
- ALS dated Easter Day 1956, with envelope (3 pages). Reference to an article by Irigo in "Speculum," a journal of medieval studies -- possibly, "The Domestic Enemy: the Eastern Slaves in Tuscany in the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Centuries," (July 1955)(See folder 17:23 for an offprint.)
- ALS 6/25/1956, with envelope (3 pages), with advice/recommendations for travel in Italy.
Box: 17 Fold: 2 Iris Origo
- TLS 8/21/1956, requesting assistance in establishing her daughter in an American school.
- ALS 9/26/1956.
Box: 17 Fold: 3 Iris Origo
- ALS 10/18/1956 (3 pages).
- ALS 11/15/1956 (2 pages), reference to "B.B." (Bernard Berenson).
Box: 17 Fold: 4 Iris Origo
- ALS 8/15/1960 (2 pages).
Box: 17 Fold: 5 Iris Origo
- ALS 7/29/1964 (3 pages).
Box: 17 Fold: 6 Iris Origo
- ALS 6/21/1970 (2 pages). Reference to Allen Tate.
- ALS 7/24/1970 (2 pages). Reference to publication of her "memoirs."
Box: 17 Fold: 7 Iris Origo
- ALS 8/30/1970 (3 pages). Reference to a discussion of Bernard Berenson to be broadcast by the BBC.
Box: 17 Fold: 8 Iris Origo
- ALS 10/15/1970 with envelope (2 pages).
- ALS 10/25/1970 with envelope (3 pages).
Box: 17 Fold: 9 Iris Origo
- ALS 11/6/1970 with envelope (4 pages).
- ALS 11/15/1970 with envelope (3 pages).
- ALS 11/24/1970 with envelope (2 pages).
Box: 17 Fold: 10 Iris Origo
- ALS 12/6/1970 with envelope (2 pages).
Box: 17 Fold: 11 Iris Origo
- ALS 1/10/1971 with envelope (4 pages). Reference to Allen Tate.
- ALS 1/14/1971 with envelope (4 pages).
- ALS 1/21/1971 with envelope (2 pages).
Box: 17 Fold: 12 Iris Origo
- ALS 2/14/1971 with envelope (2 pages). Reference to Allen Tate.
- ALS 2/15/1971 with envelope (1 page).
- ALS 2 /28/1971 with envelope (5 pages). Reference to Allen Tate and Cecil Day Lewis.
Box: 17 Fold: 13 Iris Origo
- ALS 3/29/1971 with envelope (6 pages).
- ALS 5/15/1971 with envelope (2 pages). Reference to Schuyler Chapin.
Box: 17 Fold: 14 Iris Origo
- ALS 8/15/1971 (2 pages).
Box: 17 Fold: 15 Iris Origo
- ALS 5/6/1973 (2 pages).
Box: 17 Fold: 16 Iris Origo
Box: 17 Fold: 17 Iris Origo to Francis Biddle
- ALS 2/21/1950(?) (1 page).
- ALS 3/12/1960(?) (2 pages).
- ALS 9/25/1966 (2 pages).
- ALS 1/15/1967 (4 pages).
- ALS 1/16/19? (2 pages).
- ALS 10/25/19? (1 page).
Box: 17 Fold: 18 Iris Origo - Related Correspondence
- Printed invitation to a reception given by Helen Wolff in honor of Iris Origo, April 26, 1971.
- ALS 5/3/1971 with envelope to Katherine Biddle from Charles Robinson re a review by Biddle of Iris Origo's just published work, "Images and Shadows: Part of a Life," (New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1971).
Box: 17 Fold: 19 Iris Origo - Family Photographs (children) Box: 17 Fold: 20 re Iris Origo - Notes by Katherine Biddle Box: 17 Fold: 21 Article by Iris Origo: "Biography, True and False" Box: 17 Fold: 22 Article by Iris Origo: "The Domestic Enemy..." Box: 17 Fold: 22.1 Article by Iris Origo: "Who Reads Other People's Letters?" Box: 17 Fold: 23 Book by Iris Origo: "Images and Shadows" (reviewed by K. Biddle) Box: 17 Fold: 24 Book by Iris Origo: "Images and Shadows" (Reviews) Box: 17 Fold: 25 Book by Iris Origo: "Leopardi: A Study in Solitude" (Review) Box: 17 Fold: 26 Book by Iris Origo: "The World of San Bernardino" (dustjacket) Box: 17 Fold: 27 Iris Origo Book Inscriptions Box: 18 Fold: 1 William Jay Smith Box: 18 Fold: 2 William Jay Smith Box: 18 Fold: 3 William Jay Smith
- TLS 5/2/1967 (1 page), with attached request for permission to quote from Biddle's work, "The Other Journey: Poems New and Selected."
- ALS 8/17/1967 (4 pages), with compliments on Biddle's poetry.
- TLS 9/30/1967 (2 pages/1 sheet), with news of his appointment by Quincy Mumford to the position of consultant in poetry at the Library of Congress. Reference also to the release of his anthology, "Poems from France"; and to Allen Tate and Malcolm Cowley.
Box: 18 Fold: 4 William Jay Smith
- ALS 2/6/1968 (2 pages/2 sheets), with news of imminent visit to Washington, D.C.; and to Roy Basler.
- ALS 6/4/1968 (2 pages/1 sheet), with thanks for the Biddles' hospitality, and news of settling into residence in Washington, D.C.
- TLS 7/23/1968 (1 page).
Box: 18 Fold: 5 William Jay Smith
- ACS postcard (postmarked 1969?), with reference to Smith's trip to Asia.
- ALS 9/22/1969 (3 pages/2 sheets). Reference to his poem, "The Tin Can."
Box: 18 Fold: 6 William Jay Smith Box: 18 Fold: 7 William Jay Smith Box: 18 Fold: 8 William Jay Smith
- TLS 4/23/1971 (2 pages/1 sheet), with reference to Iris Origo and Bernard Berenson.
- TLS undated (1971?, 1 page), commenting on Biddle's poetry.
- ACS postcard (postmarked 12/6/1971?), from Budapest, Hungary.
Box: 18 Fold: 9 William Jay Smith Box: 18 Fold: 10 William Jay Smith Box: 18 Fold: 11 William Jay Smith from Katherine Biddle Box: 18 Fold: 12 by William Jay Smith: "A Clutch of Clerihews" Box: 18 Fold: 13 by William Jay Smith: "Fishing for Albacore" Box: 18 Fold: 14 by William Jay Smith: "A Minor Ode to the Morgan Horse" Box: 18 Fold: 15 by William Jay Smith: "Morels" Box: 18 Fold: 16 by William Jay Smith: "Slave Bracelets" Box: 18 Fold: 17 by William Jay Smith: "The Straw Market" Box: 18 Fold: 18 by William Jay Smith: "Venice in the Fog" Box: 18 Fold: 19 by William Jay Smith: "Winter Morning" Box: 18 Fold: 20 re William Jay Smith - Addresses by Katherine Biddle Box: 19 Fold: 1 Herbert Steiner
- ALS 10/18/1947 (1 page), with reference to a manuscript (unidentified) sent to him by Biddle.
- ALS 10/31/1947 (1 page), with reference to publication of (unnamed) essay.
- ALS 11/20/1947 (1 page with 2 pages of notes on aforementioned essay.
Box: 19 Fold: 2 Herbert Steiner
- ALS 3/27/1950 (3 pages), with reference to Marguerite Caetani and her journal "Botteghe Oscure." Reference also to Biddle's play, "Sojourner Truth"; to Francis Biddle's book, "World's Best Hope"; to Alexis Leger's poem, "Anabase," and to Katherine Biddle's review of Leger's "Exil."
- ALS 6/6/1950 (2 pages), with reference to a prospective visit to Washington, D.C.
- ALS 6/24/1950 (2 pages) attaching a review of Katherine Biddle by Steiner, translated from German (4 pages).
Box: 19 Fold: 3 Herbert Steiner
- ALS 10/15/1951 (1 page), with reference to publication of his works and to reviews of Alexis Leger.
Box: 19 Fold: 4 Herbert Steiner
- ACS postcard 1/4/1952.
- ALS 3/22/1952 (2 pages), reference to reading Francis Biddle's book, "Fear of Freedom."
Box: 19 Fold: 5 Herbert Steiner
- ALS 6/12/1955 (2 pages), reference to reading a poem by Biddle passed along by mutual acquaintance Alexis Leger (whom Steiner refers to as "StJP").
- ALS 9/19/1955 (1 page), with reference to reading Conrad Aiken, contemplating writing a review of "Vents" by Alexis Leger, and Biddle's play, "Sojourner Truth."
Box: 19 Fold: 6 Herbert Steiner
- Typescript (with envelope) of a review by Steiner entitled, "Saint-John Perse in German." (1 page).
- ALS 8/5/1958 (2 pages), with reference to Alexis Leger.
- ALS 12/7/1958 (2 pages), with reference to publishing an article by Biddle in a German journal.
- ACS postcard 12/27/1958.
Box: 19 Fold: 7 Herbert Steiner
- ALS 9/14/1958 (2 pages) enclosing articles (published in German) by Steiner. Also includes an article by Biddle translated into German by Steiner.
Box: 19 Fold: 8 Herbert Steiner
- ALS 1/29/1959 (2 pages), with reference to planning a visit to Washington to see the Biddles and Alexis Leger.
- ALS 2/26/1959 (1 page), with reference to Marguerite Caetani.
- ALS 4/18/1959 (2 pages), with reference to Biddle's poetry.
- ALS 11/1/1959 (1 page), with reference to Alexis Leger's being awarded the Grand Prix National des Lettres and the Grand Prix International de Poesie.
- ACS postcard 12/17/1959.
- ALS 12/21/1959 (1 page), with reference to Marguerite Caetani.
Box: 19 Fold: 9 Herbert Steiner
- ALS 2/2/1960 (2 pages with envelope), with reference to Alexis Leger.
- ALS 9/30/1960 (1 page).
- ALS 12/7/1960 (2 pages with envelope), with reference to Marguerite Caetani and Alexis Leger.
- ALS 12/19/1960 (1 page), with reference to Alexis Leger.
Box: 19 Fold: 10 Herbert Steiner
- ALS postcard 4/14/1961 with reference to an essay by Biddle on Alexis Leger.
- ALS 5/27/1961 (1 page), with reference to poems by Biddle.
Box: 19 Fold: 11 Herbert Steiner
- ACS postcard 1/5/1962.
- ACS postcard 12/31/1962.
Box: 19 Fold: 12 Herbert Steiner
Box: 19 Fold: 13 Herbert Steiner
Box: 19 Fold: 14 re Herbert Steiner: Polly H.N. Crena de Ionge Box: 19 Fold: 15 re Herbert Steiner: Jorge Guillen Box: 19 Fold: 16 re Herbert Steiner: Elizabeth Hapgood
Box: 19 Fold: 17 re Herbert Steiner: Hilda von Mises Box: 20 Fold: 1 Verna Arvey Still Box: 20 Fold: 2 Verna Arvey Still Box: 20 Fold: 3 Verna Arvey Still Box: 20 Fold: 4 Verna Arvey Still
- TLS dated 3/29/1944 (1 page). Reference to British performances of Biddle's choral poem (with music by William Grant Still) "Plain Chant for America."
- TLS dated 7/31/1944 (1 page) with excerpt of commentary on Biddle's choral poem, "And They Lynched Him from a Tree," by conductor Richard Lert. Reference also to a pleasant visit from Alain Locke.
Box: 20 Fold: 5 Verna Arvey Still
undated
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence to Katherine Biddle from Marion Merrell: ALS undated (2 pages/1 sheet).
undated
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence to Katherine Biddle from Marion Merrell: ALS undated (8 pages), consisting of notes on Biddle's poetry.
undated
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence to Katherine Biddle from Marion Merrell: ALS undated (2 pages/1 sheet), with attached guest list.
undated
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence to Katherine Biddle from Marion Merrell: ALS undated (1 page). Includes typescripts of poems by Merrell: "Poem for Spring" (printed clipping from The New Yorker); "Hymn to Winter Solstice"; "National Gallery Small Permanent Collection Number 2 -- Statistician"; "Academic Freedom"; "Song"; "Instruction to a Daughter"; "Dead Politician"; "Long Distance"; "Song for a Young Child"; "The Transient"; "First Party"; "The Yellow Toms fight in the Snow for the Black Kitten, Astarte"; "Veronal for November"; "R Stands for Roof"; "Tenancy"; "Post Mortem"; "Pretty Kitty"; "Night Flight"; "Dead Politician."
undated
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence to Katherine Biddle from Marion Merrell: ALS undated (6 pages/3 sheets), with comments on Biddle's poetry.
1939-47
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence from Katherine Biddle to Marion Merrell, dating 1939-47. Includes printed notice for the performance of Biddle's poem, "And they lynched him from a tree," sung by Louise Burge. Also includes typescript of long poem by Frances Gunther, "War and Love."
1948-66
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence from Katherine Biddle to Marion Merrell, dating 1948-66.
undated
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence from Katherine Biddle to Marion Merrell, undated.
undated
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence from Katherine Biddle to Marion Merrell, undated.
February 6, 1946
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence to Katherine Biddle from Arthur Hopkins: TLS 2/6/1946, with reference to a play by Marion Merrell.
1969
DESCRIPTION: Typescript entitled, "In Memory of Clinch Calkins -- Unpublished Poems," (1969).
1951
DESCRIPTION: Typescript of a review by Katherine Biddle for a novel by Marion Merrell, entitled, "Calendar of Love," (Simon and Schuster, 1951).
undated
DESCRIPTION: Autograph manuscript of a review by Katherine Biddle of poems by Marion Merrell.
undated
DESCRIPTION: Clipping (2 copies) of a newspaper article re Marion Merrell.
1969
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence from Mark Merrell to Katherine Biddle: 2 TLS dated 8/4/1969 and 8/5/1969.
June 4, 1940
DESCRIPTION: TLS 6/4/1940 from Francis Biddle to Mark Merrell announcing the performance of Katherine Biddle's poem, "An They Lynched Him from a Tree," with music by William Grant Still.
October 3, 1941
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence to Katherine Biddle from Consuelo Salera, secretary to Chilean poet Gabriela Mistral. Reference to permission to Katherine Biddle to translate Mistral's poems.
October 17, 1941
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence to Katherine Biddle from Gabriela Mistral: TLS 10/17/1941 with envelope (2 pages, in Spanish).
July 22, 1946
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence to Katherine Biddle from Gabriela Mistral: TLS 7/22/1946 with envelope (in Spanish).
undated
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence to Katherine Biddle from Gabriela Mistral: ALS undated (2 pages, in Spanish).
1946
DESCRIPTION: Typed and autograph drafts of letters from Katherine Biddle to Gabriela Mistral. Reference to translating Mistral's poems.
1941-1946
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence to Katherine Biddle from Francisco Aguilera, Pan American Union, regarding the appointment of Pedro de Alba, assistant director of the Pan American Union, official U.S. representative of Gabriela Mistral. Includes carbon copy of de Alba's acceptance letter to Aguilera (10/6/1941).
1941
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence to Katherine Biddle from George Dillon: 2 TLS dated 8/19/1941 & 9/27/1941, with reference to the former's translation of poems by Gabriela Mistral.
1946
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence to Katherine Biddle regarding the translation and publication in English of poems by Gabriela Mistral. Includes 2 TLS from Roger W. Straus, Jr., dated 11/8/1946 & 11/12/1946. Also includes TLS from Luise M. Sillcox dated 7/1/1946.
1946
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence by James Van Alan, vice-president, Farrar, Straus, and Company, Inc., to Katherine Biddle and to Gabriela Mistral regarding the publication of the latter's poems. Includes transcript of letter from Mistral to Van Alan, 9/17/1946.
1946-51
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence to Katherine Biddle relating to Gabriela Mistral -
February 25, 1960
DESCRIPTION: Printed notice, news release, and typed note by Katherine Biddle, regarding a ceremony marking the presentation to the Library of Congress of microfilmed copies of the papers of Gabriela Mistral (2/25/1960).
1956
DESCRIPTION: Items relating to 1956 events held by the Pan American Union in honor of Gabriela Mistral:
February 1946
DESCRIPTION: Typed transcripts (3 copies) of an address given by Katherine Biddle, possibly at a Chilean embassy reception held in honor of Gabriela Mistral (newspaper clipping included).
undated
DESCRIPTION: Manuscripts of translations by Katherine Biddle of poems by Gabriela Mistral including, "Deep Sleep," "Earth and the Woman," and "God Wills It."
1945-46
DESCRIPTION: Clippings of newspaper articles about Gabriela Mistral. Includes an issue of the Chilean Gazette (December 1945), dedicated to Mistral who received the Nobel Prize for literature that year.
April & June 1956
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence to Katherine Biddle from Iris Origo:
August & September 1956
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence to Katherine Biddle from Iris Origo:
October & November 1956
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence to Katherine Biddle from Iris Origo:
August 1960
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence to Katherine Biddle from Iris Origo:
July 1964
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence to Katherine Biddle from Iris Origo:
June & July 1970
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence to Katherine Biddle from Iris Origo:
August 1970
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence to Katherine Biddle from Iris Origo:
October 1970
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence to Katherine Biddle from Iris Origo:
November 1970
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence to Katherine Biddle from Iris Origo:
December 1970
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence to Katherine Biddle from Iris Origo:
January 1971
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence to Katherine Biddle from Iris Origo:
February 1971
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence to Katherine Biddle from Iris Origo:
March & May 1971
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence to Katherine Biddle from Iris Origo:
August 1971
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence to Katherine Biddle from Iris Origo:
May 1973
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence to Katherine Biddle from Iris Origo:
undated
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence to Katherine Biddle from Iris Origo: 3 ALS undated, 1 telegram, and 1 ALS fragment.
c.1950-67
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence to Francis Biddle from Iris Origo:
1965-1971
DESCRIPTION: - 2 ALS dated 6/9/1965 and 9/24/1969 to Katherine Biddle from Donata Origo, a daughter of Iris Origo's.
undated
DESCRIPTION: Christmas greeting card from Iris Origo with collage of snapshots of grandchildren(?).
c.1956
DESCRIPTION: Autograph notes by Katherine Biddle -- appear to be transcription of travel recommendations for a visit to Italy given by Iris Origo (see letter dated 6/25/1956, folder 17:1).
1959
DESCRIPTION: Clipping of an article by Iris Origo, entitled, "Biography, True and False," (in The Atlantic Monthly, 1959).
July 1955
DESCRIPTION: Offprint of a paper by Iris Origo: "The Domestic Enemy: the Eastern Slaves in Tuscany in the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Centuries." (in "Speculum," a journal of medieval studies, July 1955). This copy inscribed to Katherine Biddle and signed by Origo.
April 1959
DESCRIPTION: Clipping of article by Iris Origo, "Who Reads Other People's Letters?" (in Vogue, April 1, 1959).
c.1971
DESCRIPTION: 2 copies of typescript for a review by Katherine Biddle of Iris Origo's autobiography, "Images and Shadows," (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1971).
1970-71
DESCRIPTION: Clippings of printed reviews of Iris Origo's autobiography, "Images and Shadows." Includes those by Katherine Biddle and Anne Fremantle.
October 1953
DESCRIPTION: Clippings of a printed reviews of "Leopardi: A Study in Solitude," by Iris Origo (1953).
1962
DESCRIPTION: Printed dustjacket for Iris Origo's book, "The World of San Bernardino," (1962).
1947-70
DESCRIPTION: Xerox copies of flyleaves from books by Iris Origo inscribed to Katherine Biddle.
March 15, 1965
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence to Katherine Biddle from William Jay Smith: ALS 3/15/1965(?) with envelope. A hand-delivered note to Biddle commenting on her poem, "Death Tree," (includes typescript with annotations by Smith).
December 24, 1966
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence to Katherine Biddle from William Jay Smith: ALS 12/24/1966 (3 pages). Reference to Smith's marriage to Sonja Haussman; renewal of a teaching position at Hollins College; and to prospective publication of his anthology, "Poems from France," (1967).
1967
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence to Katherine Biddle from William Jay Smith:
1968
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence to Katherine Biddle from William Jay Smith:
1969
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence to Katherine Biddle from William Jay Smith:
Christmas 1969
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence to Katherine Biddle from William Jay Smith: ALS (1 page with envelope, hand-delivered), with copy of inscribed, signed typescript for his poem, "What Train Will Come?" (4 pages).
September 4, 1970
DESCRIPTION: Autograph poem written by William Jay Smith "For Katherine Garrison Chapin on her eightieth birthday." (2 pages, dated twice, 9/4/1970 and later inscribed, signed and dated 12/12/1970).
1971
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence to Katherine Biddle from William Jay Smith:
February 25, 1972
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence to Katherine Biddle from William Jay Smith: ALS 2/25/1972 (2 pages/1 sheet), with clipping of an article about the Russian poet, Yevgeny Yevtushenko's visit to the U.S.
undated
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence to Katherine Biddle from William Jay Smith: telegram (undated) with birthday greetings.
February 12, 1973
DESCRIPTION: Copy of a typed letter from Katherine Biddle to William Jay Smith.
Christmas 1966
DESCRIPTION: Poem by William Jay Smith entitled, "A Clutch of Clerihews," printed on a Christmas card (1966). Signed.
undated
DESCRIPTION: Typescript of poem by William Jay Smith, entitled, "Fishing for Albacore" (4 pages). Inscribed and signed.
Christmas 1961
DESCRIPTION: Poem by William Jay Smith, entitled, "A Minor Ode to the Morgan Horse," printed on a Christmas card, 1961. Inscribed and signed.
Christmas 1964
DESCRIPTION: Poem by William Jay Smith, entitled, "Morels," printed on a Christmas card, 1964. Inscribed and signed.
undated
DESCRIPTION: Typescript of poem by William Jay Smith, entitled, "Slave Bracelets," inscribed and signed (4 pages).
November 10, 1969
DESCRIPTION: Printed program for a play by William Jay Smith, entitled, "The Straw Market." Includes ACS to Katherine Biddle inviting her to attend the performance.
Aprl 15, 1973
DESCRIPTION: Clipping of printed poem by William Jay Smith, entitled, "Venice in the Fog" (in the New York Times, Sunday, April 15, 1973). Inscribed and signed.
Christmas 1967
DESCRIPTION: Poem by William Jay Smith, entitled, "Winter Morning," printed on a Christmas card, 1967. Inscribed and signed.
1969
DESCRIPTION: Autograph drafts of introductory addresses by Katherine Biddle for William Jay Smith.
1947
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence to Katherine Biddle from Herbert Steiner:
1950
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence to Katherine Biddle from Herbert Steiner:
October 15, 1951
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence to Katherine Biddle from Herbert Steiner:
1952
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence to Katherine Biddle from Herbert Steiner:
1955
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence to Katherine Biddle from Herbert Steiner:
1958 (February-December)
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence to Katherine Biddle from Herbert Steiner:
1958 (September)
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence to Katherine Biddle from Herbert Steiner:
1959
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence to Katherine Biddle from Herbert Steiner:
1960
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence to Katherine Biddle from Herbert Steiner:
1961
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence to Katherine Biddle from Herbert Steiner:
1962
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence to Katherine Biddle from Herbert Steiner:
1964
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence to Katherine Biddle from Herbert Steiner: 4 ALS dated 1/18/1964, 1/25/1964, 2/27/1964, 5/18/1964 (total: 4 pages).
undated
DESCRIPTION: Undated correspondence to Katherine Biddle from Herbert Steiner: 2 ALS, 1 ACS postcard, 1 ALS with proof of article by Biddle, entitled, "Poetry, the Purification of Language."
1964
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence to Katherine Biddle from Polly H.N. Crena de Ionge: 3 ALS dated 1964, regarding financial support by mutual friends of Herbert Steiner.
1963
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence to Katherine Biddle from Jorge Guillen - 3 ALS dated 10/17/1963, 11/20/1963, 12/11/1963 (total: 6 pages/3 sheets, with envelopes) with reference to Herbert Steiner and to Alexis Leger.
1964
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence to Katherine Biddle from Elizabeth Hapgood: 2 ALS with envelopes, dated 1964. Reference to Herbert Steiner.
1963
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence to Katherine Biddle from Hilda von Mises: 2 ALS dated in 1964, with reference to Herbert Steiner. Includes letter dictated to von Mises by Herbert Steiner, dated 11/17/1963.
1940
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence to Katherine Biddle from Verna Arvey Still: TLS dated 2/28/1940 (1 pages), with TLS 2/28/1940 to Alain Locke. Reference to the composition of a music score by William Grant Still for Biddle's poem, "And They Lynched Him from a Tree."
1941
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence to Katherine Biddle from Verna Arvey Still: TLS 8/12/1941 (1 page), with suggestion that Biddle write an article about her collaboration with composers William Grant Still and Harl McDonald on her poems, "And They Lynched Him from a Tree" and "Lament for the Stolen." Reference also to conductors John Barbirolli and Artur Rodzinski who conducted performances of the works.
1943
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence to Katherine Biddle from Verna Arvey Still: TLS 1/18/1943 and TLS dated "Tuesday afternoon," (2 pages). Reference to Biddle's poem, "Plain Chant for America," to baritone Wilbur Evans who performed it, and to a collaboration between William Grant Still and Leopold Stokowski. Reference also to prospective performance of "And They Lynched Him from a Tree."
1944
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence to Katherine Biddle from Verna Arvey Still:
September to November 1944
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence to Katherine Biddle from Verna Arvey Still: 5 TLS dated 9/2/1944, 9/7/1944, 9/12/1944, 9/23/1944, 11/26/1944 (total: 5 pages). Reference to performances in Mexico of Biddle's choral poems, "Plain Chant for America" and "And They Lynched Him from a Tree." Also mention that the Republican Party has asked William Grant Still for a publicity statement in support of Franklin D. Roosevelt (letter of 9/12/1944).
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