Found 4 collections related to Poetry

May Sarton (1912-1995) was a writer, novelist, and poet born in Wondelgem, Belgium, and raised in Cambridge, Massachusetts. This collection dates from 1932 through 1985 and contains newspaper clippings, poems, correspondence, and photographs. The majority of the correspondence is with Sarton's friends, sisters Roswell and Margaret Hawley. less

Amy Clampitt (1920-1994) was an American poet who started seriously writing poetry in her forties. The Amy Clampitt papers include drafts of her work in various stages of completion, related correspondence, and material from her times as writer-in-residence at various institutions. The collection also has extensive personal materials, such as correspondence, family papers, photographs, and material from Clampitt's education. less

Lewis Warsh was an American poet, visual artist, professor, prose writer, editor, and publisher. He is most prominently known as a member of the second generation of the New York School poets. The Lewis Warsh papers, dating from 1957 to 2022, cover his personal and professional life, represented through correspondence, his notebooks and journals, drafts of his work, the work of other writers, and material related to events. The collection encompasses the whole of Warsh's career and is particularly strong in detailing his personal relationships and relationships with other writers. less

Walt Whitman (1819-1892) was a 19th-century American poet, essayist, and journalist. His copy of Poems Songs and Letters, Being the Complete Works of Robert Burns... edited by Alexander Smith (London: Macmillan, 1879), contains annotations and material dating from 1879 to 1902, including Whitman's holograph annotations of the text; annotated newspaper clippings about Burns; a tear sheet copy of Whitman's "Robert Burns as Poet and Person" from the North American Review with Whitman's corrections; a silk ribbon; and a letter from John H. Johnston to Andrew Carnegie. less