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Edith Hamilton Collection
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Hamilton became well-known through her writings as a popularizer of classical values and Greek civilization. A full-time writer from 1922 on, she became an honorary citizen of Athens, Greece, in 1950.
The collection contains typescript and galley proofs of Hamilton's work The Ever-Present Past, 29 notebooks on various topics relating to Greek/Roman civilization, and correspondence, consisting of letters to John Mason Brown (1931-1961) and Philip Burt Fisher, who was wounded in France during World War I, and from Storer B. Lunt, her publisher at W. W. Norton (1957). There are also copies of letters to Hamilton from John Mason Brown (1930-1963), some newspaper clippings, and some obituary material.
Correspondence between Edith Hamilton and John Mason Brown is a gift of Mrs. John Mason Brown. Papers of Hamilton and letters from Ezra Pound to Edith Hamilton are a gift of Doris Fielding Reid. The Edith Hamilton letters to Philip Burt Fisher are a gift of Philip Fisher, Jr.
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Subject
- Authors and publishers -- United States -- 20th century
- Classicists -- United States -- 20th century
- Civilization, Greco-Roman
- Women authors, American -- 20th century
Place
- Publisher
- Manuscripts Division
- Finding Aid Date
- 2002
- Access Restrictions
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Collection is open for research use.
- Use Restrictions
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Collection Inventory
Consists of manuscripts for "The Ever-Present Past" as well as notebooks and speeches.
Arranged by genre of material.
Physical Description3 boxes
1 box
TMss with holograph corrections, pp. 1-194.
Physical Description3 folders
2 folders
27 notebooks.
Physical Description1 box
TMss (including speech on centennial of Vassar College).
Physical Description1 folder
1 folder
Consists of correspondence with individuals such as John Mason Brown and Doris Fielding Reed.
Arranged alphabetically by correspondent.
Physical Description1 box
71 letters by Hamilton.
Physical Description1 folder
67 letters (photocopies) to Hamilton.
Physical Description1 folder
3 letters by Hamilton to Fisher, who was wounded in France during World War I.
Physical Description1 folder
66 letters andnotes, and other misc. matter
Physical Description1 folder
5 letters by Hamilton.
Physical Description1 folder
8 letters.
Physical Description1 folder
Consists of clippings and "The Heritage of Edith Hamilton: 1867-1963" by John Mason Brown.
Not arranged according to any arrangement scheme.
Physical Description1 box
1 folder
1 folder