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Louis O. Coxe Letters to William Meredith

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Held at: Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division [Contact Us]

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Overview and metadata sections

Call Number:
C0730
Repository:
Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division
Extent:
  • 1 box
  • 0.2 linear feet
Language:
English
Preferred Citation:
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Louis O. Coxe Letters to William Meredith, Box and Folder Number; Special Collections, Princeton University Library.
Date:
1939-1984 (inclusive)
Creator:
Coxe, Louis Osborne, 1918-
Form:
Letters -- 20th century.
Abstract:
Consists of approximately 110 letters by Louis O. Coxe (Princeton Class of 1940) to his former classmate, fellow poet, and friend William Meredith, primarily during the 1940s and 1970s.

Coxe, Louis Osborne, 1918-

Born in Manchester, New Hampshire, Louis O. Coxe was an American poet. A 1940 graduate of Princeton University, Coxe taught English for brief periods at Princeton, Harvard, and the University of Minnesota before joining the faculty at Bowdoin College (1956), where he remained until his death.

The collection consists of approximately 110 letters by Coxe (Princeton Class of 1940) to his former classmate, fellow poet, and friend William Meredith, primarily during the 1940s and 1970s. The letters offer support and criticism of Meredith's poetry and mention such friends and poets as Allen Tate, Louis Untermeyer, and Willard Thorp. Also present is a small group of verse by Coxe.

Arranged chronologically.

Purchased from J. Howard Woolmer in 1992 (AM1993-44).

Folder Inventory added by Hilde Creager (2015) in 2012.

No appraisal information is available.

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Publisher
Manuscripts Division
Finding Aid Date
2008
Access Restrictions

The collection is open for research.

Use Restrictions

Single photocopies may be made for research purposes. No further photoduplication of copies of material in the collection can be made when Princeton University Library does not own the original. Inquiries regarding publishing material from the collection should be directed to RBSC Public Services staff through the Ask Us! form. The library has no information on the status of literary rights in the collection and researchers are responsible for determining any questions of copyright.

Collection Inventory

Letters from Louis O. Coxe to William Meredith, 1939-1983. 10 folders.
Physical Description

10 folders

Misc. Letters to William Meredith, 1956-1975. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

2 ALsS by Edes [Coxe], Feb. 1951, no date. 1 TLS by Francis Brown of the New York Times Book Review, 1956. 1 TLS by Bob Coxe, 1974. 1 TLS (copy) by Jerry Sherwood of Princeton University Press, 1975.

Physical Description

1 folder

Verse, 1970-1984. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

Other works of poetry enclosed with several letters.

Physical Description

1 folder

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