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T. S. Eliot Collection
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Held at: Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division [Contact Us]
This is a finding aid. It is a description of archival material held at the Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division. Unless otherwise noted, the materials described below are physically available in their reading room, and not digitally available through the web.
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T.S. Eliot, the noted modern poet, dramatist, and literary critic, was born in St. Louis, Missouri. He earned a master's degree from Harvard University, which is when he met Emily Hale in 1913. The two formed a close bond, and when Eliot moved to the United Kingdom in 1914 to begin his PhD studies (eventually becoming a British subject in 1927) they remained in contact, establishing a robust correspondence that would continue intermittenly for years. In addition to his writing, Eliot worked as a schoolteacher and a bank accounts manager before joining the publishing firm of Faber and Gwyer (later Faber and Faber) in 1925, where he worked for the remainder of his career. Best known for such poems as The Waste Land, The Hollow Men, and Four Quartets, Eliot was the recipient of the 1948 Nobel Prize in Literature.
The collection consists of selected T. S. Eliot material, primarily of correspondence but including several photographs, typescripts of poems, and corrected proofs. A collection of over twenty letters by Eliot to Luigi Berti, concerning the latter's translations of Eliot's work into Italian, comprises the largest subunit.
Arranged in accession number order.
Purchased from George Robert Minkoff in 2001 (AM 2001-84).
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Folder Inventory added by Hilde Creager (2015) in 2012.
No appraisal information is available.
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- Finding Aid Date
- 2008
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The collection is open for research.
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Collection Inventory
9 TLsS, 1937-1939. 1 ALS, March 15, 1938. 7 addressed to Hopkins, 3 addressed to "Dear Mabel."
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1 folder
5 pp.
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unbound sheets, with holograph corrections by Eliot
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Correspondence with Franklin Gary. Announcement of Scrutiny, a quarterly review. Signed Christmas Card.
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Corrected galley proofs, 4 galleys. TLS (1931) by Francis Underhill to Eliot. Manuscript fragment, "chief object of his firm now to prevent poetry from being published...", 1 leaf.
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"The Country Walk", TMs with autograph note (initialed) by Emily Hale, 1 pp. "Morgan Tries Again", TMs with autograph note (signed) by Emily Hale, 2 pp. Photograph of Emily Hale.
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Text as published in Minneapolis Morning Tribute
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23 TLsS by Eliot to Luigi Berti. 1 TL (copy) by Eliot to Berti. 1 TLS by Eliot to Renato Poggioli. 2 TLs (signed by Eliot's secretary) to Berti. 1 TLs by Valentino Bompiani to Berti. 1 L (printed copy) for Kenneth Patcher Fund.
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