Library of Congress - Correspondence by Katherine Biddle., 05/10/1949-02/10/1956

File — Box: 37, Folder: 29

Identifier: 73454

Series-level Scope and Content Note

From the Series:

Correspondence from editors of various literary journals primarily concerning publication of Biddle's poetry.

Dates

05/10/1949-02/10/1956

Collection-level Access Restrictions

Access to this collection is by permission from the Biddle family. Please contact Booth Family Center for Special Collections for further information.

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Extent

From the Collection: 34 Linear Feet (65 Hollinger boxes)

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Additional Description

Container Summary

Typed carbons of correspondence from Katherine Biddle re matters relating to the Fellows of the Library of Congress in American Letters. Includes reference to award of the 1948 Bollingen Prize in Poetry to Ezra Pound; and to William Carlos Williams' declining to take up the post of Library of Congress Poet-in-Residence.

Subjects and Associated Physical Materials

BOLLINGEN PRIZE IN POETRY 1948 & EZRA POUND - REFERENCE BY BIDDLE, K.: Typed Letter Signed

POUND, EZRA - BOLLINGEN PRIZE IN POETRY 1948 - REF. BY BIDDLE, K.: Typed Letter Signed

LIBRARY OF CONGRESS & BOLLINGEN PRIZE IN POETRY 1948 - REF. BY BIDDLE: Typed Letter Signed

WILLIAMS, WILLIAM CARLOS & LIBRARY OF CONGRESS - REF. BY BIDDLE, K.: Typed Letter Signed

LIBRARY OF CONGRESS - CORRES. BY BIDDLE, KATHERINE 1949 & 1956: Typed Letter Signed