Danford Barney, 1925
Scope and Contents
A typescript of the first five chapters of what appears to be an untitled epic poem about two children traveling in Paradise, by American poet Danford Barney. Each chapter has a précis in prose, and is annotated in both pen and pencil, including notes for illustrations. A note in pencil in the upper margin of the first chapter reads “By Danford Barney. Illustrated by Lorraine Combs. about 1925”, though there is no evidence the work was ever published.
Dates
- 1925
Conditions Governing Access
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Biographical / Historical
Danford Barney (1892-1952) was an American poet. A graduate of Yale, Barney was part of a group of young poets affiliated with the University in the 1920s, including Stephen Vincent Benét, Archibald MacLeish, Phelps Putnam, and John Farrar. By 1945, he had published six volumes of his own poetry: Dust of Stars (1916), Chords of Albireo (1920), In the Comet's Hair (1921), Sardonyx (1926), Selected Poems Old and New (1942), and Songs Not for Brides (1945).
Extent
From the Collection: 30 Cubic Feet (68 boxes)
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
From the Collection: Latin
From the Collection: French
From the Collection: Italian
From the Collection: Welsh
From the Collection: Danish
From the Collection: Swedish
From the Collection: Spanish
From the Collection: German
From the Collection: Norwegian
From the Collection: Persian
From the Collection: Japanese
From the Collection: Russian
From the Collection: Greek, Ancient (to 1453)
Creator
- From the Collection: Scheetz, Nicholas B., 1952-2016 (Person)
Repository Details
Part of the Georgetown University Manuscripts Repository
Lauinger Library, 5th Floor
37th and O Streets, N.W.
Washington DC 20057
speccoll@georgetown.edu