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Poetry

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Literary and oral genre rooted in the compressed and cogent imaginative awareness or associations of experiences, ideas, or emotional responses and arranged under an organized criterion of meaning, conscious and unconscious expression, symbolism, formal or informal pattern, sound, and rhythm. The genre encompasses narrative, dramatic, satiric, didactic, erotic, and personal forms.

Found in 13 Collections and/or Records:

19th Century British Poetry Manuscripts Collection

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-150616
Content Description

Collection of manuscript poems by 56 minor British poets. Includes prose and 3 photographs. Poets include: Alfred Austin, Mary Elizabeth Braden, "Alfred Crowquill," Francis Jeffrey, J. Sheridan Knowles, Lord John Russell, Charles Augustus Sala, and Martin F. Tupper.

Dates: 1800 - 1899
Found in: Georgetown University Manuscripts / 19th Century British Poetry Manuscripts Collection

William F. Claire papers 1

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS409
Collection-level Scope and Content Note The William F. Claire Papers [1 box, .25 linear ft.] consist of 12 autograph signed letters and 3 typed signed letters to and from William Claire. Of them, a majority discuss his writing on and analysis of the work of poet and writer Katherine Garrison Chapin Biddle, entitled "The Unpredictable Bloom." The collection contains correspondence from the Academy of American Poets, as well as the "Southern Review", the quarterly literary magazine fo the Louisiana State University, in reference to...
Dates: 1966-2006; Majority of material found within 1966-1968
Found in: Georgetown University Manuscripts / William F. Claire papers 1

William F. Claire papers 2

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-110502
Scope and Contents The collection is comprised of correspondence received by William Claire from Robert Lax, Thomas Merton, and Mark Van Doren. Other materials relate to the special double issue of "Voyages" magazine (Volume 2, Numbers 1 and 2, September 1968) focussing on Robert Lax, with an introduction by Claire, a brief biography on and writings by Lax. The collection also includes, typescripts and correspondence pertaining to "The Essays of Mark Van Doren (1942-1972)" edited by Claire (Conn.: Greenwood...
Dates: 1930-2016
Found in: Georgetown University Manuscripts / William F. Claire papers 2

Desmond Egan Papers 1

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-851203
Collection-level Scope and Contents note

The collection includes manuscripts of Egan's published collections, including, "Midland," "Leaves," "Siege!," "Woodcutter," "Athlone?" "Seeing Double," and "Snapdragon." Manuscripts for unpublished early poems from 1966-1977 are included, together with special publications of Egan's poems for posters and calendars.

Dates: 1966 - 1985
Found in: Georgetown University Manuscripts / Desmond Egan Papers 1

Desmond Egan Papers 2

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS81
Collection-level Scope and Content Note This collection is the second accession of the papers of the notable Irish poet, Desmond Egan (1936 - ). A portion consists of correspondence from international scholars, writers, several Irish ministers and various foreign ambassadors to Ireland. Among the well-known writers are Samuel Beckett, Robert Creeley, Seamus Heaney, Ted Hughes, Ian Jack, Desmond Guiness, James Laughlin, Peter Kavanagh (brother of poet Patrick Kavanagh), Peter Luke, Sean MacBride and James McKenna. ...
Dates: 1979 - 1990
Found in: Georgetown University Manuscripts / Desmond Egan Papers 2

Arthur Benoni Evans manuscripts

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 39020030738192]
Identifier: GTM-150618
Content Description

Bound autograph manuscript poems with additional loose leaves, by Arthur Benoni Evans (b.1781-1854), British poet and writer during the Romantic period. Includes a watercolor by Benoni. Total: approximately 140 pages.

Dates: 1809-1850
Found in: Georgetown University Manuscripts / Arthur Benoni Evans manuscripts

Elizabeth Jennings papers 1

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS173
Collection-level Scope and Content Note Note to the legacy print version of this finding aid.The Elizabeth Jennings papers 1 consists of correspondence sent and received by the poet. Correspondence is organized by individual name and arranged alphabetically. Also included is correspondence from cultural organizations, museums, and publishers, as well as fan letters. Notable correspondents include many contemporary poets and writers such as, John Betjeman, Charles Causley, Cecil Day-Lewis,...
Dates: 1957-1989; Majority of material found within 1969-1989
Found in: Georgetown University Manuscripts / Elizabeth Jennings papers 1

Elizabeth Jennings papers 2

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS136
Scope and Contents

Elizabeth Jennings papers 2, consists of manuscripts and notebooks of autograph first drafts of poems, dating from 1972 to 1983,by English poet Elizabeth Jennings (1926-2001).

Dates: 1972-1988
Found in: Georgetown University Manuscripts / Elizabeth Jennings papers 2

Elizabeth Jennings papers 3, GTM151109

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-151109
Scope and Contents

Addenda to the Elizabeth Jennings papers 1 and 2, consisting of additional letters and poetry manuscripts purchased directly from Jennings in 1992 and 1993; and various manuscripts purchased from Thornton's Bookshop, Oxford, England.

Dates: 1955-2001
Found in: Georgetown University Manuscripts / Elizabeth Jennings papers 3, GTM151109

Joyce Kilmer papers Gamms83

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS83
Collections-level Scope and Contents note The Joyce Kilmer papers consist of three categories of material: correspondence, manuscripts, and printed material (news clippings, photographs, and scores for music set to poems by Joyce and Aline Kilmer). Letters include those from Joyce Kilmer to Aline Kilmer (total 44), to his young son Kenton (total 4), and to friends such as Rev. James J. Daly, S.J., and to Rev. Charles O'Donnell, C.S.C. Other correspondence is that of Joyce Kilmer's mother, Annie Kilburn Kilmer to friends William L....
Dates: 1907-1980; Majority of material found within 1917-1941
Found in: Georgetown University Manuscripts / Joyce Kilmer papers Gamms83

John S. Mayfield Papers: Algernon Charles Swinburne Series

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-830101
Dates: 1825-1983; Majority of material found within 1860-1978
Found in: Georgetown University Manuscripts / John S. Mayfield Papers: Algernon Charles Swinburne Series

Randall, James Ryder Papers

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: GTM-190722
Content Description Papers of the American poet James Ryder Randall (1839-1908), who is best remembered for his poem "Maryland, My Maryland". The collection includes autograph letters to/from Randall, poetry manuscripts, photographs of the poet, newspaper clippings and printed ephemera.Folder 4 contains a fair copy autograph manuscript signed by the author of "Maryland, My Maryland." Autograph note by Edward Devitt, S.J., on verso of page 2: "Presented by the author to his former school-mate at G.T....
Dates: 1846 - 1909
Found in: Georgetown University Manuscripts / Randall, James Ryder Papers

John Bannister Tabb Papers

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-791030
Scope and Contents

The John Bannister Tabb Papers consist of more than 40 letters, manuscripts, and cards sent from Fr. Tabb to Dr. Thomas R. Price and Price's family. The letters touch on Fr. Tabb's poetry and publishing matters. A few poems by Fr. Tabb are found among the documents. Most of the letters were sent by Fr. Tabb from St. Charles College in Ellicott City, Maryland. Several prnted items about Fr. Tabb are also retained.

Dates: 1882 - 1909
Found in: Georgetown University Manuscripts / John Bannister Tabb Papers