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Collected poems of Robert Frost, 1939
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Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
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Manuscripts
This collection contains 59 pieces of correspondence and poems of American poet Robert Frost, chiefly consisting of handwritten poems and letters sent by Frost to Susan Hayes Ward (1835-1916), poetry editor for The Independent, from the mid 1890s to the 1910s. Items consist of: thirty letters from Robert Frost to Susan Hayes Ward (HM 7656, HM 25338-25366); eighteen loose poems signed by Robert Frost (HM 7638-7646, HM 7648-7655, HM 7657); two poems whose authorship was repudiated by Frost; apparently in the hand of Elinor M. Frost (HM 1201, HM 7647); a collection of 17 handwritten poems presented by Frost to Ward for Christmas 1911 (HM 7237); a letter from Robert Frost to William Hayes Ward, the editor of The Independent (HM 25337); two letters from Elinor Frost to Susan Hayes Ward (HM 25367-25368); three letters from Frost to Huntington Library staff authorizing access to his papers (HM 10799, HM 47622, HM 48305); and two letters from Frost related to autographs (HM 13810, HM 59545).
mssHM 1201; mssHM 7237; mssHM 7638-7657; mssHM 10799; mssHM 13810; mssHM 25337-25368; mssHM 47622; mssHM 48305; mssHM 59545