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Rare Books
Bygones : the recollections of Louis Untermeyer
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Rare Books
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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 five letters to Louis Untermeyer from Mary Austin and typewritten carbon copies of "Hymns of the Penitentes," an essay about the Indian Penitente group of New Mexico and their chants and hymns (HM 41060), and "Rimas Infantiles of New Mexico," an essay on the cradle songs of New Mexico (HM 41061), with corrections in ink by the author. The letters, dated June 24, 1930 (HM 41062); July 18, 1930 (HM 41063); September 10, 1930 (HM 41064); October 19, 1930 (HM 41065); and November 12, 1930 (HM 41066), primarily discuss Native American and Southwest poetry and songs, prompted by Untermeyer's work on a projected anthology of Indian verse.
mssHM 41060-41066
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Manuscripts
Letters dated August 6, 1930 and October 31, 1930. Accompanied by Poems of the Colonials of the Southwest: typescript of four poems in Spanish, each with an accompanying English translation, dating from the 18th and 19th centuries. With dating of the poems in the hand of the author. The poems are referred to in the letter dated October 31, 1930.
mssHM 41068-41070
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Manuscripts
Personal and professional papers of Conrad Aiken. The collection includes his correspondence, (chiefly letters addressed to him), dealing with his business and literary affairs, manuscripts of his works, with some photographs and ephemera.
mssAIK 1-4904