Manuscripts

Writings

Description: Writings of Robert Mezey, including publications in which his poetry appeared, a few of his books, broadsides, photocopies, and some handwritten notes about his E.A. Robinson and Thomas Hardy projects. Most of the material is from the 1990s; a few of the publications are inscribed to Eileen Senner.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1970-2002
Call number: mssMezey
Creator: Senner, Eileen(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Gift of Eileen Senner, September 2023.
Restrictions: Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.
Rights: The Huntington Library does not require that researchers request permission to quote from or publish images of this material, nor does it charge fees for such activities. The responsibility for identifying the copyright holder, if there is one, and obtaining necessary permissions rests with the researcher.
Associated people: Mezey, Robert,
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Eileen Senner collection on Robert Mezey

Manuscripts

Correspondence, photographs, writings, publications, and ephemera related to the poet Robert Mezey, collected by his former romantic partner Eileen Senner. Correspondence consists primarily of postcards and letters from Mezey to Senner, some including poetry. Writings include copies of publications in which Mezey's poetry appeared, broadsides, photocopies, and a small amount of handwritten notes related to his E.A. Robinson and Thomas Hardy projects. The collection also includes biographical articles and clippings, ephemera related to poetry readings and other events, and several photographs of Mezey.

mssMezey

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Correspondence and biographical

Manuscripts

Correspondence, primarily from Robert Mezey to Eileen Senner and dating from approximately 1991-2008. Also biographical articles and clippings, ephemera related to poetry readings and other events, and some photographs of Mezey in college and as an older man.

mssMezey

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Writings, speeches, and printed articles

Manuscripts

The collection consists primarily of letters to Munro from his academic colleagues, dealing with reactions to his research and publications, with his professional and social activities, and with the administration of universities and other institutions in which Munro was interested. A few letters after Munro's death are addressed to Professsor Harvey Eagleson concerning a memoir of Munro. Correspondents include Charles Austin Beard, Max Farrand, Herbert Hoover, Walter Lippman, Abbott Lawrence Lowell, Robert A. Millikan, and George Walter Prothero.

mssHM 27998-28161

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Articles and stories A-M

Manuscripts

Primarily typescript drafts and photocopy drafts of articles and stories, many of which appeared in Vogue, Rolling Stone, and other publications. Grouped alphabetically with a few titles housed separately in original folders: Gilded Lily, Hair These Days, Inventories, In Praise of Folly, and Maui Wowie. Some drafts include notes from publishers and revisions.

mssBabitz

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Photographs of Indians of the Southwest by E.A. Bonine

Visual Materials

This collection contains 73 studio portraits of Native Americans from southwestern Arizona, and were probably taken between 1880 and 1883 in E.A. Bonine's photography tent in Yuma, Arizona. The collection includes photographs of Chief Pasqual of the Yuma tribe, and posed portraits of members of the Yuma, Apache, Pima, Cocopa, Tohono O'Odham (also known as the Papago), and Mohave tribes. A few of the portraits have been identified with the names of people and tribes, but the majority of individuals remain unidentified.

photCL 200

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Musical Elect

Manuscripts

A volume of bound souvenir programs. Includes a biography on Behymer, a few souvenir programs inscribed to Behyemer, and sheet music. Theatres include: Philharmonic Auditorium, and the Honolulu Community Theatre. Includes programs for: Mei Lan-Fang, Padereswki, Marian Anderson (signed), Yehudi Menuhin, Mischa Elman, Enrico Caruso, Jeanette MacDonald's, Kirsten Flagstad, and others.

mssBehymer

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