Manuscripts

Edith Shiffert correspondence

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Description: This small group of correspondence is mainly between Edith Shiffert and her publisher, Alan Swallow, from 1960-1962 regarding the publication of her poems in "Poets in Swallow Paperbooks." There are also 7 items of ephemera, which consists of a newspaper clipping, a page from a periodical, and fliers.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1960-1964.
Call number: mssShiffert correspondence
Creator: Shiffert, Edith Marcombe(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Gift of Dr. Ann Stanford, February 2, 1980.
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Dame Edith Sitwell papers

Manuscripts

The collection contains a series of manuscript poems (both typewritten and handwritten items) by Edith Sitwell as well as some letters and miscellaneous items. Many of the manuscript poems in the collection are various drafts of poems, and several of them were published in Sitwell's first book, The Mother and Other Poems (1915). The letters in the collection are from Sitwell to her cousin, and fellow writer, Joan Wake, and chiefly address Sitwell's writing. The miscellaneous items include pieces written by Wake on modern poetry and on her cousin's poetic stylings.

mssHM 32068-32122

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Dame Edith Sitwell papers

Manuscripts

mssHM 32068-32122

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Edith M. Place letters

Manuscripts

Five letters written by Edith Place to her cousin, Hattie, about her life on a ranch in Monterey County, California. In these letters, she writes in detail about her life on the ranch; harvests and crops planted; the migrant harvesting crews and their appearance during harvest; weather; her education (she did not like her teacher); childbirth and death; family matters; religious life; and leisure activities including trips to the beach. The manuscript with the letters is a short story entitled "Thanksgiving Day in the Far West," also written by Place.

mssHM 83489-83494

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Correspondence & Miscellaneous

Manuscripts

Approx. 25 items. Folder includes congratulatory letters and notes (some handwritten) on the occasion of Bassett's October 1977 retirement, retirement luncheon announcement and guest list, an Oct. 21, 1977 clipping from The Malibu Times on his retirement, clippings from Los Angeles Times. Also correspondence from journalist Robert Elegant and Sen. Alan Cranston.

mssLAT

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Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt postcard to Fred Lockley

Manuscripts

Postcard reads, "Can not use 'Making a Nation' but shall be glad if you can get me a copy of Powel's 'Gentlemen Rovers," signed Edith K. Roosevelt.

mssHM 80234

Edith Octavia Shorb

Visual Materials

A bust-length studio portrait of Edith Octavia Shorb as a young woman, with her body turned very slightly to the left. Her straight, dark hair is pulled back, and she is wearing a white blouse or dress with a high neck and slightly puffy sleeves.

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