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Letters to William Stanley Braithwaite, 1915-1920

 Item — Box: 6, Folder: 19
Identifier: ABER MS MISC

Scope and Contents

Six holograph signed letters written by Robert Frost to writer and literary critic William Stanley Braithwaite (1878-1962), dated between 1915 and 1920. The letters mention Frost's first two books and his "theories of art" (March 22, 1915), Frost's poems for Braithwaite's Anthology of magazine verse and Ezra Pound (August 24, 1915), Frost's promise to Braithwaite that he will write a "poem on Shakespeare" (March 21, 1916), granting permission to Braithwaite to publish poems in his anthologies (September 2, 1917 and September 4, 1920).

Dates

  • 1915-1920

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

Open for research without restrictions.

Extent

1 Folder

Language of Materials

English

Existence and Location of Copies

Scanned copies of letters are in Middfiles.

Repository Details

Part of the Middlebury College Special Collections & Archives Repository

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Middlebury College
Davis Family Library
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Middlebury Vermont 05753 United States