Incoming Correspondence: Chitty, [-] - Clark, B., 1964 January 28 - 1994 July 26
Scope and Contents - Correspondence
The correspondence includes 3,883 items spanning the years 1873 to 1988, and fills ten of the twenty boxes that contain this collection. The correspondence is subdivided into Outgoing and Incoming Correspondence. The Outgoing Correspondence consists of 197 letters written by Andrew Lytle, dating from 1920 through 1966. The bulk of these letters are dated between 1920 and 1940 and are written primarily to family members.
The remaining 3,686 items in this series comprise the Incoming Correspondence. These letters span 1873 to 1988, but most date from about 1920 through 1960. There is a ten- year gap in the correspondence, from 1968 through 1978.
Correspondents include Herbert Agar (8), Earle Balch (21), Stringfellow Barr (5), Madison Smart Bell (5), D.K. Brent (21), Cleanth Brooks (8), William F. Buckley, Jr. (1), Laurance Chambers (87), Brainard Cheney (11), Frances Neel Cheney (5), Cannon Clark (23), S.T. ("Bill") Clark (76), Seward Collins (3), W.T. Couch (2), Malcolm Cowley (2), Harry Crews (1), Donald Davidson (57), Lambert Davis (11), John Dewey (1), James Dickey (16), Ward Dorrance (6), William Yandell Elliott (12), Paul Engle (3), Albert Erskine, Jr. (22), James Harold Flye (3), Jesse Hill Ford (8), Alan Frederiksen (18), Isabella Gardner (15), Ellen Glasgow (1), Caroline Gordon (75), Martha Graham (1), Graham Greene (2), George Haight (120), John "Jack" Hawkes (11), Isabel Howell (11), Lyle Hicks Lanier (3), LeRoy Leatherman (74), Robert Lowell (1), Robie Macauley (2), David McDowell (42), Samuel Monk (5), Howard Nemerov (1), Flannery O'Connor (3), Ivan Obolensky (7), Frank Lawrence Owsley (25), Harriet Owsley (6), Katherine Anne Porter (32), John Crowe Ransom (29), Eleanor Ross (3), Louis Rubin (4), Diarmuid Russell (4), Monroe K. Spears (25), Jean Stafford (3), Wallace Stevens (1), Randall Steward (8), Walter Sullivan (3), Allen Tate (227), Helen Heinz Tate (2), Peter Taylor (6), John Donald Wade (8), Robert Penn Warren (58), Eudora Welty (1), Jesse Wills (1), and Stark Young (7).
Dates
- Creation: 1964 January 28 - 1994 July 26
Copyright Information
Andrew Lytle's literary executor is his son-in-law, George Chamberlain of Sewanee.
Conditions Governing Access
The physical materials from this collection may be viewed only in the reading room of Vanderbilt’s Special Collections and University Archives. Materials should be requested two to three days in advance to facilitate easier access. Contact specialcollections@vanderbilt.edu to schedule an appointment.
Full Extent
From the Collection: 23.61 Linear Feet (23 letter Hollingers, 23 legal Hollingers, 1 letter half-Hollinger, 2 oversize boxes)
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Repository Details
Part of the Vanderbilt University Special Collections and University Archives Repository
Special Collections Library
1101 19th Ave. S.
Nashville TN 37212 United States
specialcollections@vanderbilt.edu
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