Box 1

 Container

Contains 14 Results:

Outgoing Correspondence—Miscellaneous (4 letters), 1931, 1937, 1960, undated

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Identifier: spc-mss0431-s01-g0001
Scope and Content Note From the Collection:

This small collection (.21 linear feet) includes personal correspondence between Allen Tate and family members Benjamin E. Tate, Sr., Benjamin E. Tate, Jr. (Chuck), and Louise Fleishman Tate. There are also letters to J. Edgar Simmons and others, and incoming letters from Mark Van Doren, William S. Knickerbocker, and others making a total of 39 letters. The collection also includes the Chronology and Resume of Allen Tate, typescripts of two poems and several articles by Tate.

Dates: 1931, 1937, 1960, undated

Outgoing Correspondence Allen Tate to J.Edgar Simmons (6 letters), 1949 - 1964

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Identifier: spc-mss0431-s01-g0002
Scope and Content Note From the Collection:

This small collection (.21 linear feet) includes personal correspondence between Allen Tate and family members Benjamin E. Tate, Sr., Benjamin E. Tate, Jr. (Chuck), and Louise Fleishman Tate. There are also letters to J. Edgar Simmons and others, and incoming letters from Mark Van Doren, William S. Knickerbocker, and others making a total of 39 letters. The collection also includes the Chronology and Resume of Allen Tate, typescripts of two poems and several articles by Tate.

Dates: 1949 - 1964

Outgoing Correspondence Allen Tate to Benjamin E.Tate, Sr. (11 letters), 1932 - 1961

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 3
Identifier: spc-mss0431-s01-g0003
Scope and Content Note From the Collection:

This small collection (.21 linear feet) includes personal correspondence between Allen Tate and family members Benjamin E. Tate, Sr., Benjamin E. Tate, Jr. (Chuck), and Louise Fleishman Tate. There are also letters to J. Edgar Simmons and others, and incoming letters from Mark Van Doren, William S. Knickerbocker, and others making a total of 39 letters. The collection also includes the Chronology and Resume of Allen Tate, typescripts of two poems and several articles by Tate.

Dates: 1932 - 1961

Outgoing Correspondence Allen Tate to Benjamin E. Tate, Jr. (Chuck) (9 letters), 1968 - 1974

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 4
Identifier: spc-mss0431-s01-g0004
Scope and Content Note From the Collection:

This small collection (.21 linear feet) includes personal correspondence between Allen Tate and family members Benjamin E. Tate, Sr., Benjamin E. Tate, Jr. (Chuck), and Louise Fleishman Tate. There are also letters to J. Edgar Simmons and others, and incoming letters from Mark Van Doren, William S. Knickerbocker, and others making a total of 39 letters. The collection also includes the Chronology and Resume of Allen Tate, typescripts of two poems and several articles by Tate.

Dates: 1968 - 1974

Outgoing Correspondence Allen Tate to Louise Fleishman Tate and related documents (4 letters), 1974

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 5
Identifier: spc-mss0431-s01-g0005
Scope and Content Note From the Collection:

This small collection (.21 linear feet) includes personal correspondence between Allen Tate and family members Benjamin E. Tate, Sr., Benjamin E. Tate, Jr. (Chuck), and Louise Fleishman Tate. There are also letters to J. Edgar Simmons and others, and incoming letters from Mark Van Doren, William S. Knickerbocker, and others making a total of 39 letters. The collection also includes the Chronology and Resume of Allen Tate, typescripts of two poems and several articles by Tate.

Dates: 1974

Incoming Correspondence—Miscellaneous (5 letters), 1926 - 1927

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 6
Identifier: spc-mss0431-s01-g0006
Scope and Content Note From the Collection:

This small collection (.21 linear feet) includes personal correspondence between Allen Tate and family members Benjamin E. Tate, Sr., Benjamin E. Tate, Jr. (Chuck), and Louise Fleishman Tate. There are also letters to J. Edgar Simmons and others, and incoming letters from Mark Van Doren, William S. Knickerbocker, and others making a total of 39 letters. The collection also includes the Chronology and Resume of Allen Tate, typescripts of two poems and several articles by Tate.

Dates: 1926 - 1927

Chronology of Tate’s Life 1899-1966; Resume 1974

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 7
Identifier: spc-mss0431-s02-g0001
Scope and Content Note From the Collection:

This small collection (.21 linear feet) includes personal correspondence between Allen Tate and family members Benjamin E. Tate, Sr., Benjamin E. Tate, Jr. (Chuck), and Louise Fleishman Tate. There are also letters to J. Edgar Simmons and others, and incoming letters from Mark Van Doren, William S. Knickerbocker, and others making a total of 39 letters. The collection also includes the Chronology and Resume of Allen Tate, typescripts of two poems and several articles by Tate.

Dates: 1923 - 1974

“The Mediterranean” typescript, signed

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 8
Identifier: spc-mss0431-s03-g0001
Scope and Content Note From the Collection:

This small collection (.21 linear feet) includes personal correspondence between Allen Tate and family members Benjamin E. Tate, Sr., Benjamin E. Tate, Jr. (Chuck), and Louise Fleishman Tate. There are also letters to J. Edgar Simmons and others, and incoming letters from Mark Van Doren, William S. Knickerbocker, and others making a total of 39 letters. The collection also includes the Chronology and Resume of Allen Tate, typescripts of two poems and several articles by Tate.

Dates: 1923 - 1974

“Shadow and Shade” typescript, signed

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 9
Identifier: spc-mss0431-s03-g0002
Scope and Content Note From the Collection:

This small collection (.21 linear feet) includes personal correspondence between Allen Tate and family members Benjamin E. Tate, Sr., Benjamin E. Tate, Jr. (Chuck), and Louise Fleishman Tate. There are also letters to J. Edgar Simmons and others, and incoming letters from Mark Van Doren, William S. Knickerbocker, and others making a total of 39 letters. The collection also includes the Chronology and Resume of Allen Tate, typescripts of two poems and several articles by Tate.

Dates: 1923 - 1974

The Literary Review / Re: John Crowe Ransom and The Waste Land, August 4, 1923

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 10
Identifier: spc-mss0431-s03-g0003
Scope and Content Note From the Collection:

This small collection (.21 linear feet) includes personal correspondence between Allen Tate and family members Benjamin E. Tate, Sr., Benjamin E. Tate, Jr. (Chuck), and Louise Fleishman Tate. There are also letters to J. Edgar Simmons and others, and incoming letters from Mark Van Doren, William S. Knickerbocker, and others making a total of 39 letters. The collection also includes the Chronology and Resume of Allen Tate, typescripts of two poems and several articles by Tate.

Dates: August 4, 1923

“Mere Literature and the Lost Traveller” (4th Annual Williamson Memorial Lecture) - Reprint, July 17, 1969

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 11
Identifier: spc-mss0431-s03-g0004
Scope and Content Note From the Collection:

This small collection (.21 linear feet) includes personal correspondence between Allen Tate and family members Benjamin E. Tate, Sr., Benjamin E. Tate, Jr. (Chuck), and Louise Fleishman Tate. There are also letters to J. Edgar Simmons and others, and incoming letters from Mark Van Doren, William S. Knickerbocker, and others making a total of 39 letters. The collection also includes the Chronology and Resume of Allen Tate, typescripts of two poems and several articles by Tate.

Dates: July 17, 1969

“Mere Literature and the Lost Traveller” - Photocopy of typescript with note

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 12
Identifier: spc-mss0431-s03-g0005
Scope and Content Note From the Collection:

This small collection (.21 linear feet) includes personal correspondence between Allen Tate and family members Benjamin E. Tate, Sr., Benjamin E. Tate, Jr. (Chuck), and Louise Fleishman Tate. There are also letters to J. Edgar Simmons and others, and incoming letters from Mark Van Doren, William S. Knickerbocker, and others making a total of 39 letters. The collection also includes the Chronology and Resume of Allen Tate, typescripts of two poems and several articles by Tate.

Dates: 1923 - 1974

“Some Influences of Baudelaire” in Bulletin Baudelairien - With typescript, program, and letter from W.T. Bandy, Le 31 Aout 1969

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 13
Identifier: spc-mss0431-s03-g0006
Scope and Content Note From the Collection:

This small collection (.21 linear feet) includes personal correspondence between Allen Tate and family members Benjamin E. Tate, Sr., Benjamin E. Tate, Jr. (Chuck), and Louise Fleishman Tate. There are also letters to J. Edgar Simmons and others, and incoming letters from Mark Van Doren, William S. Knickerbocker, and others making a total of 39 letters. The collection also includes the Chronology and Resume of Allen Tate, typescripts of two poems and several articles by Tate.

Dates: Le 31 Aout 1969

Sixty American Poets, A-K - incomplete typescript

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 14
Identifier: spc-mss0431-s03-g0007
Scope and Content Note From the Collection:

This small collection (.21 linear feet) includes personal correspondence between Allen Tate and family members Benjamin E. Tate, Sr., Benjamin E. Tate, Jr. (Chuck), and Louise Fleishman Tate. There are also letters to J. Edgar Simmons and others, and incoming letters from Mark Van Doren, William S. Knickerbocker, and others making a total of 39 letters. The collection also includes the Chronology and Resume of Allen Tate, typescripts of two poems and several articles by Tate.

Dates: 1923 - 1974

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