Agrarians (Group of writers)
Found in 32 Collections and/or Records:
John Crowe Ransom Papers
The John Crowe Ransom Papers, 1908-1976, consist of writings, correspondence, lecture notes, Kenyon Review notes, and biographical information of poet, educator, editor, critic, Vanderbilt alumnus (B.A. 1909) and former Vanderbilt faculty member (1914-1937), John Crowe Ransom, 1888-1974.
Alec Brock Stevenson Papers
Davidson - Tate Correspondence Papers
Allen Tate and Mark Van Doren Correspondence Collection
This small collection (.21linear feet) includes personal correspondence between Allen Tate and Mark Van Doren and his wife Mrs. Dorothy Van Doren and other correspondence that concerns Mark Van Doren. There are also poems by Tate, Christmas cards, photographs, and various other items that relate to their friendship over many years. Other correspondence can be found in Mark Van Doren’s papers at Columbia University.
Allen Tate Papers Correspondence and Manuscripts 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.
Robert Penn Warren And William Meredith Correspondence
Robert Penn Warren Collection
This collection contains 4 letters from 1948-1949 and 1976, approximately 75 photographs, and Robert Penn Warren's Phi Beta Kappa Certificate from Vanderbilt.
Robert Penn Warren Letter
This collection contains a letter dated November 23, 1984 from Robert Penn Warren to E. Lowell Robbins about a manuscript by Robbins.
Robert Penn Warren Photograph Collection
Stuart Wright Collection
The .63 linear feet collection (2 boxes) contains correspondence between Robert Penn Warren and George Core, as well as correspondence between Robert Penn Warren and Stuart Wright. There is also correspondence from Eleanor Clark to Stuart Wright. Many of the letters refer to the publishing of books, but many are personal in nature. Some of the letters are typed and some handwritten.
Wright, W. Whittier Collection
Mr. W. Whittier Wright is a Vanderbilt Alumnus who graduated in 1943. His collection consists of correspondence between himself and Agrarian literary writer Andrew Nelson Lytle.
Thomas Daniel Young Collection
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