Stephen Vincent Benet asks his mother, Frances Rose Benet, to come to Thanksgiving.
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November 17, 1939
Location: I-Friends-1991-1
Subject: Personal and Family Life
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1920-1939
January 9, 1940
Writer and poet Stephan Vincent Benét writes to his mother, Frances. He discusses a recent speaking engagement at Saybrook College, the cold weather, and his daughter Rachel's pet canary. Envelope included.
Location: I-Friends-1983-1
Subject: Personal and Family Life
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1940-1959
1948
Publisher: New York: The Woman's Press
Esther Popel discusses some of her experience regarding race in the United States.
Location: DC 1919 S534p
Subject: Literary Pursuits, Personal and Family Life
Format: Books and Pamphlets
Time Period: 1940-1959
May 6, 1948
Two letters from William Rose Benét to Lawton Mackall: the first asking for details about a play Mackall has written; the second explaining that he has no room to publish a piece by one of Mackall's friends.
Location: I-Friends-1982-3
Subject: Literary Pursuits, Personal and Family Life
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1940-1959
August 8, 1949
William Rose Benét writes to his sister, Laura Benét, with a clipping about the family from the Cape Ann Summer Sun.
Location: I-Friends-1982-4
Subject: Personal and Family Life
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1940-1959
April 20, 1951
Zatae Longsdorff Straw (Class of 1887) writes to Mr. and Mrs. Howard W. Selby, accepting an invitation and explaining her (and her family's) connections to Dickinson College. Howard Selby was a member of Dickinson's class of 1913 and his wife, Ethel Wagg Selby, was a member of the class of 1915...
Location: I-Original-1951-1
Subject: Dickinson College Alumni Affairs, Genealogy and Family History, Personal and Family Life
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1940-1959
1964
In this draft letter, Allen Tanner writes to author Parker Tyler, promising to provide him with information and photos of Pavel Tchelitchew and their friends for Tyler's book The Divine Comedy of Pavel Tchelitchew.
Location: MC 2013.3, B2, F6
Subject: Literary Pursuits, Personal and Family Life, Visual and Performing Arts
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1960-1979
February 26, 1964
Josephine Meredith writes to Josephine Davis about a recent visit to Dickinson, her extended family, her life and activities in Iowa, and comments on health issues. Meredith, a member of the Class of 1901 and who later worked at Dickinson as Dean of Women and an English professor from 1919 to...
Location: I-DavisJ-1965-1
Subject: Carlisle and Cumberland County, Dickinson College Administration, Education, Personal and Family Life
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1960-1979
circa 1965
Poet Marianne Moore writes to an unspecified "kind, kind Don." Moore thanks Don for "taking [his] time to help [her], and send for a taxi;" she is also grateful for his gift of "The Adoration of the Magi, the one true message for the days." Finally, Moore hopes that Christmas will help "lift [...
Location: I-AsbellY-2002-34
Subject: Literary Pursuits, Personal and Family Life
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1960-1979
c.1970
Mabel Abbott provides an overview of Joseph Priestley and his house in central Pennsylvania in "The Story of Joseph Priestley House" by Mabel Abbott.
Location: I-ShentonJ-1970-1
Subject: Personal and Family Life, Religion and Spirituality, Science and Technology
Format: Essays and Dissertations
Time Period: 1960-1979
1975
Ralph Wallace White's biography of Dr. Charles Nisbet.
Location: DC 1929 W587c
Subject: Dickinson College History, Genealogy and Family History, Personal and Family Life
Format: Books and Pamphlets
Time Period: 1960-1979
June 13, 1976
In this letter to Janet Figler, mother of donor Liz Hamill Howard, Allen Tanner writes that he no longer gives piano lessons due to ongoing health problems. He also offers musical training advice for Hamill Howard.
Location: MC 2013.3, B1, F28
Subject: Personal and Family Life, Visual and Performing Arts
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1960-1979
July 25, 1977
In this letter to Liz Hamill Howard, Allen Tanner describes where he purchased an Alexander Scriabin album, and offers advice to Hamilll Howard on her piano playing technique.
Location: MC 2013.3, B1, F47
Subject: Personal and Family Life, Visual and Performing Arts
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1960-1979
1980
A description of this item is not currently available.
Location: DC 1929 W587 Bk. 1
Subject: Genealogy and Family History, Personal and Family Life
Format: Books and Pamphlets
Time Period: 1980-1999
1980
A description of this item is not currently available.
Location: DC 1929 W587 Bk. 2
Subject: Genealogy and Family History, Personal and Family Life
Format: Books and Pamphlets
Time Period: 1980-1999
July 30, 1980
In this letter to author Victoria Glendinning, Allen Tanner writes about his and Pavel Tchelitchew's friendship with English poet Edith Sitwell, as well as the end of their friendship with Gertrude Stein.
Location: MC 2013.3, B1, F44
Subject: Literary Pursuits, Personal and Family Life
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1980-1999
December 2, 1980
In this letter, Allen Tanner writes that he is displeased with how author Victoria Glendinning has characterized him in her biography of English poet Edith Sitwell.
Location: MC 2013.3, B1, F44
Subject: Literary Pursuits, Personal and Family Life
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1980-1999
November 9, 1984
In this letter to his Uncle Allen Tanner, Robert Tanner describes his genealogical research and reconnection with distant family members. Transcript included.
Location: MC 2013.3, B1, F82
Subject: Genealogy and Family History, Personal and Family Life
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1980-1999
Undated
In this essay draft, Allen Tanner writes about growing up in a musical family in rural Illinois, and his disappointment regarding Edith Sitwell's depiction of Pavel Tchelitchew in her autobiography. Transcript included.
Location: MC 2013.3, B4, F40
Subject: Personal and Family Life, Visual and Performing Arts
Format: Essays and Dissertations
Time Period:
Undated
In this draft essay, Allen Tanner writes about the women with whom Pavel Tchelitchew associated, including Hadley Hemingway, Russian ballerina Catherine Devilliers, and artist Stella Bowen. ...
Location: MC 2013.3, B4, F43
Subject: Personal and Family Life, Visual and Performing Arts
Format: Essays and Dissertations
Time Period:
Undated
In this letter to R. Kirk Askew, owner of the Durlacher Bros. art gallery, Allen Tanner discusses the sale of several Pavel Tchelitchew paintings in Askew's gallery. He also mentions his health and the death of one of Tchelitchew's sisters. Transcript included.
Location: MC 2013.3, B1, F8
Subject: Personal and Family Life, Visual and Performing Arts
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period:
Undated
In this draft letter, Allen Tanner writes to Margaret Anderson about their first meeting in Chicago. He also discusses her past relationships with fellow editor of the Little Review Jane Heap, and opera singer Georgette LeBlanc.
Location: MC 2013.3, B1, F5
Subject: LGBT History, Literary Pursuits, Personal and Family Life
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period:
Undated
In this draft letter, Allen Tanner writes to author Parker Tyler to assist Tyler in writing his book The Divine Comedy of Pavel Tchelitchew. Tanner discusses the dissolution of his and...
Location: MC 2013.3, B2, F6
Subject: LGBT History, Literary Pursuits, Personal and Family Life
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period:
Undated
With this letter to his mother, Robert Tanner includes a photocopy of a newspaper article about his Uncle Allen Tanner's musical accomplishments. Transcript included.
Location: MC 2013.3, B1, F82
Subject: Personal and Family Life, Visual and Performing Arts
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period:
Undated
In this draft, Allen Tanner describes in great detail his relationship with his partner of 12 years, Russian artist Pavel Tchelitchew. Tanner also discusses Tchelitchew's relationship with English poet Edith Sitwell. Transcript included.
Location: MC 2013.3, B4, F48
Subject: LGBT History, Personal and Family Life
Format: Essays and Dissertations
Time Period:
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