Moore, Marianne, 1887-1972
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1887 - 1972
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Don Cameron Allen author letter collection
Collection
Identifier: MS-0008
Abstract
Don Cameron Allen was a writer and professor at Johns Hopkins University. The collection spans the years 1948-1972 and consists of approximately 85 letters, mostly from well known writers.
Dates:
1949-1972
Marianne Moore, 1958-08-11 - 1965-01-13
File
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
This series and its subseries consist of letters, manuscripts, and photographs of authors and writers of note collected by Professor Richard Macksey (1931-2019), who worked in what is now the Alexander Grass Humanities Institute and The Writing Seminars at Johns Hopkins University from 1958 until his formal retirement in 2010. Professor Macksey was a noted bibliophile and in addition to collecting rare titles and editions, he also collected correspondence and manuscripts by noted French and...
Dates:
1958-08-11 - 1965-01-13
Marianne Moore correspondence with Stephen Garmey
Collection
Identifier: MS-0696
Abstract
Marianne Craig Moore (November 15, 1887 – February 5, 1972) was an American Modernist poet, critic, translator, and editor. Her poetry is noted for formal innovation, precise diction, irony, and wit. Stephen Garmley was a friend a Moore's an a longtime vicar of Calvary Eposicopal Church. Garley was also the author of Gramercy Park: An Illustrated History of a New York Neighborhood (1984). The collection spans 1957 to 1962 and chiefly is made up of letters...
Dates:
1956-1962