TSE and Valerie Eliot miscellany, 1957., 1957.
Dates
- Creation: 1957.
Language of Materials
Collection materials are mostly in English, but also include some in German, French, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Dutch, and other languages.
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research.
The majority of this collection is not housed at the Houghton Library but is shelved offsite at the Harvard Depository. Retrieval requires advance notice. Readers should check with Houghton Public Services staff to determine what material is offsite and retrieval policies and times.
Extent
1 foldersPhysical Location
Harvard Depository, pf, b, Vault
General note
On 1957 January 10, TSE married Esmé Valerie Fletcher (1926-) in London. Includes:
- Engraved wedding announcement of the marriage of Thomas Stearns Eliot and Esmé Valerie Fletcher. Sent to Theresa Garrett Eliot (Mrs. Henry Ware Eliot, Jr.). With envelope.
- "T. S. Eliot gives a unique photo-interview" : clipping from Daily Express, Friday, 1957 September 20.
- "Introducing Valerie to U.S. T. S. Eliot and bride visiting Cambridge" : clipping by William J. Lewis from the Boston Globe, 1958 May.
- "Mr. T. S. Eliot marries a Leeds woman" : clipping in the Yorkshire Post 1957 January.
- "T. S. Eliot. Eliot, Secretary on Honeymoon" : clipping from an unidentified American newspaper.
- "He's 68, She is 30. T. S. Eliot weds 'Confidential Clerk'" : clipping from the Boston Daily Globe 1957 January 11. With duplicate copy.
- "The Lyons Den. Eliot had early marriage" : dipping from the Boston Herald, 1957 January 22.
- "Poet Eliot & Bride. Short notice about T. S. Eliot ... arrived at London Airport ... from his three-week honeymoon hideout on the French Riviera" : clipping from Time, 1957 February 11.
- "Not for the neighbors: T. S. (Thomas Stearns) Eliot ... returned to London with his bride of a month, Valerie Fletcher ..." : clipping from an unidentified newspaper or magazine pasted on a postcard addressed to Mr. W. Sprague Brooks, Orleans, Mass. Post marked, Boston, Feb 21 7-PM 1957 Mass.
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