Summary
Contents: Box 1 - compositions; Box 2 - compositions; Box 3 - compositions, U.S. Navy records, Mimi Houghton material; Box 4 - family and travel photographs, silver coaster, marriage and death ceremony records, Harvard diploma; Box 5 - 2 photo albums, inscribed copy of Will H. Houghton's book, 13 Super 8 film reels.
Dates
- Creation: circa 1890-1990
Language of Materials
English
Restrictions on Access
Collection is open for research.
This collection is shelved offsite. Retrieval requires advance notice. Check with Houghton Public Services staff.
Conditions Governing Use
Includes audiovisual and/or digital media: Super 8 film reels (13).
Extent
4 linear feet (5 boxes)Biographical / Historical
Firman Andrews Houghton (1919-1985) was a poet, playwright, parodist, and editor. He was born to evangelist William Henry Houghton and Elizabeth Andrews; he served in the Navy during World War II. He was married to poet Ruth Whitman from 1959-1964 with whom he had a son, David; Ruth and Firman together published the literary magazine, Audience. He was subsequently married to Mimi Nixon Houghton. Once director of the Poets Theater in Cambridge (Mass.), he was also president of the New England Poetry Club which honors him with The Firman Houghton Award.
Arrangement
Unprocessed.
Processing Information
Minimal description derived from existing records and converted to online finding aid, Betts Coup, 2020.
Genre / Form
- Title
- Houghton, Firman Andrews. Firman Andrews Houghton papers, circa 1890-1990 (MS Am 2808): Guide
- Status
- completed
- Author
- Houghton Library, Harvard University.
- Date
- 2018 November 16
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- und
- EAD ID
- hou04801
Repository Details
Part of the Houghton Library Repository
Houghton Library is Harvard College's principal repository for rare books and manuscripts, archives, and more. Houghton Library's collections represent the scope of human experience from ancient Egypt to twenty-first century Cambridge. With strengths primarily in North American and European history, literature, and culture, collections range in media from printed books and handwritten manuscripts to maps, drawings and paintings, prints, posters, photographs, film and audio recordings, and digital media, as well as costumes, theater props, and a wide range of other objects. Houghton Library has historically focused on collecting the written record of European and Eurocentric North American culture, yet it holds a large and diverse number of primary sources valuable for research on the languages, culture and history of indigenous peoples of the Americas, Africa, Asia and Oceania.
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