Overview
Primarily drawings and photographs as well as poems and notes by the American poet E. E. Cummings.
Dates
- Creation: 1922-1955 and undated
Conditions Governing Access
There are no restrictions on physical access to this material.
Extent
.5 linear feet (1 box)Contains autograph manuscript notes and poems, drawings, self-portrait sketches, photographs, ephemera, and clippings.
Biographical / Historical
Cummings was an American poet.
Physical Location
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Immediate Source of Acquisition
*77M-66. Purchased with the Amy Lowell fund from Mrs. Edward Estlin Cummings, 4 Patchin Place, New York, New York; received: 1972 January.
Purchased together with *67M-150.
- Title
- Cummings, E. E. (Edward Estlin), 1894-1962. E. E. Cummings additional papers, 1922-1955: Guide.
- Author
- Houghton Library, Harvard College Library
- Language of description
- und
- EAD ID
- hou00553
Repository Details
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