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COLLECTION Identifier: MS Am 1891.28 -1891.29

Witter Bynner additional papers

Overview

Additional papers of American poet and translator Witter Bynner.

Dates

  • Creation: 1900-1964

Language of Materials

Collection materials are in English.

Conditions Governing Access

There are no restrictions on physical access to this material.

Extent

5 linear feet (11 boxes)

Correspondence and compositions, including poems and drawings, of Witter Bynner along with compositions by others collected by Bynner. Correspondents include William Justema, Kang-hu Kiang, John Montgomery, and Craig Shin-chang Nieh.

Biographical / Historical

Bynner was an American poet and translator.

Arrangement

Organized into the following series:

  1. I. Letters to Witter Bynner
  2. II. Letters from Witter Bynner
  3. III. Other letters
  4. IV. Compositions by Witter Bynner
  5. V. Other compositions
  6. VI. bMS Am 1891.29: Letters to John Montgomery

Please note that item number 99 was inadvertently omitted from this finding aid.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

*75M-32. Gift of John Meigs and Peter Hurd; received: 1975.

*75M-58. Gift of the Witter Bynner Foundation, Inc.; 1976.

Title
Bynner, Witter, 1881-1968. Witter Bynner additional papers: Guide.
Author
Houghton Library, Harvard College Library
Language of description
und
EAD ID
hou00598

Repository Details

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