Overview
Papers of American poet Alan Seeger.
Dates
- 1907-1937
Language of Materials
Collection materials are in English.
Conditions Governing Access
There are no restrictions on physical access to this material. Collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
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Extent
1.5 linear feet (3 boxes)Contains unpublished and published poems; a war journal, 1915, written as a dispatch from France; other prose writings; student papers; letters and postcards by Seeger, mostly to his family, especially his mother, while he was in France; and three scrapbooks about Seeger containing letters by others mainly to his parents; poems by others about Seeger; photographs; citations; clippings; and other printed material.
Biographical / Historical
Seeger was an American poet. He volunteered with the French Foreign Legion and died in World War I.
Arrangement
Organized into the following series:
- I. bMS Am 1578: Miscellaneous poems
- II. bMS Am 1578.1: Miscellaneous prose
- III. bMS Am 1578.2: Letters to various persons
- IV. bMS Am 1578.3: Scrapbooks concerning Seeger
Physical Location
b
Immediate Source of Acquisition
59M-36-39. Bequest of Mr. T. E. Hanley; received: 1959.
2009M-32. Purchased from Serendipity Books with funds from the Jacob Blanck Book Fund; received: 2009.
- Title
- Seeger, Alan, 1888-1916. Alan Seeger papers, 1907-1937: Guide.
- Author
- Houghton Library, Harvard College Library
- Language of description
- und
- EAD ID
- hou01256
Repository Details
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