COLLECTION
Identifier: MS Am 3180
Elizabeth Bishop poetry reading and commemorative lectures with related material
Overview
Elizabeth Bishop commemorative lectures, poetry readings, and performances during the MLA convention.
Dates
- 1976
Language of Materials
English.
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research.
Extent
.1 linear feet (1 box)
Audio recordings on original audiotape, converted to audiocassettes and then CDs (all present) from MLA convention: two Sessions on Elizabeth Bishop, including a poetry reading by Bishop, commemorative lectures, and a performance of “A Mirror on Which to Dwell” (Elliott Carter). Recorded in New York City in December 1976.
Includes a poster dated [1976] December 28; and Sybil Pittman Estess's typescript account of the events held at the Americana Hotel in New York (N.Y.)(written in 2014).
Biographical / Historical
Elizabeth Bishop was an American poet and short story writer. From 1949 to 1950 she was a poetry consultant to the Library of Congress. In 1956 she won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry, in 1970 she was the recipient of the National Book Award, and then in 1976 Bishop was awarded the Neustadt International Prize for Literature.
Arrangement
Collection is minimally processed. Materials are loosely arranged into five series: Commemorative lectures; Performances; Poetry readings; Poster; and Sybil Pittman Estess's typescript.
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Special equipment or surrogate required; consult Houghton staff.
Physical Location
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Immediate Source of Acquisition
91M-84. Gift of Sybil Estess in 1991 July.
91M-84. Gift of Sybil Estess in 2014 February.
General note
Opening Remarks / Sybil Estess – Introduction / Ashley Brown – Large, Bad Picture – Poem – In the Waiting Room – The End of March – Crusoe in England / Elizabeth Bishop – Introduction to Ivar Ivask / Sybil Estess – Discussion of the Neustadt laureateship / Ivar Ivask – Introduction to Marjorie Perloff / Sybil Estess –Elizabeth Bishop: The Course of a Particular / Marjorie Perloff – The Recent Poems of Elizabeth Bishop – The Recent Poems of Elizabeth Bishop (cont.) / Jerome Mazzaro – Introduction to William Meredith / Sybil Estess – Invitation to Miss Elizabeth Bishop / William Meredith – Introduction to Ashley Brown / Sybil Estess – Elizabeth Bishop in Brazil / Ashley Brown – Closing Remarks – Introduction to Elliott Carter / Sybil Estess – A Mirror on Which to Dwell / Elliott Carter.
General note
Includes audiovisual and/or digital media: audtio tapes, audio cassettes, and CDs.
- Title
- Bishop, Elizabeth,1911-1979. Elizabeth Bishop poetry reading and commemorative lectures with related material, 1976 (MS Am 3180): Guide
- Status
- completed
- Author
- Houghton Library, Harvard University.
- Date
- 2018 May 22
- Description rules
- dacs
- Language of description
- Finding aid written in English.
- EAD ID
- hou02941
Repository Details
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Harvard University
Cambridge MA 02138 USA
(617) 495-2440
Houghton_Library@harvard.edu