American Poets' Corner Archive, 1984-1996

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Series I: Correspondence



Box 1 Personal correspondence between Daniel Haberman, Poet-in Residence (1984-86) and Electors: Richard Wilbur, Robert Penn Warren, Dan Aaron, Eudora Welty, Edgar Bowers, Dan Hoffman (3rd poet-in-residence beginning in 1989.)



Box 2 Correspondence with relatives of Emily Dickinson


Box 2 Correspondence of Sandi Mendelson, PR (background material for acquiring endorsements) (letters to Walter Cronkite, Juilliard School, Metropolitan Opera, Office of the President, Office of the Governor, Office of the Mayor, etc.)



Box 3 Correspondence (1983-1988) of Daniel Haberman with Dean James Parks Morton of the Cathedral. Details preparation of Dedication Ceremony, guidelines, etc.


Box 3 Correspondence with Lynn Chase & Marie Bullock (Academy of American Poets)


Box 3 Correspondence of Daniel Haberman with Bishop Paul Moore, Bishop of NY


Box 3 Follow up correspondence and thank you's for endorsements from John Kenneth Galbraith (American Academy & Institute of Arts & Letters), American Philosophical Society, American Academy of Arts & Sciences and other organizations



Box 4 Correspondence about Dedication Ceremony with Gregory Peck and Walter Cronkite


Correspondence with Julie Harris and Eugene McCarthy