Edna St. Vincent Millay papers, 1928-1941

Creator:: Millay, Edna St. Vincent, 1899-1950
Extent:: 3 boxes 3 boxes and 1 map case drawer
Language:: English .
Scope and content:: Letters written by Millay as well as manuscripts, proofs, documents, photographs, reviews and clippings relating to her books published at Harper & Brothers such as "Conversation at Midnight," "Wine from these Grapes," "Collected Sonnets," and others. The papers consist of materials from the files of the designer Arthur W. Rushmore who was in charge of production at Harper & Brothers and was the proprietor of the Golden Hind Press which printed limited editions of several of her works. Included are proofs of the above works with annotations and corrections by Millay and Rushmore and a carbon typescript of "Wine from these Grapes." There are also a number of clippings of poems published separately in periodicals. Other correspondents include Millay's husband, Eugen Boissevain, and George Dillon, with whom Millay translated Baudelaire's "Flowers of Evil" and Selected Poems." Also in the collection are the production files for the aborted Steepletop edition of "The Buck in the Snow."
Biographical / historical:: American poet.

Acquisition information:

Papers: Source of acquisition--534 (Friends). Method of acquisition--purchase; Date of acquisition--09/04/86. Accession number--M-86-09-04.

Processing information:

Papers processed RE 11/11/86.

Arrangement:

Selected items cataloged; remainder arranged.

Accruals:

Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. Contact rbml@columbia.edu for more information.

Rules or conventions:

Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Separated material:

Books from Rushmore's collection have been separated from the collection and cataloged into the Rare Book collection.

The original printed finding aid was converted into an EAD document in October 2020. There is additional description in the printed finding aid that was not included in the EAD document, specifically, a list of books from Rushmore's collection that have been separated from the Millay papers and individually cataloged in the Rare Book collection (pp. 2-5 of this PDF, numbered pp. 5-8, starting with the "Books by Millay" heading). The list from the original printed finding aid is available here as a pdf.

These items can be found by searching the Libraries' online catalog here

Access and use

Restrictions:

This collection is located on-site.

This collection has no restrictions.

Terms of access:

Reproductions may be made for research purposes. The RBML maintains ownership of the physical material only. Copyright remains with the creator and his/her heirs. The responsibility to secure copyright permission rests with the patron.

Preferred citation:: Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Edna St. Vincent Millay papers; Box and Folder; Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.

Location of this collection:: Rare Book & Manuscript Library

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