Padraic Colum papers, 1918-1966

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Series I: Cataloged Correspondence, 1916-1969

The series contains letters from Padraic Colum. It is arranged chronologically, with undated letters at the end.

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Box 1 Folder 1 Colum, Padraic To: Harvey Norris, New York, 12 December 1916, 1p. a.n.s.

Box 1 Folder 1 Padraic, Colum To: Grace Walcott Hazard Conkling, New York, 26 February 1918., 1p. a.l.s.

Box 1 Folder 1 Colum, Padraic To: Katherine Lord., [New York], 7 November 1920., 1p. a.l.s.

Box 1 Folder 1 Colum, Padraic To: Sharon O. Brown, Dublin, 22 September 1925, 1p. t.l.s.

Box 1 Folder 1 Colum, Padraic To: William Stanley Beaumont Braithwaite, on board the R.M.S. Aquitania, [c. 1930], 2p. a.l.s. with t.l. copy

Box 1 Folder 1 Colum, Padraic To: Sr. Mary James, New York, [c. 1930], 1p. t.l.s.

Box 1 Folder 1 Colum, Padraic To: Pirie [MacDonald], Paris, [ca. December 1934], 1p. a.n.s.

Box 1 Folder 1 Colum, Padraic To: Frank, Peterboro, NH, 24 September 1930, 1p. t.l.s.

Box 1 Folder 1 Colum, Padraic To: Pirie MacDonald, paris, 20 August 1932, 2p. a.l.s.

Box 1 Folder 1 Colum, Padraic To: Pirie MacDonald, [Nice], July 1933, 1p. a.p.c.s.

Box 1 Folder 1 Colum, Padraic To: Mrs. M.L.T. Davis, Jr. South Norwalk, Connecticut, 17 October 1938, 1p. t.l.s.

Box 1 Folder 1 Colum, Padraic To Mrs. M.L.T. Davis, [Jr.], Paris; New York, 17 October 1938; 8 November 1938, 1p. t.l.s., 2p. a.l.s with envelope

Box 1 Folder 1 Colum, Padraic To: Emilie MacDonald (Mrs. Pirie), New York, 10 May 1942, 1p. t.l.s.

Box 1 Folder 1 Colum, Padraic To: Emilie MacDonald (Mrs. Pirie), Wood's Hole, Mass., 27 June 1942, 1p. t.l.s.

Box 1 Folder 1 Colum, Padraic To: J. Morris Jones, Wood's Hole, Mass., 28 July 1944, 1p. t.l.s.

Box 1 Folder 1 Colum, Padraic To Peter Russell, New York, 23 April 1951, 2p. t.l.s. with 2 clippings

Box 1 Folder 1 Colum, Padraic To: George Heavey, New York, 27 December 1955, 2p. t.l.s. with 3 draft replies of 6 January 1956

Box 1 Folder 1 Colum, Padraic To: Warren Bower, Wood's Hole, Mass., 23 August 1958, 1p. t.l.s.

Box 1 Folder 1 Colum, Padraic To: Marshall Bean, 3 October 1966, 1p. a.l.s. and photograph of painting of Colum, n.p. [ca. 1966] signed twice and inscribed to Marshall Bean

Box 1 Folder 1 Colum, Padraic To: Mrs. Mark Smith, New York, 16 January 1969, 1p. t.l.s.

Box 1 Folder 2 [Carmer, Carl] To: Padraic Colum, n.p., n.d., 1p. t.l.

Box 1 Folder 2 Colum, Padraic To: George Reavey, New York, n.d., 1p. t.l.s.

Box 1 Folder 1 Colum, Padraic To: Margaret Miller Upjohn (Mrs. Hobart B. Upjohn), New Canaan, Conn., n.d., 2p. a.l.s.

Box 1 Folder 2 Colum, Padraic To: Diethelm, Wood's Hole, Mass., n.d., 1p. a.l.s.

Series II: Works, 1907-1973

The series contains original drafts of Colum's works along with a few published articles. The series is divided into Plays, Novels, Poetry, Reviews and Works on Colum.

Subseries II.1: Plays

Box 1 Folder 3 Padraic, Colum Three ms. notebooks containing the draft of his play: Balloon, [ca.1929]

Box 1 Folder 4 Colum, Padraic The Hen Wife's Son from The Flying Swans, [New York], [1947-1948], 92 p. a.ms.,

Subseries II.2: Poetry

The subseries contains original manuscripts of poems by Colum.

Box 1 Folder 5 An old woman of the roads a.ms.s., published in Wild Earth 1907; These upright flowers: until the chestnuts bloom... a.ms.s., 2p.; The vision single and sure a.ms.s., 1 p.; Wild ass t.ms.s. 1 p., published in Dramatic Legends and Other Poems 1922, New York, 1907-1922

Subseries II.3: Criticism by Colum

Box 1 Folder 6 The Dublin Magazine with a review of two poets by Padraic Colum, 1927

Subseries II.4: Works on Colum

Box 1 Folder 7 The Journal of Irish Literature: A Padraic Colum Number, Vol. II, No. 1, Jan., 1973, An entire edition dedicated to the life of the poet, playwright: Padraic Colum

Series III: Personal Papers and Photographs, 1898-1943

The series includes photographs of Colum, a contract for an automobile sale, and a list of portraits (including Colum) at the New York Historical Society.

Box 1 Folder 8 Photographs; personal contracts, undated, Photograph of bust of Colum by Edmund Quinn in the Dublin Municipal Gallery, signed. Portrait as a young man, signed, c. 1898. List of 500 Portraits of Men by Pirie MacDonald at the New York Historical Society, (including Colum), 1943

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