Curtis Hidden Page papers, 1870-1948

Summary Information

At a Glance

Call No.:
MS#0966
Bib ID:
4079193 View CLIO record
Creator(s):
Page, Curtis Hidden, 1870-1946; Ronsard, Pierre de, 1524-1585
Repository:
Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Physical Description:
12 boxes (12 boxes)
Language(s):
English , French .
Additional Description:
https://www1.columbia.edu/sec/cu/libraries/inside/projects/findingaids/scans/pdfs/35_P-PI_03.pdf
Access:
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Description

Summary

Correspondence, manuscripts, and printed materials of Curtis Hidden Page. This collection contains a correspondence of 51 letters between Page and his grandmother, Mrs. Mary E. Hidden, as well as other family correspondence. Much of his incoming correspondence relates to social and academic pursuits, and his publishing activities, including letters from William Stome Booth of Houghton Mifflin concerning Page's anthology entitled "Chief American Poets." There are many holograph and typescripts of his poetry and poetical translations. Most of the poems are in several stages of progress. Present also are notebooks containing lecture notes from his student days.

Arrangement

Cataloged and arranged.

Using the Collection

Restrictions on Access

You will need to make an appointment in advance to use this collection material in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room. You can schedule an appointment once you've submitted your request through your Special Collections Research Account.

This collection is located on-site.

This collection has no restrictions.

Terms Governing Use and Reproduction

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); Curtis Hidden Page papers; Box and Folder; Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.

Accruals

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

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Source of acquisition--Bancroft. Method of acquisition--Purchase; Date of acquisition--10/--/57. Accession number--M-57-10.

About the Finding Aid / Processing Information

Columbia University Libraries, Rare Book and Manuscript Library

Processing Information

Cataloged Christina Hilton Fenn 08/--/89.

Biographical / Historical

American educator, writer. Page was professor of French and English at Harvard, Dartmouth, and Columbia Universities, author of several volumes of poetry including translations from Ronsard and the Japanese, and President of the Poetry Society of America.

Subject Headings

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Genre/Form
Poems CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Publishers and publishing -- Massachusetts -- Boston CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Name
Booth, William Stone, 1864-1926 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Columbia University -- : Faculty CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Dartmouth College -- : Faculty CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Harvard University -- : Faculty CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Hidden, Mary E CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Houghton Mifflin Company CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Poetry Society of America CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Subject
American poetry -- 20th century CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Authors, American CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
College teachers CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Educators CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
French poetry -- Translations into English CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Japanese poetry -- Translations into English CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Literature publishing CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Poetry -- Societies, etc CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID