Nora Lourie Percival Papers, 1932-2011, bulk 1934-1938

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Series I: Correspondence, 1934-1938

Letters between Herman Gund, CC '34 and Nora Lourie, BC '36 written between 1934 and 1939. Correspondence is arranged chronologically.



Box 1 Letters, December 1934


Box 1 Letters, June -July 1934


Box 1 Letters, June -November 1934


Box 1 Letters, December 1934--February 1935


Box 1 Letters, 1934


Box 1 Letters, July 1-July 15, 1935


Box 1 Letters, July 15-31, 1935


Box 1 Letters, August 1-19, 1935


Box 1 Letters, August 20-30, 1935


Box 1 Letters, October 1935


Box 1 Letters, June 1936


Box 1 Letters, February 1936



Box 2 Herman to Nora, March1936


Box 2 Herman to Nora, April 1936


Box 2 Herman to Nora, May 1936


Box 2 Nora to Herman, January 1936


Box 2 Herman to Nora, August 1936


Box 2 Letters, 1937-1938

Series II: Publications, 1932-2011

This series contains copies of Columbia periodicals from the 1930s, many of which contain poems written by Herman Gund and/or Nora Lourie Percival as well as by other notables of that era. Titles include Varsity, Columbia Review, Jester, and The Barnard Quarterly. In addition to the 1930s periodicals this series contains copies of three memoirs written by Nora Lourie Percival and a book of poems written by Herman Gund which was published posthumously.


Box 2 The Varsity Review , May 1932


Box 2 The Columbia Review , 1932 October -- December


Box 2 The Columbia Review, 1933 February, Apr, Nov, Dec, 1933


Box 2 The Columbia Review, 1934 Apr, May, Nov, 1934


Box 2 The Columbia Review, 1935 January -- May, 1935



Box 3 The Columbia Review, 1936 March-- May, 1936


Box 3 Palms, 1939 September, 1939


Box 3 The American Criterion, 1936 January, 1936


Box 3 The New Broom, 1932 February-- April, 1932


Box 3 Jester, 1935 March-- May, 1935


Box 3 Jester , 1936


Box 3 The Barnard Quarterly , 1934


Box 3 The Barnard Quarterly , 1935


Box 3 Columbia Poetry , 1932-1936


Box 3 Poetry Magazine, 1936-1938



Box 4 Out of Time , 1980


Box 4 Weather of the Heart , 2001


Box 4 Silver Pages on the Lawn , 2005


Box 4 The Whirligig of Time , 2011