| Description |
2,978 items. |
| Summary |
This is a synthetic collection consisting of manuscripts, typescripts, correspondence, notebooks dating from [1928] to [1973], undated commonplace books, diaries for 1959 through 1973, journals for 1929 through 1964, legal and financial documents, a certificate, portraits, and pictorial works. The manuscripts and typescripts consist of drafts of poems, some of which were published in "Thank you, Fog," "Epistle to a Godson," or his collected poems; librettos, notes toward works, essays, plays, lectures, speeches, criticism, and translations. The collection also contains manuscripts and typescripts relating to Auden. |
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The collection contains correspondence by the author, dating from 1930 through 1973, to Benjamin Britten, Nevill Coghill, Wayne Cogswell, Rupert Doone, Orlan Fox, Margaret Gardiner, Howard Griffin, Rhoda Jaffe, Noemi Kenmore, David Luke, Elizabeth Mayer, W. S. Merwin, Caroline Newton, Peter H. Salus, May Sarton, Monroe Spears, Stephen Spender, James and Tania Stern, and others. It also contains letters relating to the author, dating from 1934 to 1979, between various correspondents, including Alan Ansen, Hannah Arendt, T. S. Eliot, Christopher Isherwood, James Merrill, Peter Salus, Edith Sitwell, W. B. Yeats, and others, as well as letters to the author from various correspondents dating from 1936 to 1973. |
| Restricted Access |
Restricted access; Berg Collection; Permit must be requested at the division indicated. |
| Biography |
Wystan Hugh Auden was a poet, translator, literary critic, librettist, and playwright. |
| Indexes |
Inventory list and card catalog available in repository. |
| Local Note |
Creation of collection-level record funded with the generous support of the Gladys Kreible Delmas Foundation. |
| Subject |
Auden, W. H. (Wystan Hugh), 1907-1973.
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Auden, W. H. (Wystan Hugh), 1907-1973 -- Portraits.
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| Genre/Form |
Certificates.
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Commonplace books.
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Correspondence.
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Diaries.
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Notebooks.
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| Added Author |
Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976.
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Coghill, Nevill, 1899-
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Cogswell, Wayne.
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Doone, Rupert, 1903-1966.
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Fox, Orlan.
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Griffin, Howard, 1915-1975.
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Jaffe, Rhoda.
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Kenmore, Noemi.
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Luke, David, 1921-
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Mayer, Elizabeth.
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Merwin, W. S. (William Stanley), 1927-
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Newton, Caroline, 1893-
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Salus, Peter H.
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Sarton, May, 1912-1995.
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Spears, Monroe Kirklyndorf.
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Spender, Stephen, 1909-1995.
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Stern, James, 1904-
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Stern, Tania.
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Ansen, Alan.
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Arendt, Hannah.
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Eliot, T. S. (Thomas Stearns), 1888-1965.
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Isherwood, Christopher, 1904-
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Merrill, James Ingram.
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Sitwell, Edith, Dame, 1887-1964.
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Yeats, W. B. (William Butler), 1865-1939.
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Mayer, Elizabeth, Former owner.
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Newton, Caroline, 1893- Former owner.
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Johnson, Wendell Stacy, 1927- Donor.
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Sheffield, Eric, Donor.
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Spears, Monroe Kirklyndorf, Donor.
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Group Theatre (U.S.) Former owner.
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| Call No. |
Berg Coll MSS Auden
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| Research Call Number |
Berg Coll MSS Auden
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