Collection context
Summary
- Creator:
- Plath, Sylvia
- Abstract:
- Consists of the correspondence, writings and memorabilia of poet Sylvia Plath, 1932-1963, and her family.
- Extent:
- 23 Boxes (Boxes 1-6, 6a, 7, 7a, 8-19; Oversize 3; Oversize 8)
- Language:
- Materials are in English
- Preferred citation:
[Item], Plath mss. II, Lilly Library, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana.
Background
- Biographical / Historical:
Plath was born in Boston, Massachusetts, and began writing poetry as a child. She entered Smith College in 1950 and, after an abortive suicide attempt in August of 1953, graduated in 1955. She then attended Newnham College in Cambridge for two years on a Fulbright Fellowship where late in her first year she met and shortly thereafter married poet Ted Hughes. Plath took her degree in June 1957, after which she and Hughes sailed to America for a year of teaching and a second year of writing and travel. In late 1959 they returned to England where Plath lived until her death in February 1963.
- Scope and Content:
The Plath mss. II, 1932-1977, contain the correspondence, writings and memorabilia of Sylvia Plath and her family.
Note on Indexing Term - "Art": Included are four volumes of art scrapbooks prepared for art classes and hand- made cards, drawings, and paper dolls.
Note on Indexing Term - "Education": Of particular interest: memorabilia of high school; Smith College; Cambridge, Newnham College and material from Plath's teaching year at Smith.
- Acquisition information:
- Acquired: 1977
- Processing information:
Processed by Lilly Staff.
Completed in 1977
- Arrangement:
The collection is organized into the following series: Correspondence; Diaries and calendars; Writings; Memorabilia; and Miscellaneous.
- Physical location:
- Lilly - Stacks; ALF (Auxiliary Library Facility) (Box 17, 18, 19)
Access
- RESTRICTIONS:
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Access to this collection requires advance notice. Please contact the Curator of Manuscripts for additional information.
- TERMS OF ACCESS:
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Photography and digitization may be restricted for some collections. Copyright restrictions may apply. Before publishing, researchers are responsible for securing permission from all applicable rights holders, then filling out the Permission to Publish form.
- PREFERRED CITATION:
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[Item], Plath mss. II, Lilly Library, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana.
- CAMPUS:
- Indiana University Bloomington
- LOCATION OF THIS COLLECTION:
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1200 East Seventh StreetBloomington, Indiana 47405-5500, USA
- CAMPUS:
- Indiana University Bloomington
- CONTACT:
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(812) 855-2452liblilly@iu.edu