Collection ID: LMC 1039
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Summary

Creator:
Robinson, Edwin Arlington, 1869-1935
Abstract:
The Auchincloss mss., 1928-1935, consists of materials that were removed from Lilly Library copies of books by poet Edwin Arlington Robinson, 1869-1935. The books formerly belonged to broker Charles C. Auchincloss, 1881-1961.
Extent:
1 folio
Language:
English .
Preferred citation:

[Item], Auchincloss mss., Lilly Library, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana.

Background

Biographical / Historical:

Edward Arlington Robinson, 1869-1935, was an American poet. During his life he was awarded three Pulitzer Prizes and nominated four times for the Nobel Prize in Literature. Some of his poetry collections include The Torrent and the Night Before (1896), The Man Against the Sky (1916), and King Jasper (1935). His third book in a trilogy, Tristam (1927), and Collected Poems (1921) won Pulitzer Prizes. From 1911-1934, Robinson lived in worked at the MacDowell Colony in Peterborough, New Hampshire, during the summers. He died in 1935.

Charles Auchincloss, 1881-1961, was a broker who practiced in New York state. He collected books, including Robinson's. Along with poet Robert Frost, Auchincloss was a pallbearer at Robinson's funeral.

Scope and Content:

The collection consists of sheets containing typewritten questions to Robinson about some of his poems and answers to the questions in Robinson's hand. The same questions (handwritten) with the answers in Robinson's hand signed with his initials appear on the inside of the front covers and on the front flyleaves of the books to which they refer.

In addition there are two question and answer sheets pasted in the fronts of the following books by Robinson: Dionysus in doubt ... New York, Macmillan, 1925 (Lilly PS3535 .O2 D5 1925) and Roman Bartholow ... New York, Macmillan, 1923 (Lilly PS3535 .O2 R69).

The following two books by Robinson also have the same questions and answers written on their front flyleaves which are not present in the collection on separate sheets: Dionysus in doubt ... New York, Macmillan, 1925 (Lilly PS3535 .O2 D51); Roman Bartholow ... New York, Macmillan, 1923 (Lilly PS3535 .O2 R71).

On the flyleaf of The man who died twice ... New York, Macmillan, 1924 (Lilly PS3535 .L2 M26) is written a question and answer not found in the separate sheets or pasted on books.

The collection also contains two letters written by Robinson, one to [James Ray] Wells, September 17, 1928, and the other to Charles C. Auchincloss, January 21, 1935.

Acquisition information:
Acquired: 1962
Arrangement:

This collection is arranged following original order.

Physical location:
Lilly - Folio

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PREFERRED CITATION:

[Item], Auchincloss mss., Lilly Library, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana.

CAMPUS:
Indiana University Bloomington
LOCATION OF THIS COLLECTION:
1200 East Seventh Street
Bloomington, Indiana 47405-5500, USA
CAMPUS:
Indiana University Bloomington
CONTACT:
(812) 855-2452
liblilly@indiana.edu