Table of Contents
- Collection Summary
- Biographical Note
- Scope and Content Note
- Names:
- Related Material
- Administrative Information
- Access and Use
- Encoding Information
- Series List
- Container List
Collection Summary
| Repository: | Archives and Special Collections Library, Vassar College Libraries |
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| Creator: | Millay, Edna St. Vincent, 1892-1950 |
| Creator (additional): | Gardner, Anne Wills (collector) |
| Title: | Anne Gardner Edna St. Vincent Millay Collection, |
| Dates: | 1917-circa 1952 |
| Quantity: | 0.8 cubic feet (2 boxes) |
| Abstract: | Correspondence, manuscripts, photographs, printed material, scrapbook documenting Anne Gardner's friendship with Edna St. Vincent Millay. |
Biographical Note
Anne Wills Gardner graduated from Vassar College in 1917, along with the poet Edna St. Vincent Millay. During their years at Vassar, Gardner and Millay became friends and remained close until Millay's death in 1950.
TopScope and Content Note
All material is from the personal Millay archive of Millay's close friend and Vassar classmate, Anne Wills Gardner. Highlights include a long letter from Millay while traveling in Vienna; a studio portrait of Millay taken by Marcia Stein, a noted Broadway portraitist of the 1910s and 1920s; and a customized large red binder stamped in gold "Selected Poems of Edna St. Vincent Millay" with several typed poems inscribed by Millay to Gardner.
TopAccess and Use
Access
This collection is open for research according to the regulations of the Vassar College Archives and Special Collections Library without any additional restrictions.
Restrictions on Use
Permission to quote (publish) from unpublished or previously published material must be obtained as described in the regulations of the Vassar College Archives and Special Collections Library.
Related Material
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Organizations:
Subject Headings
Subjects:
- American poetry--20th century--Women authors
- Poets, American--20th century
- Women authors, American--20th century
VCL Categories:
- Literature and Writing
Administrative Information
Preferred Citation
Anne Gardner-Edna St. Vincent Millay Collection, Archives and Special Collections Library, Vassar College Libraries.
Acquisition Information
Purchased from Jett Whitehead, 2017. [M2017-007]
Series List
Series I. POEMS OF MILLAY, circa 1916-1917 | |
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| This series consists of typescripts of Millay's poems, some with annotation sin her hand, and a binder of typscripts entitled Selected Poems of Edna St. Vincent Millay. |
Series II. CORRESPONDENCE FROM MILLAY, 1917-1933 | |
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| This series consists of letters from Millay to Anne Garder. |
Series III. PRINTED MATERIALS, 1917-1952 | |
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| This series consists of copies of magazines in which appeared poems by Millay. |
Series IV. PHOTOGRAPHS, circa 1920-1948 | |
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| This series consists of photographs, icluding a studio portrait of Millay taken by noted Broadway portraitist, Marcia Stein. |
Series V. SCRAPBOOK AND NOTES, undated | |
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| This series consists of a scrapbook kept by Anne Garnder, as well as notes for Anne Gardner McNeile's planned biograph of Millay. |
Container List
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Details
Correspondence, manuscripts, photographs, printed material, scrapbook documenting Anne Gardner's friendship with Edna St. Vincent Millay.
