Bishop, Elizabeth, 1911-1979

The Elizabeth Bishop Estate and Posthumous Events Collection consists of materials pertaining to the literary estate of Elizabeth Bishop, managed by Alice Methfessel after the poet's death in 1979. The collection also includes ephemera and realia from various events celebrating Elizabeth Bishop since her death. Included are, pamphlets, posters, flyers, clippings, video and audio recordings, and files of general information.

Correspondence, diaries, notebooks, manuscripts and drafts, memorabilia, artwork, publications, and photographs relating to Bishop's personal and professional life. Also, letters, minutes, contracts, and financial records from her teaching and publishing activities, 1943-1979; manuscripts, typescripts, drafts, revisions, and fragments of her poetry and prose writings, 1929-1979; Vassar student notebooks, travel diaries, notes from her 17-year residence in Brazil, and family information, 1931-1977; manuscripts, typescripts, articles, essays, and poetry by or about other writers, especially Robert Lowell, 1925-1979; and printed poetry, prose, reviews, and articles by or about Bishop.

Audio visual materials, correspondence, manuscripts, and printed materials documenting the career of poet Elizabeth Spires.

The Stockton collection consists mostly of material related to Stockton's experiences at Camp Chequesset, a summer camp for girls on Cape Cod, from 1925-1930. Elizabeth Bishop also attended the camp during that period. There are snaps of Bishop in a photograph album and some of her early poetry is included in the camp newsletters.

Manuscript material accompanying the Iannucci Modern American Literature Book Collection.

The Margaret Miller Papers include correspondence with visual and literary artists as well as photographs and an art booklet. Correspondents include Elizabeth Bishop, Lloyd Frankenberg, Loren McIver, and Frani Blough.

The William K. Rose Papers document Vassar College English Professor Rose’s study of modernist literature, Vorticism, and in particular, the writings of Wyndham Lewis. The majority of the correspondence in the collection documents Rose’s efforts to locate and study Lewis’s letters to friends and associates. Files include correspondence, research and subject files, press clippings, manuscripts, notebooks, playbills, periodicals, photographs, and audio tape.