Literature and Writing

Correspondence from John Burroughs to Clara Barrus and Barrus' journals, written from 1901 to 1924, spanning the years in which she was acquainted with Burroughs. Also, scraps of notes or published articles written about or by Barrus.

Materials relating to Raymond's life as the daughter of a Vassar College president, a Vassar student, administrator of the College, and unofficial historian. Also included is information about the years she spent as a grade school teacher.

Correspondence, primarily letters received, 1919-1955, concerning a European trip, publishing, translations of her work, comment on her writing, contracts, and personal affairs; manuscripts and typescripts of her novels and short stories primarily from the 1920s and 1930s; her notes concerning Tibetan Buddhist literature; and photographs and other miscellaneous items.

Examinations, student papers, accounts, programs, publications, and photographs from her years at Vassar College, circa 1913-1917; manuscripts of two poems; and forty-five letters to Elizabeth Hazelton Haight, Vassar President Henry Noble MacCracken, Walter Adolphe Roberts, Charlotte Babcock Sills, and others. Also includes letters of husband Eugen Boissevain, Mrs. A.W. Parsons (Millay's "Auntie Kem) and others. The remainder of the collection consists of published works by Millay or material about her life and career, such as her involvement in the Sacco-Vanzetti murder trial, and includes photographs, articles, clippings, reviews, programs.

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.

The collection contains
correspondence, writings, photographs, and clippings related to the life and career
of American classicist and Vassar College professor Elizabeth Hazelton Haight (1872-1964).

This collection consists of correspondence, audiovisual materials, manuscripts, and
printed materials documenting the career of poet Elizabeth Spires.

Slaughter's manuscripts on the history of women and Great Britain, as well as correspondence with Vassar College about her work.

Variety of rare manuscripts relating
to American and European history, art and literature.

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.

Material relating to Tappan's work as a children's book author. Also includes some of her artwork, items relating to her time at Vassar College, and other biographical material.

One letter from Burney to Mrs. Walshingham (1786), 2 letters from Hannah More to Burney (1782, 1786), 6 letters to Burney from other women, and one letter from Burney’s niece to a family friend announcing the death of Burney (1840).

Manuscripts in Spanish of her novels (1961), which was written during her time at Vassar College, and (1976).

This collection includes an engraved Phi Beta Kappa pin; a notebook of typescripts of Helen Corliss Babson's poetry, including some loose drafts; and her published book, (1958).

Correspondence, notes, manuscripts,
and diaries relating to Lockwood's life and work a professor of English at Vassar
College and her interests in euthenics, labor and the press.

Manuscript material accompanying the Iannucci Modern American Literature Book Collection.

Papers reflect her personal and
professional life and include travel diaries and notes, manuscripts and published
versions of her articles and stories on China, Russia, Tahiti, Abyssinia, Djibouti,
and the Red Sea slave trade, 1928-1967; correspondence with her two of her three
husbands, Paul Vaillant-Couturier and Andre Bergeret; letters from Wolfgang Wolff
written from Tahiti, 1934-1939; correspondence with her literary agent Marie Rodell,
1965-1967, and with the and other publishers
and editors; 86 letters from her friend Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, 1926-1952, and
correspondence, contracts, and royalty statements, 1968, pertaining to Chardin's
book , 1926-1952; notes,
clippings, and scrapbooks concerning her experiences in London during World War II,
1943-1945; manuscripts and publications by other authors; letters and articles of
Simone and Max Begonen; and family and personal photographs.

The Jean Webster Papers at the Vassar College Libraries Department of Special Collections are part of the McKinney Family Papers, a collection of papers from the Clemens, Moffett, Webster, and McKinney families. They were donated to Vassar College in 1977, along with the endowment of a chair in American Literature, in honor of Jean Webster. The donors are Jean McKinney Connor, daughter of Jean Webster and Glenn Ford McKinney, and her husband Ralph Connor, a former trustee of Vassar.

The collection consists of journalist and educator Jeanne R. Lowe's correspondence, writings, notes, and substantial research materials pertaining to urban renewal, urban housing, the role of women in the sciences, race, public housing, and community planning in the United States. Specific cities covered include New York, New Haven, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Miami, Sunnyvale (CA), Chicago, Rochester, and Washington, D.C.. Writings include drafts of Lowe's book (1967), as well as numerous other publications written for the Ford Foundation, the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, and other non-governmental organizations. Also included are personal and professional materials related to Lowe's life and career, including her work with academic organizations as a lecturer and organizer for Goucher College, Vassar College, and New York University.