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A Guide to the Merrill Moore Collection Moore, Merrill. 8044

A Guide to the Merrill Moore Collection

A Collection in the
Clifton Waller Barrett Library of American Literature
Accession number 8044


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Repository
University of Virginia. Library. Special Collections Dept. Alderman Library University of Virginia Charlottesville, Virginia 22903 USA
Collection Number
8044
Title
Merrill Moore Collection 1938-1948
Extent
2 items
Creator
Location
Language
English

Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

Collection is open to research.

Use Restrictions

See the University of Virginia Library’s use policy.

Preferred Citation

Merrill Moore Collection, Accession 8044, Special Collections Department, University of Virginia Library

Acquisition Information

Deposit [17 Dec 1963] 14 Sept 1965

Funding Note

Funded in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities

Significant Persons Associated With the Collection

  • Amy Lowell
  • Charles A. Pearce
  • Dudley Fitts
  • Henry Untermeyer
  • John Crowe Ransom
  • John Wheelwright
  • Merrill Moore
  • Ralph Thompson
  • Robert Giroux
  • Thomas Stearns Elist
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Item Listing

Letters
  • Merrill Moore to John Wheelwright
    ca. 1938
    TLS, 2 p.

    [Encloses his critique of Wheelwright's poetry in general and his newest book, Mirrors of Venus (1938); relates Wheelwright's poetry to the poetry of Thomas Stearns Elist and Amy Lowell . ]

  • Merrill Moore to Ralph Thompson
    1948 Dec 20
    TLS, 4 p.

    [Gives an autobiographical sketch including his military service during World War II, his family, his professional schedule as a psychiatrist, his publications and the number of sonnets he has written, plans for future publications with the assistance of Dudley Fitts , reviews of his sonnets by Henry Untermeyer , and advice he has received from John Crowe Ransom about publishing his sonnets; mentions that his present manuscript was turned down by Robert Giroux of Harcourt and Brace , and also by Charles A. Pearce of Duell, Sloan and Pearce . ]

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