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Ralph Hodgson and Aurelia Bolliger Hodgson Papers, 1896-1984Part II: Box and Folder ListSpecial Collections Department, Bryn Mawr College Library Collection Number: M 49 Copyright © 2005 by Special Collections Department, Bryn Mawr College Library
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Ralph Hodgson, seated left, with clockwise: Mark Gertler, Hewy Levy, W.J. Turner, "Milne of the British Museum", J.W.N. Sullivan and S.S. Koteliansky. Taken in London, 1928 |
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| 1 | 1 | Family members and friends to/from RH (27 letters) | 1915-1922 |
| 1 | 2 | Hodgson, Janet (RH's 1st wife) letters to/from RH (2 letters) and condolences regarding her death (9 letters) | 1896-1920 |
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Personal Correspondence/Japan
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| 2 | 1 | Family members and friends to/from RH (29 letters and 16 greeting cards) | 1928-1938 |
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Wedding congratulations to RH and ABH including a telegram from T.S. Eliot (13 letters) |
1933 |
| 4 | 4 | Greeting cards and post cards from Japanese correspondents (73 cards) | 1920's-1960's |
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Personal Correspondence/Owlacres, OH
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| 5 | 1 | Family members and friends to/from RH and ABH (25 letters) | 1938-1958 |
| 5 | 2 | Family members and friends to/from RH and ABH (25 letters) | 1959-1983 |
| 5 | 3 | Elizabeth "Betsy" C. to RH (27 letters and cards) | 1957-1962 |
| 5 | 4 | Bryher, Mrs. from RH and ABH (13 letters) | 1953-1961 |
| 5 | 5 | Chatteris, Tommy and Adelaide to RH and ABH (43 letters, 4 cards and 2 photos) | 1952-1970 |
| 5 | 6 | Dworks, Lenore and Kerry to RH and ABH, personal friends of the Hodgsons, Lenore was Seymour Adelman's sister (46 letters, mostly photocopies) | 1947-1950 |
| 5 | 7 | Dworks, L and K from RH and ABH (36 letters) | 1947-1950 |
| 5 | 8 | Eliot, T.S. to RH and ABH (3 letters) including birthday greetings and condolence on RH's death and 1 letter from ABH (plus photocopies of 2 poems by Eliot with drawings) | 1935, 1952, 1962, 1964 |
| 5 | 9 | Eliot, Mrs. T.S. to/from ABH (9 letters and 12 greeting cards) | 1978-1982 |
| 5 | 10 | Hodgson, Muriel (2nd wife) to RH (1 letter) | 1948 |
| 5 | 11 | Hodgson, Josephine (sister) to RH (17 letters) | 1940-1952 |
| 5 | 12 | Hodgson, Violet (niece) to RH and ABH (5 letters, 3 cards and 2 photos) | 1935-1960 |
| 5 | 13 | Loliger, Margaret to RH and ABH (13 letters and 2 cards) | 1933-1959 |
| 6 | 1 | Robarts, Vere to/from RH and ABH (17 letters, 2 postcards) | 1951-1963 |
| 6 | 2 | Sears, Kathleen to/from RH regarding his sister's death (5 letters) | 1952-1953 |
| 6 | 3 | Winslow, Mrs. Randolph to/from RH regarding painting his portrait (4 letters) | 1953 |
| 6 | 4 | Various correspondents: Eliot, Moore, Lowell, Auden, Williams, etc. to RH on his 90th birthday. (33 letters, all photocopies of originals) | 1961 |
| 6 | 8 | Various correspondents to RH and ABH (88 greeting cards) | 1930's-1980's |
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| 8 | 1 | RH to ABH during early courtship in Japan (35 letters) | 1926-1927 and undated |
| 8 | 2 | RH to ABH during separation; RH in Japan and ABH in Wisconsin (32 letters) | 1928 |
| 8 | 3 | RH to ABH in Japan (19 letters) | 1930-1932 |
| 8 | 4 | RH to ABH in Ohio (56 letters) | 1938-1956 |
| 8 | 5 | ABH to RH (37 letters) | 1927 |
| 8 | 6 | ABH to RH (17 letters) | Jan-Feb 1928 |
| 8 | 7 | ABH to RH (56 letters) | March- Dec. 1928 |
| 8 | 8 | ABH to RH (29 letters) | 1938 |
| 8 | 9 | ABH to RH (28 letters) | 1940-1955 |
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| 9 | 1 | First 2 letters of correspondence between Ralph Hodgson and Seymour Adelman | 1926-1927 |
| 9 | 2 | RH and ABH to SA (126 letters) | 1939-1949 |
| 9 | 3 | RH and ABH to SA (102 letters) | 1950-1954 |
| 9 | 4 | RH and ABH to SA (98 letters) | 1955-1961 and partial/undated |
| 9 | 5 | ABH to SA (78 letters) | 1962-1983 |
| 9 | 6 | ABH to Adelman Family (26 letters and 12 cards) | 1940-1973 and undated |
| 9 | 7 | RH to/from SA regarding An Uncollected Sonnet by John Keats titled Sonnet to Spenser (6 letters and 1 telegram); 2 TS copies of sonnet with MS corrections; 15 proof copies, one inscribed to W.H. Maas from R.H., dated January 23, 1947; 2 photostat copies of sonnet; hand-drawn map with notes of Keats' home in London by RH. Sonnet printed in Philadelphia for Seymour Adelman, 1945, to celebrate the 150th anniversary of Keats' birth. | 1943-1947 |
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| 10 | 1 | SA to RH and ABH (75 letters) | 1928-1947 |
| 10 | 2 | SA to RH and ABH (94 letters) | 1948-1951 |
| 10 | 3 | SA to RH and ABH (75 letters and 28 greeting cards) | 1952-1970 and partial/undated |
| 10 | 4 | SA to RH and ABH of rough drafts retained by SA of mailed letters (198 letters) | 1939-1973 |
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| 10 | 5 | SA to 3rd parties regarding RH's matters (80 letters) | 1927-1984 |
| 10 | 6 | SA to 3rd parties regarding RH's death (22 letters) | 1962 |
| 10 | 7 | SA to 3rd parties regarding centenary birth of RH (19 letters) | 1971 |
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Business Correspondence/London
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| 1 | 3 | Blunden, Edmund to RH (1 letter) | 1920 |
| 1 | 4 | Brown, Edumund (Four Seasons Publisher) to RH regarding chapbooks for a poetry collection (1) | 1917 |
| 1 | 5 | Cazenove, C.F. (Literary Agent) from RH (6 letters) | 1910 |
| 1 | 6 | Davies, W.H. to RH (6 small cards and short notes) | 1922 |
| 1 | 7 | De la Mare, Walter, condolence on RH's first wife's death (1 letter) | 1920 |
| 1 | 8 | Fraser, C.L to/from RH (31 letters); 1 MS invoice for The Maddery Book, and 1 MS copy of poem Magdalen by Henry Kingsley in RH's hand with MS note on back, "written out by RH for me, 1913" signed C. Lovat Fraser. | 1913-1917 and undated |
| 1 | 9 | Freedman, John from RH mostly regarding poetry, some references to De la Mare, WWI and boxing (11 letters) | 1914-1916 |
| 1 | 10 | Furman, Miss. from RH (2 letters) | 1915 |
| 1 | 11 | Hopkins, Mrs. (5 letters) | 1918 |
| 1 | 12 | Jackson, Holbrook to/from RH and various
publishers; discusses Ezra Pound, poetry revisions and errors, and arrangements
for publications (170 letters) See also Box 2, Folder 9 for their correspondence while Hodgson was in Japan |
1911-1922 and undated |
| 1 | 13 | Maas, W.H. from RH (1 letter) | 1913 |
| 1 | 14 | Macmillan Publishers to/from RH (9 letters and 6 invoices) | 1913-1941 |
| 1 | 15 | Massingham, H.J. to/from Jackson, Holbrook regarding Plumage Bill Group of which Massingham was the founder (25 letters); RH to Massingham (1 letter and 1 card); 1 MS poem To Primroses by Massingham sent to JC Squire and 1 MS eulogy on the death of W.H. Hudson by Massingham |
1920-23 and undated work |
| 1 | 16 | Millard, Christoper to/from Joseph Thorp; third person correspondence regarding publishing ventures and RH's work (6 letters) | 1919-1924 and undated |
| 1 | 17 | Monro, Harold to RH (5 letters and 4 greeting cards) | 1911-1921 |
| 1 | 18 | Newbolt, Henry: Review of Poems by RH | Not dated |
| 1 | 19 | Rothenstein, W. to RH (1 letter and 2 greeting cards | 1921 |
| 1 | 20 | Sassoon, Siegfried from RH (11 letters with 6 envelopes) | 1923, 1936, 1962 |
| 1 | 21 | Shorter, Clement from RH (1 letter) | 1915 |
| 1 | 22 | Stevens, Alfred T. regarding the financial accounts of Flying Fame Publishers | 1913 |
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 Ralph and Aurelia Hodgson in Japan with unidentified couple, 1933 |
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Business Correspondence/Japan
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| 2 | 3 | Japanese correspondents to RH regarding university matters, meetings and visits (30 letters) | 1924-1934 |
| 2 | 4 | Japanese correspondents to RH regarding university matters, meetings and visits and farewell letters, (41 letters, 2 telegrams and 10 postcards) | 1935-1938 and undated |
| 2 | 5 | Japanese correspondents' long-distance letters following RH and ABH's return to America (22 letters) | 1946-1977 and undated |
| 2 | 6 | Brennan, Mr. from RH (2 letters) | 1927 |
| 2 | 7 | Ito, Tokutaro to RH (8 letters and 5 cards) | 1931-1938 |
| 2 | 8 | Iwaya, Tominoby to RH (4 letters) | 1931-1934 |
| 2 | 9 | Jackson, Holbrook to/from RH while in Japan and Ohio (10 letters and 3 cards) | 1924-1941 |
| 2 | 10 | Kobayashi, Atsuyo to RH (3 letters) | 1937-1954 |
| 2 | 11 | Matsumoto, B. to RH (7 letters) | 1930-1940 |
| 2 | 12 | Noguchi, Yone to RH (5 letters) | 1934-1937 |
| 2 | 13 | Obata, Shigeyoshi to RH (5 letters) See also Box 4, Folder 2 for Translation Project correspondence |
1936-1938 |
| 2 | 14 | Ohara, Kyoko to RH and ABH (11 letters and 7 cards) | 1933-1972 |
| 3 | 1 | Saito, Takeshi and Fumiko to/from RH (13 letters and 11 cards) | 1931-1962 |
| 3 | 2 | Suess, Elizabeth to RH (10 letters) See also Box 7, Folder 14 for her personal correspondence with ABH |
1927-1928 and undated |
| 3 | 3 | Sugimoro, Kojiro to RH (5 letters) | 1933-1937 |
| 3 | 4 | Uneda, Lucy to RH (18 letters, 4 undated short stories, and 10 poems by her) | 1929-1938 and undated |
| 3 | 5 | Uneda, Lucy manuscript "Tracing Back My Memories" | c.1931 |
| See ABH correspondence in Box 3 for her Japanese correspondence | 1922-1982 | ||
| 4 | 1 | News clippings regarding Professor Yukitatsu Takikaw controversy in Kyoto University, Sendai, Japan | 1933 |
| 4 | 2 | Manyoshu Translation Project: includes introduction to the manuscript, 3 letters between Shigeyoshi Obata and RH, and clippings from Japanese newspaper regarding the project | Feb. 1936-Jan. 1937 |
| 4 | 3 | Tentative translations and marked rough drafts in RH's handwriting from Manyoshu Poems: Volumes I-XII by Yunosuke Ishii and Shigeyoshi Obata | c.1937 |
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| 6 | 5 | Outgoing letters, various recipients (45) | 1938-1950 |
| 6 | 6 | Outgoing letters, various recipients (72) | 1951-1962 |
| 6 | 7 | Incoming letters, various senders (58) | 1938-1962 |
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Business Correspondence by Aurelia Bolliger Hodgson
after RH's Death/Owlacres, OH
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| 7 | 1 | Outgoing letters from ABH; continuing her husband's business concerns (45) | 1962-1983 |
| 7 | 2 | Incoming letters from various senders (32) | 1962-1983 |
| 7 | 3 | Concerning RH's estate, copyright issues,
etc. to/from ABH (55) |
1963-1982 |
| 7 | 4 | Concerning RH's papers at Yale's Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library to ABH (11) | 1975-1979 |
| 7 | 5 | Government officials to/from ABH concerning political issues (21) | 1959-1979 |
| 7 | 6 | Fenton, Colin to/from ABH regarding RH's estate and publishing ventures (30) | 1958-1983 |
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Mayfield, John to ABH regarding RH's affairs (4 letters), also included
are 6 photos of ABH in Washington D.C. and Award of Honorary Texan
Citizenship presented to RH, 1960. |
1960, 1976-1979 |
| 7 | 8 | McKenna, Michael; typescript poetry proofs sent to ABH | c.1960 |
| 7 | 9 | Packman, Martin to ABH regarding Koteliansky biography (5 letters) | 1983 |
| 7 | 10 | Pearson, Norman Holmes to ABH (3 letters) | 1961, 1972 |
| 7 | 11 | Smith, Robert W. to ABH (24 letters, articles and some 3rd party correspondence) | 1979-1983 |
| 7 | 12 | Sweetser, Wesley to/from ABH (12 letters) | 1979-1980 |
PART I: Collection Description
Last Update: August 8, 2005 Special Collections at SpecColl@brynmawr.edu
