Mary Meigs Papers

Bryn Mawr College Library Special Collections

Part II: Box and Folder List - Correspondence

Special Collections Department, Bryn Mawr College Library
Collection Number: M 24

Outgoing

Incoming

Third Party

Outgoing Correspondence

Box	Folder	Recipient and Description	Date
		Barratt, Ruth
1	1	80 letters. TLS, ALS.	1992 Feb 17 - 1992 Sep 28
	2	82 letters. TLS, ALS.	1992 Sep 30 - 1995 May
	3	Transcription of letters. 41 letters. TL.	1992 Aug 5 - 1992 Nov 8
	4	Transcription of letters. 34 letters. TL.	1993 Feb 2- 1993 Jul 13

		Brown, Mrs. Thornton
	5	1 letter. TLS.	1965 Aug 20

		DeBeauvoir, Simone
	6	Draft of letter in French. 1 letter. AL / TL.	n.d. (1973?)

		Deming, Barbara
	7	13 letters. TLS. Original folder labeled: "Letters, MM to BD from Washington, 1954 - 1956."	1954 Apr 30 - 1956 Dec 31
	8	44 letters. ALS, TL.	1963 - 1976 Nov 5

		Gallup, Donald
	9	TL. Draft of letter sent concerning donation of Edmund Wilson papers (Folder 3-6) to Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.	1976 Oct 7

		McCarthy, Mary
	10	TL / AL. Draft of letter sent in response to McCarthy's letter of 1982 Jan 20. 1 letter.	1982 Feb 9

		Miller, Henry
	11	2 letters. TL.	1974 May 22 - 1974 Aug 31

NB: Correspondence with Marianne Moore cataloged with the Marianne Moore collection.

		Poor, Anne
	12	63 letters. ALS, TLS.	1959 Apr 2 - 1977 Oct 2

		Poor, Bessie Breuer
	13	1 letter. ALS.	1973 Jan 13

		Unidentified Recipients:

		- - - - -, Jane. (Verlaine, Jane?)
	14	3 letters. TLS. Letters were included with outgoing correspondence to Barbara Deming (1-8) and Anne Poor (1-12).	1971(?) Sep 19 - 1973 Aug 16

		- - - - -, Sayrah.
	15	1 letter. TL. Copy of letter found with outgoing correspondence to Anne Poor (Folder 1-12).	1975 Apr 25

Incoming Correspondence

Box	Folder	Writer and Description	Date
2		Barratt, Ruth
	1	45 letters. TLS. Original folder labeled, "RB important letters, Post-Canada."	1992 May 16 - 1997 Aug 21

		Bishop, Elizabeth
	2	3 letters. TLS.	1974 Mar 18 - 1975 Jun 29
	3	Includes 10 poems by Meigs on rustic themes. 19 photocopied letters.	1970 Oct 5 - 1976 Mar 9

		Colebrook, Jay
	4	1 letter. TLS, TD. Concerning Joan Colebrook (d. 1991 Mar 23); includes obituary and memorial.	1991 May 13 - 1991 May 30

		De Beauvoir, Simone
	5	1 letter. ALS. Includes duplicate.	1973 Sep 10

		Deming, Vida
	6	1 letter. ALS. Includes portrait of Barbara Deming.	1986 Oct 28

		Gallup, Donald, et al.
	7	5 letters. TLS. Correspondence concerning donation of Edmund Wilson papers (Folder 3-6) to Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.	1976 Oct 15 - 1985 May 2

		Katz, Alex
	8	3 letters, 1 gallery opening notification. ALS.	1966 Mar 10 - 1976 Jun 24

		King, Hortense Flexner
	9	16 letters. ALS, TLS.	1968 Feb 24 - 1972 Apr 14

		King, Hortense Flexner and King, Wyncie
	10	64 letters. ALS, TLS.	1942 Nov 18 - 1970 Dec 21

		Knaths, Karl
	11	7 letters, 1 gallery opening notification. ALS.	1963 Dec 29 - 1968 Dec 30

		MacIver, Loren
	12	4 letters. ALS, TLS. Includes article concerning MacIver.	1966 Apr 24 - 1973 Apr 1

		McCarthy, Mary
	13	Includes article by McCarthy. 16 letters. ALS, TLS.	1974 Jun 19 - 1986 Oct 20

		Merril, James
	14	Includes poems by Merril. 10 letters. ALS.	1980 Dec 3 - 1988 Jan 3

		Miller, Henry
	15	3 letters, 1 gallery opening notification. ALS.	1974 May 28 - 1974 Sep 24

		O'Rhan Horlick, Daniele
	16	1 letter. ALS.	1999 Aug 19

		Poor, Anne
	17	69 letters, 1 gallery opening notification. ALS.	1955 Oct 29 - 1970 Nov 22
	18	50 letters, 2 gallery opening notifications. ALS, TLS.	1971 Mar 22 - 1979 Aug 22
	19	58 letters, 1 gallery opening notification. ALS. Includes article about Anne Poor.	1979 Oct 9 - 1985 Mar 6
	20	33 letters, 1 gallery opening notification. ALS.	1985 Oct 28 - 1999 Dec 28

		Poor, Bessie Breuer
3	1	20 letters. ALS, TLS.	1954 Aug - 1980 Jun 14
	2	26 letters. ALS, TLS. Short messages filed by Meigs with incoming correspondence of Anne Poor (Folder 2-19, 2-20).	1971 Mar 22 - 1985 Mar 6

		Poor, Henry
	3	38 letters, 3 gallery opening notifications. ALS.	1954 Oct 29 - 1970 Nov 23

		Sugarloaf Women's Land Trust
	4	8 letters. TD / TL.	1990 Jul 10 - 1999 Dec 22

		Wilson, Edmund
	5	18 letters, including numerous sketches by Wilson. ALS.	1959 Oct 2 - 1970 Dec
	6	58 photocopied letters. Original folder labeled, "Copies of correspondence between Edmund Wilson and Mary Meigs. Originals now at the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University."	1959 Apr 2 - 1972 May 18

		Wilson, Elena
	7	9 letters. ALS / TLS.	1972 Jun 20 - 1977 Sep 19

		Yourcenar, Marguerite
	8	2 letters. TLS. Includes pen-and-ink sketch by Meigs.	1968 Oct 22 - 1968 Oct 30

Third Party Correspondence

Box	Folder	Writer, Recipient, and Description	Date
		Dupp, Randy
3	9	Letter to Mrs. Thornton Brown concerning Meigs' gallery exhibit. ALS.	n.d.

		Gallup, Donald
	10	3 letters. TL, TLS. Correspondence between Gallup and Elena Wilson concerning donation of Edmund Wilson Papers (Folder 3-6) to the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.	1973 Oct 4 - 1976 Oct 18

		Morrison, Paul
	11	1 photocopied letter. Letter to Bessie Breuer Poor found in incoming correspondence from Poor (Folder 3-1).	1975 Apr 14

		Poor, Anne
	12	2 letters. ALS, TLS. Letters found among incoming correspondence from Anne Poor (Folder 2-19, 2-20) to Barbara Deming and Hubert Hughes.	1980 Jul 29

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