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Title: Delmore Schwartz papers
Date (inclusive): 1923-1966
Collection number: 1005
Creator:
Schwartz, Delmore, 1913-1966
Extent:
70 boxes (35 linear ft.)
Abstract: Delmore David Schwartz (1913-1966) was an English professor, editor (1943-47) and associate editor (1947-55) of the
Partisan Review, and the poetry editor of the
New republic (1955-57). He also wrote poetry, plays, essays, translations, and stories, including
In dreams begin responsibilities (1938),
The world is a wedding (1948), and
Summer knowledge: new and selected poems, 1938-1958 (1959), which won the Bollingen Prize in poetry and the Shelley Memorial Award in 1960. The collection consists of books
and journals from Schwartz's library, most of which are heavily-annotated with his notes, nine holographic notebooks, and
correspondence.
Language: Finding aid is written in
English.
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library Special Collections.
Los Angeles, California 90095-1575
Physical location: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact UCLA Library Special Collections
for paging information.
Open for research. STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact UCLA Library
Special Collections for paging information.
Restrictions on Use and Reproduction
Property rights to the physical object belong to the UC Regents. Literary rights, including copyright, are retained by the
creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue the copyright
owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold the copyright.
- Phoenix Book Shop, purchase, 1967 & 1968.
- Zeitlin & Verbrugge, purchase, 1970.
- Gift of Kenneth A. Schwartz, 1981.
- Gift of David Holzman, 1983.
- Black Sun Books, purchase, 1984.
- Gift of J. Howard Woolmer, 1988.
[Identification of item], Delmore Schwartz papers (Collection Number 1005). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young
Research Library, UCLA.
Delmore David Schwartz was born on December 8, 1913 in Brooklyn, New York; attended University of Wisconsin, 1931; BA in philosophy,
New York University, 1935; attended Harvard University, 1935-37; Briggs-Copeland Instructor in English Composition, 1940 and
assistant Professor of English composition, 1946-47, Harvard University; editor (1943-47) and associate editor (1947-55),
Partisan Review; poetry editor,
New republic, 1955-57; visiting lecturer at New York University, Kenyon School of English, Indiana School of Letters, Princeton University,
University of Chicago; visiting professor, Syracuse University; literary consultant to
New directions; wrote poetry, plays, essays, translations, and stories, including
In dreams begin responsibilities (1938),
The world is a wedding (1948), and
Summer knowledge: new and selected poems, 1938-1958 (1959), which won the Bollingen Prize in poetry and Shelley Memorial Award in 1960; he died on July 11, 1966 in New York
City.
Collection consists of books and journals from the library of Delmore Schwartz, most of which are heavily-annotated with his
notes, and nine holographic notebooks and a few original letters of Schwartz. Includes mostly paperback editions of fiction,
literary criticism and art history, as well as 12 volumes of
Partisan Review, 1942-54.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Schwartz, Delmore, 1913-1966--Archives.
Authors, American--20th century--Archival resources.
Poets, American--New York--New York.