Collection of Robert Frost Letters and Poems: Finding Aid
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Title: Collection of Robert Frost Letters and Poems
Dates (inclusive): Approximately 1891-1958
Bulk dates: 1894-1916
Collection Numbers: mssHM 1201, etc.
Collection Numbers (complete list): mssHM 1201; mssHM 7237; mssHM 7638-7657; mssHM 10799; mssHM 13810; mssHM 25337-25368; mssHM 47622; mssHM 48305; mssHM 59545
Creator:
Frost, Robert, 1874-1963
Extent:
59 pieces in 1 box
Repository:
The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens.
Manuscripts Department
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, California 91108
Phone: (626) 405-2129
Email: reference@huntington.org
URL: http://www.huntington.org
Abstract: This collection contains 59 pieces of correspondence and poems of American poet Robert Frost (1874-1963), chiefly consisting
of handwritten poems and letters sent by Frost to Susan Hayes Ward (1835-1916),
poetry editor for
The Independent, from the mid 1890s to the 1910s.
Language: English.
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[Identification of item]. Collection of Robert Frost Letters and Poems, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.
Received from various sources.
The bulk of the collection was purchased from P. K. Foley in 1923 (HM 1201, HM 7237, HM 7638-7657, and HM 25337-25368).
HM 13810, purchased from A.A.A. Conant Sale (Lot #25), November 1923.
HM 10799 was presumably transferred from Reference Department Files.
HM 47622 was transferred from Reference Department Files, January 1981.
HM 48305 was transferred from Manuscript Department Files, February 5, 1982.
HM 59545 was removed from North of Boston by Robert Frost (Call number 491731) in June 1991.
HM 13810, purchased from A.A.A. Conant Sale (Lot #25), November 1923.
HM 10799 was presumably transferred from Reference Department Files.
HM 47622 was transferred from Reference Department Files, January 1981.
HM 48305 was transferred from Manuscript Department Files, February 5, 1982.
HM 59545 was removed from North of Boston by Robert Frost (Call number 491731) in June 1991.
Robert Lee Frost (1874-1963) was an American poet. Frost sold his first poem, "My Butterfly. An Elegy" to the
Independent, a weekly New York magazine,
where it appeared in the November 8, 1894, issue. Frost was married to Elinor (White) Frost from 1895 until her death in 1938.
Bibliography
For more information about The Huntington Library's Robert Frost Collection, see
Leslie Monsour, "Robert Frost at The Huntington,"
Huntington Frontiers (Spring/Summer 2017)
This collection contains 59 pieces of correspondence and poems of American poet Robert Frost, chiefly consisting of handwritten
poems and letters sent by Frost to Susan Hayes Ward (1835-1916),
poetry editor for
The Independent, from the mid 1890s to the 1910s.
Items consist of:
- Thirty letters from Robert Frost to Susan Hayes Ward (HM 7656, HM 25338-25366)
- Eighteen loose poems signed by Robert Frost (HM 7638-7646, HM 7648-7655, HM 7657)
- Two poems whose authorship was repudiated by Frost; apparently in the hand of Elinor M. Frost (HM 1201, HM 7647)
- A collection of 17 handwritten poems presented by Frost to Ward for Christmas 1911 (HM 7237)
- A letter from Robert Frost to William Hayes Ward, the editor of The Independent (HM 25337)
- Two letters from Elinor Frost to Susan Hayes Ward (HM 25367-25368)
- Three letters from Frost to Huntington Library staff authorizing access to his papers (HM 10799, HM 47622, HM 48305)
- Two letters from Frost related to autographs (HM 13810, HM 59545)
Arranged in one box in call number order.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the
Huntington Library's Online Catalog.
Frost, Robert, 1874-1963 -- Archives.
Frost, Elinor, 1873-1938 -- Archives.
Poets, American -- 20th century -- Archives.
Letters (correspondence) -- United States.
Manuscripts -- United States.
Poems -- United States.
Frost, Elinor, 1873-1938.
Haselden, R. B. (Reginald Berti), 1881-1952, addressee.
Ward, William Hayes, 1835-1916, addressee.
Ward, Susan Hayes, 1838-1924, addressee.
Box 1
Correspondence and manuscripts
HM 7237 Frost, Robert. [Collection of poems presented to Susan Hayes Ward at Christmas, 1911]. 1911 December 25
24 leaves (22 written pages including note of presentation), 4 7/8 x 6 3/8 in. Autograph manuscript signed.
Contents:
- My Giving
- Reluctance
- To a Moth Seen in Winter
- Unchastened
- On the Sale of My Farm
- Wind and Window-Flower
- Pussy-Willow Time
- Pursuit of the Word
- Death
- Tutelary Elves
- The Rain Bath
- To the Loud Southwester
- The Little Things of War
- Determent
- Pan Desponds
- New Grief
- Winter Winds
HM 59545 Frost Robert Lee. Letter to [Mr. Beggen?]. South Shaftsbury, Vermont. 1928 April 9
1 page. Autograph letter signed. With envelope.
Brief response related to autograph request. This letter was removed from North of Boston (Call number 491731) Addressee name presumably is misspelling for Katherine Larned Boggess. Also includes photocopy of envelope and bookplate that could not be removed from book.
Brief response related to autograph request. This letter was removed from North of Boston (Call number 491731) Addressee name presumably is misspelling for Katherine Larned Boggess. Also includes photocopy of envelope and bookplate that could not be removed from book.