Descriptive Summary
Administrative Information
Biography
Scope and Content
Access Terms
Descriptive Summary
Title: Fanny Howe Papers,
Date (inclusive): 1924-1993
Collection number: Special Collections M0648
Creator:
Howe, Fanny.
Extent:
8.5 linear ft.
Repository:
Stanford University. Libraries. Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives.
Language:
English.
Administrative Information
Access Restrictions
None.
Publication Rights
Property rights reside with the repository. Literary rights reside with the creators of the documents or their heirs. To obtain
permission to publish or reproduce, please contact the Public Services Librarian of the Dept. of Special Collections.
Provenance
Purchased, 1993.
Preferred Citation:
[Identification of item] Fanny Howe Papers, M0648, Dept. of Special Collections, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford,
Calif.
Biography
Fanny Howe was born into a distinguished Boston family in 1940. Her father, Mark De Wolf Howe, taught Law at Harvard University
and was the first Charles Warren Professor in the History of American Law. He also was in the process of writing a multi-volume
biography of Justice Oliver Wendall Holmes. At the time of his death in 1967 he had completed two volumes. Fanny Howe's mother,
Mary Manning Howe, was born in Dublin, Ireland and had, during the time before she came to the United States, written and
acted for the famous Abbey and Gate Theaters in Dublin. Fanny Howe has two sisters, Susan and Helen.
Scope and Content
The Fanny Howe papers contain correspondence, publications, notebooks and journals, family history, and material relating
to Fanny Howe's career as a writer. The collection is divided into seven series, with series III - V representing all her
written work, namely her poetry, short stories, and major literary publications. This collection was rearranged from the order
it was received from Arundel Press.
Access Terms
Aldrich, Nelson W.
Armah, Ayi Kwei, 1939-
Armantrout, Rae, 1947-
Asner, Edward.
Auster, Paul, 1947-
Banks, Russell, 1940-
Beckett, Samuel, 1906-
Bellamy, Dodie.
Boone, Bruce.
Braverman, Melanie.
Childress, Alice.
Coolidge, Clark, 1939-
Corbett, William, 1942-
Creeley, Robert, 1926-
Dahlberg, Edward, 1900-1977.
Davis, Lydia.
Delafield, Fritz.
DeLillo, Don.
Equi, Elaine.
Fraser, Kathleen, 1937-
Gizzi, Peter.
Grenier, Robert.
Guest, Barbara.
Heaney, Seamus.
Hejinian, Lyn.
Howe, Fanny Quincy.
Howe, Helen.
Howe, Mark DeWolfe, 1906-1967.
Howe, Mary Manning.
Howe, Susan.
Levine, Philip, 1928-
Lowell, Robert, 1917-1977.
Mayer, Bernadette.
McCaffery, Steve.
McCall, Dan.
McCutcheon, Charles.
McCutcheon, Peter, d.1907.
McPherson, James.
Mailer, Norman.
Major, Clarence.
Marquand, John.
Mirskii, M. (Mark)
Moran, Bob, 1931-
Morrow, Bradford, 1951-
Mus, David, 1936-
Owen, Maureen, 1943-
Palmer, Michael, 1942-
Payne, Johnny, 1958-
Ponsart, Emmanuel.
Read, Jay.
Rodefer, Stephen.
Rotenberg, Bettina.
Scalapino, Leslie.
Scott, Peter, 1962-
Senna, Carl, 1944-
Silliman, Ronald, 1946-
Simic, Charles, 1938-
Stein, Jean.
Stewart, Agnes.
Tate, James, 1943-
Valentine, Jean.
Walker, Alice, 1944-
Warsh, Lewis.
Watten, Barrett.
Wieners, John, 1934-
Young, Ferry Marquand.
American literature--20th century.
American poetry.
Poets, American.