A Guide to the Papers of Arthur Davison Ficke, September 29, 1952 and n.d. #7583-a

A Guide to the Papers of Arthur Davison Ficke, September 29, 1952 and n.d.

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Clifton Waller Barrett Library
The Special Collections Department
Accession Number 7583-a

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Preferred Citation

Papers of Arthur Davison Ficke, Accession #7583-a , Special Collections Dept., University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Va.

Processing Information

This collection was transfered from Rare Books on May 16, 1989.

Scope and Content Information

Collection contains two untitled poems by Ficke and a letter, 1952 September 29, Donald Gallup, Yale University Library, to John S. Van E. Kohn, New York City, identifying the latter's copy of Ficke's "The Earth Passion" as having been dedicated to Arthur Franklin Johnson, author of "The Red Rose".

Contents List

Manuscripts

Poem beginning "Night is yet more lovely than the day . . ." by Arthur Davison Ficke n.d.

TMs, 1 p.

with ANS by author saying that the poem is the "result of a rather drowsy ride through Deerfield"
Poem beginning "Think, if you can, of lovely things . . ." by Arthur Davison Ficke n.d.

AMs, 1p.

Letter

Donald Gallup, Yale University Library, to John S. Van E. Kohn, Seven Gables Bookshop 1952 Sep 29

TLS, 1 p.

Authenticating his copy of Arthur Davison Ficke's The Earth Passion, Boundary & Other Poems, inscribed A. F. J., as the dedication copy to Arthur Franklin Johnson