A Guide to the Letters of Edgar Lee Masters, 1924-1945 Masters, Edgar Lee, Letters of 7767-h

A Guide to the Letters of Edgar Lee Masters, 1924-1945

A Collection in the
Clifton Waller Barrett Library
The Special Collections Department
Accession Number 7767-h

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Repository

Special Collections, University of Virginia Library

Accession number

7767-h

Title

Letters of Edgar Lee Masters, 1924-1945

Physical Characteristics

This collection consists of 12 items.

Language

English

Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

There are no restrictions.

Use Restrictions

See the University of Virginia Library’s use policy.

Preferred Citation

Letters of Edgar Lee Masters, Accession #7767-h, Special Collections Dept., University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Va.

Acquisition Information

This collection was purchased on 1989 October 27.

Scope and Content Information

This collection consists of a set of letters from Edgar Lee Masters. Masters writes chiefly to Ada J. McVickar re planned visits, his health, John Cowper Powys, and the possibility of McVickar selling remaining copies of "Serpents in the wilderness."

Also included is a newspaper clipping, ca. 1943, re Masters' convalescence from pneumonia and malnutrition.

Contents List

Letter from Edgar Lee Masters, Great Neck, New York, to Ada J. McVickar, Yonkers, New York 1924 Feb 17

ALS. 1 p., w/env.

Masters mentions that he intends to read an article by John Cowper Powys and that he heard one of his lectures at the Plaza and was sorry to have missed the others since that one was so wonderful

Letter from Edgar Lee Masters, Nassau Club, Princeton, New Jersey, to Ada J. McVickar, Yonkers, New York 1924 Apr 3

TLS. 1 p., w/env.

Masters thanks Mcvickar for the letter and article by John Cowper Powys, and indicating his wish to visit her but his dread of going to New York

Letter from Edgar Lee Masters, Princeton, New Jersey, to Ada J. McVickar, Yonkers, New York 1924 Apr 12

TLS. 1 p., w/env.

Masters plans to visit McVickar, and mentioning that he tried to get in touch with both her and John Cowper Powys,

Letter from Edgar Lee Masters, Princeton, New Jersey, to Ada J. McVickar, Yonkers, New York 1924 Apr 14

TLS. 1 p., w/env.

Masters invites her to visit and relaying possible plans for the day,

Letter from Edgar Lee Masters, New York, New York, to Ada J. McVickar, Yonkers, New York, with a newspaper article about his convalescence 1944 Mar 22

ANS. 1 p., w/env.

Letter from Edgar Lee Masters, New York, New York, to Ada J. McVickar, Yonkers, New York 1944 Mar 31

ALS. 1 p., w/env.

Letter from Edgar Lee Masters, Pocono Pines, Pennsylvania, to Ada J. McVickar, Yonkers, New York 1944 Aug 17

ALS. 1 p., w/env.

Masters expresses his gratitude for [Percy Bysshe] Shelley's book Alastor(, or the Spirit of Solitude) and for her reading it to him.

Letter from Edgar Lee Masters, Selwyn Hotel, Charlotte, North Carolina, to Ada J. McVickar, Yonkers, New York 1944 Dec 14

TLS. 1 p.

Masters mentions a letter from Rev. Penfield of Yonkers, indicating that his health is improving slowly and that he hasn't returned to writing but has "themes and urges."

Letter from Edgar Lee Masters, Selwyn Hotel, Charlotte, North Carolina, to Ada J. McVickar, Yonkers, New York 1944 Dec 20

TLS. 1 p., w/env.

Masters thanks her for the book by John Cowper Powys

Letter from Edgar Lee Masters, Selwyn Hotel, Charlotte, North Carolina, to Ada J. McVickar, Yonkers, New York. 1945 May 15

TLS. 1 p., w/env.

Masters thanks her for the clipping about the Spoon River Mill, inquiring as to whether she thinks she can sell his copies of Serpents in the Wilderness , and briefly indicating that it is inconvenient to write letters too often.

Letter from Edgar Lee Masters, Great Neck, New York, to Mr. Shaw. 1924 Jan 4

TLS. 1 p.

Masters sends remittance for two tickets to the lecture of John Cowper Powys at the Plaza on January 8