A Guide to the Letters of Archibald MacLeish, 1976, n.d. MacLeish, Archibald, Letters of 6898-h

A Guide to the Letters of Archibald MacLeish, 1976, n.d.

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Accession Number 6898-h

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Repository

Special Collections, University of Virginia Library

Accession number

6898-h

Title

Letters of Archibald MacLeish, 1976, n.d.

Physical Characteristics

This collection contains 3 items.

Language

English

Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

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Use Restrictions

See the University of Virginia Library’s use policy.

Preferred Citation

Letters of Archibald MacLeish, Accession # 6898-h, Special Collections Dept., University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Va.

Acquisition Information

This collection was purchased from Bev Chaney Jr. Books on 30 August 1988.

Scope and Content Information

In a series of letters MacLeish writes to McAdoo re McAdoo's meeting with Roy Winnick and conditions under which Winnick may proceed with a biography of MacLeish; his own meeting with Winnick and the legal ramifications of publishing arrangements for a volume of MacLeish correspondence; plans for changes in the index of Riders on the Earth; a future interview with a former student [Dan?] Hall; and a photograph he is sending taken by Robert Laramie.

Contents List

Archibald MacLeish to "Dick" (Richard B. McAdoo) 30 January 1976

ALS, 1 page.

MacLeish discusses McAdoo's meeting with Roy Winnick, editor of Letters of Archibald MacLeish, and the conditions for allowing Roy Winnick to write a MacLeish biography. He also mentions questions about the index to his book Riders on the Earth and an old student of his from Harvard days, [Joe ?] Hall.

Archibald MacLeish to "Dick." n.d.

ALS, 2 pages.

He asks McAdoo for his publishing reaction to Roy Winnick's plan to edit a volume of MacLeish's correspondence, later published as Letters of Archibald MacLeish in 1983.

Archibald MacLeish to "Dick." n.d.

ALS.

MacLeish writes concerning a photograph, possibly of himself, taken by Robert Laramie, apparently a photographer for the Greenfield Recorder .