A Guide to the Letters of E. E. Cummings 1952-1967
A Collection in the
Clifton Waller Barrett Library
The Special Collections Department
Accession Number 6246-d
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Preferred Citation
Letters of E. E. Cummings, Accession # 6246-d, Special Collections Dept., University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Va.
Acquisition Information
This collection was purchased from David Holmes, Bookseller, Philadelphia, Pa., on December 20, 1993.
Scope and Content Information
This collection consists of letters and cards from E. E. and Marion Cummings to Arthur Andre Schaffer. Most are pleasant notes of greeting and arrangements to call or visit.
Contents List
E. E. Cummings, Cambridge, Massachusetts, to Arthur Andre Schaffer, Fort Slocum, New York, asking him to telephone to set up a time.
Marion Cummings, Cambridge, Massachusetts, to Schaffer, Fort Slocum, New York, saying that their trip to New York has been delayed until the 18th and asking if he will still be there.
Christmas card signed "Cummings & Marion" to Schaffer.
E. E. Cummings, New York, New York, to Schaffer, F.P.O., New York, New York, re leaving for New Hampshire the following Thursday.
Marion Cummings, New York, New York, to Schaffer, New York, New York, asking him to call her.
Marion Cummings, New York, New York, to Schaffer, New York, New York, re wrong telephone number.
E. E. Cummings, Silver Lake, New Hampshire, to Schaffer, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, sending greetings and hoping to see him in New York.
Christmas card signed "Cummings & Marion" to Schaffer
Marion Cummings, Silver Lake, New Hampshire, to Schaffer, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, writing that they would be delighted to see him in November.
Marion Cummings, New York, New York, to Schaffer, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, looking forward to getting together over the weekend.
Marion Cummings, New York, New York, to Schaffer, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, regretting that he had not shown up at their house as planned.
Marion Cummings, New York, New York, to Schaffer, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, expressing sympathy [for the death of his father] and asking him to visit if ever in New York.
Marion Cummings, Silver Lake, New Hampshire, to Schaffer, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, sorry that he has been having such a bad time and reminding him of a standing invitation to visit.
Marion Cummings, New York, New York, to Schaffer, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, enclosing a letter in a Christmas card, agreeing "that the letters should be collected," asking if he has seen the last book of poems, 73 Poems , and inquiring about his post-Navy career.
Marion Cummings, New York, New York, to Schaffer, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, written on a Christmas card, concerning the Cummings collection of letters to be done by Fred[erick] Dupee.
Marion Cummings to Schaffer, saying that she enjoys having enough money to live well but "the only catch is that having been so spoiled by living all these years with Cummings all else is a let down.
Christmas card signed "Cummings & Marion," regretting that they missed him at the U. N. and thanking him for sending the United Nations publication.
Envelope addressed to "A. A. Schaffer, FASRon-THREE, Naval Air Station, Norfolk 11, Virginia" from "Cummings, SilverLake, NH."