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Essays

 Sub-Series
Identifier: M037.14.02

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Series Description:

From the Series:

Essays, poems, artwork, proofs, and published works by various authors and artists, 1921-1969 but mostly undated; arranged alphabetically, with anonymous works at the end of each section. They include illustrations by J.J. Lankes; essays by Vance Bourjaily, Charles Mergendahl, Gorham D.Munson, and Ruth, Peggy and Robert Coffin, Jr.; poems by Bourjaily, Odell Shepard and Harold Palmer, Jr.; proofs of part of Lankes's A Woodcut Manual and Rachel Field's Time Out of Mind; and presentation copies of works by Cyril Clemens, Mary Sinton Leitch, and others.

Some of the poems were by Coffin's students, were inspired by or dedicated to him, or were submissions to Yankee Magazine. Similar items, sent as enclosures, can be found with their cover letters in the correspondence.

Dates

  • Creation: 1842-1989, undated
  • Creation: Majority of material found within 1910 - 1955

Creator

Access Restrictions:

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Extent

From the Series: 0.75 Linear Feet

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Repository Details

Repository Details

Part of the George J. Mitchell Department of Special Collections & Archives, Bowdoin College Library, Brunswick, Maine 04011 Repository

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