Collection context
Summary
- Creator:
- Page, Curtis Hidden, 1870-1946 and Ronsard, Pierre de, 1524-1585
- Extent:
- 12 boxes and 12 boxes
- Language:
- English , French .
- Preferred citation:
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Curtis Hidden Page papers; Box and Folder; Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.
Background
- Scope and Content:
Correspondence, manuscripts, and printed materials of Curtis Hidden Page. This collection contains a correspondence of 51 letters between Page and his grandmother, Mrs. Mary E. Hidden, as well as other family correspondence. Much of his incoming correspondence relates to social and academic pursuits, and his publishing activities, including letters from William Stome Booth of Houghton Mifflin concerning Page's anthology entitled "Chief American Poets." There are many holograph and typescripts of his poetry and poetical translations. Most of the poems are in several stages of progress. Present also are notebooks containing lecture notes from his student days.
- Biographical / Historical:
American educator, writer. Page was professor of French and English at Harvard, Dartmouth, and Columbia Universities, author of several volumes of poetry including translations from Ronsard and the Japanese, and President of the Poetry Society of America.
- Acquisition information:
- Source of acquisition--Bancroft. Method of acquisition--Purchase; Date of acquisition--10/--/57. Accession number--M-57-10.
- Processing information:
Cataloged Christina Hilton Fenn 08/--/89.
- Arrangement:
Cataloged and arranged.
- Accruals:
Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. Contact rbml@columbia.edu for more information.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Indexed Terms
- Subjects:
- Literature publishing
American poetry -- 20th century
Poetry -- Societies, etc
Japanese poetry -- Translations into English
French poetry -- Translations into English
Authors, American
College teachers
Educators
Publishers and publishing -- Massachusetts -- Boston
Poems - Names:
- Houghton Mifflin Company
Poetry Society of America
Harvard University -- : Faculty
Columbia University -- : Faculty
Dartmouth College -- : Faculty
Hidden, Mary E
Booth, William Stone, 1864-1926
Access
- RESTRICTIONS:
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This collection is located on-site.
This collection has no restrictions.
- TERMS OF ACCESS:
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Single photocopies may be made for research purposes. The RBML maintains ownership of the physical material only. Copyright remains with the creator and his/her heirs. The responsibility to secure copyright permission rests with the patron.
- PREFERRED CITATION:
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Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Curtis Hidden Page papers; Box and Folder; Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.
- LOCATION OF THIS COLLECTION:
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6th Floor East Butler Library535 West 114th St.New York, NY 10027, United States
- CONTACT:
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(212) 854-5590rbml@library.columbia.edu