Alfred Noyes Papers, 1900-1948 45 items (SC)
Noyes, Alfred, 1880-1958.
Papers of the British poet. Subject file contains a five-page holograph and a six-page typescript for 'A talk with Alfred Noyes,' a piece which appeared in the Book Window in 1932. Also, page proofs with Noyes' additions and corrections, and a portrait of Noyes dated 1915 by a photographer named Chickering. Outgoing correspondence of a business nature, in which Noyes thanks editors for favorable reviews or solicits critiques of his work. Many of the letters contain Noyes' discussion of his own work at the time of writing or in relation to his previous output. Letters to W.S. Braithwaite, Edward B. Osborn, Clement King Shorter, Arthur Waugh, and others. Writings include a holograph manuscript of 'The Touchstone series,' a selection of four poems, with corrections and annotations.