Research Catalog

Title

Collection of 8 autograph letters signed, 3 typed letters signed, and one Christmas card signed : Boise, Denver, Sacramento, etc., to Elizabeth Mayer, 1945 June 18-1969 July 12.

Author

Auden, J. B., 1903-1991.

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Details

Additional Authors

Mayer, Elizabeth.

Description

12 ill.; size varies.

Summary

Collection includes the following letters: a.l.s. on Hotel Boise (Idaho) stationery, June 18, 1945; a.l.s. on Hotel Senator (Sacramento) stationery, June 29, 1945; a.l.s. on Shirley-Savoy Hotel (Denver) stationery, July 21, 1945; a.l.s. on Hotel Andrew Johnson (Knoxville, Tenn.) stationery, Aug. 1, 1945; a.l.s. on Hotel General Shelby (Bristol, Va.) stationery, Aug. 18, 1945; t.l.s. on India Supply Mission (Washington, D.C.) stationery, Aug. 23, 1945; a.l.s. written from the "Queen Elizabeth," Sept. 9, 1945; a.l.s. written from Keswick, Cumberland, Sept. 19, 1945; a.l.s. written from Calcutta, Feb. 3, 1946; Christmas card signed, December 1947; t.l.s. written from Rome, Jan. 29, 1967, on stationery of the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations; t.l.s. written from London, July 12, 1969.

Subjects

• Environmentalism > Religious aspects > Christianity
• Human ecology > Religious aspects > Christianity
• Auden, W. H (Wystan Hugh), 1907-1973 > Anecdotes
• Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, 1749-1832 > Translations
• Granite

Note

• Elizabeth Mayer (1884-1970) was a German-born American translator and editor who worked with W.H. Auden, Benjamin Britten, Peter Pears, and other writers and musicians. She translated Goethe's Italian Journey (1962) with W.H. Auden, and he dedicated to her the poem "New Year Letter" and the book of verse that included it, The Double Man (1941). She was a mother figure for him, and he remained close to her for many years. Near the end of her life, he wrote about her (not mentioning her by name) in his poem "Old People's Home."
• Some letters written on illustrated stationery.

Access (note)

• Restricted access;

Biography (note)

• John Bicknell Auden (1903-1991), the elder brother of poet W.H. Auden, was a geologist and explorer.

Call Number

Berg Coll m.b. Auden, JB A.l.s. to Mayer 1945

OCLC

794241308

Author

Auden, J. B., 1903-1991.

Title

Collection of 8 autograph letters signed, 3 typed letters signed, and one Christmas card signed : Boise, Denver, Sacramento, etc., to Elizabeth Mayer, 1945 June 18-1969 July 12.

Access

Restricted access; request permission from holding division.

Biography

John Bicknell Auden (1903-1991), the elder brother of poet W.H. Auden, was a geologist and explorer.

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Added Author

Mayer, Elizabeth. Addressee

Fairchild, Muki. Former owner

Research Call Number

Berg Coll m.b. Auden, JB A.l.s. to Mayer 1945