W. H. Auden Collection
An inventory of the collection at Syracuse University
Finding aid created by: MRR
Date: 26 May 2006
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Finding aid created by: MRR
Date: 26 May 2006
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| 19 Jul 2006 | minor changes to subject headings (MRR) |
Overview of the Collection |
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| Creator: | Auden, W. H. (Wystan Hugh), 1907-1973 |
| Title: | W. H. Auden Collection |
| Dates: | 1931-1950 (bulk: 1948-1950) |
| Quantity: | 1 folder (SC) |
| Abstract: | Letters (primarily incoming), either to, by or about Auden. Most are from Saxe Commins, his editor, or other Random House people. |
| Language: | English |
| Repository: |
Special Collections Research Center, Syracuse University Libraries 222 Waverly Avenue Syracuse, NY 13244-2010 https://library.syracuse.edu/special-collections-research-center |
W.H. Auden was born February 21, 1907, in York, England. He became a United States citizen in 1949. During his career, he wrote poetry, plays, song lyrics and libretti, translations, literary criticism and history, for which he won a number of awards and prizes. He died in 1973.
The W.H. Auden Collection consists of a number of letters to, from, or concerning Auden. A variety of authors are represented with the majority coming from Saxe Commins, his editor at Random House. Some concern the publication of his The Enchaféd Flood or Nones. There is also a letter to a Miss Cruikshank in Scotland from a friend, praising Auden's writing and telling her that he is teaching at nearby Larchfield Academy in Dumbartonshire, and Auden's reply to a letter from Miss Cruikshank. There are a few holograph letters from Auden, signed, and a few typed letters, signed. Letters are arranged chronologically.
At the end are Auden's drafts for the acknowledgement and jacket blurb for The Enchaféd Flood.
Access Restrictions:
The majority of our archival and manuscript collections are housed offsite and require advanced notice for retrieval. Researchers are encouraged to contact us in advance concerning the collection material they wish to access for their research.
Use Restrictions:
Written permission must be obtained from SCRC and all relevant rights holders before publishing quotations, excerpts or images from any materials in this collection.
Persons
Auden, W. H. (Wystan Hugh), 1907-1973
Corporate Bodies
Random House (Firm)
Associated Titles
The Enchaféd Flood
Genres and Forms
Correspondence.
Occupations
Authors.
Poets.
Preferred Citation
Preferred citation for this material is as follows:
W. H. Auden Collection,
Special Collections Research Center,
Syracuse University Libraries
Acquisition Information
Transfer from Rare Books; transfer from Random House Collection
Correspondence
Writings
| Correspondence | |||||||||||
| SC 164 | Letters 1931 - to Miss Cruikshank | ||||||||||
| SC 164 | Letters 1938 - Significant names include Bennett Cerf, Alan Collins, Constance R. Auden | ||||||||||
| SC 164 | Letters 1948-1950 - Significant names include Saxe Cummins (Random House), William Weedon (University of Virginia), | ||||||||||
| Writings | |||||||||||
| SC 164 | Acknowledgement, The Enchaféd Flood 1949 or 1950 - draft | ||||||||||
| SC 164 | Jacket copy, The Enchaféd Flood 1949 or 1950 - draft | ||||||||||