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Finding aid created by: MRC
Date: 8 Nov 2010
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| 23 Jul 2024 | processed (MRC) |
Overview of the Collection |
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| Creator: | Viereck, Peter, 1916-2006. |
| Title: | Peter Viereck Papers |
| Dates: | 1904-1966 (bulk: 1963-1965) |
| Quantity: | 0.5 linear ft. |
| Abstract: | American poet and conservative theorist. Collection contains correspondence and manuscripts of his poetry. |
| 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 |
Peter Viereck (1916-2006) was an American Pulitzer Prize-winning poet, historian, and conservative theorist, widely considered one of the founders of the American conservative movement. Viereck graduated from Harvard University, served as an Army intelligence analyst during World War II, and was a professor of history at Mount Holyoke College for many years.
The Peter Viereck Papers consists of correspondence and writings.
Correspondence sonsistes of two incoming letters.
Writings consists of handwritten worksheets and handwriten and typed drafts of poems for a five-poem cycle entitled "Some walks on the edge." The vast majority of these are photocopies.
Material within each series is in roughly chronological order.
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Persons
Viereck, Peter, 1916-2006.
Subjects
Poets, American.
Genres and Forms
Correspondence.
Drafts (documents)
Worksheets.
Occupations
Poets.
Preferred Citation
Preferred citation for this material is as follows:
Peter Viereck Papers,
Special Collections Research Center,
Syracuse University Libraries
Acquisition Information
Manuscripts, gift of Peter Viereck, 1965. Correspondence, purchase, 1966.
Correspondence
Poems
| Correspondence | |||||||||||
| Box 1 | Incoming 1904, 1910 | ||||||||||
| Poems | |||||||||||
| Box 1 | Some walks on the edge 1963-1965 - worksheets (8 folders) | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Some walks on the edge [1966] - drafts (2 folders) | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Some walks on the edge [1966] - final version | ||||||||||
| Five poems: I. Stairs to the sea II. The race is almost meaningful III. A wreath for a plunge IV. More than wings can bear V. Counter-walk, reversals |
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