Eleanor Martin Collection on Robert P. Tristram Coffin

The Eleanor Martin Collection on Robert P. Tristram Coffin contains correspondence from and about American poet, educator, and Pulitzer Prize winner Robert P. T. Coffin. The collection of letters was compiled by Eleanor Martin, a friend of Coffin, and mostly focus on their relationship and Martin’s position as solicitor and coordinator of Coffin’s lectures in the Midwest region. This collection also includes ephemera and artifacts related to Coffin’s career and spans from 1926 to 1983.

Series 1. Correspondence, 1926-1983, includes two sub-series. Sub-series 1. Correspondence from Coffin, 1926-1955, includes letters from Coffin to Eleanor Martin. Sub-series 2. Others Correspondence, 1928-1983, contains mainly letters to Eleanor Martin, many of which mention Coffin.

Series 2. Coffin Related Ephemera and Artifacts, 1930-1981, contains headshots and staged photographs of Coffin, newspaper clippings from his career and posthumously, ephemera from Coffin’s life and funeral, and a clay sculpture by Abbott Pattison.