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Laura Riding (Jackson) Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS31

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Scope and Contents

The Laura Riding (Jackson) Collection consists of corrected galleys, typescripts, and some correspondence relating to her publications: Trojan Ending, Selected Poems in Five Sets, The Telling, The World and Ourselves, and contributions to the magazine Chelsea. The most extensive correspondence is with David W. McKain from 1965-1966 (56 pages). Other correspondents include Samuel Hynes, and Martin Seymour-Smith.

Dates

  • 1926-1966

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

There are no restrictions on use of the materials in the department for research; all patrons must comply with federal copyright regulations.

Conditions Governing Use

Copyright for materials resides with Laura Riding's literary executors. All users must comply with federal copyright regulations.

Extent

1.00 Boxes

Language of Materials

English

Abstract

Laura (Riding) Jackson (January 16, 1901-September 2, 1991) was a poet, critic, novelist, essayist and short story writer. She was associated with the Southern group of writers known as the Fugitives, lived with poet and critic Robert Graves from 1926-1939, and was married first to historian Louis Gottschalk, then to critic Schuyler B. Jackson from 1941 until his death in 1968. This collection of corrected galleys, typescripts, and some correspondence includes Trojan Ending, Selected Poems in Five Sets, The Telling, contributions to the magazine Chelsea, and The World and Ourselves.

Arrangement

The Laura (Riding) Jackson collection is organized into materials related to the publications Trojan Ending, Selected Poems in Five Sets, The Telling, Chelsea, and The World and Ourselves,, plus correspondence, and a group of miscellaneous materials.

Method of Acquisition

Laura Riding Jackson offered the manuscript materials in the McCormick Library to Northwestern University Library in 1970 because she was impressed with the library's holdings of her published works; outside of her alma mater Cornell University, few libraries had such extensive holdings.

Related Materials

For additional correspondence with the McCormick Library, inquire about departmental correspondence files. For other correspondence related to Riding, see the McCormick Library collection of literary agent James B. Pinker.

Title
Guide to the Laura Riding (Jackson) Collection
Date
06/11/2006
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin
Language of description note
eng

Library Details

Part of the Charles Deering McCormick Library of Special Collections Repository

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