An Inventory of His Collection at the Harry Ransom Center
Creator:
Jeffers, Robinson, 1887-1962
Title:
Robinson Jeffers Collection
Dates:
1885-1967, undated
Extent:
23 boxes (9.66 linear feet), 2 galley folders (gf), and 3 oversize folders (osf)
Abstract:
Consists chiefly of works and correspondence of the American poet Robinson Jeffers.
Present are manuscripts for The Double Axe, Medea, and The Women at Point Sur and drafts of many individual poems. Along with much correspondence to and from family,
friends, colleagues, and admirers are letters, legal papers, and financial records
from Jeffers' publishers. Also included are some papers of Jeffers's wife, Una Call
Jeffers, and of the noted Jeffers biographer Melba Berry Bennett.
Call Number:
Manuscript Collection MS-2170
Language:
English, French, German, Greek, Italian, Spanish
Access:
Open for research
Administrative Information
Processed by:
Joan Sibley and Apryl Voskamp, 2014
Note:
This finding aid replicates and replaces information previously available only in
a card catalog. Please see the explanatory note at the end of this finding aid for
information regarding the arrangement of the manuscripts as well as the abbreviations
commonly used in descriptions.
