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YMHA Poetry Center, 1941-1971
6 folders
Box 161, Folder 9-14
Friar was named the first director of the YMHA Poetry Center in 1944, a post he held until 1948. Official correspondence with the educational director of the YMHA, William Kolodney, and the administrative staff of the YMHA is arranged by years. For correspondence relating to the readings, see also the following author folders: Adams, Leonie; Auden, W. H.; Bogan, Louise; Boyle, Kay; Brown, Harry; Eberhart, Richard; Jarrell, Randall; MacLeish, Archibald; Moore, Marianne; Mistral, Gabriela; Parker, Dorothy; Nin, Anaïs; Ransom, John Crowe; Shapiro, Karl; Schwartz, Delmore; Tate, Allen; Thompson, Dunstan; Troy, William; Van Doren, Mark; Warren, Robert Penn; Williams, Tennessee; Williams, William Carlos; Young, Marguerite.
Incoming, 1947 January - March
1 folder
Box 16, Folder 1
Mass./New York. Includes correspondence with acquaintances in Greece; correspondence regarding the YMHA Poetry Center.
Incoming, 1947 April - July
1 folder
Box 16, Folder 2
Mass./New York. Includes correspondence with acquaintances in Greece; correspondence regarding the YMHA Poetry Center.
Incoming, 1947 August - December
1 folder
Box 16, Folder 3
New York/Athens. Includes correspondence with friends and acquaintances in New York.
Outgoing, 1947 January - May
1 folder
Box 16, Folder 4
New York/Athens. Includes correspondence with friends and acquaintances in New York; some pages have carbon copies of Friar's translation of Greek poets (i.e., Sachtourēs, Gatsos, etc.).
Outgoing, 1947 June - December
1 folder
Box 16, Folder 5
Athens. Includes correspondence with friends and acquaintances in New York; some pages have carbon copies of Friar's translation of Greek poets (i.e., Sachtourēs, Gatsos, etc.).
T-Z Incoming-Outgoing, 1934-1976
1 folder
Box 40, Folder 5
Athens, Greece. Includes extensive correspondence with Friar's friend and colleague, Prof. Shigeto Tsuru in Tokyo; with San Diego University.
U-Z Incoming-Outgoing, 1926-1988
1 folder
Box 49, Folder 8
Athens, Greece. Includes typescript copies of Michalēs Vavourakēs's poems in Greek dedicated to Nikos Kazantzakis; a review in Greek on Giannēs Chrysoulēs' The Magic Room by Kimon Friar; correspondence with Friar's friends, Jim and Leticia Wiley.
Series 1: Correspondence, 1926-1993
30.0 linear feet
77 boxes
Friar's chronologically arranged correspondence has been processed through the year 1954, in an attempt to make more accessible information about his publications and to identify significant correspondents from the literary world. The following subseries are the result of this work.
Reviews and Articles, circa 1939-1977
2 folders
Box 50, Folder 4-5
Includes Friar's book reviews and articles.
Box 68, Folder 2-4
Includes typescript drafts of Anagnōstakēs' poems from the book Target: Selected Poems translated into English by Friar; one complete typed manuscript of the above book with autograph corrections by Friar; typescript drafts of the introduction of the book written by Friar; biographic information on Anagnōstakēs; business correspondence with Friar regarding the English translation of the poems.
Dekavalles, Antōnēs, circa 1946-1985
1 folder
Box 74, Folder 1
Includes a printed copy of Dekavalles' "Three Poems to the Master-Builder"; biographic data on Dekavalles; reviews on Dekavalles' book Okeanides by Modern Greek poets; clippings of Greek and English newspapers; a printed copy of an interview given by Dekavalles to M. Keyishian "Joints, Ships, Ransoms" adopted from an interview that originally appeared in The Literary Review.
Dekavalles, Antōnēs, circa 1945-1981
1 folder
Box 74, Folder 3
Includes typed manuscripts (carbon copies) of several versions of Dekavalles' poems both in Greek and in English with handwritten corrections by Friar; and several signed poems by Dekavalles.
Doukarēs, Dēmētrēs, circa 1946-1973
3 folders
Box 77, Folder 5-7
Includes typescript drafts of Doukarēs' poems translated into English by Friar with his autograph corrections; typescripts of the Greek versions of the poems; typescript of "Credo" both in English and in Greek; an holograph note by Doukarēs relating to his exile in the island of Makronēsos, Greece; photocopies of printed articles on Doukarēs' poetry published in several Greek literary magazines.
Box 93, Folder 3-6
Includes a bound autograph musical score Odysseus and Christ with a handwritten dedication to Friar by Norman Monath; a musical score of Antipolis by Herbert Waltl based on The Odyssey: A Modern Sequel in English translation by Friar; clippings of Greek and English newspapers regarding Kazantzakis' work, life, and death.
Box 97, Folder 1-3
Includes typescript copy of Prometheus: The Firebringer in English translation by R.G. Oikonomou; vocabulary in Greek for Kazantzakis' Tertsines; also included is a printed copy of Kazantzakis' "H. Bergson" in Greek.
Sikelianos, Angelos, circa 1947
2 folders
Box 112, Folder 1-2
Includes typescript and autograph drafts of Sikelianos' poems in Englsih translation by Friar bearing autograph corrections; biographic information on Sikelianos.
Vrettakos, Nikēphoros, circa 1945-1969
2 folders
Box 121, Folder 3-4
Includes signed, autograph poems by Vrettakos in Greek: "Akoma tout' he anoixē", Takēs Lioumas", Etsi mou stathēke ho Taygetos", "Margarita", "To salparisma tou karaviou"; typescript drafts (carbon copies) of poems translated from Greek by Friar bearing his autograph corrections; typescripts of the poems in Greek; poet's explanatory notes on his poems; biographical statement and "Credo"; business correspondence with Friar relating to the selection, translation,and publication of some of Vrettakos' poems in Modern Greek Poetry (additional correspondence has been placed in Box 151, folder 4).
Box 122, Folder 4
Includes typescripts of miscellaneous poems in English, some of them signed and dated by the poets or dedicated to Friar; among them the autograph poem "Poem" dedicated to Friar by Theodoros Stamos; there are also typescripts of an election of poems from "Dark Love" by Matsē Chatzēlazarou dated 1979.
Box 122, Folder 6
Includes typescripts of miscellaneous poems by Edith Thomas, Margaret Kennedy, William Jay Smith, Barbara Howes, Calvin Atwood etc.; also included are two letters dated 1929 and 1934.
Permissions, 1922-1982
1 folder
Box 125, Folder 1
Includes signed autograph manuscript and typescript permissions by Greek poets to the University of Minnesota Press to publish their poems in Friar's book,as well as photocopies of permissions by Greek poets to Friar to publish the translations of their poems in his anthology.
Newspaper Clippings, 1934-1987
1 folder
Box 125, Folder 2
Includes clippings of several Greek, American, and French newspapers relating to Friar's poetry; an issue of the magazine Sooner.
Miscellaneous, circa 1941-1981
1 folder
Box 126, Folder 1
Includes a notebook with autograph manuscripts of poems translated into English by Friar (including the poem "Louloudi tēs Monovasias" by Giannēs Ritsos accompanied by a sketch of a Byzantine church, in the last pages of the notebook); and Friar's class record booklet.
Box 128, Folder 1
Includes many pencil drawings signed by Friar; one pen drawing signed by Minōs [Argyrakēs] dated 1948. Box also includes a bound album of drawings and sketches by Friar dated 1924-1925 and 1927-1928.
Photos, circa 1945-1987
2 folders
Box 129, Folder 1-2
Includes photographs and portaits of Kimon Friar and Nikos Kazantzakis; an oversized photogrpah of Kimon Friar along with Nikos Kazantzakis has been removed to Box 127 (Miscellaneous and Oversized material).
Miscellaneous Photos, circa 1936-1975
3 folders
Box 129, Folder 3-5
Includes portraits of Greek and American poets and artists; miscellaneous photos of Friar's friends.