Eileen B. Simpson Papers, 1941-1991 (mostly 1979-1991)

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Collection Overview

Creator:

Simpson, Eileen B.

Title:

Eileen B. Simpson Papers

Repository:

Manuscripts Division

Permanent URL:

http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/qn59q403j

Dates:

1941-1991 (mostly 1979-1991)

Size:

3 boxes and 1.2 linear feet

Storage Note:

ReCAP (scarcpxm): Box 1-3

Language:

English

Abstract: Consists of papers primarily related to Eileen Simpson's book, Poets in their Youth: A Memoir, about her married years with poet John Berryman.

Collection Description & Creator Information

Scope and Contents

The collection consists of papers primarily related to Simpson's book . Included is correspondence (approx. 300 letters) with her publishers, Random House (U.S.) and Faber and Faber (England), before and after publication, and many letters in response to the book from Simpson's friends, former associates of the poets, and people mentioned in the book, such as James Atlas, Saul Bellow, Jack Barbera, Carl Brandt, Robert Giroux, Allan Gurganus, Lili Kahler, Nancy Milford, Joyce Carol Oates, and Daniel Stern, as well as from the general public. Some letters also discuss another of Simpson's autobiographical books, Reversals: A Personal Account of Victory Over Dislexia (1979). Also present are photographs of John Berryman, Delmore Schwartz, Mark Van Doren, and others, used in the book, clippings from newspapers, magazines, and journals of reviews of the book, and four sets of proof, one with author's corrections.

Collection Creator Biography:

Simpson, Eileen B.

Eileen Simpson was married to the poet John Berryman (1914-1972) from 1942 until their divorce in 1953, and published a book, Poets in their Youth: A Memoir (1982), recalling those years with Berryman and his circle of friends in the literary world.

Collection History

Acquisition:: Gift of the author.
Appraisal: No appraisal information is available.
Processing Information: Folder list prepared by Lisa Yankowitz '13 in 2012.

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