Bynner, Witter
Bynner was an American poet and translator.
From the description of Letters from various correspondents, 1904-1962. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 81729898
Witter Bynner (1881-1968) graduated from Harvard University summa cum laude in 1902, and in 1907, was the Phi Beta Kappa poet for "Young Harvard." He continued publishing until the release of "New Poems, 1960." He was a lively part of the social and cultural life of Santa Fe, New Mexico, until his health failed in the mid-1960's. He passed away in 1968
Henry Pettit was Professor of English at the University of Colorado, Boulder. He was named Honorary Curator of Rare Books in Norlin Library in the early 1950's, managing the collections and encouraging the acquisition of such materials as eighteenth-century English literature and examples of early printing. Pettit was a scholar of the English poet Edward Young (1683-1765), compiling A bibliography of Young's Night Thoughts (1954) and editing The Correspondence of Edward Young (1971).
From the guide to the Witter Bynner Letters (MS 180), 1962, (University of Colorado at Boulder Libraries. Special Collections Dept.)
| Role | Title | Holding Repository | |
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| referencedIn | Aaron Copland Collection, 1841-1991, (bulk 1911-1990) | Library of Congress. Music Division | |
| referencedIn | Additional letters from various correspondents, 1905-1948. | Houghton Library | |
| creatorOf | Bynner, Witter,. Letters from various correspondents, 1904-1962. | Houghton Library | |
| referencedIn | Century Company records | New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division | |
| referencedIn | Charles Edward Eaton Papers, 1950s-1990s | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection | |
| referencedIn | Esquire, Inc. Records, 1933-1977 | Bentley Historical Library | |
| creatorOf | Fink, Augusta. Augusta Fink photograph collection [Picture]. | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | |
| creatorOf | Flanner, Hildegarde, 1899-1987. Hildegarde Flanner papers, 1924-1984. | UC Berkeley Libraries | |
| referencedIn | Gail and Stephen Rudin autograph collection, 1841-1993. | Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library. | |
| referencedIn | Hannah Kahn Papers, 1939-1987 | Special and Area Studies Collections, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida |
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| associatedWith | Benét, William Rose, 1886-1950. |
| associatedWith | Benson, Stella, 1892-1933. |
| associatedWith | Bynner, Witter, 1881-1968. |
| correspondedWith | Century Company |
| associatedWith | Copland, Aaron, 1900-1990 |
| correspondedWith | Dellenbaugh, Frederick Samuel, 1853-1935 |
| correspondedWith | Eaton, Charles Edward, 1916- |
| associatedWith | Esquire, Inc. |
| associatedWith | Fink, Augusta. |
| associatedWith | Flanner, Hildegarde, 1899-1987. |
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