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| Size | 13.5 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 4900 items) |
| Abstract | Jackson Mathews was an editor, teacher, poet, and translator. He taught at Harvard and Princeton universities and the universities of Georgia, Oregon, and Washington. He was an editor for Bollingen Foundation publications and worked with numerous American poets. He was general editor of the 15-volume Complete Works of Paul Valery. Correspondence, writings, pictures, and other materials, chiefly 1945-1974, relating to Jackson Mathews. Correspondence concerns academic matters at the universities where he taught; scholarly matters, especially translations of French literature; the work of the Bollingen Foundation; and the National Translation Center. Correspondents include Robert Fitzgerald (1910- ), Theodore Roethke, (1908-1963), Allen Tate (1899- ), Carolyn Kizer, W.H. Auden (1907-1973), Yves Bonnefoy (1923- ), Robert Lowell (1917-1977), Rene Char (1907- ), and William Carlos Williams (1883- 1963). Also included are materials relating to translations of the works of Paul Valery(1871-1945), Charles Baudelaire (1821-1867), Rene Char, and Saint-John Perse (1887-1975. |
| Creator | Mathews, Jackson, 1907-1978. |
| Language | English |
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Biographical Information
Jackson Mathews, poet and scholar, was born 18 October 1907 in Griffin, Georgia, son of Mr. and Mrs. J.G. Mathews. He earned both his B.A. (1928, Phi Beta Kappa) and M.A. (1930) degrees from the University of Georgia. He received his Ph.D. from Harvard University in 1947. Mathews was married to fellow scholar Marthiel Duke Mathews, who collaborated with him on several translations.
A field officer with the Office of Strategic Services, 1943-1945, Mathews won the Bronze Star. After World War II, he joined the United States Foreign Service and held the post of vice-consul for cultural affairs in Geneva, Switzerland.
Mathews's teaching career spanned three decades, including posts at Harvard and Princeton universities and at the Universities of Georgia and Oregon. His longest tenure was at the University of Washington, 1949-1955, where he established the Department of Comparative Literature. Mathews served as an editor for Bollingen Foundation publications, starting in 1953. In 1957, he accepted the position of vice-president with the Foundation. In both of these roles, he was highly influential, especially among modern poets. His extensive list of correspondents includes Allen Tate, W.H. Auden, Theodore Roethke, Robert Lowell, Carolyn Kizer, and William Carlos Williams.
Much of Mathews's work involved French and Belgian literature, with the group of writers called "des Symbolists" a special interest. He translated the works of Baudelaire, Gide, Perse, Char, and Yves Bonnefoy. The work of Paul Valerywas his primary interest. Mathews served as general editor of the Bollingen Foundation's 15-volume Complete Works of Paul Valery. In this capacity, he coordinated the work of many prominent translators and also prepared many of the notes and glosses for the volumes. For his own translation of Monsieur Teste, one of the volumes in the series, he won the National Book Award in 1974.
Mathews's life was punctuated with honors, among them a Fulbright Fellowship (1951), a Bollingen Foundation Fellowship (1955-1957), and the Chevalier de L'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, awarded in 1974 by the French government in recognition of Mathews's promotion of French literature. He also served as first executive committee chair for the National Translation Center (1965).
Forced into retirement around 1973 by the onset of a severe neurological disorder, Mathews died 15 December 1978.
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Scope and Content
This collection was acquired as part of a larger collection purchased from Geoffrey Steele, Inc., of Lumberville, Pennsylvania, in November 1976. The books included in this purchase were chiefly incorporated into the general collection in the main library. Some books, however, became part of the Rare Books Collection.
The collection is divided into eight series, reflecting Mathews's various activities and maintaining the original order of the papers as received. General correspondence consists of two subseries: one contains original letters and the other photocopies of correspondence in the Library of Congress's collection of Bollingen Foundation papers. There is little substantive difference between the two subseries, and both should be checked for letters to and from specific individuals. These subseries are both arranged chronologically, but only the original letters have been indexed for important correspondents.
Few letters are purely social in nature, as Mathews made little distinction in his correspondence between his private and professional lives. Of particular interest is the ongoing struggle described in letters exchanged between University of Washington English Department chair Robert Heilmand and Mathews, beginning in 1949. Extensive correspondence with poets Allen Tate and Yves Bonnefoy is included, as is correspondence with prominent translators like Robert Fitzgerald.
Series relating to Mathews's major interests follow the general correspondence. The series on Char, Perse, and Valeryare especially rich in photographs. The Valery series contains extensive name and subject indexes to the Cahiers. Included in Other Materials Series are Mathews's short, but descriptive, 1944 journal from war-torn London and several informal photographs of Allen Tate, his wives, and his children.
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Series 1. Correspondence.
Correspondence is divided into two subseries: General Correspondence and Bollingen Foundation Correspondence. General Correspondence consists of original letters, while Bollingen Foundation Correspondence consists chiefly of photocopies of letters in the Library of Congress's Bollingen Foundation Collection. Although General Correspondence has a wider scope in terms of subjects and correspondents, there is much overlap between the two. A thorough investigation of any phase of Mathews's activities requires a look at both subseries.
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Subseries 1.1. General Correspondence, 1938-1975 and undated.
Arrangement: chronological.
Chiefly correspondence with academic colleagues and those involved in translation activities. There is little of a personal nature, except for those letters documenting the development of Mathews's career. While translation is an important topic in these letters, many of which are to and from prominent translators such as Robert Fitzgerald, the bulk of the material on translation projects is to be found in Bollingen Foundation Correspondence and in other series.
Early correspondence reflects Mathews's interest in Belgian literature and his efforts to promote the publication in the United States of French writers' works in translation.
Starting with Mathews's move to the University of Washington in 1949 and continuing through 1971, he and Robert Heilman, chair of the English department, corresponded extensively on a wide variety of subjects. Most interesting is detailed documentation of Heilman's struggle to keep the department on an even keel in light of the erratic behavior of poet Theodore Roethke, who was on the faculty. Heilman's letters throughout 1956 and 1957 and those of 2 and 21 January, 27 February, and 6 May 1959 and 20 September 1960 are particularly informative on the Roethke issue. Letters of [1] and 14 August and 1 December 1963 reflect on Roethke's death. Although no Roethke correspondence is present in the original, some photocopies can be found in the Bollingen Foundation Correspondence. Correspondence with Roethke's wife, Beatrice, concentrates on her life after his death. Roethke is also mentioned in letters from other significant correspondents, including Carolyn Kizer and Allen Tate.
Mathews's departure from the University of Washington in 1955 prompted interesting correspondence about university politics in the McCarthy era. After spending considerable time abroad, Mathews assumed his full-time position at the Bollingen Foundation in 1959, and his correspondence reflects this change, much of it concentrating on Foundation work. Correspondence with poet Richard Hugo begins in this period (1959) as does that with French poet Yves Bonnefoy (1960).
Much of the later correspondence concerns various honors bestowed upon Mathews. In 1973, it becomes clear that Mathews is seriously ill. Over the next two years, letters diminish considerably in number and are increasingly directed to or written by Mathews's wife Marthiel.
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Subseries 1.2. Bollingen Foundation Correspondence, 1949-1969.
Arrangement: chronological.
Photocopies and second carbon copies of correspondence found in the Library of Congress's Bollingen Foundation Collection. Many of the subjects addressed in General Correspondence are present in these letters. The concentration, however, is on Bollingen project-related work. It is chiefly concerned with work on the Valery volumes, but also contains material on planned Proust editions and other projects.
Correspondence with many prominent writers and translators is found among these letters, including W.H. Auden, Malcolm Crowley, Marianne Moore, John Crowe Ransom, Roger Shattuck, and Allen Tate (1968 especially), and members of Paul Valery's family. Since originals of this material are housed and catalogued at another repository, no index has been provided to these copies.
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Series 2. Charles Baudelaire.
Chiefly correspondence relating to the English translation of Baudelaire's Fleurs du Mal, edited by Mathews and his wife Marthiel. Also included are Mathews's typed and holograph notes, biographical notes on translators, financial Papers, publication announcements, and clippings.
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Subseries 2.1. Correspondence, 1950-1975, and undated.
Arrangement: chronological.
Correspondence between Jackson and Marthiel Mathews and James Laughlin and Robert MacGregor of the publishing firm New Directions, and with translators of various poems from Fleurs du Mal ( Flowers of Evil).
Notable correspondents include Roy Campbell, Robert Fitzgerald, Stanley Kunitz, Robert Lowell, Eric Partridge, Karl Shapiro, and Richard Wilbur.
| Folder 63-70 |
Correspondence, 1950-1975, and undated #04012, Subseries: "2.1. Correspondence, 1950-1975, and undated." Folder 63-70Folder 63Folder 64Folder 65Folder 66Folder 67Folder 68Folder 69Folder 70 |
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Subseries 2.2. Translations.
Arrangement: alphabetical by name of translator.
Holograph versions, typed carbon copies, and pages from journals containing translations of various poems from Fleurs du Mal, including twelve by Mathews.
| Folder 71 |
Translations #04012, Subseries: "2.2. Translations." Folder 71 |
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Subseries 2.3. Financial Papers, 1954-1964.
Arrangement: chronological.
Financial papers relating to Flowers of Evil, including agreement between the Mathewses and New Directions; original, carbon copy, and photocopied royalty statements; and a shipping invoice.
| Folder 72 |
Financial Papers, 1954-1964 #04012, Subseries: "2.3. Financial Papers, 1954-1964." Folder 72 |
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Subseries 2.4. Miscellaneous, 1954-1953 and undated.
Arrangement: alphabetical by type.
Bibliographies of Baudelaire; typed and holograph notes by Jackson Mathews; typed carbon copies of prefaces and forewords; notes on translators and translations; publication announcements for the first and revised editions of Flowers of Evil; and clippings of reviews.
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Series 3. Rene Char.
Correspondence, writings (many in Char's hand), clippings, and other items relating to translations of Char's work, especially the preparation of Hypnos Waking, translated by Mathews, William Carlos Williams, Richard Wilbur, and others, and published by Random House in 1956.
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Subseries 3.1. Correspondence, 1952-1958 and undated.
Arrangement: chronological.
Correspondence relating to Mathews's work with Char. There are thirty-six autograph letters from Char for the years 1952 through 1957, with an additional sixteen undated letters. There is also considerable correspondence with Princess Marguerite Caetani, literary patron and publisher of the review Botteghe Oscure.
| Folder 76-80 |
Correspondence #04012, Subseries: "3.1. Correspondence, 1952-1958 and undated." Folder 76-80Folder 76Folder 77Folder 78Folder 79Folder 80 |
1952-1958 and undated #04012, Subseries: "3.1. Correspondence, 1952-1958 and undated." Folder 76-80Folder 76Folder 77Folder 78Folder 79Folder 80 |
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Subseries 3.2. Writings by Char.
Poems by Char, one in English prose translation, all but one in Char's hand. Also included is a printed appreciation by Char of artist Victor Brauner.
| Folder 81 |
Writings by Char #04012, Subseries: "3.2. Writings by Char." Folder 81 |
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Subseries 3.3. Miscellaneous.
A contract, list of offprints, royalty statements, clippings, and documentation by Mathews of 1957 feud with Char.
| Folder 82 |
Miscellaneous #04012, Subseries: "3.3. Miscellaneous." Folder 82 |
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Subseries 3.4. Pictures.
| Image P-4012/1 |
Rene Char, 1943 (with neg.) #04012, Subseries: "3.4. Pictures." P-4012/1 |
| Image P-4012/2-3 |
Rene Char, undated (one with neg.) #04012, Subseries: "3.4. Pictures." P-4012/2-3P-4012/2P-4012/3 |
| Image P-4012/4-6 |
Marguerite Caetani, 1956 #04012, Subseries: "3.4. Pictures." P-4012/4-6P-4012/4P-4012/5P-4012/6 |
| Image P-4012/7 |
Photograph of pen and ink portrait of Rene Char by Victor Brauner, 1952 (with neg.) #04012, Subseries: "3.4. Pictures." P-4012/7 |
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Series 4. Modern Language Association. Center for Editions of American Authors, 1962-1965.
Correspondence and other material relating to efforts to fund new editions of the works of great American writers. The project, called "American Classics" by the Bollingen Foundation, was to be handled in conjunction with the MLA's newly formed Center for Editions of American Authors. The MLA eventually proposed that the Ford Foundation fund the production of standard editions of eight writers.
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Series 5. National Translation Center.
Correspondence, proposals, and minutes relating to the National Translation Center, established with funding from the Ford Foundation at the University of Texas in 1965, with Mathews as its first executive committee chair and John Dimoff as director.
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Subseries 5.1. Correspondence, 1953-1968 and undated.
Arrangement: chronological.
Correspondence regarding funding, staffing, and projects of the National Translation Center. Of particular interest are two letters from W.H. Auden: 28 September 1964 (photocopy), in which he speaks of the special qualifications needed by translators; and 30 May 1965 (holograph), in which he addresses policies for paying translators.
| Folder 85-87 |
Correspondence, 1953-1968 and undated #04012, Subseries: "5.1. Correspondence, 1953-1968 and undated." Folder 85-87Folder 85Folder 86Folder 87 |
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Subseries 5.2. Proposals, 1964-1966.
Proposals to the University of Texas at Austin and to the Ford Foundation for establishment of the National Translation Center.
| Folder 88 |
Proposals, 1964-1966 #04012, Subseries: "5.2. Proposals, 1964-1966." Folder 88 |
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Subseries 5.3. Minutes and Reports, 1965-1967 and undated.
Executive committee minutes and committee and director's reports.
| Folder 89 |
Minutes and Reports, 1965-1967 and undated #04012, Subseries: "5.3. Minutes and Reports, 1965-1967 and undated." Folder 89 |
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Series 6. St. John Perse.
Correspondence, book manuscript by Mathews, and photographs relating to French poet St. John Perse, living in seclusion in Washington, D.C. St. John Perse was the nom de plume of Alexis St. Leger Leger; he is often referred to as Leger in these papers.
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Subseries 6.1. Correspondence, 1959-1968.
Arrangement: chronological.
Letters relating to translations of Perse's work that Robert Fitzgerald was making with Mathews as editor. Autograph letters of Perse appear on 19 February and 13 April 1959. A copy of Fitzgerald's translation of Birds is attached to Mathews's letter of 3 October 1963. Also included are two letters from poet Katherine Garrison Chapin (Mrs. Francis Biddle).
| Folder 90 |
Correspondence, 1959-1968 #04012, Subseries: "6.1. Correspondence, 1959-1968." Folder 90 |
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Subseries 6.2. Writings by Mathews.
Holograph draft of Mathews's St. John Perse: Living Man, Poet of Movement.
| Folder 91-93 |
Writings by Mathews #04012, Subseries: "6.2. Writings by Mathews." Folder 91-93Folder 91Folder 92Folder 93 |
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Subseries 6.3. Pictures.
| Image P-4012/8 |
St. John Perse, 1959 #04012, Subseries: "6.3. Pictures." P-4012/8 |
| Image P-4012/9-15 |
St. John Perse, 6 of these were taken by Mrs. Leger in Cape Horn, Ile de Giens, and Tierra del Fuego, undated #04012, Subseries: "6.3. Pictures." P-4012/9-15P-4012/9P-4012/10P-4012/11P-4012/12P-4012/13P-4012/14P-4012/15 |
| Image P-4012/16-19 |
St. John Perse, photographs taken by Mrs. Leger in the Carribean, undated #04012, Subseries: "6.3. Pictures." P-4012/16-19P-4012/16P-4012/17P-4012/18P-4012/19 |
| Image P-4012/20 |
St. John Perse, 1967 #04012, Subseries: "6.3. Pictures." P-4012/20 |
| Image P-4012/21-23 |
St. John Perse, undated #04012, Subseries: "6.3. Pictures." P-4012/21-23P-4012/21P-4012/22P-4012/23 |
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Series 7. Paul Valery.
Correspondence, writings, clippings, notes and indexes, and collected material including pictures, photographs, and sound recordings, relating to French writer Paul Valery. The bulk of Mathews's career was spent in translating and studying the work of this author. Note that card files 1-5 in Subseries 7.4 provide name and subject access to Valery's Cahiers.
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Subseries 7.1. Correspondence, 1947, 1954-1974 and undated.
Arrangement: chronological.
Correspondence relating to the Bollingen Foundation's Collected Works of Paul Valery. This material is similar to that in Series 1, but was maintained separately by Mathews and is more concerned with the production of the Works than with the contents. Also included is correspondence about the acquisition in 1956 by the Bollingen Foundation of the "Valeryanum," a collection of Valery's works assembled by Valery's close friend Julien P. Monod. The collection was donated to the Bibliotheque Litteraire Jacques Doucet of the University of Paris, 5 June 1962. Much of the correspondence in the above categories consists of photocopies of letters in the Library of Congress's Bollingen Foundation Collection. Other material in this series includes correspondence between Mathews and members of the Valery family and between Mathews and Mathilde Pomes, the owner of another large collection of Valery's works. Note that the letter of Vera Lindsay (27 November 1959) describes the BBC recordings found in Subseries 7.5.4.2.
| Folder 94-97 |
Correspondence, 1947, 1954-1974 and undated #04012, Subseries: "7.1. Correspondence, 1947, 1954-1974 and undated." Folder 94-97Folder 94Folder 95Folder 96Folder 97 |
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Subseries 7.2. Writings by Mathews.
Arrangement: alphabetical.
Writings on Valery or translations of his work by Mathews.
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Subseries 7.3. Clippings.
Clippings relating to the Bollingen Foundation's Complete Works of Paul Valery.
| Folder 109 |
Clippings #04012, Subseries: "7.3. Clippings." Folder 109 |
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Subseries 7.4. Notes and Indexes.
Notes and indexes, including volumes and card files, relating to Mathews's research on Valery. Mathews's titles have been maintained.
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Subseries 7.5. Collected Material.
Material collected by Mathews in the course of his work on Paul Valery.
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Subseries 7.5.1. Bibliographies and Inventories.
Arrangement: alphabetical.
Bibliographie, compiled by Julien P. Monod and Octave Nadal (holograph and typewritten)
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Subseries 7.5.2. Writings by Valery.
Arrangement: alphabetical.
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Subseries 7.5.3. Clippings about Paul Valery.
| Folder 163-164 |
General #04012, Subseries: "7.5.3. Clippings about Paul Valery." Folder 163-164Folder 163Folder 164 |
| Folder 165 |
Paul Valery Centennial #04012, Subseries: "7.5.3. Clippings about Paul Valery." Folder 165 |
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Subseries 7.5.4. Audio-Visual Materials.
An etching, photographs, audio tapes, and disks. Photographs are chiefly undated snapshots and studio prints of Paul Valery, his family, and places significant in his life.
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Subseries 7.5.4.1. Pictures.
| Oversize Image OP-P-4012/24A |
Etching of Paul Valery by Paul-Emile Becat, 1919 (print 4/25, signed by artist) #04012, Subseries: "7.5.4.1. Pictures." OP-P-4012/24A |
| Image P-4012/24-35 |
Photographs of Paul Valery (numbers 33-35 are signed by Valery) #04012, Subseries: "7.5.4.1. Pictures." P-4012/24-35P-4012/24P-4012/25P-4012/26P-4012/27P-4012/28P-4012/29P-4012/30P-4012/31P-4012/32P-4012/33P-4012/34P-4012/35 |
| Image P-4012/36-37 |
Valery with C.G. Jung, Kusnacht, 1932 (with negs.) #04012, Subseries: "7.5.4.1. Pictures." P-4012/36-37P-4012/36P-4012/37 |
| Image P-4012/38-41 |
Madame Valery #04012, Subseries: "7.5.4.1. Pictures." P-4012/38-41P-4012/38P-4012/39P-4012/40P-4012/41 |
| Image P-4012/42-43 |
Madame Valery with Jackson Mathews #04012, Subseries: "7.5.4.1. Pictures." P-4012/42-43P-4012/42P-4012/43 |
| Image P-4012/44 |
Madame Valery with Madame Rouart (with neg.) #04012, Subseries: "7.5.4.1. Pictures." P-4012/44 |
| Image P-4012/45-46 |
Madame Valery's home #04012, Subseries: "7.5.4.1. Pictures." P-4012/45-46P-4012/45P-4012/46 |
| Image P-4012/47-79 |
Sete (France) #04012, Subseries: "7.5.4.1. Pictures." P-4012/47-79P-4012/47P-4012/48P-4012/49P-4012/50P-4012/51P-4012/52P-4012/53P-4012/54P-4012/55P-4012/56P-4012/57P-4012/58P-4012/59P-4012/60P-4012/61P-4012/62P-4012/63P-4012/64P-4012/65P-4012/66P-4012/67P-4012/68P-4012/69P-4012/70P-4012/71P-4012/72P-4012/73P-4012/74P-4012/75P-4012/76P-4012/77P-4012/78P-4012/79 |
| Image P-4012/80-107 |
Montpellier (France) #04012, Subseries: "7.5.4.1. Pictures." P-4012/80-107P-4012/80P-4012/81P-4012/82P-4012/83P-4012/84P-4012/85P-4012/86P-4012/87P-4012/88P-4012/89P-4012/90P-4012/91P-4012/92P-4012/93P-4012/94P-4012/95P-4012/96P-4012/97P-4012/98P-4012/99P-4012/100P-4012/101P-4012/102P-4012/103P-4012/104P-4012/105P-4012/106P-4012/107 |
| Image P-4012/108-112 |
Nimes (France) #04012, Subseries: "7.5.4.1. Pictures." P-4012/108-112P-4012/108P-4012/109P-4012/110P-4012/111P-4012/112 |
| Image P-4012/113 |
Rouen (France) #04012, Subseries: "7.5.4.1. Pictures." P-4012/113 |
| Image P-4012/114 |
Authy (France) #04012, Subseries: "7.5.4.1. Pictures." P-4012/114 |
| Image P-4012/115 |
Julien Monod and Herbert Steiner #04012, Subseries: "7.5.4.1. Pictures." P-4012/115 |
| Image P-4012/116-138 |
Photographs of drawings by Paul Valery #04012, Subseries: "7.5.4.1. Pictures." P-4012/116-138P-4012/116P-4012/117P-4012/118P-4012/119P-4012/120P-4012/121P-4012/122P-4012/123P-4012/124P-4012/125P-4012/126P-4012/127P-4012/128P-4012/129P-4012/130P-4012/131P-4012/132P-4012/133P-4012/134P-4012/135P-4012/136P-4012/137P-4012/138 |
| Image P-4012/139-144 |
Photographs of Paul Valery sculpture at Musee de Sete #04012, Subseries: "7.5.4.1. Pictures." P-4012/139-144P-4012/139P-4012/140P-4012/141P-4012/142P-4012/143P-4012/144 |
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Subseries 7.5.4.2. Tapes.
| Audiotape T-4012/1 |
"Cimetiere Marin," Victoria D'Campo, 21 January 1960 #04012, Subseries: "7.5.4.2. Tapes." T-4012/1 |
| Audiotape T-4012/2-8 |
"Sketch of a Serpent," Jackson Mathews and Madame David, [1961?]-1962, undated #04012, Subseries: "7.5.4.2. Tapes." T-4012/2-8T-4012/2T-4012/3T-4012/4T-4012/5T-4012/6T-4012/7T-4012/8 |
| Audiotape T-4012/9-10 |
"Paul Valery on French Painting," Jackson Mathews and Leslie Katz, undated #04012, Subseries: "7.5.4.2. Tapes." T-4012/9-10T-4012/9T-4012/10 |
| Audiotape T-4012/11 |
"Paul Valery's 'History and Politics'," Jackson Mathews, 13 November 1962 #04012, Subseries: "7.5.4.2. Tapes." T-4012/11 |
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Subseries 7.5.4.3. Disks.
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Series 8. Other Materials.
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Subseries 8.1. Clippings, 1947-1952 and undated.
Chiefly clippings of reviews of La Wallonie and other Mathews publications.
| Folder 166 |
Clippings, 1947-1952 and undated #04012, Subseries: "8.1. Clippings, 1947-1952 and undated." Folder 166 |
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Subseries 8.2. Notes.
Miscellaneous notes relating to some of Mathews's projects.
| Folder 167 |
Notes #04012, Subseries: "8.2. Notes." Folder 167 |
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Subseries 8.3. Personal Materials, 1927-1961 and undated.
Several versions of Mathews's vita and newspaper clippings chiefly from Mathews's student days at the University of Alabama.
| Folder 168 |
Vita #04012, Subseries: "8.3. Personal Materials, 1927-1961 and undated." Folder 168 |
| Folder 169 |
Clippings #04012, Subseries: "8.3. Personal Materials, 1927-1961 and undated." Folder 169 |
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Subseries 8.4. Writings by Jackson Mathews.
Reviews, poems, an essay on reading poetry, a bibliography of "Belgian little reviews and related works of the Symbolist Period," and a 24-page journal, (holograph) written by Mathews in London, 12-22 January 1944. The journal describes his wanderings in the city during air raids. Also included is the printed version of "Hymne Olympique," which Mathews translated in 1954 at the request of Prince Pierre of Monaco. Attached is the correspondence concerning this commission, including a signed congratulatory message from the Prince.
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Subseries 8.5. Writings by Others.
Includes typescripts of 22 Richard Hugo poems and "Winds and Dusts" by Henri Michaux. Also included are several unsigned poems and two bound volumes of typescripts in French. These volumes seem to be commentaries on an unidentified work.
| Folder 172-173 |
Writings by others #04012, Subseries: "8.5. Writings by Others." Folder 172-173Folder 172Folder 173 |
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Subseries 8.6. Pictures.
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Subseries 8.7. Disks.
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