Manuscripts Department
Library of the University of North Carolina
at Chapel Hill
SOUTHERN HISTORICAL COLLECTION
#4012
JACKSON MATHEWS PAPERS
Inventory
Abstract: Jackson Mathews (1907-1978) 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).
Online Catalog Terms:
American poetry--20th century.
Auden, W. H. (Wystan Hugh), 1907-1973.
Baudelaire, Charles, 1821-1867.
Bollingen Foundation.
Bonnefoy, Yves.
Char, Rene, 1907- .
College teachers--United States--History--20th century.
English poetry--20th century.
Fitzgerald, Robert, 1910- .
French literature--Translations into English.
French poetry--20th century.
Harvard University--Faculty--History--20th century.
Kizer, Carolyn.
Lowell, Robert, 1917-1977.
Mathews, Jackson, 1907-1978.
National Translation Center.
Poets, American--20th century--Correspondence.
Poets, English--20th century--Correspondence.
Poets, French--20th century--Correspondence.
Princeton University--Faculty--History--20th century.
Roethke, Theodore, 1908-1963.
Saint-John Perse, 1887-1975.
Tate, Allen, 1899- .
University of Georgia--Faculty--History--20th century.
University of Oregon--Faculty--History--20th century.
University of Washington--Faculty--History--20th century.
Valery, Paul, 1871-1945.
Williams, William Carlos, 1883-1963.
Women poets, American--20th century--Correspondence.
Size: About 4900 items (13.5 linear ft.).
Provenance: Purchased from Geoffrey Steele, Inc., of
Lumberville, Pennsylvania, in November 1976.
(Related publications were acquired at the same
time by the Rare Books Collection and the
Library's main collection.)
Access: Materials in OP-4012/5 may not be published in any form before
10 September 2025. Use of audio materials may require production
of listening copies.
Copyright: Retained by the authors of items in these papers, or
their descendants, as stipulated by United States
copyright law.
Table of Contents:
Introduction
Biographical Note
Collection Overview
Series Descriptions
Series 1. Correspondence
Series 2. Charles Baudelaire
Series 3. Rene Char
Series 4. Modern Language Association
Series 5. National Translation Center
Series 6. St. John Perse
Series 7. Paul Valery
Series 8. Other Materials
Shelf List
INTRODUCTION
Biographical Note
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 Valery was 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.
Collection Overview
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 Valery
are 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.
The arrangement is as follows:
Series 1. Correspondence
Subseries 1.1. General Correspondence
Subseries 1.2. Bollingen Foundation Correspondence
Series 2. Charles Baudelaire
Subseries 2.1. Correspondence
Subseries 2.2. Translations
Subseries 2.3. Financial Papers
Subseries 2.4. Miscellaneous
Series 3. Rene Char
Subseries 3.1. Correspondence
Subseries 3.2. Writings by Char
Subseries 3.3. Miscellaneous
Subseries 3.4. Pictures
Series 4. Modern Language Association. Center for Editions
of American Authors
Series 5. National Translation Center
Subseries 5.1. Correspondence
Subseries 5.2. Proposals
Subseries 5.3. Minutes and Reports
Series 6. St. John Perse
Subseries 6.1. Correspondence
Subseries 6.2. Writings by Mathews
Subseries 6.3. Pictures
Series 7. Paul Valery
Subseries 7.1. Correspondence
Subseries 7.2. Writings by Mathews
Subseries 7.3. Clippings
Subseries 7.4. Notes and Indexes
Subseries 7.5. Collected Material
Subseries 7.5.1. Bibliographies and Inventories
Subseries 7.5.2. Writings by Valery
Subseries 7.5.3. Clippings about Paul Valery
Subseries 7.5.4. Audio-Visual Materials
Subseries 7.5.4.1. Pictures
Subseries 7.5.4.2. Tapes
Subseries 7.5.4.3. Disks
Series 8. Other Materials
Subseries 8.1. Clippings
Subseries 8.2. Notes
Subseries 8.3. Personal Materials
Subseries 8.4. Writings by Mathews
Subseries 8.5. Writings by Others
Subseries 8.6. Pictures
Subseries 8.7. Disks
SERIES DESCRIPTIONS
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.
Subseries 1.1. General Correspondence
1938-1975 and undated. About 1500 items.
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.
Folder 1 1938-1945
2 1946
3 1947
4-5 1948
6-7 1949
8 1950
9 1951
10 1952-1953
11 1954-1955
12 1956
13 1957
14 1958
15 1959
16-17 1960
18-19 1961
20-21 1962
22-24 1963
25-27 1964
28-29 1965
30-31 1966
32-33 1967
34 1968
35-36 1969
37-38 1970
39-40 1971
41 1972
42 1973-1975, undated
Subseries 1.2. Bollingen Foundation Correspondence
1949-1969. About 1200 items.
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.
Folder 43 1949-1951
44 1952
45 1953
46 1954
47 1955
48 1956
49 1957
50-51 1958
52 1959
53 1960
54 1961
55 1962
56 1963
57 1964
58 1965
59-60 1966
61 1967
62 1968-1969, undated
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.
Subseries 2.1. Correspondence
1950-1975, and undated. About 450 items
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.
Folders 63-70
Subseries 2.2. Translations
About 50 items
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
Subseries 2.3. Financial Papers
1954-1964. About 10 items
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
Subseries 2.4. Miscellaneous
1954-1953 and undated. About 100 items
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.
Folder 73 Bibliographies of Baudelaire and lists of
English translations
Biographical notes on translators
74 Clippings and publication announcements
75 Notes
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.
Subseries 3.1. Correspondence
1952-1958 and undated. About 200 items
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.
Folders 76-80
Subseries 3.2. Writings by Char
About 10 items
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
Subseries 3.3. Miscellaneous
5 items
A contract, list of offprints, royalty statements, clippings,
and documentation by Mathews of 1957 feud with Char.
Folder 82
Subseries 3.4. Pictures
P-4012/1 Rene Char, 1943 (with neg.)
/2-3 Rene Char, undated (one with neg.)
/4-6 Marguerite Caetani, 1956
/7 Photograph of pen and ink portrait of Rene
Char by Victor Brauner, 1952 (with neg.)
Series 4. Modern Language Association. Center for Editions of
American Authors
1962-1965. 25 items
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.
Folders 83-84
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.
Subseries 5.1. Correspondence
1953-1968 and undated. About 110 items
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.
Folders 85-87
Subseries 5.2. Proposals
1964-1966. 5 items
Proposals to the University of Texas at Austin and to the Ford
Foundation for establishment of the National Translation Center.
Folder 88
Subseries 5.3. Minutes and Reports
1965-1967 and undated. 8 items
Executive committee minutes and committee and director's
reports.
Folder 89
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.
Subseries 6.1. Correspondence
1959-1968. About 25 items
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
Subseries 6.2. Writings by Mathews
1 item
Holograph draft of Mathews's St. John Perse: Living Man, Poet
of Movement.
Folders 91-93
Subseries 6.3. Pictures
P-4012/8 St. John Perse, 1959
/9-15 St. John Perse, 6 of these were taken by Mrs.
Leger in Cape Horn, Ile de Giens, and Tierra
del Fuego, undated
/16-19 St. John Perse, photographs taken by Mrs.
Leger in the Carribean, undated
/20 St. John Perse, 1967
/21-23 St. John Perse, undated
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.
Subseries 7.1. Correspondence
1947, 1954-1974 and undated. About 250 items
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.
Folders 94-97
Subseries 7.2. Writings by Mathews
About 50 items.
Arrangement: alphabetical
Writings on Valery or translations of his work by Mathews.
Folder 98 "Amphion" (translation)
"The Analects" (W.H. Auden's
introduction to Mathews'translation)
"The Angel" (translation)
Biography (items for Valery biography
Folder 99 Cahiers, subjects in
Letter to Arts: Reply to Donald
Sutherland's article on Valery
Folder 100 Monsieur Teste
Book Jacket Blurb
Preface
Original and Translation
"A Walk with Monsieur Teste"
(translation of fragments)
Folder 101 National Book Award
"Note on Valery"
Folders 102-103 "Paul Valery As Himself" (8 versions)
Folder 104 "The Poetics of Paul Valery"
"Prose Poems by Paul Valery" (review)
"Trois Essais sur Paul Valery"
(review)
Folder 105 "Valery Anthology (tentative list of
contents)
"Valery on History and Politics"
Folders 106-108 What Can A Man?...Re-Presentation of
Paul Valery's Poetics (proposed book)
Subseries 7.3. Clippings
13 items.
Clippings relating to the Bollingen Foundation's Complete
Works of Paul Valery.
Folder 109
Subseries 7.4. Notes and Indexes
16 items
Notes and indexes, including volumes and card files, relating
to Mathews's research on Valery. Mathews's titles have been
maintained.
Folder 110
Volume 1 Notes on Cours Poetique, Volume I, 1952
2 Volume II, 1952
3 Volume III, 1952
4 Notes on Cours Poetique, 1956-1957
5 Notes on works of Paul Valery in the
Bibliotheque Nationale, Volume I, 1957
6 Volume II
7 Paris Journal, January 1957
Card File 1 Cahiers, Name Index, A-E
2 F-M
3 N-Z
4 Subject Index, A-I
5 Subject Index, J-Z
6 Chronology of Valery, 1871-1934
7 1935-1945
8 Notes (on Valery) Itemized
9 Works (of Valery) Itemized
Subseries 7.5. Collected Material
Material collected by Mathews in the course of his work on
Paul Valery.
Subseries 7.5.1. Bibliographies and Inventories
6 items.
Arrangement: alphabetical
Bibliographie, compiled by Julien P. Monod and Octave Nadal
(holograph and typewritten)
Folders 111-113 Ouvrages, Part "A," Part I-III
114-116 Contribution aux Ouvrages, Part "B,"
Part I-III
117-120 Revues and Periodiques, Part "C," Part
I-IV
121 Miscellaneous Inventories
(typewritten)
122 Valery Family Collection Inventory,
compiled by Mlle D. Rosseau
(photocopies of holographs)
123 Valeryanum Inventory, compiled by Mme
Vidal-Megret (photocopies of
typescript with Mathews's annotations)
Subseries 7.5.2. Writings by Valery
About 500 items.
Arrangement: alphabetical
OP-4012/1 Cours de Poetique (photocopies of printed
material)
Folders 124-135 Cours de Poetique (photocopies of
typescript with Mathews' annotations)
December 1937
January 1938
February 1938
March 1938
December 1938 - March 1939
June 1942
March - May 1943
January 1945
February 1945
March 1945
136 "Essai de l'Enseignement de la
Production de l'Esprit" (photocopies
of typescript)
137 Extracts from Valery's work (unknown
person's holograph and typewritten)
138 "Leonard de Vinci," 2 versions (photo-
copies of typescript)
139 Letters (holographs)
Postcard to Madame Vera Bour, signed
Paul Valery/Ella [M?], 12 July 1938
Postcard to Madame V[era] Bour, signed
M.B.V., 16 July 1938
Letter to "Cher et grand ami," signed
Paul Valery, Tuesday
140 Letters and notes (photographs of
holographs)
141 Letters, poems, etc. (typescripts)
OP-4012/2-4 "Memoires de Paul Valery ecrit par
lui meme" (typescript)
OP-4012/5 Pozzi, Catherine, correspondence
(photocopies of holographs)
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BEFORE 10 SEPTEMBER 2025
142 Short writings (typescripts)
143 Short writings (printed)
144-145 Short writings (photocopies of printed
items)
146-153 Various writings, including many
journal
154-162 and newspaper articles, assembled
during the process of sorting Valery's
writings for translation. Included
are some articles that were not trans-
lated.
Subseries 7.5.3. Clippings about Paul Valery
About 30 items
Folders 163-164 General
165 Paul Valery Centennial
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.
Subseries 7.5.4.1. Pictures
OP-P-4012/24A Etching of Paul Valery by Paul-Emile
Becat, 1919 (print 4/25, signed by
artist)
P-4012/24-35 Photographs of Paul Valery (numbers 33-
35 are signed by Valery)
/36-37 Valery with C.G. Jung, Kusnacht, 1932
(with negs.)
/38-41 Madame Valery
/42-43 Madame Valery with Jackson Mathews
/44 Madame Valery with Madame Rouart
(with neg.)
/45-46 Madame Valery's home
/47-79 Sete (France)
/80-107 Montpellier (France)
/108-112 Nimes (France)
/113 Rouen (France)
/114 Authy (France)
/115 Julien Monod and Herbert Steiner
/116-138 Photographs of drawings by Paul Valery
/139-144 Photographs of Paul Valery sculpture at
Musee de Sete
Subseries 7.5.4.2. Tapes
T-4012/1 "Cimetiere Marin," Victoria D'Campo,
21 January 1960
/2-8 "Sketch of a Serpent," Jackson Mathews
and Madame David, [1961?]-1962, undated
/9-10 "Paul Valery on French Painting," Jackson
Mathews and Leslie Katz, undated
/11 "Paul Valery's 'History and Politics',"
Jackson Mathews, 13 November 1962
Subseries 7.5.4.3. Disks
D-4012/1-2 "Mon Faust--Paul Valery reading from his
own work," BBC, Paris, 1944
/3 Paul Valery reading:
"Le cimetiere marin";
"Helene, la reine triste";
"Le bois amical"; and
"Discours aux amis des lettres
francais"
Phonoteque Nationale, undated
Series 8. Other Materials
Subseries 8.1. Clippings
1947-1952 and undated. About 20 items
Chiefly clippings of reviews of La Wallonie and other Mathews
publications.
Folder 166
Subseries 8.2. Notes
8 items
Miscellaneous notes relating to some of Mathews's projects.
Folder 167
Subseries 8.3. Personal Materials
1927-1961 and undated. About 20 items
Several versions of Mathews's vita and newspaper clippings
chiefly from Mathews's student days at the University of Alabama.
Folder 168 Vita
169 Clippings
Subseries 8.4. Writings by Jackson Mathews
About 20 items
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.
Folder 170 Reviews
171 Other Writings
OP-4012/6 "Hymne Olympique"
Subseries 8.5. Writings by Others
About 30 items
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.
Folders 172-173
Subseries 8.6. Pictures
P-4012/145 Mathews with Leonie Adams and Eileen
Berryman(?), Paris, 1956
/146 Leonie Adams and William Troy, Paris, 1956
/147 Leonie Adams, Rome, June 1956
/148 Mary Bly, daughter of Robert Bly, October 1963
/149-150 "From Serge," December 1965
/151-152 Eddie Green's children, undated
/153 James Lawler with children, Jerome and Ariane,
March 1969
/154 Allen Tate, United States Information Service
photograph, undated
/155 Allen Tate with Caroline Gordon, undated
/156 Allen Tate with his wife Isabella, 1961
/157 John Allen Tate (15 months), 1968
/158 John Allen (4 years) and Ben (2 years) Tate,
1971
Subseries 8.7. Disks
D-4012/4 Readings of:
"To Wilfred Owen"
"Marriage and Manners"
"Winter"
"The Ballad of Gertie Goon"
"Poor Working Girl's Advice"
"The Case for Revolution"
/5-8 Audograph Electronic Sound Recordings:
readings by Theodore Roethke, Arnold
Stein, Stan Fredman, and Mathews
SHELF LIST
BOX 1 Series 1 Folders 1-36
BOX 2 Series 1 Folders 37-62
BOX 3 Series 2 Folders 63-75
Series 3 Folders 76-82
Series 4 Folders 83-84
Series 5 Folders 85-89
Series 6 Folders 90-93
Series 7 Folders 94-103
BOX 4 Series 7 Folders 104-110
Volumes 107
BOX 5 Series 7 Card Files 1-4
BOX 6 Series 7 Card Files 5-9
BOX 7 Series 7 Folders 111-123
BOX 8 Series 7 Folders 124-153
BOX 9 Series 7 Folders 154-165
Series 8 Folders 166-173
Items Separated:
OP-4012/1-6
OP-P-4012/24A
P-4012/1-158
T-4012/1-11
D-4012/1-3