Manuscripts Department
Library of the University of North Carolina
at Chapel Hill
SOUTHERN HISTORICAL COLLECTION
#4739
HOWARD RAMSDEN PAPERS
Inventory
Abstract: Poet Howard Ramsden was a native of New England,
but lived for many years in Leaksville, N.C. His
poems were published in a wide variety of
publications, including little magazines, literary
journals, and daily newspapers.
Materials include letters, 1944-1968 and undated,
relating to publication of Ramsden's poems. In the
late 1940s, these letters are largely from
publications that published Ramsden's poems granting
him permission to use those poems in a compilation of
his works (probably never published). There are also
numerous acceptances and rejections slips for poems
Ramsden tried to place. Also included are many poems
by Ramsden and poems he collected that were written by
others, as well as his notes relating to various
literary works.
Online Catalog Terms:
Authors and publishers--United States--History--20th century.
Poets, American--20th century.
Ramsden, Howard.
Size: About 275 items (2.5 linear feet).
Provenance: Received from Jean S. Hart of Nashville, Tenn., in
January 1995 (Acc. 95016).
Access: No restrictions.
Copyright: Retained by the authors of items in these papers, or
their descendants, as stipulated by United States
copyright law.
Table of Contents:
Series Descriptions
Series 1. Correspondence
Series 2. Writings by Ramsden
Series 3. Collected Writings
Series 4. Other Materials
Shelf List
SERIES DESCRIPTIONS
Series 1. Correspondence
1944-1968 and undated. About 45 items.
Arrangement: chronological.
Materials include letters, 1944-1968 and undated, relating to
publication of Ramsden's poems. In the late 1940s, these letters
are largely from publications that published Ramsden's poems
granting him permission to use those poems in a compilation of
his works (probably never published). There are also numerous
acceptances and rejections slips for poems Ramsden tried to
place.
Folder 1 1944-1949
2 1951-1954
3 1962-1968 and undated
Series 2. Writings by Ramsden
Undated. About 225 items.
Typed, holograph, and published poems by Ramsden, most of them
collected into titled volumes as listed below.
Folder 4-6 The Actual Illusion
7-8 The Clear Destiny
9 Cry Hylas
10-11 Earthly Season
12-13 Forgiveness in the Thorn
14 In Discovery of Fate
15 Inside Thin Houses
16 A New Budding
17 A New Say
18 The Savour and the Shining
19 Songs from a Buried Grove
20 Ten Poems
21 This Person in Front
22-23 The Undying Search
24-25 We Live the Myth
26 The Western Path
27 When Things Look Kind
28 You Clasp the Shadow
29 The Young World Calling
30-37 Miscellaneous poems
38 Miscellaneous published poems
Series 3. Collected Writings
Undated. 3 items.
Poems by others collected by Ramsden, with a few of his own
poems interspersed.
Folder 39-42 Draft of untitled volume of collected poems
43 Notes on untitled volume of collected poems
44 The War Years
45 Miscellaneous collected poems
Series 4. Other Materials
Undated. About 10 items.
Folder 46-48 Miscellaneous notes
49 The Golden Treasury of Songs and Lyrics (1924)
with some annotation
P-4739/1 Ramsden, Howard, undated photograph
Shelf List
Box 1 Series 1. Correspondence (folders 1-3)
Series 2. Writings by Ramsden (folders 4-11)
Box 2 Series 2. Writings by Ramsden (folders 12-26)
Box 3 Series 2. Writings by Ramsden (folders 27-38)
Box 4 Series 3. Collected Writings (folders 39-45)
Box 5 Series 4. Other Materials (folders 46-49)
Item separated:
P-4739/1