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COLLECTION Identifier: MS Am 2036

Elizabeth Bishop letters to Frank Bidart

Overview

Letters from the American poet Elizabeth Bishop to the American poet Frank Bidart.

Dates

  • Creation: 1971-1978

Language of Materials

Collection materials are in English.

Conditions Governing Access

There are no restrictions on physical access to this material.

Extent

.5 linear feet (1 box)

Forty-seven letters to Frank Bidart, including several drafts of poems, as well as a cookbook inscribed to Frank Bidart from Bishop.

Biographical / Historical

Elizabeth Bishop was an American poet and translator of Brazilian poetry. Bidart is an American poet.

Physical Location

b

Immediate Source of Acquisition

*88M-3. Purchased with the Amy Lowell fund from Frank Bidart, 63 Sparks Street, No. 3, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138; received: 1988 1 July.

Title
Bishop, Elizabeth, 1911-1979. Elizabeth Bishop letters to Frank Bidart: Guide.
Author
Houghton Library, Harvard College Library
Language of description
und
EAD ID
hou00468

Repository Details

Part of the Houghton Library Repository

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