Jessie Belle Rittenhouse to Curtis Hidden Page

Extent:
8 p.
Scope and content:

[Comments on letters received from him during his travels; outlines her lecture tour; describes the overwhelming hospitality she receives at every stop and the difficulty of writing poetry under such circumstances; expresses desire to lecture less and write more; describes the Poetry Society [of America]dinner attended by Lawrence Housman, Siegfried Sassoon, [William Butler] Yeats, Gilbert [Cannon], Yone Noguchi; comments on the ghostly presence of those no longer there: Edith Thomas, Joyce Kilmer, and [Madison] Cawein. ]

Access and use

Location of collection:
University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept.
Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library
University of Virginia
P.O. Box 400110
160 McCormick Rd
Charlottesville, Virginia 22904-4110
Contact for questions and access:
POC: Brenda Gunn
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