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Harford W. H. Powel collection on T. S. Eliot (Ms.Powel)

Brown University Library

Box A
Brown University
Providence, RI 02912
Tel: 401-863-2146


Scope & content

Correspondence (eighty-three items) and other papers assembled by Harford W. H. Powel for a master's thesis (Brown University 1954) on the early life of T. S. Eliot, including his association with Harvard University circa 1909. Part of the collection consists of photocopies of Eliot's prose and poetry which appeared in the Smith Academy Record and the Harvard Record. Correspondents include:

  • Van Wyck Brooks
  • Norman Foerster
  • Donald C. Gallup
  • Mark A. DeW. Howe
  • Walter Lippmann
  • David T. W. McCord
  • Thomas H. McKittrick
  • Waldo Pierce
  • Martin H. Post
  • Gluyas Williams