Jean Burden Papers, 1931-1993

Summary

Creator:
Burden, Jean.
Abstract:
Papers of the American poet, author, poetry editor for Yankee magazine. Born 1914. Correspondence, manuscript and published articles, poems, and memoirs; and memorabilia, including photographs.
Extent:
11 linear ft.
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Preferred citation for this material is as follows:

Jean Burden Papers,

Background

Scope and content:

The Jean Burden Papers consists of correspondence and audiovisual recordings.

Correspondence-subject files. Correspondents include artists, authors, editors, and publishers, as well as friends and family. Notable correspondents include Russell Banks, Eric Barker, Robert Bly, Arna Bontemps, William Stanley Braithwaite, Gwendolyn Brooks, John Ciardi, Norman Cousins, Peter De Vries, August Derleth, Ivan Doig, Helene Hanff, Archibald Macleish, Rollo May, Christopher Morley, Alfred Neumann, May Sarton, Charles M. Schulz, John Tagliabue, Laurens Van der Post, Alan Watts, Thornton Wilder, and many more.

Recordings include interviews, radio appearances, poetry readings, memorial services, panel discussions, and more. Most feature Burden prominently, but a few are recordings of others such as episodes of Joseph Campbell's The Power of Myth.

Biographical / historical:

Jean Burden (1914- ) is an American poet, essayist, anthologist, teacher and editor. Born in Waukegan, Illinois, she attended the University of Chicago, graduating in 1936. She has been West Coast editor of Faith Today and of Yankee magazine, where she later (1955) took a position as poetry editor. She has published books of poetry and of essays, and her work has appeared in numerous national magazines including Poetry, Atlantic, American Scholar, Trace, Saturday Review, Virginia Quarterly Review, Better Homes and Gardens, Mademoiselle, Prairie Schooner, Southern Review. She has also published several books on pet care,

In addition to her writing, for nearly ten years (1956-1965) Ms Burden served as administrative officer for the Meals for Millions Foundation in Los Angeles, California. She has taught both privately and in workshops, and since 1966 has done freelance public relations work.

Acquisition information:
Gift of Jean Burden , 1969-2009.
Arrangement:

Correspondence-subject files are arranged alphabetically by correspondent. Recordings are arranged alphabetically by title, as written on the item.

Indexed terms

Subjects:
Literature -- American Poetry
Women Authors
American poetry -- 20th century.
American poetry -- Women authors.
Authors, American.
Poets, American -- 20th century.
Pet food industry -- Public relations.
Women authors, American.
Women poets, American.
Authors.
Poets.
16mm (photographic film size)
Audiocassettes.
Audiotapes.
Autobiographies (literary works)
Clippings (information artifacts)
Correspondence.
Diaries.
Photographs.
Scrapbooks.
Sound recordings.
VHS.
Video recordings (physical artifacts)
Names:
Meals for Millions, Inc.
Abbe, George, 1911-1989.
Adler, Carol (Poet)
Akers, Dana Kneeland.
Allen, Sara Van Alstyne.
Ames, Amyas.
Ames, Evelyn Perkins.
Armour, Anobel, 1908-
Aronin, Ben, 1904-1980.
Athill, Diana.
Baker, Phyllis.
Banks, Russell, 1940-
Barker, Eric, 1905-1973.
Barker, Lucy Munro.
Baskett, Lois R.
Blackwell, Betsy Talbot.
Block, Allan, 1923-2013.
Bly, Robert.
Boggs, W. Arthur.
Bond, Harold, 1939-
Bontemps, Arna, 1902-1973.
Borgatta, Isabel Case.
Braithwaite, William Stanley, 1878-1962.
Brasier, Virginia.
Brooks, Gwendolyn, 1917-2000.
Broomell, Myron Henry, 1906-
Bullock, Marie, 1911-1986.
Bunche, Ralph J. (Ralph Johnson), 1904-1971.
Burden, Jean.
Carpenter, Margaret.
Carruth, Hayden, 1921-2008.
Chambers, John, -1801.
Cherwinski, Joseph, 1915-
Ciardi, John, 1916-1986.
Ciletti, Jim.
Claytor, Gertrude.
Cole, Lucretia.
Congdon, Kirby.
Cousins, Norman.
Coze, Paul.
Dayton, Irene, 1922-
Derleth, August, 1909-1971.
Deutsch, Babette, 1895-1982.
De Vries, Peter, 1910-1993.
Dickey, James.
Dillon, George, 1906-1968.
Dooley, Thomas A. (Thomas Anthony), 1927-1961.
Eberhart, Richard, 1904-2005.
Exman, Eugene.
Farber, Norma.
Fitzell, Lincoln, 1903-1958.
Flanner, Hildegarde, 1899-1987.
Flanner, Janet, 1892-1978.
Frank, Nancy (Nancy K.), 1954-
Frumkin, Gene.
Funk, Peter, 1921-2016.
Garrett, Eileen J. (Eileen Jeanette), 1893-1970.
Gould, Jean, 1909-1993.
Gullans, Charles B.
Haag, John.
Hale, Judson D.
Hall, Donald, 1928-2018.
Hallinan, Nancy.
Harlow, Michael.
Honig, Edwin.
Howard, Frances Minturn.
Inez, Colette.
Jacobsen, Josephine.
Jerome, Judson.
Joost, Nicholas.
Junkins, Donald, 1931-
Kaufman, Mervyn D.
Kahn, Hannah.
Keith, Joseph Joel.
Kellogg, Hansen.
Kornitzer, Bela.
Kretz, Thomas S.
Kunitz, Stanley, 1905-2006.
Liebler, H. B.
MacLeish, Archibald, 1892-1982.
Masters, Marcia Lee.
Mathewson, William.
May, Rollo.
Mayerson, Charlotte, 1927-
Miles, Josephine, 1911-1985.
Miller, Sigmund Stephen.
Miranda, Gary.
Moore, Merrill, 1903-1957.
Morehouse, Kathleen.
Morley, Christopher, 1890-1957.
Nemerov, Howard.
Neumann, Alfred, 1895-1952.
Nims, John Frederick, 1913-1999.
Noyes, Sandy.
Oakes, Maud, 1903-1990.
O'Hehir, Diana, 1929-
Oliver, Mary, 1935-2019.
Owings, Margaret.
Pedrick, Jean, 1922-
Pitter, Ruth, 1897-1992.
Powell, Lawrence Clark, 1906-2001.
Rago, Henry, 1915-1969.
Rajagopal, D.
Raymond, Richard C.
Richardson, Dorothy Lee.
Riggs, Dionis Coffin.
Robbins, Martin.
Roddan, Brooks.
Rollins, Leighton, 1900-1981.
Rose, Karen.
Roseliep, Raymond, 1917-1983.
Ross, Nancy Wilson, 1901-1986.
Sagendorph, Robb Hansell.
Sarton, May, 1912-1995.
Schevill, James, 1920-2009.
Schulz, Charles M. (Charles Monroe), 1922-2000.
Scott, Winfield Townley, 1910-1968.
Shapiro, Karl, 1913-2000.
Simpson, Louis, 1923-2012.
Smith, Hallett, 1907-1996.
Snow, Wilbert, 1884-1977.
Stafford, William, 1914-1993.
Stoloff, Carolyn.
Swenson, Karen.
Swenson, May.
Tagliabue, John, 1923-2006.
Triem, Eve, 1902-1992.
Untermeyer, Jean Starr, 1886-1970.
Van der Post, Laurens.
Watts, Alan, 1915-1973.
West, Cristy.
Wheelock, John Hall, 1886-1978.
White, Betty, 1924-
Wilder, Thornton, 1897-1975.
Worthington, Thomas.
Wright, Celeste Turner.
Zimmer, Paul.

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Jean Burden Papers,

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