Robinson Jeffers Letters, 1926-1929
Collection context
Summary
- Creator:
- Jeffers, Robinson, 1887-1962.
- Abstract:
- Papers of the American poet. Outgoing correspondence, photographs, and proof sheets.
- Extent:
- 4 folders (SC)
- Language:
- English
- Preferred citation:
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Preferred citation for this material is as follows:
Robinson Jeffers Letters
Background
- Scope and content:
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The Robinson Jeffers Letters contain biographical material, two items of outgoing correspondence, photographs, and proof sheets.
- Biographical / historical:
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Robinson Jeffers (1887-1962) was an American poet best remembered for his works focusing on the California coast.
Jeffers was born on January 10, 1887 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to William Hamilton, a Presbyterian minister and scholar, and Anne Robinson Jeffers. He attended the University of Western Pennsylvania (presently the University of Pittsburgh) before receiving his A.B. from Occidental College in 1905. Jeffers pursued graduate study at the University of Zurich the following year and received his M.A. from the University of Southern California, Los Angeles around 1910. While in Los Angeles, Jeffers met Una Call Kuster, the wife of a prominent Los Angeles attorney. The two fell in love prompting Kuster to divorce her husband. The scandalous affair made the front page of the Los Angeles Times on March 1, 1913. In August 1913, the couple wed and together they had twin children, Donnan Call and Garth Sherwood. Jeffers had a successful poetic career. His works centered on the California coastal region, drawing much inspiration from his home area of Carmel, California. Jeffers died at his home on January 20, 1962.
Selected Works Date Event 1912 Flagons and Apples 1916 Californians 1924 Tamar and Other Poems 1925 Roan Stallion, Tamar and Other Poems 1927 The Women at Point Sur 1928 Cawdor and Other Poems 1929 Dear Judas and Other Poems 1931 Descent to the Dead: Poems Written in Ireland and Great Britain 1932 Thurso's Landing and Other Poems 1933 Give Your Heart to the Hawks, and Other Poems 1935 Solstice and Other Poems 1937 Such Counsels You Gave to Me and Other Poems 1938 The Selected Poetry of Robinson Jeffers 1941 Be Angry at the Sun 1948 The Double Axe and Other Poems 1954 Hungerfield and Other Poems 1963 The Beginning and the End and Other Poems 1965 Selected Poems
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- Preferred citation:
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Preferred citation for this material is as follows:
Robinson Jeffers Letters
- Location of this collection:
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Special Collections Research CenterSyracuse University LibrariesBird Library, Room 600Syracuse, NY 13244, United States
- Contact:
- 315.443.2697scrc@syr.edu