Untermeyer, Louis, 1885-1977.

Louis Untermeyer papers, 1955-1967. - 25 items. 10 containers. 4 linear feet.

Open to research.

Correspondence, writings, and notebooks. Includes drafts or proofs of Modern American Poetry [and] Modern British Poetry (1962); Long Feud, Selected Poems (1962); The World's Great Stories: Fifty-five Legends that Live Forever (1964); Bygones: the Recollections of Louis Untermeyer (1965); and Labyrinth of Love (1965), based on Der Irrgarten der Liebe, by Otto Julius Bierbaum. The notebooks pertain to travels in Europe and within the United States and to Untermeyer's years as Library of Congress poetry consultant (1961-1963).


Poet, critic, and editor. Poetry consultant, Library of Congress.


Collection material in English.

Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms012022

Collection related to the Library of Congress Archives.

mm 79043703


Bierbaum, Otto Julius, 1865-1910. Irrgarten der Liebe.
Frost, Robert, 1874-1963.


Library of Congress.


American poetry--19th century.
American poetry--20th century.
English poetry--19th century.
English poetry--20th century.
Legends.
Poetry.
Poets--Correspondence, reminiscences, etc.


Europe--Description and travel.
United States--Description and travel.


Critics.
Editors.
Poets.