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Books, 1900-1979
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BOX-FOLDER 67/43 |
Tibbett, Grace.
Shadows on this wall. [S.l. : s.n.], 1932. |
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Contains the following poem: To Elinor. |
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Inscribed to Warren from Grace Tibbett (Mrs.
Lawrence Tibbett), February 1933. |
BOX-FOLDER 67/44 |
Tibbett, Mrs. Lawrence.
Wood etchings. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1923. |
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Contains the following poem: To Elinor. |
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Inscribed to Warren from Grace Tibbett (Mrs.
Lawrence Tibbett), August 1, 1925. |
BOX-FOLDER 67/45 |
Turner, Nancy Byrd.
A riband on my rein. Hartford, Connecticut: Edwin Valentine Mitchell, Inc., 1930. |
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Annotated poems: Tahe Little
Christ and The Little road. |
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The books' endpages are filled with Warren's notes
regarding history's thinkers. |
BOX-FOLDER 67/46 |
Untermeyer, Louis.
Modern American poetry: a critical anthology; revised and enlarged edition. New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company,
1921. |
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Annotated poem: At the
crossroads (author: Richard Hovey); later used by Warren for song
At the crossroads. |
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Inscribed to Warren by Gertude Ross, Christmas,
1921. |
BOX-FOLDER 67/47 |
Untermeyer, Louis.
Modern American poetry: a critical anthology; 5th revised edition. New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, undated. |
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Annotated poems: Out of the
cradle endlessly rocking (author: Walt Whitman); The Dark hills (author: Edwin Arlington Robinson);
Stopping by woods on a snowy evening, The Road not taken (author: Robert Frost); To a golden-haired girl (author: Vachel Lindsay); and
Water lilies (author: Sara Teasdale) |
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Teasdale's poem became the text for Warren's song
If you have forgotten. |
BOX-FOLDER 67/48 |
Untermeyer, Louis.
Modern British poetry. New York: Harcourt, Brace and Howe, 1920. |
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Annotated poem: Ode
(author: Arthur O'Shaughnessy) |
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Bortin note: "This text was set to music Warren
titled We are the music makers." |
BOX-FOLDER 67/49 |
Untermeyer, Louis.
A treasury of great poems, English and American. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1942. |
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Annotated poem: Ballad of
good counsel (author: Geoffrey Chaucer; modern version by Henry van
Dyke) |
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The endpages contain several notes by
Warren. |
BOX-FOLDER 67/50 |
Van Doren, Mark, editor.
American poets, 1630-1930. Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1932. |
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Annotated poems: A Forest
hymn (author: William Cullen Bryant); Hymn of
the city (author: William Cullen Bryant); My
lost youth (author: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow) and Why is it (author: Henry Wadsworth
Longfellow) |
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Warren has written additional notes on the
endpages. |
BOX-FOLDER 67/51 |
Van Doren, Mark, editor.
An anthology of world poetry. New York: Literary Guild of America, 1928. |
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Annotated poems: On being
sixty (author: Arthur Waley); Ode
(author: unknown) |
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Warren has written additional notes on thr
endpages. |
BOX-FOLDER 67/52 |
Verhaeren, Emile.
Afternoon. New York: John Lane Company, 1917. |
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Annotated poems: XII
and XVI-XVII. Heavily annotated - in
French. |
BOX-FOLDER 66/4 |
Warren, James G.
Warren - Remick and allied families: a genealogical outline with biographical notes. [Privately printed for the author by] American Historical Company,
Inc., 1949. |
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Privately printed genealogy compiled by Elinor
Remick Warren's father - James Garfield Warren, just before his death, in 1949.
Contains Warren's mother's family (Remick) and other related
families. |
BOX-FOLDER 67/53 |
Whitman, Walt.
Leaves of grass. New York: The Heritage Reprints, undated. |
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Annotated poem: Song for all
seas, all ships. |
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Warren has used the book's endpages to write notes
regarding other poems found in the book. |
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Laid into the original volume: four typed poems
found by Virginia Bortin prior to sending the book to the New York Public
Library. |
BOX-FOLDER 67/54 |
Widdemer, Margaret.
The old road to paradise. New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1918. |
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Annotated poem: The dark
cavalier. |
BOX-FOLDER 66/5 |
Yearbook. Westlake School for Girls.
Vox Puellarum, volume 13, number 1. Los Angeles, California: Westlake School for Girls, June 1918. |
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Photocopy containing portions of the Yearbook that
feature Warren. |
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Two of Warren's early songs were included in the
Yearbook: A Song of Christmas, text by Agnes
Moulton, and My love is like a red, red rose, text
by Robert Burns. |
BOX-FOLDER 67/55 |
Yeats, W. B.
The Oxford book of modern verse, 1892-1935. New York: Oxford University Press, 1936. |
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Annotated poem: Cat's
meat (author: Harold Monro) |
BOX 75, 84 |
Miscellany, 1961-1975
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A small notebook, containing various composition aids and tips; a tour guidebook
of Israel, dated 1975; a metal printer's plate of the title page to Warren's
printed score of Abram in Egypt; a watercolor painting of Abram in Egypt; a poster of Warren's Requiem; and a small envelope containing unused Elinor Remick Warren
bookplates. |
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Arranged alphabetically by subject. |
BOX-FOLDER 75/13 |
Bookplates, undated
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Several unused bookplates identical to the
bookplates found on Warren's personal books. |
BOX-FOLDER 75/14 |
Notebook of musical composition aids,
undated
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Small notebook containing musical notes and tips
useful to composition. |
BOX-FOLDER 84/4 |
Painting, Abram in Egypt, circa June 1961
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Watercolor painting on poster board of Abram in Egypt, painted by Pat Hopper, a member of
the Roger Wagner Chorale; presented to Warren following the premiere of the
work on June 7, 1961. |
BOX-FOLDER 84/5 |
Poster, Requiem, November 1965
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Announced ticket sales for three spring 1966
concerts, one being Warren's new work Requiem (the
world premiere took place on April 3, 1966) |
BOX-FOLDER 75/15 |
Printing plate, circa 1960s
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The plate contains a reverse image of the title
page to the choruses only score of Abram in Egypt,
H. W. Gray Company, Inc. |
BOX-FOLDER 75/16 |
Tour guide, 1975
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Used by Warren and her husband during their August
1976 trip to Israel for a series of Abram in Egypt
performances. The book contains two pages of handwritten notes. |