Research Catalog

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Additional authors

1. Boissevain, Eugen, -1949.
2. Millay, Edna St. Vincent, 1892-1950.
3. MacDougall, A. Kent (Allan Kent)

Description

1. .2 lin. ft. (1 box)

Summary

1. The Edna St. Vincent Millay correspondence consists primarily of letters from Ms. Millay and her husband to Emla La Branche.

Subject

1. La Branche, Emla
2. La Branche, George M. L. 1875-1961
3. Millay, Edna St. Vincent, 1892-1950
4. Dramatists

Call number

1. *T-Mss 1984-002

Access (note)

1. Collection is open to the public. Library policy on photography and photocopying will apply. Advance notice may be required.

Source (note)

1. Erik Rhodes

Biography (note)

1. Edna St. Vincent Millay, author, was born February 22, 1892.

Indexes/finding aids (note)

1. Finding aid available in repository and on Internet.

Processing action (note)

1. Described and Cataloged

Author

1. La Branche, Emla.

Title

1. Correspondence with Edna St. Vincent Millay and Eugen Boissevain, 1926-1950.

Restricted access

1. Collection is open to the public. Library policy on photography and photocopying will apply. Advance notice may be required.

Biography

1. Edna St. Vincent Millay, author, was born February 22, 1892. Her professional association with theater began when she performed with the Provincetown Playhouse. She later appeared in the first production of the Theatre Guild. In 1922 she was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for THE HARP WEAVER AND OTHER POEMS. In her thirty four year career, she produced six plays, an opera libretto and eleven volumes containing 500 poems. She died October 19, 1950.
2. During the early 1930s, Millay and Boissevain became friends with Emla La Branche and her husband George after having been neighbors and acquaintances for some time. George Michel Lucien La Branche (also known as G.M.L. La Branche) was the author of books on fly fishing. Emla La Branche began collecting correspondence received from Ms. Millay and Mr. Boissevain as early as 1926. Particularly during and after World War II, Mrs. La Branche also received correspondence from various relatives of Mr. Boissevain, who was born in the Netherlands. After St. Vincent Millay's death, Emla La Branche actively participated in the organization of memorials to the poet, and in the efforts to collect and preserve her letters and memoirs.

Indexes

1. Finding aid available in repository and on Internet.

Connect to:

1. Request Access to Theatre Division Special Collections material
2. Finding Aid

Added author

1. Boissevain, Eugen, -1949.
2. Millay, Edna St. Vincent, 1892-1950.
3. MacDougall, A. Kent (Allan Kent)

Research call number

1. *T-Mss 1984-002