Box 1

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A photocopy of Moore's letter of advice to a Mrs. Diorio, an aspiring writer who sent her poems (not included in this collection) to Moore.

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A brief, unaddressed form letter asking for donations for Dorothy Maynor's Harlem School of the Arts.

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Correspondence concerning the British publication of Like a Bulwark in which Faber & Faber representative Shirley Cokayne-Frith asked Moore to review proofs and additional corrections to be made. Also included is Moore's response to the proposed corrections.

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Two letters written by Moore in her capacity as editor of The Dial regarding the rejection and acceptance of poems by Archibald MacLeish along with two typescript copies of MacLeish's poems. Moore addresses one letter to "Fruski" and the other to "Firuski."

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Letter to Peter S. Jennison of the National Book Committee.

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A letter from Moore to Maurice Saillet thanking him for the complimentary copy of Les Poésies d'Adrienne Monnier which is included along with the letter.

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A letter to Edward Sanders, editor of Art Magazine .

Scope and Contents 28 letters, cards, and postcards written from Moore to Wilson between 1959 and 1968. Most are signed by Moore and many are handwritten. Many of the letters are also accompanied by their original envelopes and demonstrate Moore's frugality in readdressing envelopes she received. The letters are organized chronologically followed by undated material. The earliest letter dated August 17, 1959, is the first letter Wilson received from Moore in response to his request to sign some of her...

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Correspondence between Moore and poet Louis Zukofsky concerning an article Moore was writing about him.

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Envelopes and labels addressed to or from Moore without accompanying letters.

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Photocopies of two handwritten letters from Moore's older brother John Warner Moore to Moore's friend Louise, likely paper-manufacturing heiress Louise Crane.

Scope and Contents Material pertaining to Faber & Faber's publication of the British edition, which consists of a corrected copy of the American edition, corrected typescripts, notes, and proofs. The binding of the American edition has been gutted and separate pages have been laid in, which bear many corrections and instructions throughout. Robert Wilson notes that one of the most interesting corrections is Faber editor and poet T.S. Eliot's changing of the title "Tom Fool at Jamaica" to...

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Three pages of handwritten notes by Moore for a lecture on Christian iconography.

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Four-page typescript eulogy for American editor and literary critic Morton Dauwen Zabel (1902-1964) typed and signed by Moore.

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Articles by Moore on various topics, including her support for a local library. There are also a number of blurbs Moore provided for book advertisements as well as full-length book reviews by Moore.

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An exhibition catalog for Chagall and two advertisements for Steuben Glass's "Poetry in Crystal," both of which feature Moore's poetry.