Box 144

Three letters, one note and one postcard from Barnes to Coleman.

Two letters to Coleman, both regarding The Shutter of Snow.

Eight letters and two photographs, one of Coleman at the ranch in Casa de Sierra in Arizona and one of Coleman’s grandmother.

Twenty-two letters from Jacques Maritain to Coleman, plus two letters from his secretary responding to letters from Coleman. Some of the letters refer to the death of Raissa Maritain in 1960.

Three letters

Eight letters from Muir to Coleman, plus one letter from Muir to Peggy Guggenheim.

One letter from Ray to Coleman

One letter from Siepmann to Coleman.

Eight letters from White to Coleman.

One letter from Wright to Coleman

Includes two typescript poems, one of which (“The Use of Suffering”) bears extensive revisions and the other being “A Letter to Italy.” Also includes notes on Coleman’s poem “The Coronation of the Virgin.”

Excerpt from his Form of Diary

Written at the Catholic Worker in Tivoli, New York. Includes a two-page declaration about disposition of her property (1966 Oct 8) laid in and two notes from Joe [Geraci] are pasted in.

Series of poems titled “Eyes” I-XI and one poem titled “Sonnet” (18 pp.), all of which were stored in an envelope bearing the statement: “Last poems of Emily Coleman, March 1969 – May 1970, all for Joseph Geraci.”

Inscribed by Coleman: “To my dear son” and dated: “Revision of Feb.-March 1963.” Typescript (carbon), 6 pp.

Includes printed versions of Coleman’s poems, “Samson to Delilah,” “Invocation,” “Paris Roofs,” Thunderstorm Brooding,” “Young Orchard in Spring.” Also includes Coleman’s responses to questions to American living in Europe posed in issue #14 (Fall 1928) of Transition.

Signed by sponsors Jacques and Raissa Maritain at St. Vincent de Paul Church, New York.

Includes agreement of sale, surveyors map, and certificate of title.