Ella Wheeler Wilcox Typescript

Collection

Identifier: MSS 0409

Staff Only

Content Description

This collection consists of a one page typescript of one of Wilcox's most widely reprinted poems entitled "Interlude." The poem begins with: "The days grow shorter, the nights grow longer; The head-stones thicken, along the way..." The typescript is titled and signed by Wilcox, in ink, and has a one-word revision and some corrections. The collection also contains a one page, undated handwritten letter by Wilcox which says: "This is the best I can do and I can not think of a better title. If you care for the verses & want to rename them you can do so...send the poem back here if you do not want it."

Dates

circa 1909

Creator

Wilcox, Ella Wheeler (Person)

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Collection is open for research.

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Biographical / Historical

Ella Wheeler Wilcox (1850-1919) was an American author and poet. Born in Wisconsin as the youngest of four children, Wilcox entertained herself as a child by reading and, by age 8, writing poetry. She published her first poem at age 13. In 1884, she married Robert Wilcox of Connecticut, where the couple resided after a brief stint in New York City. They had one son, who died shortly after birth.

Ella and Robert Wilcox built two homes and several cottages on Long Island Sound, which became known as Bungalow Court. The return address printed on the stationery in the collection is titled "The Bungalow". Wilcox's poems were published broadly, yet received both positive and negative reviews.

Extent

.01 Linear Feet (1 folder)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Condition Description

Consists of a one page typescript titled in ink, and an autographed letter signed on printed letterhead.

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