Letter from Hubert Creekmore to Mittie Horton Creekmore (28 February 1959)

Authors

Hubert Creekmore
Mittie Horton Creekmore

Identifier

MUM01790_b04_f11_004

Files

Description

Hubert writes from New York City to his mother in Jackson, Mississippi regarding personal and professional matters, including: a recent visit from Major and their attendance at the opera; Major's attending a performance of "Requiem for a Nun" starring Ruth Ford, a former classmate at the University of Mississippi; a recent party at Babette Deutsch for author Isak Dinesen, who was unable to attend; several poets were present at the event, including: Leonie Adams, Louise Bogan, Isabel Bolton, Margaret Marshall; update about recent dinner with John and Perdita; attendance with Bill Smith at the African Ballet; Hubert's agreement to be on the radio for a poetry program episode; meeting with Professor Walter Starkie about his Spanish book translation. Includes envelope.

Subject Headings (Library of Congress)

Creekmore, Hubert, 1907-1966; Authors, American -- 20th century; New York (N.Y.); Jackson (Miss.); Creekmore, Mittie Horton, 1878-1971; Schaffner, John Valentine, 1888-; Smith, William Jay, 1918-2015; Schaffner, Perdita; Deutsch, Babette, 1895-1982; Dinesen, Isak, 1885-1962; Adams, Léonie, 1899-1988; Ford, Ruth, 1911-2009; Bogan, Louise, 1897-1970; Bolton, Isabel, 1883-1975; Marshall, Margaret, 1900-1974; Starkie, Walter, 1894-1976

Publication Date

2-28-1959

Relational Format

archival material

Finding Aid

https://egrove.olemiss.edu/finding_aids/412/

Original Collection

Hubert Creekmore Collection

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Comments

1959 February 28

Recommended Citation

Creekmore, Hubert and Creekmore, Mittie Horton, "Letter from Hubert Creekmore to Mittie Horton Creekmore (28 February 1959)" (1959). Hubert Creekmore Collection. 639.
https://egrove.olemiss.edu/creekmore/639