Hubert Creekmore Collection

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  Letter from Hubert Creekmore to Mittie Horton Creekmore (12 November 1952)

  Hubert Creekmore and Mittie Horton Creekmore

  Hubert writes from New York City to his mother in Jackson, Mississippi, regarding personal and professional matters. He mentions seeing friends from Yaddo artists' colony. He saw [Rosa] Dolly Wells, and Lehman Engel. Saw a Gilbert and Sullivan show. Also has business lunches and dinners with editors, some who are interested in his plan for an anthology of Southern Literature. Discusses sales of A Little Treasury of World Poetry and progress on his novel. He plans to be in New York until the end of the month. Includes envelope.

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  Letter from Hubert Creekmore to Mittie Horton Creekmore (05 November 1952)

  Hubert Creekmore and Mittie Horton Creekmore

  Hubert writes from New York City to his mother in Jackson, Mississippi, regarding personal and professional matters. He discusses the progress on his novel. He describes staying up late for the election returns and mentions socializing with Eudora Welty and Brown Furlow, Dolly Wells. Recieved tickets to "Pirates of Penzance" from Lehman Engel, who is very busy. Discusses the progress of his anthology publication. Includes envelope.

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  Letter from Hubert Creekmore to Mittie Horton Creekmore (30 October 1952)

  Hubert Creekmore and Mittie Horton Creekmore

  Hubert writes from New York City on Beekman Tower letterhead to his mother in Jackson, Mississippi, regarding personal and professional matters. He discusses potential publishing opportunities, including one with Ladies' Home Companion magazine, which was also known as the Ladies' Home Journal or the Women's Home Companion. Hubert states that Ben Weber helped him get an appearance on the Maggi McNellis show that evening with [Leopold?] Stokowski. He discusses Random House, Bantam Books, and Charles Scribner's Sons. He spoke with Eudora Welty and [Rosa] Dolly Wells. He saw Beatrice Lillie's show. He discusses his novel and John Valentine Schaffner. Includes envelope.

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  Letter from Mittie Horton Creekmore to Hubert Creekmore (30 October 1952)

  Mittie Horton Creekmore and Hubert Creekmore

  Mittie writes from Jackson, Mississippi, to Creekmore in New York City, regarding personal matters. She talks about attending a tea, the weather, her garden, and other local news. Includes envelope.

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  Letter from Hubert Creekmore to Mrs. H. H. Creekmore (27 October 1952)

  Hubert Creekmore and Mittie Horton Creekmore

  Creekmore writes from Beekman Tower hotel in New York City to his mother in Jackson, Mississippi, to discuss his time in New Orleans with David and his plans to stay with John. Includes envelope.

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  Letter from W. J. Strachan to Hubert Creekmore (17 October 1952)

  W. J. Strachan and Hubert Creekmore

  Strachan writes from Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, England, to Creekmore via Charles Scribner's Sons in New York City. He asks if Creekmore's anthology, A Little Treasury of World Poetry, has been published yet. Strachan informs Creekmore that he and Hervé Bazin recently published Head Against the Wall, an anthology of prose translations, with Prentice-Hall. Includes envelope.

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  Letter from Mittie Horton Creekmore to Hubert Creekmore (10 October 1952)

  Mittie Horton Creekmore and Hubert Creekmore

  Mittie writes from Jackson, Mississippi, to Creekmore in New York City, regarding personal matters. She talks about receiving an anthology, presumably one of translations by Hubert. She states that Deedle and Gene Davis are staying in Memphis, Tennessee. Includes envelope.

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  Letter from Patricia Schartle to John Valentine Schaffner (06 October 1952)

  Patricia Schartle and John Valentine Schaffner

  Schartle is an associate editor at Appleton-Century-Crofts, Inc. and writes on the company's letterhead from New York City to Schaffner in New York City. She informs Schaffner that the reprint rights for Creekmore's The Fingers of Night were sold to Transworld Publishers, Ltd., which was the British division of Bantam Books.

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  Letter from John Hall Wheelock to Hubert Creekmore (30 September 1952)

  John Hall Wheelock and Hubert Creekmore

  Wheelock writes from New York City on Charles Scribner's Sons letterhead to Creekmore in Jackson, Mississippi. He discusses a number of proof corrections and suggestions that Creekmore sent him. He mentions works by Giosuè Carducci, Angelos Sikelianos, Horace, Virgil, and Ovid.

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  Telegram from "Wheelock" to Hubert Creekmore (undated)

  Wheelock and Hubert Creekmore

  Telegram sent on Western Union letterhead from "Wheelock" in New York to Hubert Creekmore in Jackson, Mississippi alerting Creekmore that his manuscript arrived safely and wishing him a Happy New Year. Includes envelope.

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  Letter from Hubert Creekmore to Mittie Horton Creekmore (25 May 1952)

  Hubert Creekmore and Mittie Horton Creekmore

  Hubert writes from New York City to his mother in Jackson, Mississippi, regarding personal and professional matters. He discusses the progress on his novel. He states that he will likely return home when David [McDowell?] does, too. He mentions John [Valentine Schaffner?]. He discusses people visiting New York, including Walter Edge, Eudora Welty, [Rosa] Dolly [Wells], [William Jay?] Bill Smith, Elizabeth Spencer, and Dick Holt. He states he recently saw Leonard Sillman's "New Faces of 1952." Doug Cooke, who Hubert knew from his days at New Directions Publishing Corporation, invited Hubert and Max Geismar to dinner. Cooke worked as an engraver before working for the Brooklyn Eagle. He watched Ben Weber's quartet and saw Nicolas Calas and friends from Yaddo artists' colony there. He also mentions Lehman Engel. He states that Madamoiselle magazine did not take his writing submissions. Includes a New York Times clipping about Mary-Esther Edge and Walter Edge's wedding and envelope.

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  Letter from Mittie Horton Creekmore to Hubert Creekmore (19 May 1952)

  Mittie Horton Creekmore and Hubert Creekmore

  Mittie writes from Jackson, Mississippi, to Creekmore in New York City, regarding personal matters. She talks about her garden, some local news, and Eudora Welty's mother's health. Includes envelope.

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  Letter from Hubert Creekmore to Mittie Horton Creekmore (13 May 1952)

  Hubert Creekmore and Mittie Horton Creekmore

  Hubert writes from New York City to his mother in Jackson, Mississippi, regarding personal and professional matters. He mentions seeing friends from Yaddo artists' colony. He saw [Rosa] Dolly Wells, John Robinson, Donald Sheehan, Hank and Judy Murray, and Lehman Engel. Includes envelope.

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  Letter from Mittie Horton Creekmore to Hubert Creekmore (10 May 1952)

  Mittie Horton Creekmore and Hubert Creekmore

  Mittie writes from Jackson, Mississippi, to Creekmore in New York City, regarding personal matters. She talks about Helen's suitors and other local news. Includes envelope.

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  Letter from Hubert Creekmore to Mittie Horton Creekmore (05 May 1952)

  Hubert Creekmore and Mittie Horton Creekmore

  Hubert writes from New York City to his mother in Jackson, Mississippi, regarding personal and professional matters. He discusses sending stories to Madamoiselle magazine. He talks about writing his new novel, and he says David McDowell showed him the dust jacket for it. He mentions seeing [Rosa] Dolly Wells, John Robinson, Brown Furlow, Dylan Thomas, and artists and writers from the Hartford Foundation and Yaddo artists. Includes envelope.

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  Letter from Mittie Horton Creekmore to Hubert Creekmore (29 April 1952)

  Mittie Horton Creekmore and Hubert Creekmore

  Mittie writes from Jackson, Mississippi, to Creekmore in New York City, regarding personal matters. Includes envelope.

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  Letter from Hubert Creekmore to Mittie Horton Creekmore (26 April 1952)

  Hubert Creekmore and Mittie Horton Creekmore

  Hubert writes from New York City to his mother in Jackson, Mississippi, regarding personal and professional matters. He asks his mother to send him some stories, particularly "Promised Land," "Madame Lizard's Ju-Ju," and anything from "The Chain in the Heart," for Madamoiselle magazine. David McDowell said that if Hubert finishes his book by the end of July, it can be published in January. He attended parties and dinners with David McDowell, Charles Criswell, William Inge, Rosa Dolly Wells, John Robinson, Maxwell Geismar, Lehman Engel, Ernest Jones, Margaret Marshall, and Donald Sheehan. Includes envelope.

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  Letter from Mittie Horton Creekmore to Hubert Creekmore (22 April 1952)

  Mittie Horton Creekmore and Hubert Creekmore

  Mittie writes from Jackson, Mississippi, to Creekmore in New York City, regarding personal matters. She mentions Hubert's writing, spring, and gardening. She states that Charlie's uncle committed suicide in Memphis, Tennessee. Includes envelope.

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  Letter from Mittie Horton Creekmore to Hubert Creekmore (16 April 1952)

  Mittie Horton Creekmore and Hubert Creekmore

  Mittie writes from Jackson, Mississippi, to Creekmore in New York City, regarding personal matters. She mentions paintings, Poetry Magazine, and an automobile accident. Includes envelope.

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  Letter from Hubert Creekmore to Mittie Horton Creekmore (15 April 1952)

  Hubert Creekmore and Mittie Horton Creekmore

  Hubert writes from New York City to his mother in Jackson, Mississippi, regarding personal and professional matters. He discusses a party for Ralph Ellison's new novel. He states that his editor, Seymour Krim, Robert Penn Warren, Mark Brandel, and others were in attendance. Hubert mentions that a woman asked if he knew Calvin Brown at the University of Mississippi. He also mentions John Valentine Schaffner, Perdita McPherson Schaffner, and Peter Lindamood. Includes envelope.

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  Letter from Hubert Creekmore to Mittie Horton Creekmore (09 April 1952)

  Hubert Creekmore and Mittie Horton Creekmore

  Hubert writes from New York City to his mother in Jackson, Mississippi, regarding personal and professional matters. He discusses John Valentine Schaffner's recent party, attended by harpsichorist Sylvia Marlow, the painter Leonide, poet-critic Lloyd Frankenberg, painter Loren MacIver, and others. He also attended a party for writer Frederic Prokosch. He attended another party hosted by Nation writer Ernest Jones and Nation editor Margaret Marshall and attended by novelist Isabel Bolton, Charles Scribner's Sons editor John Hall Wheelock. He discusses going to dinner with "two Japanese named Yashima" and Clifford Wright. He mentions Perdita McPherson Schaffner, Brown Furlow, and David Smythe. Hubert states that many of these people were at Yaddo artists' retreat. Includes envelope.

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  Letter from Mittie Horton Creekmore to Hubert Creekmore (04 April 1952)

  Mittie Horton Creekmore and Hubert Creekmore

  Mittie writes from Jackson, Mississippi, to Creekmore in New York City, regarding personal matters. Includes envelope.

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  Letter from Mittie Horton Creekmore to Hubert Creekmore (28 March 1952)

  Mittie Horton Creekmore and Hubert Creekmore

  Mittie writes from Jackson, Mississippi, to Creekmore in New York City, regarding personal matters. Includes envelope.

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  Letter from Hubert Creekmore to Mittie Horton Creekmore (21 March 1952)

  Hubert Creekmore and Mittie Horton Creekmore

  Hubert writes from Pacific Palisades, California, to his mother in Jackson, Mississippi, regarding his time at the Huntington Hartford Foundation colony. He tells his mother to expect a delivery with photographs from Clifford Wright and Kit Barker. Includes envelope.

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  Letter from Mittie Horton Creekmore to Hubert Creekmore (20 March 1952)

  Mittie Horton Creekmore and Hubert Creekmore

  Mittie writes from Jackson, Mississippi, to Creekmore in Pacific Palisades, California, regarding personal matters. She mentions Eudora Welty visiting Katherine Anne Porter. Includes envelope.

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  Letter from Hubert Creekmore to Mittie Horton Creekmore (15 March 1952)

  Hubert Creekmore and Mittie Horton Creekmore

  Hubert writes from Pacific Palisades, California, to his mother in Jackson, Mississippi, regarding his time at the Huntington Hartford Foundation colony. He mentions Walter Varney and Jay Clark. Includes envelope.

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  Letter from Mittie Horton Creekmore to Hubert Creekmore (11 March 1952)

  Mittie Horton Creekmore and Hubert Creekmore

  Mittie writes from Jackson, Mississippi, to Creekmore in Pacific Palisades, California, regarding personal matters. She mentions Katherine Anne Porter visiting Eudora Welty. Includes envelope.

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  Letter from Hubert Creekmore to Mittie Horton Creekmore (04 March 1952)

  Hubert Creekmore and Mittie Horton Creekmore

  Hubert writes from Pacific Palisades, California, to his mother in Jackson, Mississippi, regarding his time at the Huntington Hartford Foundation colony. He mentions Robert Nathan, Sheila Barrett, Dinah Shore, Robert Montgomery, and Frank Taylor. Includes envelope.

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  Letter from Mittie Horton Creekmore to Hubert Creekmore (01 March 1952)

  Mittie Horton Creekmore and Hubert Creekmore

  Mittie writes from Jackson, Mississippi, to Creekmore in Pacific Palisades, California, regarding personal matters. Includes envelope.

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  Letter from Hubert Creekmore to Mittie Horton Creekmore (24 February 1952)

  Hubert Creekmore and Mittie Horton Creekmore

  Hubert writes from Pacific Palisades, California, to his mother in Jackson, Mississippi, regarding his time at the Huntington Hartford Foundation colony. He mentions Huntington Hartford, John Hall Wheelock, and Charles Scribner's Sons. He discusses an article about the Huntington Hartford Foundation in Life Magazine. Includes envelope.

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  Letter from Mittie Horton Creekmore to Hubert Creekmore (16 February 1952)

  Mittie Horton Creekmore and Hubert Creekmore

  Mittie writes from Jackson, Mississippi, to Creekmore in Pacific Palisades, California, regarding personal matters. She mentions Huntington Hartford and Eudora Welty. Includes envelope.

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  Letter from Hubert Creekmore to Mittie Horton Creekmore (12 February 1952)

  Hubert Creekmore and Mittie Horton Creekmore

  Hubert writes from Pacific Palisades, California, to his mother in Jackson, Mississippi, regarding his time at the Huntington Hartford Foundation colony. He mentions James Laughlin, Selden Rodman, John Valentine Schaffner, Charles Scribner's Sons, Lucy [Herndon] Crockett, Evelyn Statsinger, Clifford Wright, and Arthur Lubin. He discusses an article about the Huntington Hartford Foundation in Life Magazine.

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  Letter from James Laughlin to Hubert Creekmore (07 February 1952)

  James Laughlin and Hubert Creekmore

  Laughlin writes from New York City on New Directions Publishing Corporation letterhead to Creekmore in Jackson, Mississippi. Laughlin provides comments on Creekmore's translations of Stéphane Mallarmé's poetry and of Mallarmé's remarks on Arthur Rimbaud.

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  Letter from Mittie Horton Creekmore to Hubert Creekmore (03 February 1952)

  Mittie Horton Creekmore and Hubert Creekmore

  Mittie writes from Jackson, Mississippi, to Creekmore in Pacific Palisades, California, regarding personal matters. Includes envelope.

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  Letter from Hubert Creekmore to Mittie Horton Creekmore (30 January 1952)

  Hubert Creekmore and Mittie Horton Creekmore

  Hubert writes from Pacific Palisades, California, to his mother in Jackson, Mississippi, regarding his time at the Huntington Hartford Foundation colony. He mentions Huntington Hartford, Clifford [Wright], and John Valentine Schaffner. He discusses an article about the Huntington Hartford Foundation in Life Magazine. Includes envelope.

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  Letter from Mittie Horton Creekmore to Hubert Creekmore (29 January 1952)

  Mittie Horton Creekmore and Hubert Creekmore

  Mittie writes from Jackson, Mississippi, to Creekmore in Pacific Palisades, California, regarding personal matters. Includes envelope.

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  Letter from Mittie Horton Creekmore to Hubert Creekmore (24 January 1952)

  Mittie Horton Creekmore and Hubert Creekmore

  Mittie writes from Jackson, Mississippi, to Creekmore in Pacific Palisades, California, regarding personal matters. Includes envelope.

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  Letter from Hubert Creekmore to Mittie Horton Creekmore (22 January 1952)

  Hubert Creekmore and Mittie Horton Creekmore

  Hubert writes from Pacific Palisades, California, to his mother in Jackson, Mississippi, regarding his time at the Huntington Hartford Foundation colony. He speaks about Martha O'Brien, Frank Taylor, James Agee, a sculptor named Goethe, a composer named Manichewsky, and James Laughlin. Includes envelope.

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  Letter from James Laughlin to Hubert Creekmore (18 January 1952)

  James Laughlin and Hubert Creekmore

  Laughlin writes from New York City on New Directions Publishing Corporation letterhead to Creekmore in Pacific Palisades, California. He thanks Creekmore for the letter of January 9, 1951, and the account of events at the Foundation. Laughlin thanks Creekmore for the Stéphane Mallarmé translations and for a list of books. He plans to be in Pasadena, California, during the week of February 4, 1951.

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  Letter from Mittie Horton Creekmore to Hubert Creekmore (15 January 1952)

  Mittie Horton Creekmore and Hubert Creekmore

  Mittie writes from Jackson, Mississippi, to Creekmore in Pacific Palisades, California, regarding personal matters. Includes envelope.

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  Letter from Hubert Creekmore to Mittie Horton Creekmore (14 January 1952)

  Hubert Creekmore and Mittie Horton Creekmore

  Hubert writes from Pacific Palisades, California, to his mother in Jackson, Mississippi, regarding his time at the Huntington Hartford Foundation colony. He speaks about Huntington Hartford, Weldon Kees, and John Valentine Schaffner. Includes envelope.

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  Letter from R. L. Beck to Hubert Creekmore (14 January 1952)

  R. L. Beck and Hubert Creekmore

  Beck writes from New York City on Gourmet Magazine letterhead to Creekmore in Jackson, Mississippi. He thanks Creekmore for informing Gourmet Magazine about tomato wine and suggests the possibility of printing Creekmore's recipe in a future issue of "Sugar and Spice."

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  Letter from Hubert Creekmore to Mittie Horton Creekmore (09 January 1952)

  Hubert Creekmore and Mittie Horton Creekmore

  Hubert writes from Pacific Palisades, California, to his mother in Jackson, Mississippi, regarding his time at the Huntington Hartford Foundation colony. He speaks about Huntington Hartford, Bart Leiper, Frank Taylor, and James Agee. Includes envelope.

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  Letter from Mittie Horton Creekmore to Hubert Creekmore (09 January 1952)

  Mittie Horton Creekmore and Hubert Creekmore

  Mittie writes from Jackson, Mississippi, to Creekmore in Pacific Palisades, California, regarding personal matters. Includes envelope.

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  Letter from Mittie Horton Creekmore to Hubert Creekmore (05 January 1952)

  Mittie Horton Creekmore and Hubert Creekmore

  Mittie writes from Jackson, Mississippi, to Creekmore in Pacific Palisades, California, regarding personal matters. Includes envelope.

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  Letter from Hubert Creekmore to Mittie Horton Creekmore (04 January 1952)

  Hubert Creekmore and Mittie Horton Creekmore

  Hubert writes from Pacific Palisades, California, to his mother in Jackson, Mississippi, regarding his time at the Huntington Hartford Foundation colony. He discusses his recent trip to New Orleans, Louisiana, where he saw Speed Lamkin and spoke to Tennessee Williams. Includes envelope.

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  Postcard from [James Laughlin] to Hubert Creekmore (14 December 1951)

  James Laughlin and Hubert Creekmore

  Laughlin writes to Creekmore to discuss permissions for the Stéphane Mallarmé translation anthology. He suggests that Wallace Fowlie may have advice, and he states that Éditions Gallimard may own some of the rights.

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  Letter from Hubert Creekmore to Mittie Horton Creekmore (13 December 1951)

  Hubert Creekmore and Mittie Horton Creekmore

  Hubert writes from Pacific Palisades, California, to his mother in Jackson, Mississippi, regarding his time at the Huntington Hartford Foundation colony. He discusses his upcoming visit to Jackson. Includes envelope.