Hubert Creekmore Collection | General Special Collections

Born in Water Valley, Mississippi, Hiram Hubert Creekmore (1907-1966), gained notoriety as an author, poet, translator, editor, and literary critic. He spent much of his adult life in New York City, with sporadic moves back to Mississippi. His novels drew largely upon his early life in the Southern United States and often criticized the region’s history of racial discrimination. In addition, as a gay man living in the South, Creekmore faced what scholar Courtney Chartier described as the “forced heterosexuality” of the area, which is also reflected in his work

Read more about Hubert Creekmore's life as a writer, editor, translator, and literary critic.

The Creekmore Collection, donated by Mary Alice Welty White and Elizabeth Welty Thompson in 2010 and subsequently by Cynthia Walker Kennedy, is arranged into three series:1. professional/personal correspondence; 2. family correspondence; 3. ephemera (including a large collection of theatre programs collected by Creekmore).

This digital collection was made possible through the generous support of the Creekmore family. Additional physical items may be consulted on-site in the Department of Archives and Special Collections (archivesdept@olemiss.edu).

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Letter from Mittie Horton Creekmore to Hubert Creekmore (20 May 1951)

Mittie Horton Creekmore and Hubert Creekmore

Mittie writes from Jackson, Mississippi, to Creekmore in Saratoga Springs, New York, regarding personal matters. Includes envelope.
Letter from Mittie Horton Creekmore to Hubert Creekmore (17 May 1951)

Mittie Horton Creekmore and Hubert Creekmore

Mittie writes from Jackson, Mississippi, to Creekmore in Saratoga Springs, New York, regarding personal matters. She mentions Lehman Engel. Includes envelope.
Letter from James Laughlin to Hubert Creekmore (15 May 1951)

James Laughlin and Hubert Creekmore

Laughlin writes from New York City on New Directions Publishing Corporation letterhead to Creekmore in Jackson, Mississippi, to congratulate Creekmore on signing a book publishing contract with Random House, Inc.. He also discusses various forthcoming translations by Creekmore. Includes envelope.
Letter from Mittie Horton Creekmore to Hubert Creekmore (11 May 1951)

Mittie Horton Creekmore and Hubert Creekmore

Mittie writes from Jackson, Mississippi, to Creekmore in Saratoga Springs, New York, regarding personal matters. She mentions Lehman Engel. Includes envelope.
Telegram from Elizabeth Bowen to Hubert Creekmore (11 May 1951)

Elizabeth Bowen and Hubert Creekmore

Bowen sends a telegram from New York City to Creekmore at Yaddo artists' retreat in Saratoga Springs, New York, to note that she received notice of Creekmore's change of address. Includes envelope.
Letter from Hubert Creekmore to Mittie Horton Creekmore (09 May 1951)

Hubert Creekmore and Mittie Horton Creekmore

Hubert writes from Saratoga Springs, New York, to his mother in Jackson, Mississippi, regarding personal and professional matters. He describes the housing at Yaddo artists' retreat. He will be sharing a bathroom with Mitsu Yashima, and he attended a party thrown by Marie Menken. He mentions Malcolm Cowley, Elizabeth Bowman, and Eudora Welty. Includes envelope.
Letter from Jack[...] to Hubert Creekmore. (08 May 1951)

Jack and Hubert Creekmore

Jack[…] writes to Creekmore in Jackson, Mississippi, regarding the Bollingen Foundation's ability to pay for translations of Paul Valery, Stéphane Mallarmé, and Arthur Rimbaud. The letter is damaged.
Letter from Mittie Horton Creekmore to Hubert Creekmore (08 May 1951)

Mittie Horton Creekmore and Hubert Creekmore

Mittie writes from Jackson, Mississippi, to Creekmore in Saratoga Springs, New York, regarding personal matters. She mentions Eudora Welty. Includes envelope.
Letter from Hubert Creekmore to Mittie Horton Creekmore (05 May 1951)

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 that John [Valentine Schaffner?] hosted, with a number of publishers and authors in attendance: [Margarita G. Smith], Mary Lou Aswell, the Weybrights, Shelby Foote, Theodore "Ted" Purdy, Theodore "Ted" Rearick, and [Robert K.?] Haas. He saw Tennessee Williams, and attended a party at Carp Batchelder's place. He visited the offices at Charles Scribner's Sons and New Directions Publishing Corporation. He states that he's heading to Yaddo artists' retreat the next day.
Letter from Lucy [Herndon Crockett?] to Hubert Creekmore (undated)

Lucy Herndon Crockett and Hubert Creekmore

Lucy writes from Mexico City, Mexico, to discuss her recent writings, Creekmore's recent novel, and reading Arthur Rimbaud.
Theater de Lys pamphlet (May 1951)

Theater de Lys and Hubert Creekmore

Theater de Lys is located in New York City and the pamphlet was sent to Creekmore in Jackson, Mississippi. The pamphlet details upcoming performances for May of 1953.
Letter from Gerard Previn Meyer to Hubert Creekmore (25 April 1951)

Gerard Previn Meyer and Hubert Creekmore

Meyer writes from Greenvale, Long Island, to Creekmore in Jackson, Mississippi. He discusses translations that he plans to give Creekmore for his anthology. He mentions Oscar Williams, Justin O'Brien, Arthur Rimbaud, Paul Verlaine, Rainer Maria Rilke, and Guillaume Apollinaire.
Telegram from John to Hubert Creekmore (24 April 1951)

John and Hubert Creekmore

John writes from New York City to inform and congratulate Creekmore that Chain in the Heart will be published by Random House, Inc..
Letter from Marchgaret Marchshall to Hubert Creekmore (13 April 1951)

Margaret Marshall and Hubert Creekmore

Marshall writes from The Nation magazine in New York City to Creekmore in Jackson, Mississippi, to ask if Creekmore would like to review Gleb Struve's "Soviet Russian Literature, 1917-1950" and Juri Jelagin's "Taming of the Arts." Includes envelope
Letter from David Ignatow to Hubert Creekmore (10 April 1951)

David Ignatow and Hubert Creekmore

Ignatow states that Creekmore's translations were forwarded to the Beloit Poetry Journal, based out of Beloit College in Beloit, Wisconsin.
Letter from Howard G. to Hubert Creekmore (09 April 1951)

Howard G. and Hubert Creekmore

Howard G. is an editor at The New Yorker in New York City. He writes to Creekmore in Jackson, Mississippi, to inform Creekmore that The New Yorker will not publish the translations of Guido Cavalcanti's poetry. The New Yorker is interested in publishing Creekmore's original poetry. Includes envelope.
Letter from Herbert to Hubert Creekmore (07 April 1951)

Herbert and Hubert Creekmore

Herbert writes from Sutton Courtenay, Abingdon, United Kingdom, to acknowledge receipt of the Ezra Pound bibliography. He sent the Stéphane Mallarmé translation to David Ignatow at Beloit Poetry Journal.
Letter from David McDowell to Hubert Creekmore (04 April 1951)

David McDowell and Hubert Creekmore

McDowell writes on Random House, Inc. letterhead from New York City to Creekmore in Jackson, Mississippi. He asks various questions about a novel that Creekmore is writing. Includes envelope.
Letter from Elizabeth [Ames] to Hubert Creekmore (30 March 1951)

Elizabeth Ames and Hubert Creekmore

Elizabeth [Ames] writes from the Yaddo artists' retreat in Saratoga Springs, New York, to Creekmore in Jackson, Mississippi. She informs Creekmore that he has been selected by the Committee on Admissions to stay at Yaddo between May and July 1951. Includes envelope.
Letter from Perdita [McPherson Schaffner?] to Hubert Creekmore (27 March 1951)

Perdita McPherson Schaffner and Hubert Creekmore

Perdita writes from New York City to Creekmore in Jackson, Mississippi, to thank Hubert for wine glasses and to discuss the times she used them. Includes envelope.
Letter from Gerard Previn Meyer to Hubert Creekmore (21 March 1951)

Gerard Previn Meyer and Hubert Creekmore

Meyer writes from Greenvale, Long Island, to Creekmore in Jackson, Mississippi. He includes a translation of Arthur Rimbaud's "Le Bateau Ivre," which appeared in Wake, and his own translation of the poem. He also offers to translate other poems by Rimbaud for an anthology Creekmore is editing. Includes envelope.
Letter from Hubert Creekmore to Mittie Horton Creekmore (11 March 1951)

Hubert Creekmore and Mittie Horton Creekmore

Hubert writes from New York City to his mother in Jackson, Mississippi, regarding personal and professional matters. He states that Mary Lou Aswell had a party for Eudora Welty. Lehman Engel took Hubert and Eudora to dinner. Hubert mentions dinner with Diana Trilling. Francis Robinson gave him a ticket to see the opera Die Fledermaus, and he had lunch with his Yaddo artists' retreat friends, Kit and Ilse Barker and Bob Evitt. He went to a poetry reading with Edith and Sir Osbert Sitwell, E. E. Cummings, W. H. Auden, W. C. [William Carlos] Williams, Archibald MacLeish, and Marianne Moore and spent time with Theodore "Ted" Roethke afterward.
Letter from Mittie Horton Creekmore to Hubert Creekmore (11 March 1951)

Mittie Horton Creekmore and Hubert Creekmore

Mittie writes from Jackson, Mississippi, to Creekmore in New York City, regarding personal matters. Includes envelope.
Letter from Hubert Creekmore to Mittie Horton Creekmore (07 March 1951)

Hubert Creekmore and Mittie Horton Creekmore

Hubert writes from New York City to his mother in Jackson, Mississippi, regarding personal and professional matters. He states that Eudora Welty arrived in New York and saw Bell, Book, and Candle. He plans to have dinner with Lehman Engel. He has a meeting with John [Valentine Schaffner?] and Sam [Samuel Rapport?] of Appleton-Century-Croft, Inc. He mentions James Laughlin, Oscar Williams, Francis Robinson at the Metropolitan Opera, Bennett Cerf at Random House, and Charles Scribner's Sons. Includes envelope.
Letter from Mittie Horton Creekmore to Hubert Creekmore (05 March 1951)

Mittie Horton Creekmore and Hubert Creekmore

Mittie writes from Jackson, Mississippi, to Creekmore in New York City, regarding personal matters. Includes envelope.
Letter from Hubert Creekmore to Mittie Horton Creekmore (03 March 1951)

Hubert Creekmore and Mittie Horton Creekmore

Hubert writes from New York City to his mother in Jackson, Mississippi, regarding personal and professional matters. He states that Eudora Welty arrived in New York and they plan to see Bell, Book, and Candle. He plans to have dinner with Lehman Engel. He has a meeting with John [Valentine Schaffner?] and Sam [Samuel Rapport?] of Appleton-Century-Croft, Inc. He mentions James Laughlin, Oscar Williams, Francis Robinson at the Metropolitan Opera, Bennett Cerf at Random House, and Charles Scribner's Sons. Includes envelope.
Letter from Hubert Creekmore to Mittie Horton Creekmore (28 February 1951)

Hubert Creekmore and Mittie Horton Creekmore

Hubert writes from New York City to his mother in Jackson, Mississippi, regarding personal matters and a juvenile book on the Natchez Trace for Random House, Inc. Includes envelope.
Letter from Mittie Horton Creekmore to Hubert Creekmore (28 February 1951)

Mittie Horton Creekmore and Hubert Creekmore

Mittie Horton Creekmore writes from Jackson, Mississippi to her son, Hubert, in New York City, regarding personal matters, including: illness in the family and her care of the sick; missing Hubert, as well as other local news. Includes envelope.
Letter from Hubert Creekmore to Mittie Horton Creekmore (24 February 1951)

Hubert Creekmore and Mittie Horton Creekmore

Hubert writes from New York City to his mother regarding a lunch with David McDowell in which they discussed publishing a novel and a story book on the Natchez Trace Parkway. He also mentions his editor at Charles Scribner's Sons; Samuel Rapport of Appleton-Century-Croft, Inc.; John [Valentine Schaffner?]; Theodore "Ted" Purdy; Ted Rearick; and Lehman Engel.
Letter from Marchy Lu to Mittie [Horton Creekmore?] (24 February 1951)

Mary Lu and Mittie Horton Creekmore

Mary Lu writes from Bristow, Oklahoma, to Mittie regarding personal matters.
Letter from Mittie Horton Creekmore to Hubert Creekmore (23 February 1951)

Mittie Horton Creekmore and Hubert Creekmore

Mittie writes from Jackson, Mississippi, to Creekmore in New York City, regarding personal matters. Includes envelope.
Card from Lucy Herndon Crockett to Hubert Creekmore (12 February 1951)

Lucy Herndon Crockett

Crockett writes from Seven Mile Ford, Virginia, to Creekmore in Jackson, Mississippi, to let him know that she is going to Washington in a week to stay with her brother, Colonel Allan A. Crockett.
Letter from Frank K. Dunn to Mittie Horton Creekmore (24 January 1951)

Frank K. Dunn and Mittie Horton Creekmore

Minister Frank K. Dunn writes from Jacksonville, Florida, on First Christian Church letterhead to express condolences to his cousin Mittie on the death of her husband and Hubert Creekmore's father, Hiram Hubert Creekmore.
Letter from Lehman Engel to Hubert Creekmore (29 December 1950)

Lehman Engel and Hubert Creekmore

Engel writes from New York regarding the passing of Creekmore's father and sends condolences. Includes envelope.
Card from Kit and Ilse Barker to Hubert Creekmore (18 December 1950)

Kit Barker, Ilse Barker, and Hubert Creekmore

The Barkers send Creekmore a Christmas card and a flyer about Kit's gallery opening in New York City. Includes envelope.
Card from Connie to Hubert Creekmore (16 December 1950)

Connie and Hubert Creekmore

Christmas card written by Connie in Hamden, Connecticut, to Hubert Creekmore in Jackson, Mississippi, regarding Creekmore's translations. Includes envelope.
Letter from James Laughlin to Hubert Creekmore (05 December 1950)

James Laughlin and Hubert Creekmore

Laughlin writes from New York City on New Directions Publishing Corporation letterhead to Creekmore in Jackson, Mississippi, to respond to Creekmore's letter of November 27, 1950. Laughlin discusses the permissions and copyrights for Creekmore's book, Treasury of Translations. He also discusses Chicago banning of Maude Hutchins's book A Diary of Love. Includes envelope.
Letter from Howard E. Hugo to Hubert Creekmore (01 December 1950)

Howard E. Hugo and Hubert Creekmore

Hugo writes from Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, to Creekmore about the anthology Creekmore is compiling and translating.
Letter from Jose V to Hubert Creekmore (21 November 1950)

Jose V. and Hubert Creekmore

Letter written in Forest Hills, Long Island, New York, regarding the poem, "Gazelle of Unforeseen Love." The author updates Creekmore on a variety of personal and professional matters.
Letter from Constance Campbell to Hubert Creekmore (17 November 1950)

Constance Campbell and Hubert Creekmore

Campbell writes from New York City on Appleton-Century-Crofts, Inc. letterhead to Creekmore in Iowa City, Iowa, to inform him that sales of The Fingers of Night no longer meet the requirements to continue publication. Includes envelope.
Letter from Harold Vinal to Hubert Creekmore (15 November 1950)

Harold Vinal and Hubert Creekmore

Vinal, editor of Voices: A Journal in Poetry, writes from New York City to Creekmore to express sadness that Creekmore has no original poems available for publication.
Letter from Samuel Rapport to Hubert Creekmore (13 November 1950)

Samuel Rapport and Hubert Creekmore

Rapport writes from New York City on Appleton-Century-Crofts, Inc. letterhead to Creekmore in Jackson, Mississippi, regarding royalties and payments. Includes envelope.
Letter from Brown to Hubert Creekmore (08 November 1950)

Brown

Brown writes from Brookhaven, Mississippi, to Creekmore in Jackson, Mississippi, regarding tickets for the London Philharmonic Orchestra. Includes envelope.
Letter from Samuel Rapport to Hubert Creekmore (31 October 1950)

Samuel Rapport and Hubert Creekmore

Rapport writes from New York City on Appleton-Century-Crofts, Inc. letterhead to Creekmore in Jackson, Mississippi, regarding the royalties of the Bantam edition of The Fingers of Night. The letter included two checks and states that he spoke with John Valentine Schaffner.
Letter from Samuel Rapport to Hubert Creekmore (03 October 1950)

Samuel Rapport and Hubert Creekmore

Rapport writes from New York City on Appleton-Century-Crofts, Inc. letterhead to Creekmore in Jackson, Mississippi, regarding the advertising and promotion of The Welcome. He also discusses a matter of payment in England, Appleton's rejection of an outline, and the possibility of publishing a book of poetry and short stories. Includes envelope.
Letter from Kenneth Rexroth to Hubert Creekmore (02 October 1950)

Kenneth Rexroth and Hubert Creekmore

Rexroth writes from San Francisco, California, to Creekmore in Jackson, Mississippi. He includes a number of poems and folk songs with annotations. Includes envelope.
Letter from Alexander Stoller to Hubert Creekmore (06 September 1950)

Alexander Stoller and Hubert Creekmore

Stoller writes from New York City on Argent Galleries letterhead to Creekmore in Jackson, Mississippi, regarding Creekmore's writing. Stoller also relays Virgil Thompson's evaluation, and he discusses Audrey Wood. Includes envelope.
Letter from Seymour Lawrence to Hubert Creekmore (23 August 1950)

Seymour Lawrence and Hubert Creekmore

Lawrence writes from New York City to Creekmore in Jackson, Mississippi, to thank Creekmore for submitting the Stéphane Mallarmé and Symphonie Litteraire to Wake: The Creative Magazine.

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