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 W. Alton Bryant to Hubert Creekmore (18 August 1950)

W. Alton Bryant and Hubert Creekmore

Bryant, Chair of the University of Mississippi Department of English, writes from University, Mississippi, to Creekmore in Jackson, Mississippi. Bryant states that he would like Creekmore to be able to teach courses at the university, but the department does not have the budget for additional courses. Includes envelope.
Letter from Ella [Vasser Bishop?] to Hubert Creekmore (13 August 1950)

Ella Vasser Bishop and Hubert Creekmore

Ella writes from Oxford, Mississippi, to Creekmore in Jackson, Mississippi, regarding news that Elizabeth Spencer gave her about Creekmore wanting to work at the University of Mississippi. Ella says that she spoke with Alton Bryant, chair of the Department of English, about the possibility for Creekmore to teach in the department. Bryant said he only had the ability to hire someone to teach freshman English, but Ella recommends that Creekmore writes to Bryant anyway to discuss the matter and suggests that he visit Oxford to see Pete Kyle McCarter. She sends her regards to Eudora Welty. Includes envelope.
Letter from Dudley R. Hutcherson to Hubert Creekmore (09 August 1950)

Dudley R. Hutcherson and Hubert Creekmore

Hutcherson is Dean of the Graduate School at the University of Mississippi. He acknowledges receipt of Creekmore's letter inquiring about teaching in the Department of English and states that he forwarded it to W. Alton Bryant, chair of the Department of English. Includes envelope.
Letter from Audrey Wood to Hubert Creekmore (02 August 1950)

Audrey Wood and Hubert Creekmore

Wood writes from New York City on Liebling-Wood Authors' and Actors' Representatives letterhead. She writes to Creekmore in Jackson, Mississippi, about Mr. Stoller working with Creekmore to adapt one of Creekmore's stories for the theatre, perhaps Cotton Country. Includes envelope.
Letter from Clarence Alva Powell to Hubert Creekmore (02 August 1950)

Clarence Alva Powell and Hubert Creekmore

Powell writes from Dearborn, Michigan, to Creekmore in Iowa City, Iowa, regarding Creekmore's translation anthology. He discusses a translation of Charles Baudelaire's "The Venal Muse" and his own poem, "The Rose Garden."
Letter from Lehman Engel to Hubert Creekmore (19 July 1950)

Lehman Engel and Hubert Creekmore

Engel writes from the Melrose Hotel in Dallas, Texas, regarding Creekmore's recent return to Jackson, [Mississippi?] and regarding Engel's summer in Dallas. Engel mentions running the musicals Brigadoon, High Button Shoes, Maytime, Roberta, Desert Song, Annie Get Your Gun, a show by Harold Rome for Herman Levin. Columbia Records will have Engel record four albums: Anything Goes and The Band Wagon with Mary Martin, Pal Joey with Vivienne Segal, and an undecided album. He discusses a visit from his parents, Aunt Gussie, and Uncle Isy. Creekmore has connected with theatrical and literary agent Audrey Wood. Includes envelope
Letter from Audrey Wood to Hubert Creekmore (07 July 1950)

Audrey Wood and Hubert Creekmore

Wood writes from New York City on Liebling-Wood Authors' and Actors' Representatives letterhead She writes to Creekmore in Jackson, Mississippi, to say that she does not believe that The Welcome is an easy novel to turn into a play. Includes envelope.
Letter from Samuel Rapport to Hubert Creekmore (07 July 1950)

Samuel Rapport and Hubert Creekmore

Rapport writes from New York City on Appleton-Century-Crofts, Inc. letterhead to Creekmore in Jackson, Mississippi, regarding two copies of The Fingers of Night which is now entitled Cotton Country. Includes envelope.
Letter from Mittie Horton Creekmore to Hubert Creekmore (26 June 1950)

Mittie Horton Creekmore and Hubert Creekmore

Mittie writes from Jackson, Mississippi, to Creekmore in New York City, regarding personal matters. Includes envelope.
Letter from The Nation magazine to Hubert Creekmore (24 June 1950)

The Nation and Hubert Creekmore

Letter describes payment Creekmore received for Patterns in Russian Literature.
Letter from Hiram Hubert Creekmore to Hubert Creekmore (14 June 1950)

Hiram Hubert Creekmore and Hubert Creekmore

Hiram writes on Creekmore and Creekmore Attorneys at Law letterhead from Jackson, Mississippi, to Creekmore at Yaddo artists' retreat in Saratoga Springs, New York, regarding personal matters. Includes envelope.
Letter from Herbert M. Howe to Hubert Creekmore (12 June 1950)

Herbert M. Howe and Hubert Creekmore

Howe writes from the University of Wisconsin in Madison, Wisconsin, to Creekmore in Jackson, Mississippi, asking Creekmore to contribute translations of Ovid for the Anthology of Classics in Translation that the Department of Classics was publishing. Includes envelope.
Letter from Mittie Horton Creekmore to Hubert Creekmore (12 June 1950)

Mittie Horton Creekmore and Hubert Creekmore

Mittie writes from Jackson, Mississippi, to Creekmore at Yaddo artists' retreat in Saratoga Springs, New York, regarding personal matters. Includes envelope.
Letter from Hiram Hubert Creekmore to Hubert Creekmore (05 June 1950)

Hiram Hubert Creekmore and Hubert Creekmore

Hiram writes on Creekmore and Creekmore Attorneys at Law letterhead from Jackson, Mississippi, to Creekmore at Yaddo artists' retreat in Saratoga Springs, New York, regarding personal matters. He encloses an article titled, "Miss Quote." Includes envelope.
Letter from Lawrence Clark Powell to Hubert Creekmore (29 May 1950)

Lawrence Clark Powell and Hubert Creekmore

Powell is a librarian at the University of California Los Angeles Library. He writes to Creekmore in Saratoga Springs, New York, asking for a copy of "No Harm to Lovers." Includes envelope.
Letter from Mittie Horton Creekmore to Hubert Creekmore (28 May 1950)

Mittie Horton Creekmore and Hubert Creekmore

Mittie writes from Jackson, Mississippi, to Creekmore at Yaddo artists' retreat in Saratoga Springs, New York, regarding personal matters. Includes envelope.
Letter from Terence Heywood (23 May 1950)

Terence Heywood and Hubert Creekmore

Heywood writes from Sussex, England, to suggest poems for a translated anthology.
Letter from Hiram Hubert Creekmore to Hubert Creekmore (22 May 1950)

Hiram Hubert Creekmore and Hubert Creekmore

Hiram writes on Creekmore and Creekmore Attorneys at Law letterhead from Jackson, Mississippi, to Creekmore at Yaddo artists' retreat in Saratoga Springs, New York, regarding personal matters. Includes envelope.
Letter from Lehman Engel to Hubert Creekmore (17 May 1950)

Lehman Engel and Hubert Creekmore

Engel writes from New York regarding his plans to leave for Dallas for the opening of 'The Liar' and his recent recording of 'The Consul' for Decca Records. He recently spoke with Mary Martin about a Columbia Record series to be recorded in Dallas. He mentions Gail Kubik. Includes envelope.
Letter from Mittie Horton Creekmore to Hubert Creekmore (15 May 1950)

Mittie Horton Creekmore and Hubert Creekmore

Mittie writes from Jackson, Mississippi, to Creekmore at Yaddo artists' retreat in Saratoga Springs, New York, regarding personal matters. Includes envelope.
Letter from Richard Olney to Hubert Creekmore (12 May 1950)

Richard Olney and Hubert Creekmore

Olney writes from New York City to Creekmore in Saratoga Springs, New York, to discuss applying for residence at Yaddo artists' retreat in the fall. He discusses plans for the remainder of the summer, mentioning a number of family and friends. Includes envelope.
Letter from Hiram Hubert Creekmore to Hubert Creekmore (08 May 1950)

Hiram Hubert Creekmore and Hubert Creekmore

Hiram writes on Creekmore and Creekmore Attorneys at Law letterhead from Jackson, Mississippi, to Creekmore at Yaddo artists' retreat in Saratoga Springs, New York, to enclose a letter from the New York Times Book Review. Includes envelope.
Letter from Mittie Horton Creekmore to Hubert Creekmore (06 May 1950)

Mittie Horton Creekmore and Hubert Creekmore

Mittie writes from Jackson, Mississippi, to Creekmore at Yaddo artists' retreat in Saratoga Springs, New York, regarding personal matters and the arrival of a book from New Directions Publishing Corporation. Includes envelope.
Letter from Hiram Hubert Creekmore to Hubert Creekmore (03 May 1950)

Hiram Hubert Creekmore and Hubert Creekmore

Hiram writes on Creekmore and Creekmore Attorneys at Law letterhead from Jackson, Mississippi, to Creekmore at Yaddo artists' retreat in Saratoga Springs, New York, regarding Creekmore's contracts with Appleton-Century-Crofts, Inc. He mentions John Valentine Schaffner. Includes envelope.
Letter from Hiram Hubert Creekmore to John Valentine Schaffner (03 May 1950)

Hiram Hubert Creekmore and John Valentine Schaffner

Hiram Creekmore writes on behalf of Hubert Creekmore to Schaffner in New York City. He includes a contract between Creekmore and Appleton-Century-Crofts, Inc.
Letter from Mittie Horton Creekmore to Hubert Creekmore (19 April 1950)

Mittie Horton Creekmore and Hubert Creekmore

Mittie writes from Jackson, Mississippi, regarding personal matters.
Letter from Francis Brown to Hubert Creekmore (11 April 1950)

Francis Brown and Hubert Creekmore

Brown is the book review editor at the New York Times Book Review. He writes to Creekmore to suggest edits for Creekmore's review of Donald Windham's novel. Includes envelope.
Postcard from Eudora Welty to Hubert Creekmore (27 February 1950)

Eudora Welty and Hubert Creekmore

Welty writes to Creekmore in Jackson, Mississippi, to ask Creekmore to translate the French writing on the front of the postcard, which depicts a church and a pastoral scene.
"Ageing Man" poem (15 February 1950)

Author Unknown

Typed poem with "Hubert" and "Columbus" inscribed in handwriting, along with other notes on the poem.
Letter from Hubert Creekmore to Hiram Hubert and Mittie Horton Creekmore (29 July 1949)

Hubert Creekmore, Hiram Hubert Creekmore, and Mittie Horton Creekmore

Creekmore writes to his parents regarding personal matters and a poetry anthology.
Letter from Marchgaret Marchshall to Hubert Creekmore (24 June 1949)

Margaret Marshall and Hubert Creekmore

Marshall writes from The Nation magazine in New York City to see if Creekmore is interested in reviewing Avrahm Yarmolinsky's anthology.
Letter from Theodore "Ted" M. Purdy to Hubert Creekmore (10 June 1949)

Theodore "Ted" M. Purdy and Hubert Creekmore

Purdy writes from Appleton-Century-Crofts, Inc. in New York City to Creekmore in Jackson, Mississippi. Purdy discusses publishing and writing business, and he discusses Creekmore's books, "The Welcome" and "The Fingers of Night." Includes envelope.
Letter from Marchtin S. Allwood to Hubert Creekmore (06 June 1949)

Martin S. Allwood and Hubert Creekmore

Allwood writes from Hobart and William Smith Colleges in a document titled, "Outline of An International College in Sweden." He discusses the founding of the Marston Hill Intercultural Center for Quality of Life and the Anglo-American Center there by founders Charles S. Allwood and C. S. Fearenside. Allwood discusses the summer school for Anglo-American students and explains the finances and resources that the school needs. Includes envelope.
Letter from Hubert Creekmore to Hiram Hubert and Mittie Horton Creekmore (04 May 1949)

Hubert Creekmore, Hiram Hubert Creekmore, and Mittie Horton Creekmore

Creekmore writes from Iowa City, Iowa, to his parents in Jackson, Mississippi, regarding personal news. Includes envelope.
Letter from Hubert Creekmore to Hiram Hubert and Mittie Horton Creekmore (23 April 1949)

Hubert Creekmore, Hiram Hubert Creekmore, and Mittie Horton Creekmore

Creekmore writes from Iowa City, Iowa, regarding personal news and his recent social events. He mentions Madeleine Carroll, Libby Holman, William Eythe, Leo Lerman, Lehman Engel, Harold Rome, Paul Draper, Sam Jaffee, Joanna Roos, Norris Houghton, Paula Baine, John Valentine Schaffner, Bob Lowry, Ted Purdy, Francis Robinson, Peter Smith, Mike Martin, Paul Griffith, and others. He saw Robert Frost speak at a lecture.
Card from Lucy Herndon Crockett to Hubert Creekmore (16 April 1949)

Lucy Herndon Crockett

Lucy writes from Dallas, Texas, to Creekmore in Iowa City, Iowa. She asks Creekmore to visit on his way to or from home in Jackson, Mississippi. Includes envelope.
Letter from Witter Byner to Hubert Creekmore (08 March 1949)

Witter Byner and Hubert Creekmore

Byner writes from Chapala, Jalisco, Mexico, to Creekmore in Iowa City, Iowa, to praise Creekmore for two poems that recently appeared in Poetry magazine. Includes envelope.
Letter from Hubert Creekmore to Hiram Hubert and Mittie Horton Creekmore (05 March 1949)

Hubert Creekmore, Hiram Hubert Creekmore, and Mittie Horton Creekmore

Creekmore writes from Iowa City, Iowa, regarding personal news.
Letter from Richard Bergen to Hubert Creekmore (March 1949)

Richard Bergen and Hubert Creekmore

Bergen writes from New York City to discuss Creekmore's writings, Andre Gide, Mae West's article on Alfred Kinsey in Cosmopolitan Magazine. Bergen references Harlan Cozad McIntosh, T. S. Eliot, Gore Vidal, and Truman Capote. He asks Creekmore to write about race in the South.
Letter from Richard Bergen to Hubert Creekmore (March 1949)

Richard Bergen and Hubert Creekmore

Bergen writes from New York City to ask if Creekmore received the novel that Bergen sent him.
Letter from Betty Walker to Hubert Creekmore (28 February 1949)

Betty Walker and Hubert Creekmore

Betty writes on behalf of herself and Samuel A. Walker, Jr. in Panama City Beach, Florida, to Creekmore in Iowa City, Iowa. Walker states that she and Samuel want to thank Creekmore for the gift, and she enjoyed reading Creekmore's work. Includes envelope.
Letter from Richard Bergen to Hubert Creekmore (01 February 1949)

Richard Bergen and Hubert Creekmore

Bergen writes from New York City to tell Creekmore that his novel, The Welcome, was an enjoyable read. He suggests that Creekmore send a copy to Andre Gide for review, and he asks if Creekmore has read Harlan Cozad McIntosh's "This Finer Shadow."
Letter from Charles D. Abbott to Hubert Creekmore (20 January 1949)

Charles D. Abbott and Hubert Creekmore

Abbott writes from the University of Buffalo's Lockwood Memorial Library in Buffalo, New York to Creekmore in Iowa City, Iowa. He asks Creekmore to deposit any and all drafts of "The Welcome" at the library for preservation. Includes envelope.
Postcard to Hubert Creekmore (01 January 1949)

Author Unknown and Hubert Creekmore

The postcard, written in French and sent from France, was sent to Creekmore in Iowa City, Iowa.
Card from JoSeptemberh Donnelly to Hubert Creekmore (27 December 1948)

Joseph Donnelly and Hubert Creekmore

Mayor Joseph Donnelly of Fort Thomas, Kentucky, sends a Christmas card to Creekmore in Iowa City, Iowa. Donnelly praises Creekmore for "The Welcome." Includes envelope.
Letter from Edward Naumburg, Jr. to Hubert Creekmore (07 December 1948)

Edward Naumburg Jr. and Hubert Creekmore

Naumburg writes from New York City to praise Creekmore for "The Welcome," "Fingers of the Night," and other writings. Creekmore receives the letter in Iowa City, Iowa. Includes envelope.
Letter from Hubert Creekmore to Mittie Elizabeth Creekmore Welty (05 November 1948)

Hubert Creekmore and Mittie Elizabeth Creekmore Welty

Creekmore writes from Iowa City, Iowa, regarding personal news and recent reviews of his book in the New Yorker and the Chicago Tribune. He mentions Eudora Welty.
Letter from Hubert Creekmore to Hiram Hubert and Mittie Horton Creekmore (27 May 1948)

Hubert Creekmore, Hiram Hubert Creekmore, and Mittie Horton Creekmore

Hubert writes from New York City on New Directions Publishing Corporation letterhead to his parents in Jackson, Mississippi, regarding Willard Maas's recent party, which Oscar Williams, Paul Goodman, Ruth Stephan, Mary McCarthy, Alex Stammos, and Earl Murphy attended. Hubert also attended painter Glenn Collins's party and poet-translator Walter McElroy's party. He cancelled his poetry reading for the Poetry Society of America and instead will have dinner with John Slocum and the Joyce Society. He saw Beatrice Lillie in "Inside USA." His agent, John Valentine Schaffner, spoke with Theodore "Ted" M. Purdy about Appleton-Century-Crofts, Inc.'s plans for "The Welcome" novel and another potential novel. He states that Eudora Welty will be coming to New York.

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