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 Hiram Hubert Creekmore to Hubert Creekmore (22 October 1943)

Hiram Hubert Creekmore and Hubert Creekmore

Hiram writes from Jackson, Mississippi, on Creekmore and Creekmore Attorneys at Law letterhead to Creekmore via the Fleet Post Office in San Francisco, California, regarding personal matters. He states that Lieutenant Commander George Wagner, Jr., son of George Wagner of Water Valley, Mississippi, went missing in action. Includes envelope.
Letter from Mittie Horton Creekmore to Hubert Creekmore (19 October 1943)

Mittie Horton Creekmore and Hubert Creekmore

Mittie writes from Jackson, Mississippi, to Creekmore via the Fleet Post Office in San Francisco, California, regarding local news and personal matters. Includes envelope.
Letter from Mittie Horton Creekmore to Hubert Creekmore (16 October 1943)

Mittie Horton Creekmore and Hubert Creekmore

Mittie writes from Jackson, Mississippi, to Creekmore via the Fleet Post Office in San Francisco, California, regarding local news, personal matters, and the ways World War II has affected the home front. Includes envelope.
Letter from Wade H. Creekmore to Hubert Creekmore (15 October 1943)

Wade H. Creekmore and Hubert Creekmore

Wade writes from Jackson, Mississippi, to Creekmore via the Fleet Post Office in San Francisco, California, regarding personal matters. Includes envelope.
Letter from Hiram Hubert Creekmore to Hubert Creekmore (11 October 1943)

Hiram Hubert Creekmore and Hubert Creekmore

Hiram writes from Jackson, Mississippi, on Creekmore and Creekmore Attorneys at Law letterhead to Creekmore via the Fleet Post Office in San Francisco, California, regarding local news, personal matters, and the ways World War II has affected the home front. Includes envelope.
Letter from Mittie Horton Creekmore to Hubert Creekmore (10 October 1943)

Mittie Horton Creekmore and Hubert Creekmore

Mittie writes from Jackson, Mississippi, to Creekmore via the Fleet Post Office in San Francisco, California, regarding personal matters. Includes envelope.
Letter from Hiram Hubert Creekmore to Hubert Creekmore (05 October 1943)

Hiram Hubert Creekmore and Hubert Creekmore

Hiram writes from Jackson, Mississippi, on Creekmore and Creekmore Attorneys at Law letterhead to Hubert Creekmore via the Fleet Post Office in San Francisco, California, regarding personal matters. He talks about A. J. Von Bloomberg, a lawyer in Jackson, who has been training troops at the Naval Air Force in Pensacola, Florida. He discusses Walter [Andrew Welty] and Mittie [Elizabeth Creekmore Welty]'s plans to go to Tucson, Arizona, for training. Includes envelope.
Letter from Mittie Horton Creekmore to Hubert Creekmore (05 October 1943)

Mittie Horton Creekmore and Hubert Creekmore

Mittie writes from Jackson, Mississippi, to Creekmore via the Fleet Post Office in San Francisco, California, regarding personal matters. She mentions the Poetry Society, Foster Hospital, and Dr. Barksdale. Includes envelope.
Letter from Hiram Hubert Creekmore to Hubert Creekmore (01 October 1943)

Hiram Hubert Creekmore and Hubert Creekmore

Hiram writes from Jackson, Mississippi, on Creekmore and Creekmore Attorneys at Law letterhead to Hubert Creekmore via the Fleet Post Office in San Francisco, California, regarding personal matters. He read Hubert's recent letter to Governor Dennis Murphee, E. O. Spencer, and Bob Brown. Walter [Andrew Welty] was called to report to Tucson, Arizona, and Floy Denton Thompson's husband went missing in action. He talks about Mississippi's World War II bond drive. Includes envelope.
Letter from Mittie Horton Creekmore to Hubert Creekmore (01 October 1943)

Mittie Horton Creekmore and Hubert Creekmore

Mittie writes from Jackson, Mississippi, to Creekmore via the Fleet Post Office in San Francisco, California, regarding personal matters. Includes envelope.
Letter from Mittie [Elizabeth Creekmore Welty] to Hubert Creekmore (28 September 1943)

Mittie Elizabeth Creekmore Welty and Hubert Creekmore

Mittie writes from Jackson, Mississippi, to Creekmore via the Fleet Post Office in San Francisco, California, regarding personal matters. She mentions seeing "Captive Wild Woman" with Walter [Andrew Welty], and she mentions Eudora Welty's new book, The Wide Net. Includes envelope.
Letter from Mittie Horton Creekmore to Hubert Creekmore (25 September 1943)

Mittie Horton Creekmore and Hubert Creekmore

Mittie writes from Jackson, Mississippi, to Creekmore via the Fleet Post Office in San Francisco, California, regarding personal matters. Eudora Welty gave Walter [Andrew Welty] and Mittie [Elizabeth Creekmore Welty] a copy of her latest book, The Wide Net. Includes envelope.
Letter from Hiram Hubert Creekmore to Hubert Creekmore (22 September 1943)

Hiram Hubert Creekmore and Hubert Creekmore

Hiram writes from Jackson, Mississippi, on Creekmore and Creekmore Attorneys at Law letterhead to Creekmore via the Fleet Post Office in San Francisco, California, regarding personal matters. Includes envelope.
Letter from Hubert Creekmore to Hiram Hubert and Mittie Horton Creekmore (21 September 1943)

Hubert Creekmore, Hiram Hubert Creekmore, and Mittie Horton Creekmore

Hubert Creekmore writes via the Fleet Post Office in San Francisco, California, to his parents in Jackson, Mississippi, through Victory Mail or V-Mail about his experiences in World War II and personal matters. Includes envelope.
Letter from Mittie Horton Creekmore to Hubert Creekmore (19 September 1943)

Mittie Horton Creekmore and Hubert Creekmore

Mittie writes from Jackson, Mississippi, to Creekmore via the Fleet Post Office in San Francisco, California, through Victory Mail or V-Mail about personal matters. Includes envelope.
Letter from Hiram Hubert Creekmore to Hubert Creekmore (16 September 1943)

Hiram Hubert Creekmore and Hubert Creekmore

Hiram writes from Jackson, Mississippi, on Creekmore and Creekmore Attorneys at Law letterhead to Creekmore via the Fleet Post Office in San Francisco, California, regarding personal matters and Creekmore's experiences in World War II. Includes envelope.
Letter from Mittie Horton Creekmore to Hubert Creekmore (15 September 1943)

Mittie Horton Creekmore and Hubert Creekmore

Mittie writes from Jackson, Mississippi, to Creekmore via the Fleet Post Office in San Francisco, California, regarding personal matters and Creekmore's experiences in World War II. She discusses the Poetry Society. Includes envelope.
Letter from Hiram Hubert Creekmore to Hubert Creekmore (09 September 1943)

Hiram Hubert Creekmore and Hubert Creekmore

Hiram writes from Jackson, Mississippi, to Creekmore via the Fleet Post Office in San Francisco, California, through Victory Mail or V-Mail about personal matters and Italy's surrender in World War II. Includes envelope.
Letter from Mittie Horton Creekmore to Hubert Creekmore (09 September 1943)

Mittie Horton Creekmore and Hubert Creekmore

Mittie writes from Jackson, Mississippi, to Creekmore via the Fleet Post Office in San Francisco, California, regarding personal matters and Creekmore's experiences in World War II. Includes envelope.
Letter from Marchy Lee [Cowart?] to Mittie (08 September 1943)

Mary Lee Cowart and Mittie

Mary Lee [Cowart?] writes from Bristow, Oklahoma, stating that World War II has not had a significant impact on their lives. Mary Lee plans to go to Tulsa as soon as the polio epidemic subsides to take Zada Lee to the dentist. She spoke with Rufus who was practicing flying in a fighter plane over the Atlantic Ocean in Jacksonville, Florida, and mentions that his training school appeared in an article in the South East Post. She mentions Little Frank's trip to Jackson, Mississippi, before heading to Pensacola, Florida, to go on the destroyer again. She relays updates on a number of other people. Mary Lee discusses her garden, the hot summer, and receiving orders from Little Rock.
United States Navy Summons (07 September 1943)

United States. Navy.

Containing a captain's seal, the summons is on behalf of "Davy Jones" and requests the recipient to appear at "King Neptune's Court."
Order from R. R. Youngblood to S.S. Mormacport Troops (05 September 1943)

R. R. Youngblood and Troops of the S. S. Mormacport

Lieutenant R. B. Youngblood of the United States Navy implements a daily cleaning and inspection schedule for the S. S. Mormacport.
Letter from Mittie Horton Creekmore to Hubert Creekmore (27 August 1943)

Mittie Horton Creekmore and Hubert Creekmore

Mittie writes from Jackson, Mississippi, to Creekmore via the Fleet Post Office in San Francisco, California, regarding personal matters. Includes envelope.
Letter from Hiram Hubert Creekmore to Hubert Creekmore (26 August 1943)

Hiram Hubert Creekmore and Hubert Creekmore

Hiram writes from Jackson, Mississippi, on Creekmore and Creekmore Attorneys at Law letterhead to Creekmore in San Francisco, California, regarding military headquarters moving closer to a fighting zone. Includes envelope.
Letter from Mittie Horton Creekmore to Hubert Creekmore (26 August 1943)

Mittie Horton Creekmore and Hubert Creekmore

Mittie writes from Jackson, Mississippi, to Creekmore via the Fleet Post Office in San Francisco, California, regarding personal matters and Creekmore's experiences in World War II. Includes newspaper article titled, "Along [sic] Road to Recovery," with a photograph of Jim Tullos of Philadelphia, Mississippi, who was in the United States Navy base hospital in the South Pacific. Includes envelope.
Letter from Mittie Horton Creekmore to Hubert Creekmore (15 August 1943)

Mittie Horton Creekmore and Hubert Creekmore

Mittie writes from Jackson, Mississippi, to Creekmore in Los Angeles, California, regarding personal matters. Includes envelope.
Letter from Mittie Horton Creekmore to Hubert Creekmore (08 August 1943)

Mittie Horton Creekmore and Hubert Creekmore

Mittie writes from Jackson, Mississippi, to Creekmore in Los Angeles, California, regarding personal matters. Includes envelope.
Letter from Hiram Hubert Creekmore to Hubert Creekmore (07 August 1943)

Hiram Hubert Creekmore and Hubert Creekmore

Hiram writes from Jackson, Mississippi, on Creekmore and Creekmore Attorneys at Law letterhead to Creekmore in Los Angeles, California, regarding local elections.
Letter from Lehman Engel to Hubert Creekmore (08 June 1943)

Lehman Engel and Hubert Creekmore

Engel writes from Chicago to Creekmore in the Navy during World War II and mentions Creekmore going to Los Angeles soon. Engel discusses a book of reminiscences he is writing. Engel discusses concerts with [Rudolph?] Ganz, Vladimir Horotitz, Lily Pons, [Andre?] Kostelanetz, Marjorie Lawrence, and Oscar Levant.

Note: 'Ponz' in the letter likely refers to Lily Pons, the opera singer married to Andre Kostelanetz. Information from the concert can be found at http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1943/04/30/page/19/article/horowitz-gives-fine-concert-at-great-lakes. Includes envelope.
Letter from L. L. Walton to Hubert Creekmore (various dates)

L. L. Walton and Hubert Creekmore

Walton is the assistant cashier to the Florida National Bank in Jacksonville, Florida. Walton writes a letter on 20 April 1943 to Creekmore in Corpus Christi, Texas, to inform him that Ed White and Sons has forwarded the purchase contract for a Navy uniform to the Florida National Bank. Walton explains Creekmore's payment plan. Included: United States Service Loan card that documents Creekmore's payments between 10 May 1943 through 10 February 1944.
Invoice from the Florida National Bank of Jacksonville, Florida (10 April 1943)

Florida National Bank (Jacksonville, Fla.) and Hubert Creekmore

The invoice contains Hubert Creekmore's signature that he agrees to pay Ed White and Sons in Corpus Christi, Texas, for merchandise purchased. Stamp indicates the amount paid in full on 20 January 1944.
Letter to Tom W. [Remo?] to Hubert Creekmore (10 October 1942)

Tom W. Remo and Hubert Creekmore

Tom writes from Virginia to Creekmore in San Francisco, California, through Victory Mail or V-Mail about a recipient of the Distinguished Flying Cross, a medal given out by the Air Force. Includes envelope.
Letter from R. A. Lewis to [Mittie Horton] Creekmore (14 March 1941)

R. A. Lewis and Mittie Horton Creekmore

Lewis writes on the National Galleries of New York, Inc. letterhead from New York City to Creekmore in Jackson, Mississippi, to inform her that a goldtone miniature portrait of her daughter, Mittie Elizabeth Creekmore Welty, was chosen by the Moores' Studio to go on display in a New York gallery. Lewis informs Creekmore that she can purchase the photograph.
Letter from Louise to "the Best neighbors in the world (27 October 1939)

Louise

Louise writes from Jackson, Tennessee, to her former neighbors.
Letter from Hubert Creekmore to Hiram Hubert and Mittie Horton Creekmore (11 August 1939)

Hubert Creekmore, Hiram Hubert Creekmore, and Mittie Horton Creekmore

Hubert Creekmore writes from Columbia University in New York City to his parents in Jackson, Mississippi, regarding his courses at Columbia and times with friends. He states that Dr. Christy wants Creekmore to do a book on Ezra Pound. Includes envelope.
Letter from Hubert Creekmore to Hiram Hubert Creekmore (07 August 1939)

Hubert Creekmore, Hiram Hubert Creekmore, and Mittie Horton Creekmore

Hubert Creekmore writes from Columbia University in New York City to his father in Jackson, Mississippi, regarding his trip to Washington, D.C. and his arrival in New York. He asks Mittie to send a poem to Poetry Magazine. Included is a paper titled, "Department of English and Comparative Literature: First Part of the Examination for Candidates for the Degree of Master of Arts: General Questions in the History of the English Language and of English Literature." Includes envelope.
Letter from Hubert Creekmore to Mittie Horton and Hiram Hubert Creekmore (undated)

Hubert Creekmore, Mittie Horton Creekmore, and Hiram Hubert Creekmore

Hubert writes from Mexico City, Mexico to his parents, Mittie Horton and Hiram Hubert Creekmore, in Jackson Mississippi regarding personal and professional matters, including: descriptions of his trip and train ride through the countryside; seeing artists Diego Rivera and "his wife" [Frida Kahlo] on the train; Creekmore's regret that he did not speak with them during the trip; description of Mexico City, which he compared with New Orleans, LA; receiving letters from Lehman Engel and other friends upon arrival at the Hotel Carlton in Mexico City; attendance at a concert of the Coolidge Quartet at the Palace of Fine Arts.
Letter from Hubert Creekmore to Hiram Hubert and Mittie Horton Creekmore (08 July 1939)

Hubert Creekmore, Hiram Hubert Creekmore, and Mittie Horton Creekmore

Hubert Creekmore writes from Puebla, Mexico to his parents about his travels to and in Mexico.
Letter from Hubert Creekmore to Hiram Hubert and Mittie Horton Creekmore (24 November 1936)

Hubert Creekmore, Hiram Hubert Creekmore, and Mittie Horton Creekmore

Hubert Creekmore writes from Washington, D.C. to his parents in Jackson, Mississippi, regarding Katharine Cornell's "Wingless Victory" play by Maxwell Anderson and personal matters. Includes envelope.
Herbert J. Seligmann, "A Woman in Flower" (01 January 1933)

Herbert J. Seligmann

Herbert J. Seligmann writes about Georgia O'Keeffe's painting and artistic talent. He compares her work to Alfred Stieglitz's 1925 Exhibition of Seven Americans in the Equivalents.
The Grey Fox, broadside (22 October 1928)

Lemist Esler, Henry Hull, Chrystal Herne, and William A. Brady Jr.

Broadside for the play, "The Grey Fox" with Henry Hull and Chrystal Herne, appearing at The Playhouse.
Letter from Eudora Welty to Hubert Creekmore (1951)

Eudora Welty and Hubert Creekmore

Welty writes from London, England, regarding her travels in Europe. She discusses visiting Dublin, Ireland, and her views about Germans. She includes a poem and discusses a piece she wrote and published in Harper's Bazaar, which she calls "The Bride of Innisfallen."

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