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 Hubert Creekmore to Mittie Horton Creekmore (25 April 1956)

Hubert Creekmore and Mittie Horton Creekmore

Hubert writes a short note from New York City to his mother in Jackson, Mississippi regarding their efforts on word puzzles, with lists of various words which they questioned.
Letter from Hubert Creekmore to Mittie Horton Creekmore (25 April 1956)

Hubert Creekmore and Mittie Horton Creekmore

Hubert writes from New York City to his mother in Jackson, Mississippi regarding personal and professional matters, including: health of neighbor and Walter Andrews Welty; Creekmore's discouragement over job propsects with Dell and the New American Library; his interest in continuing the Southern Anthology work; the word puzzle contests; dinner with Elizabeth Spencer and her work at Harpers Magazine; and upcoming visits with family. Includes evelope.
Letter from Hubert Creekmore to Mittie Horton Creekmore (18 April 1956)

Hubert Creekmore and Mittie Horton Creekmore

Hubert writes from New York City to his mother in Jackson, Mississippi regarding personal and professional matters, including: mutual love for word puzzles; the fall and injury of a neighbor; the consideration of his TV script by the Alcoa-Goodyear program; call from the J. Walter Thompson Agency about a meeting and possible job; request for mother to send all of his stories from Jackson; financial award from the National Arts & Letters Academy; John Wheelock; and Lehman Engle and the Wide Wide World TV program. Includes envelope.
Letter from Hubert Creekmore to Mittie Horton Creekmore (12 April 1956)

Hubert Creekmore and Mittie Horton Creekmore

Hubert writes from New York City to his mother in Jackson, Mississippi regarding personal and professional matters, including: real-estate markets in New York and Jackson; family members; possible position in the story department of MGM; interest in his work Fingers of the Night; introduction by James Laughlin to the J. Walter Thompson Agency; possibilty of a monetary award from the Academy of Arts & Letters and John Wheelock's support; request for mother to send his story, "Three Worlds."
Letter from Hubert Creekmore to Mittie Horton Creekmore (05 April 1956)

Hubert Creekmore and Mittie Horton Creekmore

Hubert writes from New York City to his mother in Jackson, Mississippi regarding personal and professional matters, including: various discussions with TV network employees about possible writing work; progress on his second playscript; mentions the help of Lehman Engel, as well as the possibility of translation work for the New American Library.
Letter from Hubert Creekmore to Mittie Horton Creekmore (22 March 1956)

Hubert Creekmore and Mittie Horton Creekmore

Hubert writes from New York City to his mother in Jackson, Mississippi regarding personal and professional matters, including: a job request from the Better Speech Bureau; a possible position at the New York Public Library as Editor of Publications; revising and re-reading his novel for a potential paperback edition; a TV play and Mrs. Brandt as agent; contacting John Schaffner, as well as family updates. Envelope included.
Letter from Hubert Creekmore to Mittie Horton Creekmore (22 March 1956)

Hubert Creekmore and Mittie Horton Creekmore

Hubert writes from New York City to his mother in Jackson Mississippi, regarding personal and professional matters. He writes of his job search, as well as a recent reading of his poetry at the home of Mrs. Sharp. He writes of a recent meeting with agent, Carol Brandt, to discuss possible projects and his novel. He references feedback from John Schaffner about his book. Hubert had dinner with Lehman Engel and also mentiones a "show plane" coming in April which features The Ponder Heart and other Mississippi plays. He asks after Walter [Walter Welty] and mentions the housing market.
Letter from Hubert Creekmore to Mittie Horton Creekmore (14 March 1956)

Hubert Creekmore and Mittie Horton Creekmore

Hubert writes from New York City to his mother in Jackson, Mississippi regarding personal and professional matters. Hubert is still out of work but is chasing down some leads with Atlantic Monthly Press and the Bollingen Foundation. He finished his television script and heard positive feed back on his novel from John Schaffner. Hubert had dinner with Lehman.
Letter from Hubert Creekmore to Mittie Horton Creekmore (06 March 1956)

Hubert Creekmore and Mittie Horton Creekmore

Hubert writes from New York City to his mother in Jackson, Mississippi regarding personal and professional matters. Hubert is happy in his new apartment. He is working on a television script based upon "Chain in the Heart." He met with Vangard Press and is planning on getting in touch with Bollingen Foundation Pantheon Books and Publishers Weekly about possible work. Hubert was asked by the editors of the Hudson Review to read at a gala event. There is no money in it but possible connections could be made. Envelope enclosed.
Letter from Hubert Creekmore to Mittie Horton Creekmore (26 February 1956)

Hubert Creekmore and Mittie Horton Creekmore

Hubert writes from New York City to his mother in Jackson, Mississippi regarding personal and professional matters. Hubert has a new apartment and a new address. He's sharing with two other men. Dave McDowell from Random House might have a job for Hubert with a large printing company. Dolly and Ruth had a party for Eudora; Eudora's agent, Diarmuid Russell, Nash Burger, Jacq Wiseman, Wyatt Cooper, Brown Furlow, and Margaret Ingrahm were all in attendance.
Letter from Hubert Creekmore to Mittie Horton Creekmore (20 February 1956)

Hubert Creekmore and Mittie Horton Creekmore

Hubert writes from New York City to his mother in Jackson, Mississippi, regarding personal and professional matters. Hubert covers the events of the opening of Eudora's play "The Ponder Heart." In attendance for the festivities were Emmett and Mary Vaughey, Mary Lou Ashwell, Lehman Engel, Diarmuid Russell, William Maxwell, Ben Wasson, Eileen McGrath, David and Peggy Rockerfeller, David Wayne, Sarah Marshall, Harry Crumpson, Johanna Roos, Patricia Neal, and Roald Dahl. Hubert also met with Professor Lind, from Kansas, regarding Hubert's Latin translations and the possiblity of lecturing in Kansas. He also went to the opera with Leonard Lyons. Hubert continues his search for permanent housing. Dave McDowell from Random House called about a possible job and Ponder Heart might be bought for movie rights. Envelope included.
Letter from Hubert Creekmore to Mittie Horton Creekmore (17 February 1956)

Hubert Creekmore and Mittie Horton Creekmore

Hubert writes from New York City to his mother in Jackson, Mississippi, regarding personal and professional matters. Hubert writes that he enclosed the tax receipts on the house. He reports that the project for the Welsh Poetry Book has fallen through. Frank [Taylor?] left for Puerto Rico and Hubert went to the fair on Saturday. John and Perdita Schaffner are traveling to London as well. Envelope Included.
Letter from Hubert Creekmore to Mittie Horton Creekmore (06 February 1956)

Hubert Creekmore and Mittie Horton Creekmore

Hubert writes from New York City to his mother in Jackson, Mississippi, regarding personal and professional matters. Hubert has no good news to report concerning work or housing. Hubert will continue to look in Greenwich Village because of its convient location. He had dinner with Dolly Wells and is looking forward to Eudora's arrival in New York. Hubert met with James Laughlin about work without success. He also turned down a job annotating for the American Bible Society.
Letter from Hubert Creekmore to Mittie Horton Creekmore (27 January 1956)

Hubert Creekmore and Mittie Horton Creekmore

Hubert writes from New York City to his mother in Jackson, Mississippi, regarding personal and professional matters. Hubert is living in a hotel but is looking for an apartment and steady work. Hubert saw Lehman Engel's new opera, "The Soldier." Engel may be able to help Hubert with a television writing job. Dolly Wells introduced Hubert to Gladys Vanderbilt, who is interested in comissioning a biography of Cornelius Vanderbilt. Hubert met with his editor, Mr Reynal, who is interested in his Southern Anthology idea. Hubert is working on getting tickets to Eudora's play "The Happy Heart."
Letter from Gertrude Reynolds to Hubert Creekmore (20 December 1955)

Gertrude Reynolds and Hubert Creekmore

Reynolds writes from New York City on G. P. Putnam's Sons letterhead to Creekmore in Jackson, Mississippi, to acknowledge receipt of the Stéphane Mallarmé translations for the Debussy book. She states that Theodore "Ted" M. Purdy is in Europe. Includes envelope.
Letter from Nannie May Roney to Hubert Creekmore (19 December 1955)

Nanny May Roney and Hubert Creekmore

Roney writes from Arkadelphia, Arkansas, to Creekmore in Jackson, Mississippi. He thanks Creekmore, Jimmy, and Eudora Welty for their hospitality while Roney was in Jackson. She mentions seeing the Boston Symphony Orchestra, and she wishes him a merry Christmas. Includes envelope.
Letter from Bill Middlebrooks to Hubert Creekmore (18 December 1955)

Bill Middlebrooks and Hubert Creekmore

Middlebrooks writes from Knoxville, Tennessee, on United Press Associations letterhead to Creekmore in Jackson, Mississippi, regarding matters at his bureau and personal matters. Includes envelope.
Letter from Bill Middlebrooks to Hubert Creekmore (08 December 1955)

Bill Middlebrooks and Hubert Creekmore

Middlebrooks writes from Knoxville, Tennessee, on United Press Associations letterhead to Creekmore in Jackson, Mississippi, regarding matters at his bureau and Jim C. Warters, Sr.
Card from Kit [Barker] and Ilse [Barker] to Hubert Creekmore (28 November 1955)

Kit Barker, Ilse Barker, and Hubert Creekmore

Kit and Ilse Barker send a card from Lodsworth, Petworth, Sussex, to Creekmore in Jackson, Mississippi, to wish him a merry Christmas and a happy New Year. Includes envelope. Includes envelope.
Letter from Bill Middlebrooks to Hubert Creekmore (26 November 1955)

Bill Middlebrooks and Hubert Creekmore

Middlebrooks writes from Knoxville, Tennessee, on United Press Associations letterhead to Creekmore in Jackson, Mississippi, regarding matters at his bureau. Includes envelope.
Letter from John Hall Wheelock to Hubert Creekmore (15 November 1955)

John Hall Wheelock and Hubert Creekmore

Wheelock writes from New York City on Charles Scribner's Sons letterhead to Creekmore in Jackson, Mississippi, regarding payments. Includes envelope.
Letter from Ian Angus to Hubert Creekmore (01 November 1955)

Ian Angus and Hubert Creekmore

Angus writes from London, England, to Creekmore care of John Schaffner in New York City, regarding Creekmore's effort to compile a bibliography of the works of Ezra Pound.
Letter from Ian Angus to Hubert Creekmore (01 November 1955)

Ian Angus and Hubert Creekmore

Angus writes from London, England, to Creekmore in Jackson, Mississippi, regarding Creekmore's effort to compile a bibliography of the works of Ezra Pound. This letter is the same as the previous one, but it was sent to Jackson.
Letter from Joan H. Tannehill to Hubert Creekmore (01 October 1955)

Joan H. Tannehill and Hubert Creekmore

Tannehill writes from Huntsville, Alabama, to Creekmore in Jackson, Mississippi, to discuss Creekmore's critiques of her writing. She discusses personal matters and travels, and she states that she found Selected Letters of Chekhov in the Huntsville public library. Includes envelope.
Letter from Theodore "Ted" M. Purdy to Hubert Creekmore (08 August 1955)

Theodore "Ted" M. Purdy and Hubert Creekmore

Purdy writes from New York City on G. P. Putnam's Sons letterhead to Creekmore in Jackson, Mississippi. He responds to Creekmore's previous letter about the Roger Peyrefitte book, which Purdy believes was published by Thames & Hudson under the title Diplomatic Conclusions. He further discusses Les Amities Particulieres, Melville Minton's death, and Ilse Barker's new book. Includes envelope.
Letter from Cecil Hemley to Hubert Creekmore (02 August 1955)

Cecil Hemley and Hubert Creekmore

Hemley writes from New York City on Noonday Press letterhead to Creekmore in Jackson, Mississippi, to reject Forty-One Provencal Lyrics for publication. Includes envelope.
Letter from [Norman Holmes Pearson] to Hubert Creekmore (20 July 1955)

Norman Holmes Pearson and Hubert Creekmore

Pearson writes from New Haven, Connecticut, on Yale University letterhead to Creekmore in Jackson, Mississippi. He states that he will enclose some materials about Ezra Pound's works.
Postcard from Rita Kramer to Hubert Creekmore (20 June 1955)

Rita Kramer and Hubert Creekmore

Kramer is an assistant editor at the Noonday Press in New York City to Creekmore in Jackson, Mississippi, regarding receipt of Forty-One Provencal Lyrics.
Letter from Nash to Hubert Creekmore (25 May 1955)

Nash and Hubert Creekmore

Nash writes on The New York Times Book Review letterhead from New York City to Creekmore in Jackson, Mississippi. He discusses an issue with a photographer in Greenville, [Mississippi?], recommended by Hodding Carter. The New York Times is interested in publishing photographs of [William] Faulkner, and Nash discussed the matter with Random House.
Postcard from Herbie to Hubert Creekmore (21 May 1955)

Herbie and Hubert Creekmore

Herbie writes from New York City to see how Creekmore is doing in Jackson, Mississippi. The postcard front contains an image of "Foresters' Rendezvous" restaurant.
Letter from Levi Robert Lind to Hubert Creekmore (01 May 1955)

Levi Robert Lind and Hubert Creekmore

Lind is a professor in the Department of Latin and Greek at the University of Kansas in Lawrence, Kansas. He writes on department letterhead from Rome, Italy, to Creekmore in Jackson, Mississippi. He asks if Creekmore has received the translations of Ezra Pound's poetry. Includes envelope.
Letter from David McDowell to Hubert Creekmore (25 April 1955)

David McDowell and Hubert Creekmore

McDowell writes on Random House, Inc. letterhead from New York City to Creekmore in Jackson, Mississippi, to send an a copy of Madeline's cookbook, to ask for Tony Bowers' address, and to discuss Creekmore's novel in progress. Includes envelope.
Letter from Lehman Engel to Hubert Creekmore (24 April 1955)

Lehman Engel and Hubert Creekmore

Engel writes from New York City to Creekmore in Jackson, Mississippi, about his trip home from 8 May-11 May 1955. Engel explains that he does not want to go to the symphony, but his mother was so eager that he got pushed into it. Includes envelope.
Letter from Jean Ennis to Hubert Creekmore (20 April 1955)

Jean Ennis and Hubert Creekmore

Ennis is Director of Publicity at Random House, Inc. publishing and writes on company letterhead from New York City. She writes to Creekmore in Jackson, Mississippi, regarding Creekmore's novel in progress. Includes envelope.
Letter from Ursula Weise to Hubert Creekmore (19 April 1955)

Ursula Weise and Hubert Creekmore

Weise writes on Our Wonderful World letterhead from Champaign, Illinois, to Creekmore in Jackson, Mississippi, regarding Creekmore's 14 April [1955] letter concerning Arthur Symons's translation of Pedro Calderón's Life is a Dream. She plans to contact Dodd, Mead, & Company.
Letter from Lehman Engel to Hubert Creekmore (01 April 1955)

Lehman Engel and Hubert Creekmore

Engel writes from New York City to Creekmore in Jackson, Mississippi. He responds to Creekmore's previous letter. He thanks Creekmore and Eudora Welty for their evaluation of Jerry and Joe's script, and he states that his last American National Theatre and Academy (ANTA) album was a chore. Engel has begun recording 'Carousel' for RCA Victor with Robert Merrill, Patrice Munsel, Gloria Lane, and others. Includes envelope.
Letter from Marchia Luisa Cisneros to Hubert Creekmore (31 March 1955)

Maria Luisa Cisneros and Hubert Creekmore

Cisneros writes on Time magazine letterhead from New York City to Creekmore in Jackson, Mississippi, regarding a book review Creekmore wrote of Marguerite Yourcenar's Hadrian's Memoirs [Memoirs of Hadrian]. Includes envelope.
Letter from Jean Ennis to Hubert Creekmore (28 March 1955)

Jean Ennis and Hubert Creekmore

Ennis is Director of Publicity at Random House, Inc. publishing and writes on company letterhead from New York City. She writes to Creekmore in Jackson, Mississippi, regarding The Dark Arena. Includes envelope.
Letter from Delmore Schwartz to Hubert Creekmore (27 March 1955)

Delmore Schwartz and Hubert Creekmore

Schwartz writes on New Republic letterhead from Washington, D.C. to discuss Creekmore's poetry and novel.
Letter from Frederick Morgan to Hubert Creekmore (25 March 1955)

Frederick Morgan and Hubert Creekmore

Morgan writes on The Hudson Review Letterhead in New York City to update Creekmore in Jackson, Mississippi, on translations. Includes envelope.
Letter from Catherine McCarthy to Hubert Creekmore (18 March 1955)

Catherine McCarthy and Hubert Creekmore

McCarthy writes on Harcourt, Brace, and Company letterhead from New York City to Creekmore in Jackson, Mississippi, regarding selections from Ellen Glasgow, Katherine Anne Porter, and Peter Tyler for a southern writing anthology. Includes envelope.
Letter from Nash to Hubert Creekmore (14 March 1955)

Nash and Hubert Creekmore

Nash writes on The New York Times Book Review letterhead from New York City to Creekmore in Jackson, Mississippi. He discusses a new Jackson journal. Includes envelope.
Letter from Frederick Morgan to Hubert Creekmore (10 March 1955)

Frederick Morgan and Hubert Creekmore

Morgan writes on The Hudson Review Letterhead in New York City to update Creekmore. He states that they have accepted Peire Cardenal's Fable, Count William's Escapade, Sordel's Lament, and Peire Cardenal Serenity. He discusses publishing poetry, and asks Creekmore to submit a poem.
Letter from Doug Cooke to Hubert Creekmore (07 March 1955)

Doug Cooke and Hubert Creekmore

Cooke writes from New York City on Johns-Manville Sales Corporation letterhead to Creekmore in Jackson, Mississippi. He states that Creekmore's "The Chain in the Heart" is being sold at a low cost at his favorite book store. He recently had lunch with [David?] McDowell, during which they discussed [Mario Puzo's] "The Dark Arena" and [Maxwell?] Geismar's review in Saturday Review. Cooke states that David [McDowell] is moving to Rutherford, New Jersey, and he asks if Creekmore has looked at Dissent magazine, edited by Irving Howe and Meyer Schapiro. Includes envelope.
Letter from Marchia Luisa Cisneros to Hubert Creekmore (15 February 1955)

Maria Luisa Cisneros and Hubert Creekmore

Cisneros writes on Time magazine letterhead from New York City to Creekmore in Jackson, Mississippi, regarding a book review Creekmore wrote of Marguerite Yourcenar's Hadrian's Memoirs [Memoirs of Hadrian]. Includes envelope.
Letter from Robert M. MacGregor to Hubert Creekmore (01 February 1955)

Robert M. MacGregor and Hubert Creekmore

MacGregor writes from New York City on New Directions Publishing Corporation letterhead to Creekmore in Jackson, Mississippi, regarding warehouse storage for The Long Reprieve. Includes envelope.
Letter from Lehman Engel to Hubert Creekmore (07 January 1955)

Lehman Engel and Hubert Creekmore

Engel writes from New York, thanking Creekmore for the news about Hamlet and Engel's mother. He thanks Creekmore for the words about Macbeth. Engel says that Walter Slezak has been ill and he thinks Slezak's understudy is unsatisfactory. He says that he had lunch with Jesse Lee and Daniel de Guzaman. Engel is working on an adapting a Roald Dahl story into an opera called 'The Soldier.' Includes envelope.
Letter from Lucie E. N. Dobbie to Hubert Creekmore (05 January 1955)

Lucie E. N. Dobbie and Hubert Creekmore

Dobbie writes on University of California Press letterhead from Berkeley, California, to Creekmore in Jackson, Mississippi, regarding publishing Creekmore's translations. She expresses interest in the Stéphane Mallarmé volume and the Arthur Rimbaud letters, but the press cannot publish the other two. Includes envelope.

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