hou00546 Engel, Monroe, recipient. Letters from Marianne Moore and Charles Olson (bMS Am 1982): Guide. 03/27/2002 Pacific Data Conversion Corp. 11/07/2013 Loaded into OASIS 04/5/2002 Megan K. Friedel June 8, 2006 hou00546 converted by Harvard University Library OIS from EAD 1.0 to 2002 by v1to02.xsl (sy2006-06-08). bMS Am1982 Engel, Monroe, recipient. Letters from Marianne Moore and Charles Olson: Guide. Houghton Library, Harvard College Library

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Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University b MS Am 1982 Engel, Monroe, recipient. Letters from Marianne Moore and Charles Olson, 1947-1962. 1 box (.5 linear ft.). Letters from the American poets Marianne Moore and Charles Olson to the American writer Monroe Engel primarily concerning their writing.

*78M-33

Deposited by Monroe Engel, 17 Hilliard Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138; received: 1979 May 15.

Engel, a novelist and English professor, was an editor at Viking Press (1947-1951). Moore and Olson were American poets.

Moore's 34 letters, 1950-1954, to Engel concern the editing and publishing of her work, particularly her translations of the Fables of La Fontaine. Olson's 41 letters discuss both personal and professional matters. Also includes poems by Olson that were sent with his letters.

 (1) Moore, Marianne, 1887-1972. 34 letters to Monroe Engel; 1950-1954.

Nos. 25 and 33 unsigned.

Most concern her translations of the Fables of La Fontaine.

(2) Olson, Charles, 1910-1970. 41 letters to Monroe Engel; 1947-1962 & [n.d.].

Letter 16 includes 2 TS. poems: "These days" and "The day's orders, boys".

For other poems, see next entry.

 (3-8) Olson, Charles, 1910-1970. [Poems]:

Originally with letters by Olson to Engel.

There was a youth whose name was Thomas Granger... TS.(carbon copy); Washington [n.d.]. 2s.(2p.) Originally with letter no.3. (4) R2. TS.s.; [n.p.] 1949. 1s.(1p.) (5) The advantage. TS.s.; [n.p.] 3 Feb 1950. 2s.(2p.) Originally with letter no.16. (6) Move over. TS.; [n.p., n.d.]. 1s.(1p.) Originally with letter no.25. (7) The kingfishers. TS.(carbon copy)s.; Washington [n.d.] 6s.(6p.) Originally with letter no.29. (8) [Printed poems]. Includes The K, with TS. correction; Y & X, poems by Charles Olson; and Letter for Melville 1951.