Guide to the Albert Burns, Robert Sproat, And Audrey Sproat Collection Of Laura (Riding) Jackson Correspondence,
1968-1977

Collection Number: 6300

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library

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DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
Albert Burns, Robert Sproat, and Audrey Sproat collection of Laura (Riding) Jackson correspondence, 1968-1977 .
Collection Number:
6300
Creator:
Audrey Sproat.
Quantity:
.9 cubic ft.
Forms of Material:
Correspondence, dissertation, clippings, essays, typescript articles, manuscript notes, and a story.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Abstract:
Correspondence among Albert Burns, Robert Sproat, Audrey Sproat, and Laura (Riding) Jackson, pertaining to Mr. Burns' dissertation. Also included are a photocopy of Mr. Burns' dissertation, clippings, essays, typescript articles, manuscript notes, and a story written by Laura (Riding) Jackson.

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

Albert Burns (d. 1969) was the author of the dissertation "Robert Graves and Laura Riding: A Literary Partnership." Robert Sproat was his adviser at Boston University. Audrey Sproat was Mr. Sproat's wife. Laura (Riding) Jackson (1901-1991) was a poet and a critic.
This correspondence, the gift of Audrey T. Sproat, wife of Robert H. Sproat, was donated to Cornell University in 1989.
COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Correspondence among Albert Burns, Robert Sproat, Audrey Sproat, and Laura (Riding) Jackson, pertaining to Mr. Burns' dissertation. Also included are a photocopy of Mr. Burns' dissertation, clippings, essays, typescript articles, manuscript notes, and a story written by Laura (Riding) Jackson.
SUBJECTS

Names:
Sproat, Audrey,
Burns, Albert.
Graves, Robert, 1895-
Jackson, Laura (Riding), 1901-
Sproat, Robert H.

Subjects:
American poetry--20th century.
Women poets, American.

INFORMATION FOR USERS

Cite As:
Albert Burns, Robert Sproat, and Audrey Sproat collection of Laura (Riding) Jackson correspondence, 1968-1977. #6300. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
CONTAINER LIST

Date
Description
Container
Correspondence
Aug. 27, 1968-Feb. 1, 1969
Albert Burns to L(R)J
 Box 1 Folder 1
Sept. 1, 1968-Feb. 20, 1969
L(R)J to Albert Burns
 Box 1 Folder 2
Aug. 5, 1969-June 17, 1976
Robert Sproat to L(R)J
 Box 1 Folder 3
July 23, 1969-Nov. 22, 1969
L(R)J to Robert Sproat
 Box 1 Folder 4
Dec. 13, 1969-Mar. 19, 1970
L(R)J to Robert Sproat
 Box 1 Folder 5
Apr. 13, 1970-Aug. 26, 1970
L(R)J to Robert Sproat
 Box 1 Folder 6
Sept. 15, 1970-May 30, 1971
L(R)J to Robert Sproat
 Box 1 Folder 7
May 30, 1971-Sept. 16, 1971
L(R)J to Robert Sproat
 Box 2 Folder 1
Oct. 3, 1971-May 18, 1972
L(R)J to Robert Sproat
 Box 2 Folder 2
May 23, 1972-May 1, 1973
L(R)J to Robert Sproat
 Box 2 Folder 3
May 11, 1973-July 1, 1976
L(R)J to Robert Sproat
 Box 2 Folder 4
Dec. 21, 1971-Dec. 25, 1989
Audrey Sproat to L(R)J
 Box 2 Folder 5
Jan. 6, 1973-Dec. 19, 1979
L(R)J to Audrey Sproat
 Box 2 Folder 6
Manuscripts
n.d.
"Descriptions of Planned Work," ts., 2 pp., carbon
 Box 3 Folder 1
1965
"A Christmastime Story," ms. 3 pp.
 Box 3 Folder 2
1966
"A Christmas Story" [final version], ts., 3 pp.
 Box 3 Folder 2
n.d.
"A Christmas Story," ts., photocopy, 2 pp.
 Box 3 Folder 2
Alternate endings, 1 p.
 Box 3 Folder 2
Dec. 1973
Explanatory note for Burns and Sproat, ts. and ms., 1 p.
 Box 3 Folder 2
Aug. 2, 1977
Note, ms. 1 p.
 Box 3 Folder 2
Critical essays and articles
1969
"Robert Graves and Laura Riding: A Literary Partnership" [abstract of dissertation] by Albert William Burns, ts., 3 pp.; ts., photocopy, 3 pp.
Box 3 Folder 3
Feb. 13, 1973
"Princeton Wins the Wild West" by Daniel N. White, [source?], clipping, pp. 8-13
 Box 3 Folder 3
Dec. 1973
Robert Graves' Debt to Laura Riding" by Michael Krikham, Focus on Robert Graves, no. 3, ts. pp. 33-44, with note by L(R)J attached, 2 pp. and second copy
Box 3 Folder 3
"Despairs" [author?] ts. pp. 1-18, photocopy
 Box 3 Folder 3
Spring 1971
"Laura Riding Poems" by Michael Kirkham, from The Cambridge Quarterly 5, pp. 302-308
Box 3 Folder 4
Autumn 1972
"The Seizin Press" by Hugh Ford in The Private Library, second series, Vol. 5: 3, pp. 121-128, with postscript by Laura (Riding) Jackson, pp. 139-147
Box 3 Folder 4
"The Seizin Press" photocopy of ts., pp. 1-19 + 3 pp., with revisions and corrections, 1 p.
 Box 3 Folder 4
Feb. 9, 1973
"An Ambition Beyond Poetry" [no author] in TLS, clipping, pp. 151-152
Box 3 Folder 4
Book-length projects
1969
"Robert Graves and Laura Riding: A Literary Partnership," by Albert William Burns, dissertation, ts., carbon, pp. 1-206; includes notes by Mrs. Jackson, in which she mentioned restrictions that are no long in place
Box 3 Folder 5
"Robert Graves and Laura Riding..." (cont'd), ts., carbon, pp. 207-412
 Box 3 Folder 6