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Abbott, Charles D. (Charles David), 1900-1961

 Person

Biographical Note

Charles David Abbott (1900-1961) was the director of the University Libraries from 1934 to 1960. An authority on modern poetry, he was a prolific book collector and the founder the University's Twentieth-Century Poetry in English Collection.

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Contemporary Manuscripts Collection

 Collection
Identifier: PCMS-0001
Abstract

The Contemporary Manuscripts Collection contains a total of thousands of pages of manuscripts and/or correspondence from hundreds of poets and writers such as Lascelles Abercrombie, W. H. Auden, David Gascoyne, Elizabeth Jennings, Hugh MacDiarmid, Thomas Merton, Charlotte Mew, Ezra Pound, Alastair Reid, Peter Russell, Winfield Townley Scott, Genevieve Taggard, Ruthven Todd, Henry Treece, and Louis Zukofsky.

Dates: circa 1880-2009
Found in: The Poetry Collection / Contemporary Manuscripts Collection

Ruthven Todd collection

 Collection
Identifier: PCMS-0055
Abstract

The Ruthven Todd collection consists of papers produced between 1938 and 1986. The collection contains handwritten and typed manuscripts, correspondence, and artwork.

Dates: 1938-1986
Found in: The Poetry Collection / Ruthven Todd collection

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