Edna St. Vincent Millay papers

Access and use

Location of collection:
University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept.
Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library
University of Virginia
P.O. Box 400110
160 McCormick Rd
Charlottesville, Virginia 22904-4110
Contact for questions and access:
POC: Brenda Gunn
Phone: (434) 924-1037
Phone: (434) 243-1776
Fax: (434) 924-4968
Restrictions:

This collection is open for research.

Terms of access:

Fragile. Handle with care.

Preferred citation:

MSS 7115, Edna St. Vincent Millay draft copy of "A Few Figs From Thistles, Poems and Sonnets" Addition (ViU-2017-0157), Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library, University of Virginia Library.

Summary

Extent:
1500 items 16 document boxes (Barrett)
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

MSS 7115, Edna St. Vincent Millay draft copy of "A Few Figs From Thistles, Poems and Sonnets" Addition (ViU-2017-0157), Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library, University of Virginia Library.

Background

Scope and content:

Proof copy of Edna St. Vincent Millay, "A Few Figs from Thistles". Typescript in cover of Edna St. Vincent Millay, A Few Figs from Thistles, Poems and Sonnets (New York: Frank Shay, 1921). 25 pp. Rare example of a pre-publication item from Frank Shay, a little-known publisher in Greenwich Village, New York who published small-run books, a magazine, and a newspaper from Frank Shay's Bookshop, 4 Christopher Street.

Physical facet:
The bulk of the collection contains manuscripts; correspondence from Millay's relatives, classmates and friends; photographs; miscellaneous printed items including sheet music, broadsides, playbills and clipppings; and other material related to the publication of "The Letters of Edna St. Vincent Millay" by Allan Ross Macdougall.
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Indexed terms

Subjects:
Manuscripts (documents)