MC42/3. Charles T. Robb Papers, 1951-1997
Scope and Contents
Writer and poet, resident of New York City and Lincoln, Maine. Member of the Handy Colony in Marshall, Illinois, 1953, 1955-57.
Includes Robb's journal, 1969-1981, recording personal incidents, ideas for poetry and works in progress; approximately 130 handwritten and typed manuscripts of poems, often with multiple versions and drafts; two letters from former Handy Colony writer Charles Stevenson Wright to Robb, 1965; eight letters from Lowney Handy to Robb, 1959-1963, including Handy's commentary on Robb's writing; Robb's Handy Colony membership certificate, 1953; clippings on poetry and literature, and on Robb's arrest in Lincoln, Maine in 1984; five copies of novels by James Jones, including a signed, presentation first edition of From Here to Eternity, inscribed by Jones to Robb, 1951.
Dates
- Created: 1951 - 1997
- Other: Date acquired: 09/04/1997
Creator
- Robb, Charles T. (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
None
Extent
1.00 Cubic Feet
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement Note
Chronological & Alphabetical
Source of Acquisition
Charles Robb Estate
Creator
- Robb, Charles T. (Person)
- Title
- Archon Finding Aid Title
- Description rules
- Other Unmapped
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- und
Repository Details
Part of the UIS Archives/Special Collections Repository
Archives/Special Collections LIB 144
One University Plaza, MS BRK 140
Springfield IL 62703-5407 US
217-206-6520
archives@uis.libanswers.com