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Letter signed Sara Teasdale, St. Louis, to Robert Underwood Johnson, New York. Expresses pleasure in receiving autographed copy of Mr. Johnson’s poems. Writes of difficulty in choosing favorite among the poems. Persons mentioned: Cuban Orphan’s Fair and Mary Garden. Places mentioned: Cuba and Rome. (4 pages) (Purchased from Walter R. Benjamin, November 3, 1949), 1911 Oct 15

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Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Original Papers (Boxes 1-3) consist mainly of correspondence of Sara Teasdale to her husband Ernst B. Filsinger (1914-1931) relating to her work and personal life, often written while Ernst was traveling around the world for business. She discusses her health, works in progress, her publications, friends and family, and her thoughts on contemporary poets. In some of her letters, Sara includes drafts of her poems for Ernst to review. Other...
Dates: 1911 Oct 15