Vivian Virtue papers

1932-2000

The collection includes correspondence (1932-1992), original works, publications, translations, broadcasts, newspaper clippings, research, and photographs.

The collection includes correspondence (1932-1992), original works, publications, translations, broadcasts, newspaper clippings, research, and photographs. Prominent correspondents include Harlem Renaissance poets Claude McKay and Langston Hughes, Arthur Guiterman (playwright, poet), Edna Manley (sculptor), John Hearne (composer), Michael Anthony (novelist), Virtue's family, and many others. Original works include verse written in the more traditional forms described as Parnassian, such as the sonnet, the villanelle, and the rondeau. The bulk of the original poems series consists of each poem in various stages of completion with both holograph and fair copies of each poem. Translations include works in the French and Spanish by Jose-Maria de Heredia, Charles Baudelaire, Luc Grimard, Jose Santos Chocano, and others. Many of the translations contain both holograph and final drafts of each poem. Broadcasts for the BBC consist of scripts on Marcus Garvey, William Wordsworth, the history of the British West Indies, and commentary on Virtue's own poetic process. Also included in the collection are address books, diaries only partially filled in, and biographical sketches and reviews on Virtue's volume of poetry, Wings of the morning.

correspondence

original works

publications

translations

broadcasts

newspaper clippings

research

photographs

3 Cubic feet

English

RBM 2587