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Guide to the Edna Davis Romig Papers (MS 253), 1925-1972
University of Colorado at Boulder Libraries. Special Collections Dept. Email: spc@colorado.edu
URL: http://ucblibraries.colorado.edu/specialcollections/index.htm
© 2007 University of Colorado
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Edna Davis Romig Papers |
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Creator |
Romig, Edna Davis, b. 1889
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Abstract |
Personal writings and research papers of Edna Davis Romig. |
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Collection Number |
MS 253 |
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Size |
4 boxes (2 linear feet)
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Repository |
University of Colorado at Boulder Libraries. Special Collections Dept. |
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Languages |
English |
Edna Davis Romig was born on January 16, 1889. She was a professor of English for 36 years, most of them spent at the University of Colorado at Boulder. She published several volumes of poetry and a book on Walt Whitman. She also wrote short fiction and travel reminiscences but did not publish them. She was friends with Robert and Elinor Frost, who asked her to write their biography. She researched the biography but did not complete it. She retired from teaching in 1961 and moved to Estes Park, Colorado.
The Edna Davis Romig papers include manuscripts of her poetry, fiction, and reminiscences, personal and professional correspondence, her research materials for the biography of the Frosts, several diaries, and ephemera.
Access Restrictions
The collection is open for research.
Copy Restrictions
Limited duplication of materials allowed for research purposes. User is responsible for all copyright compliance.
Edna Davis Romig Papers. MS 253. [Item, Box number, Folder number,] Special Collections Dept., University Libraries, University of Colorado at Boulder.
The collection was reprocessed and a finding aid created by Elizabeth A. Newsom.
Donated by William Romig in 1979.
For materials donated to Special Collections by Francis Wolle, one of Romig's correspondents, see
MS 12, H.D. [Hilda Doolittle] Letters
MS 42, Douglas Nichols Collection
MS 43, Daniel Ary Nidess Papers
MS 66, Francis Wolle Papers
MS 85, Sergeant Murayama Diary
MS 86, J. Fred Harley Typescript
MS 87, Erskine Reed Myer Letters
MS 128, Mari Sandoz Letter
MS 183, Hall Caine Letter
MS 192, Havelock Ellis Letter
MS 193, Paul Engle Letter
MS 194, John Thomas Fante Letters
MS 197, John Gould Fletcher Letters
MS 198, Mary Hallock Foote Letters
MS 201, Ferris Greenslet Letters
MS 205, Violet Hueffer Letter
MS 206, Langston Hughes Letter
MS 217, Arnold Moss Letter
MS 221, Eugene Gladstone O'Neill Letter
MS 226, Lennox Robinson Letter
MS 237, William Carlos Williams Letter
Frost, Elinor, 1873-1938 Frost, Robert, 1874-1963 Romig, Edna Davis, b. 1889 -- Archives. Romig, Edna Davis, b. 1889 -- Travel. Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892 Women college teachers -- Colorado. Women poets, American -- Colorado.
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Reminiscences
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From Christmas to Christmas; family remembrances |
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Glimpses of the Seven Seas; travel writings |
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The South Seas, Christmas 1961; travel remembrances |
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The Greek Islands; travel remembrances in the form of an address to Phi Beta Kappa, 6/1/61. |
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Alkavik Trip; maps and photographs |
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Greek Line - Olympia Cruise; trip diary of a cruise in the Mediterranean, Aegean, and Black Seas, 1960 |
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Visibility Zero; memories of a trip to Puget Sound in 1932, written March 25, 1969. |
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Short Fiction; Drafts and Galleys
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Return to Molfetta, drafts |
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The Homecoming, draft; alternate title, To Round a Dome |
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Untitled short story, beginning "Outside, the city was plunged in darkness." |
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Christmas at Monticello, first draft; alternate titles "The Decision," "Martha Hears a Thin Melody." |
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Sammy's Christmas; printed galley |
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Correspondence from Edna Davis Romig
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Personal letters, 1969-1971, Ann-Anna. |
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Personal letters 1971-1972, Arlo & Elizabeth-Lucile Davis. A letter to W. H. Dorrance, publisher, 1954. |
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Personal letters, 1964-1972, Elizabeth-Everybody. |
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Personal letters 1970-1972, Franklin Folsom-Jean. A letter to Holt, Rhinehart, Winston, publishers, 1967. |
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Personal letters, 1969-1972, Jeanne-Nedra. |
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Personal letters, 1969-1971, Pania-Robin. |
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Personal letters, 1962-70, to Bill Romig. |
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Personal letters, 1969-1972, Bill and Marjorie Romig- Gwen |
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Personal letters, 1972 and undated, no salutation. |
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Travel letters to Ralph, 1940. |
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Correspondence to Edna Davis Romig
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Letters from publishers, including a nomination by W. H. Dorrance for the Pulitzer Prize in letters, 1936-1955. |
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Letters, 1934 -1969, John Ciardi - Francis Wolfe. |
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Canadian Correspondence, 1940-1943. |
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Letters from Edward Arlington Robinson, 1932 and undated. |
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A Boulderite in Istanbul Has Interesting Experiences; descriptions of and selections from letters from Ann Louise Goodykoontz, 1949-1971. |
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Family photos and letter from Donna, 1972. Includes a 1972 photograph of Edna Davis Romig. |
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Crayon and Needle. An article by Romig on an art exhibit at the University Memorial Center, 1971. |
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A Brief Introduction to Lina Khouri; includes a character reference from Romig. |
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Publication announcements and miscellany. |
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Robert Frost biography research material
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Poetry by Robert Frost, published in the High School Nulletin, Lawrence, Mass, 1891-1892. Copied by Romig. |
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Romig's notes on Frost. |
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1931 Writer's Conference, with Frost. Newspaper clippings and conference schedule. |
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Letter notifying Romig of Mrs. Frost's death, 1938. |
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Copies of letters from Elinor Frost, 1932-1935. |
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Copies of letters from Robert Frost, 1935 and undated. |
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Copies of a letter from Carl Burrell, 1935. |
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Mailing wrappers from packages sent by Robert and Mrs. Frost to Romig. |
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Letters from Elizabeth Shepley Sergeant, related to transfer of Romig's Frost letters, 1963-1964. |
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Letters from Agnes DeLima, executor of Elizabeth Shepley Sergeant, related to transfer of Romig's Frost letters, 1965. |
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Letters from John S. Van E. Kohn, of Seven Gables Bookshop, related to sale of Romig's Frost letters, 1964. |
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Saturday Review with a poem by Frost, and a copy of that poem, 'The Inverted Sonnet,' 1963. |
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The Time Between; article by Romig on the Frosts' characters and early writings, and a related letter from The Atlantic Monthly, 1963. |
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Robert Frost Prosody 1892-1930, compiled by Romig. |
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Colorado Mornings; Romig's reminiscences of Frost's time in Boulder to teach at the Writer's Conference. |
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The Craft of the Thing; article by Romig on Frost's writings, and a related letter from John Ciardi on behalf of the Saturday Review, 1963. |
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Biographical clippings; newspaper clippings about Romig, c.1925-1972 and undated.
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Biographical clippings; newspaper clippings about Romig, c.1925-1972 and undated. |
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Boston Evening Transcript, "Through The Year 1928 With The Poets," includes Romig. |
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Journal and Newspaper Publications
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The Carillon, October 1929; Poetry of To-Day, 1928; unlabelled booklet. |
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Issues of The Poetry Review: November-December 1927, January-February 1928, July-August 1937. |
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Clippings of Romig's poetry published in newspapers. |
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Literary Criticism by Romig, on Shakespeare, Lodge, Whitman, and Pasternak. |
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"'As You Like It'; Shakespeare's use of his source, Lodge's 'Rosalynde'"; reprinted from The University of Colorado Studies for February, 1929. |
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"Shakespeare's Prose"; reprinted from University of Colorado Studies, 1925. |
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"The Paradox of Walt Whitman"; reprinted from The University of Colorado Studies, 1926. |
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Manuscript of a paper on Dr. Zhivago. |
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Typed and Holographic Poetry Manuscripts by Romig
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Typed poems, 1968-1996 and undated. |
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Typed poems, undated. |
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Typed unpublished poems, undated. |
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Typed poems dedicated to others, 1965-1969 and undated. |
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Typed Christmas poems, 1957-1970 and undated. |
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Typed and holographic poems, 1964-1969 and undated. |
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The Greek Cycle, typed poems, undated. |
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Typed and holographic poems, 1968-1969 and undated. |
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Typed and holographic poems, 1959-1969 and undated. |
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Sixty-Six Poems; manuscript typed for submission, undated. |
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The Southern Slope, manuscript typed for submission to The International Poetry Forum, 1968. |
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___And the Seven Seas, manuscript typed for submission, undated. |
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Holographic poems, 1930-1967. |
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Sunrise to Sunrise, typed poems, 1966. |
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Flash of Wings, typed manuscript, 1967. |
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The Lifted Lands, manuscript typed for submission, undated. |
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Typed poems, undated. |
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Typed poems, some carbons, undated. |
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Typed poems used by and letters to the editor of The Estes Park Trail, 1968-1970 and undated. |
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Bird poems, typed, 1968-1969 and undated. |
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Typed poems, some carbons, undated. |
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Black leather notebook with typed poetry. |
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Partial typed diary, 1973. |
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Handwritten diary, 1956-1958. |
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