CORREPSONDENCE BETWEEN WILLIAM JAY SMITH AND WILLIAM CLAIRE; editor of Voyages Magazine
5 ALS, 5 TLS, 7 printed items.
Correspondence between William Jay Smith and William Claire (editor of Voyages Magazine)
TLS, 1 page, February 20, 1969
ALS, 1 page, 20 December, 1970. About what he has written for Katherine Anne Porter
TLS, 1 page, February 14, 1972
TLS, 19 February, 1972, 1 page, sending along his correct telephone number
ALS, 1-1/2 pages, September 15, 1973
ALS, 2 pages, from Auberge de al Vielle Tour, 12/9/1973, concerns his trip, correspondence, his writing, etc.
TLS, 1 page, 27 May, 1978, on letter sent to Livingston Biddle
TLS, 1 page, 27 August, 1983, about photograph of Louise Bogan, Smith and Richard Wilbur at Williams college, with envelope
TLS, 1 page, 25 November, 1983 about a photograph, with envelope
ALS, 1 page, 1 November, 1999, presented poems.
A note, signed: 23 December, 1999, sorry that they missed seeing eachother in DC
A note, nd, 16 lines on travel, Columbia job, etc.
ALS, 2 pp, May 8, 1978 from Sonya (Mrs. William Jay) Smith
APC from Sonya with 3 lines by Bill, from Budapest, nd
TLS, 1 page, January 14, 1985
Photograph, signed
8-1/2 x 11 inch photo of Smith by Mark Kinnaman
Publicity photo of Smith, 7 x 5 in.
Program of The Straw Market by Smithy, with 6 line note by Smith
Smith, . A Clutch of Clerihews for Jacques Barzun. [Northampton: Metcalf Printing, 1992) , 1/200 copies, single folded sheet, inscribed by Smith to John and Kathryn.
Journey to the Interior, signed by Smith, single printed page.
Printed poem: “Morels” , leaves, signed, with envelope
“Saga” Andrei Voznesensky, translated by Smith, sent as a New Years greeting for 1978
Typed poem: "For Katherine Garrison Chapin on her eightieth birthday, 2 copies, 1 presented by Smith to Bill Claire, one just signed.
"Chairs Above the Danube", translated from the Hungarian by Smith, broadside Christmas poem for 1977
"Army Brat" offprint reprinted from the Hudson Review, inscribed "For Bill & Helen | with warm regards | Bill
"At Delphi" for Allen Tate on his severnty-fifth birthday, 19 November, 1974" Inscribed with all best wishes to Helen and Bill for Christmas, 1974, (signed) Bill
"verses on these Times" by Richard Wilbur and William Jay Smith, inscribed by Smith for Bill and Helen with affection and best wishes Cover with some stained spots. Item #55989
William Jay Smith was born in Winnfield, Louisiana. He was brought up at Jefferson Barracks, Missouri, south of St. Louis. Smith received his A.B. and M.A. from Washington University in St. Louis, and continued his studies at Columbia University, and Oxford University as a Rhodes Scholar. Smith is the author of ten collections of poetry of which two were finalists for the National Book Award. He was appointed the nineteenth Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress from 1968 to 1970.
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