Andrew Nelson Lytle Papers
1873-1988

Series IX. Writings By Others, N.D.
Boxes 15-16

11. Ade, Bill: "The Ring," 9 page typed manuscript.
12. B.,E. [Barker, Edna Langdon?]: Two untitled holograph poems marked "E.B., July 1934."
13. Cheney, Brainard: "I Choose To Die," pages [i-iii], 1-83, bound typed manuscript signed by "Lon" Cheney.
14. Cheney, Brainard: 1 typed page (292) from an unidentified work, probably by Cheney, with Lytle's holograph comments on the reverse.
15. Clark, S.T. ("Bill"):
    • "Democracy," 1 page holograph manuscript, 1926.
    • "I would know, o death, just where we met...," 1 page typed manuscript, 1927.
    • "The Poem," 1 page holograph manuscript.
16. Davidson, Donald:
    • "Assembly At Murfreesboro," 2 page typed manuscript
    • "Fire On Belmont Street," 2 page typed manuscript
    • "Twilight On Union Street," 1 page typed manuscript
17. De Bellis, Jack: "A Name For Evil by Andrew Nelson Lytle," pages [i], 1-18 typed manuscript, done for an English class in literary criticism at UCLA, 1958.
18. Dickey, James:
    • "The Confrontation of the Hero," pages 1-3, typed manuscript dated April, 1945.
    • "Father and Sons," pages 1-3, typed manuscript, was attached to a Dickey letter dated November 3, 1954.
    • "The Sprinter's Mother," pages 1-2, typed manuscript, was attached to a Dickey letter dated November 14, 1954.
19. Dickinson, Carolyn: "Twig Masted," 1 page typed manuscript.
20. Finlay, John: "A Voyage," 1 page typed manuscript.
21. Flachmann, Michael Charles:
    • "As I Like Begging," 1 page typed manuscript.
    • "I Walked With Kings," 1 page typed manuscript
    • "The Night of Clowns," 1 page typed manuscript.
    • "The Truce," 1 page typed manuscript
    • "Two Poems," 1 page typed manuscript
22. Foata, Anne: "La Lecon des Tenebres: The Edenic quest and its Christian solution in Andrew Lytle's The Velvet Horn," photocopy of article which appeared in Southern Literary Journal 16 (Fall, 1983): 71-95, signed by Foata.
23. Gerber, Merrill Joan: "Miss Mosh," pages [i], [1]-19, typed manuscript.
24. Gordon, Caroline: Publicity blurb about Andrew Lytle, pages [1]-4, written for At The Moon's Inn, [1941]. (See Box 11, Folder 32 for the final version)
25. Hetrick, Larence: "Dream of Childhood," 2 pages typed manuscript.
26. Johnson, Stanley: "Ships," published as a Christmas card, sent to the Lytles as a Christmas card, 1956.
27. Koch, Claude: "Interview with Andrew Lytle," pages 1-6 typed manuscript with holograph corrections.
28. Lucas, Mark: "Chapter VIII, In The Inner Chamber: The Velvet Horn," 27 pages typed manuscript with holograph comments. Published in The Southern Vision of Andrew Lytle, 1986.
29. McDowell, Edward A.: "The high cost of living...," 1 page typed manuscript, 1960.
30. McNabb, Edward T., Jr.: "Landsend," 1 page typed manuscript, 1986.
31. Middleton, David:
    • "The Patriarch," 5 page typed manuscript, 1987.
    • "The Shepherd," 1 page typed manuscript, 1987.
    • "Thomas Tallis to William Byrd," two photocopied pages from the Sewanee Review, 1987.
32. Milton, George Fort: Review of Bedford Forrest and His Critter Company, pages 1-5 typed manuscript, with holograph corrections, 1931.
33. Mullins, Helene: "The Suicide," 1 page typed manuscript.
34. Oras, Ants: 1 page typed manuscript poems signed by Oras, but possibly by his students:
    • Alver, Betti: "Ecstasy," "The Iron Heaven," "Is Life a Cage for Ever?" "Links," "The Lovely Sister," "Quasi una fabula," "Snow in May," "The Titans," "Vision."
    • Suits, Gustav: "Abelard and Heloise."
    • Talvik, Heiti: "Chorus of Slaves," "Evening Song," "The Poet," "Sunset."
35. Owsley, Harriet: Untitled reminiscence of Andrew Lytle on his eightieth birthday, pages 1-5 typed manuscript, 1982.
36. Pace, Rosalind: "The Word Made Flesh: A discussion of archetypal criticism and Andrew Lytle's novel The Velvet Horn," pages [i]-[iii], [1]-73, abstract 1-4 typed manuscript. Brown University, 1961.
37. Quinn, Sydney Roberta: "Discertation on an Image," pages [1]-3, typed manuscript.
38. Simpson, Lewis P.:
    • "Andrew Lytle: Artist and Critic," pages [1]-3, typed manuscript, read on the program of "Andrew Lytle: A Celebration," Sewanee Inn, Sewanee, Tennessee, December 3, 1982.
    • "Forward," [to Southerners and Europeans] pages 1-10 typed manuscript, 1987.
39. Smith, Ron: "The Quoth," 1 page typed manuscript, 1985. Parody of Allen Tate's "The Oath."
40. [Stevenson, Alec Brock]: Untitled 1 page typed manuscript poem, signed "abs."
41. Sullivan, Walter: "Andrew Lytle: A Personal Remembrance," pages [1]-13, typed manuscript, three sets.
42. Sullivan, Walter: Chapter "V," pages 63-76, page proofs, later published in Allen Tate: A Personal Recollection, 1988.
43. Tate, Allen:
    • "The Buried Lake," pages [1]-6, typed manuscript "part VI of a poem of some length, now in progress," [1952].
    • "False Nightmare," pages [1]-2, typed manuscript, [1934].
    • "Fathers of Exile: Imaginary Autobiographies of Obscure Americans," pages [i-ii], [1]-5 (Forward), typed manuscript written at "Benfolly, Montgomery County, Tennessee, May 23, 1933."
    • "Her Posture," 1 page typed manuscript.
    • "Jubilo," 1 page typed manuscript (front and back).
    • "The Meaning of Life," 1 page typed manuscript. See Tate letter of November 2, 1932.
    • "Message From Abroad, Paris, November 1929 (To Andrew Lytle)," pages [1]-3, typed manuscript, signed by Allen Tate. See Tate letter of November 3, 1929.
    • "The Oath," 1 page typed manuscript.
44. Tate, Allen:
    • "Picnic At Cassis," 1 page typed manuscript. See Tate letter of November 2, 1932.
    • "The Secret of the Captain (The Night before the Re-union)," pages [1]-3, typed manuscript, liberally annotated by Donald Davidson.
    • "The Secret of the Captain (The Night before the Re-union)," pages [1]-3, typed manuscript. See Tate letter of June 9, 1932.
    • "To The Lacedemonians...," [1]-3 typed manuscript. See Tate letter of June 17, 1932.
    • "To The Lacedemonians...," [1]-3 typed manuscript with brief holograph note by Tate.
45. Tillinghast, Richard: "For A Teacher's Wife, Dying of Cancer," 1 page typed manuscript.
46. Wade, John Donald: "Andrew Lytle," 1 page typed manuscript about Lytle.
47. Wade, Leila A.: "Lazy By Divine Right," pages [1]-36, [], 10-13, 20-41, typed manuscript of a play in which Lytle portrayed the character "Turk." Appears to be Lytle's acting script with his notes, [1927].

1. Wade, Leila A.: "Lazy By Divine Right"
2. Wade, Leila A.: "Lazy By Divine Right"
3. Warren, Robert Penn:
   • "Conquest," 1 page typed manuscript. "R.P.W., Oxford, October 23, 1928."
   • "Hawthorne, Anderson and Frost," typed manuscript, first page only of a book review published in 1928 in New Republic.
   • "Kentucky Mountain Farm, III. History among the Rocks," 1 page typed manuscript.
   • "Kentucky Mountain Farm, IV. The Owl," 1 page typed manuscript. "R.P.W., Oxford, October 23, 1928."
   • "Late Subterfuge," 1 page holograph manuscript (front and back) - not in Warren's hand (possibly Isabel Howell).
   • "A Toast to Andrew Lytle," 1 page typed manuscript.
4. Westman, H.: "What Is Psychotherapy?," pages [1]-9, typed manuscript.
5. Wright, Whittier:
   • "Liberal Technics," pages [1]-8, typed manuscript. Published in Vanderbilt student publication, The Gadfly, in 1947.
   • "Time Alone," 1 page typed manuscript, 1946.

6. "An Effect Produced By Reading Andrew Lytle's Essay, The Hind Tit," pages [1]-17, typed manuscript.
7. "The Portrait of a Lady by Henry James," [1]-7, typed manuscript.
8. "And though within it no birds sing..." 1 page holograph manuscript.
   "Jesus has a table spread..." 1 page holograph manuscript.
   "Midnight in the Afternoon," 1 page typed manuscript.
   "Stag Tracks," 1 page typed manuscript.
   "A Three Sided Figure," 1 page typed manuscript.

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