Correspondence with Carl Zigrosser, 1911-1919.

Format:

Manuscript

Author/Creator:

Bourne, Randolph Silliman, 1886-1918.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Seidenberg, Roderick, 1889-1973.

Seidenberg, Roderick.

Burroughs, John, 1837-1921.

Burroughs, John.

Kilmer, Joyce, 1886-1918.

Kilmer, Joyce.

Kent, Rockwell, 1882-1971.

Kent, Rockwell.

Murray, Edward.

Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924.

Wilson, Woodrow.

Keppel, Frederick P. (Frederick Paul), 1875-1943.

Keppel, Frederick P.

Shaw, Bernard, 1856-1950.

Shaw, Bernard.

Chesterton, G. K. (Gilbert Keith), 1874-1936.

Chesterton, G. K.

Pankhurst, E. Sylvia (Estelle Sylvia), 1882-1960.

Pankhurst, E. Sylvia.

Ellis, Havelock, 1859-1939.

Ellis, Havelock.

Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892.

Whitman, Walt.

Lowell, Amy, 1874-1925.

Lowell, Amy.

Robinson, Edwin Arlington, 1869-1935.

Robinson, Edwin Arlington.

King, Florence.

Chase, William Merritt, 1849-1916.

Chase, William Merritt.

Physical Description:

45 items (94 leaves)

Contained In:

Carl Zigrosser Papers, ca. 1891-1971. Folders 190-191.

Place of Publication:

1911-1919.

Summary:

Randolph Silliman Bourne and Carl Zigrosser were friends at Columbia, summered together in the country, and shared an apartment in New York after their graduation. A falling-out between the two ended the touching closeness displayed in this correspondence. Bourne's letters reflect their shared interests and are a restless and eager record of 4 years of their lives. Topics covered include music, social evenings, nature and hiking, college politics at the Columbia Monthly, evening speakers at Columbia, art and the philosophy of color, Edward Murray, Rockwell Kent, Joyce Kilmer, Woodrow Wilson, possible articles for publication, college gossip about mutual friends, Frederick Keppel and Bernard Shaw.

Many of the letters were written during Bourne's year in Europe (1913-1914). Besidesdescribing the countryside and characterizing nations Bourne writes about town planning and social welfare, a lecture by G.K. Chesterton, social movements in England, Sylvia Pankhurst, Havelock Ellis, Walt Whitman, women that he meets and his reaction to them, impressions of Paris over London, and the 1914 General Strike in Italy. There are few letters after his return to the United States (a time when he and Zigrosser lived together and then parted company), most are written from Dublin, N.H. and tell of meeting William Merritt Chase and Edwin Arlington Robinson at Amy Lowell's and life in that intellectual circle.

This correspondence also contains a brief and biting note by Carl Zigrosser describing Bourne's funeral, and a folder containing published works by Bourne and appreciations written upon his death.