Manuscripts
Genealogical Correspondence, Reichner-Z, including miscellaneous correspondence
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Correspondence, Wisconsin Players-Zeller, and miscellaneous
Manuscripts
The miscellaneous materials consist of: -----, Alice. 1 letter to Elsie Stevens, 1912 August 2. With a letter from Wallace Steven to Elsie on the envelope. (WAS 2054) Wallace Stevens financial records, correspondence, and financial notes (67 pieces), 1952-1955. (WAS 4090) Funeral register for Wallace Stevens, 1955 August 4, with a packet of acknowledgement cards from the funeral and a typewritten list of names. (WAS 4048)
mssWAS 1-4262
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Stevens Family Genealogy
Manuscripts
2-volume genealogy (bound xerox copy) compiled by Lila James Roney, Fellow, New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, for Wallace Stevens, 1944.
mssWAS 1-4262
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VI. Genealogical Material
Manuscripts
In the early 1940s, Wallace Stevens began an extensive correspondence to trace his family ancestry. Elsie Stevens also took an active interest in tracing her roots. Over 2,000 pieces of genealogical material resulted, in the form of letters, documents and typescripts. The material dates primarily from the 1940s. Why Stevens took such pains to trace his ancestry is open to speculation, but two possible reasons could be 1) the death of most of his family (i.e. brothers and sisters) in the late 1930s and early 1940s, and 2) Holly Stevens' decision to leave Vassar College without a degree in 1942. Stevens' attempt to define and describe his family could well have been to reassure both himself and his daughter of their heritage.
mssWAS 1-4262