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Sylvia Plath collections: subseries of the Kathryn Irene Glascock Poetry Prize records

In addition to the posting from 21 June , the Mount Holyoke Archives holds ten other items regarding Plath in the Kathryn Irene Glascock Poetry Prize records. The ten items, which range in date from 1955 to 1959, are letters and poems that reflect her assocition with the Kathryn Irene Glascock Poetry Contest, held at Mount Holyoke College. Plath shared the victory in 1955 with William Key Whitman. Title: Correspondence and poems, 1955-1959.Author(s): Plath, Sylvia. Description: 10 items In: Kathryn Irene Glascock Poetry Prize records. Abstract: Letters and poems reflecting her association with the Kathryn Irene Glascock Poetry Contest, Mount Holyoke College. Permission to consult records less than fifty years old must be obtained from the Glascock Committee. Forms part of: Kathryn Irene Glascock Poetry Prize records. Organization: Arranged chronologically.

Sylvia Plath collections: Kathryn Irene Glascock Poetry Prize, Mount Holyoke College

The Archives and Special Collections at Mount Holyoke College, in South Hadley, Mass., holds the Kathryn Irene Glascock Poetry Prize Records, 1923 - . Plath competed in this poetry competition whilst an undergraduate student at Smith College. Plath (far right in the picture) was co-winner in 1955 along with William Key Whitman (third from right). I believe Lynne Lawner, who was a correspondent of Plath's from 1955 until Plath's death, is seated next to Marianne Moore. An article about the Glascock Prize, and some recollections from the 1955 contest, can be found here . The abstract for the collection reads, "Letters reflecting her association with the Kathryn Irene Glascock Poetry Contest, Mount Holyoke College. Includes her critique of poems by Sylvia Plath, co-winner of the contest in 1955." The collection contains 13 items. The Archives and Special Collections web site is online here .