Scope and Contents: This collection consists of typescript and handwritten manuscripts of poems and other writings, correspondence, notebooks, scrapbooks compiled by Holmes, family materials, and book and manuscript materials pertaining to Robert Frost, collected by Holmes. The bulk of the material dates from the period 1930-1960, when Holmes was most active in his writing career, and consists of manuscripts of poems, including many in multiple revisions. Correspondents include Robert Frost, Archibald...

Scope and Contents: The collection is composed of articles, correspondence, employment records, photographs and sketches. Most material dates from Files' retirement in 1955 until his death in 1984. The collection includes correspondence and sketches sent to Tufts Professor of History, Russell Miller, and Tufts presidents Jean Mayer, Nils Wessell, and Burton Hallowell, as well as Boston University professor Donald Winslow. The collection also contains a number of Files' sketches and jottings depicting and...