The papers of American writer, poet and editor Elizabeth Bartlett (1911-1994). The papers cover the period from ca. 1940-1994 and include correspondence, typescript poetry and prose, artwork, and ephemera. The collection also includes Bartlett's editing work for ETC: A Review of General Semantics and Crosscurrents, as well as her work for the Literary Olympics.
Elizabeth Bartlett Papers, ca. 1940 - 1994 (MSS 321)
Extent: 13.6 Linear feet (29 archives boxes, one records carton & one flat box)
Elizabeth Bartlett, née Winters, was born on July 20, 1911 in New York City. She studied at Teachers College, receiving her BS in Education in 1941. After graduation Bartlett traveled extensively, meeting and marrying Paul Alexander Bartlett in Mexico in 1943.
Throughout her life Bartlett continued to travel between the United States and Mexico, living in various cities while writing, editing, and teaching. She taught at several universities, including Southern Methodist University; San Jose State University; the University of California, Santa Barbara; and the University of San Diego. She worked as a poetry editor for ETC: A Review of General Semantics and Crosscurrents.
Bartlett was also founder and President of the international non-profit organization, Literary Olympics, Inc. Literary Olymics, Inc. was established to bring the cultural component back to the Olympic Games, as in ancient Greece. Through this work, Bartlett edited three international multi-language anthologies to coincide with the Olympics, beginning in 1984. A fourth volume was published in 1997 in memory of Bartlett, to honor her for her work with the Literary Olympics, and to commemorate the 1996 Olympic Games.
Her writing has been published in numerous journals, anthologies and books of collected poetry, including Poems of Yes and No (1952), It Takes Practice Not to Die (1964), Address in Time (1979), Memory is No Stranger (1981), The Gemini Poems (1984), Candles (1988), and Around the Clock (1989).
Bartlett passed away August 12, 1994.
The Elizabeth Bartlett Papers document Bartlett's life and work as a writer, poet, and editor. The collection is arranged in seven series: 1) BIOGRAPHICAL MATERIALS, 2) CORRESPONDENCE, 3) WRITINGS, 4) EDITING, 5) OTHER PROJECTS, 6) AUDIO RECORDINGS, and 7) WORK OF OTHERS.