Guide to the Daisy Aldan papers , 1960-1987

John Hay Library, University Archives and Manuscripts
Box A
Brown University
Providence, RI 02912
Telephone: Manuscripts: 401-863-3723; University Archives: 401-863-2148
Email: Manuscripts: hay@brown.edu; University Archives: archives@brown.edu

Published in 2016

Collection Overview

Title:	Daisy Aldan papers
Date range:	1960-1987
Creator:	Aldan, Daisy
Extent:	1.0 linear foot
Abstract:	Daisy Aldan was an accomplished poet, publisher, translator and teacher. The Aldan papers contain manusript poems and translations by Daisy Aldan, photographs, promotional materials, biographical material, and correspondence.
Language of materials:	English
Repository:	John Hay Library, University Archives and Manuscripts
Collection number:	Ms.85.3

Scope & content

The papers include Daisy Aldan's poetry, translations of works by other writers, correspondence, and photographs in which she appears from 1960-1987.

Access Points

Subject Names

• Aldan, Daisy
• Apollinaire, Guillaume,1880-1918
• Simmons, Elly Havas
• Stoddard, Roger E. (Roger Eliot)

Document Types

• Photographs
• Poems

Subject Topics

• Language and Literature

Arrangement

The papers are arranged in three series:

• Series 1. Writings, 1964-1975
• Series 2. Writings translated by Daisy Aldan, undated
• Series 3. Background information, correspondence, and photographs, 1960-1987

Biographical note

Daisy Aldan (1923-2001) was born in New York City to Louis Aldan, a designer, and Esther Edelheit Aldan an actress. She received a B.A. degree from Hunter College in 1943, and an M.A. from Brooklyn College in 1948, and did further graduate study at New York University. Aldan was a poet, editor, and translator who read and lectured throughout the United States and Europe.

Aldan was part of the New York City poetry scene of the 1950s and 1960s. She created her own publishing company, Tiber Press (which later became Folder Editions), publishing her own work as well as that of struggling Beat Generation writers. Daisy Aldan's poetry was influenced by modern French poetry and metaphysics and she edited and published translations of works by Stephane Mallarmé, Anaïs Nin, Albert Steffen, and Rudolf Steiner. To supplement her income, Aldan taught English, creative writing, literature, speech, and film studies at the New York School of Art and Design before retiring in the 1970s to focus on her writing.

Her poetry books include The Destruction of Cathedrals and Other Poems (1963), The Masks Are Becoming Faces (1964), Breakthrough (1971), Love Poems of Daisy Aldan (1972), Between High Tides (1978), and In Passage (1987), the latter two of which won her Pulitzer Prize nominations. Other credits include The NEA Poetry Prize, the American Literary Translator's Award, and a Pulitzer Prize nomination for her novella, Day of the Wounded Eagle (1991). Daisy Aldan contributed to anthologies including Fifty-Three American Poets of Today (1973), Twentieth-Century American Women Poets (1974), and The Little Magazine in America Today (1978), as well as to magazines including Botteghe Oscure, Imago, Massachusetts Review, New York Times, Poet and Critic, and Poetry.

Sources:

• Contemporary Authors. Detroit: Gale Research Co. Online serial.
• Daisy Aldan Papers, Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center, University of Texas at Austin

Access & Use

Access to the collection:	There are no restrictions on access, except that the collection can only be seen by prior appointment. Some materials may be stored off-site and cannot be produced on the same day on which they are requested.
Use of the materials:	Although Brown University has physical ownership of the collection and the materials contained therein, it does not claim literary rights. Researchers should note that compliance with copyright law is their responsibility. Researchers must determine the owners of the literary rights and obtain any necessary permissions from them.
Preferred citation:	Daisy Aldan papers, Ms. 85.3, Brown University Library.
Contact information:	John Hay Library, University Archives and Manuscripts Box A Brown University Providence, RI 02912 Telephone: Manuscripts: 401-863-3723; University Archives: 401-863-2148 Email: Manuscripts: hay@brown.edu; University Archives: archives@brown.edu

Administrative Information

ABOUT THE COLLECTION
Acquisition:	The Daisy Aldan papers were donated in various installments in 1980, 1982, 1985, and 2002.
ABOUT THE FINDING AID
Author:	Finding aid prepared by Jennifer Betts and Joanne Tandy.
Encoding:	This finding aid was produced using the Archivists' Toolkit 2016-08-02
Descriptive rules:	Finding aid based on Describing Archives: A Content Standard (DACS)

Additional Information

Related material:

See also: Daisy Aldan Papers (1946-1966) at the Harry Ransom Center, University of Texas at Austin.

Inventory

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