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Beatrice Roethke Lushington papers, 1958-2009
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Roethke, Beatrice
- Title
- Beatrice Roethke Lushington papers
- Dates
- 1958-2009 (inclusive)19532000
- Quantity
- 2.64 cubic feet (3 boxes)
- Collection Number
- 4538 (Accession No. 4538-006)
- Summary
- Correspondence, clippings, poems, drafts of manuscripts, and other materials collected by Beatrice Roethke Lushington about her late husband, the poet Theodore Roethke, as well as other 20th century writers.
- Repository
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University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections
University of Washington Libraries
Box 352900
Seattle, WA
98195-2900
Telephone: 2065431929
Fax: 2065431931
speccoll@uw.edu - Access Restrictions
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No restrictions on access.
- Languages
- English
Biographical NoteReturn to Top
Beatrice Heath O’Connell Roethke Lushington was born in 1926 to Beatrice Heath O’Connell and Irvin O’Connell in Maryland. She was raised in Winchester, Virginia and attended Handley Elementary School. Beatrice attended Bennington College in 1947 where she met her then English instructor, Theodore Roethke. She graduated Bennington in 1947. In 1952, she reunited with Roethke in New York and later married on January 3, 1953. She moved to Seattle, where Roethke was an English professor and poet at the University of Washington. Beatrice taught French at a Bellevue high school. While living in Seattle, Beatrice met a fellow schoolteacher and friend, Jean Walkinshaw, who would later produce a documentary titled I Remember Theodore Roethke. Beatrice continued to live in Seattle until her husband’s untimely death in 1963. In 1972, she married a British schoolteacher, Stephen Lushington, and remained in England.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
Contains personal and general correspondence concerning publications of her late husband’s writings, permission requests, royalty information, and expressions of sympathy. The collection also includes poems written by accomplished twentieth century poets, clippings, a drawing of Theodore Roethke, photographs of T. Roethke’s old acquiantances, printed material on T. Roethke, and drafts of manuscripts by poets and researchers.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Restrictions on Use
Copyrights retained by creator. Contact University of Washington Libraries Special Collections for details.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Arrangement
Arranged in 3 series.
- Series 1, Correspondence, 1936-2009
- Series 2, Printed Materials, 1937-2009
- Series 3, Pamphlets, 1963-1998
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
Series 1: Correspondence, 1936-2009Return to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Box/Folder | ||
| 1/1 | General Index of Correspondence
List of Letters
|
undated |
| 1/2 | Personal Correspondence |
1958-1966 |
| 1/3 | Poet's Correspondence |
1966-1968 |
| 1/4 | Auden, W.H. |
1959-2000 |
| 1/5 | Bagster-Collins, Mary |
1958-1964 |
| 1/6 | Bishop, Elizabeth |
1964-1965 |
| 1/7 | Bogan, Louise |
1956-1963 |
| 1/8 | British Broadcasting Corporation |
1964-1967 |
| 1/9 | Caedmon Records |
1969-1979 |
| 1/10 | Cunningham, Imogen |
1965-1995 |
| 1/11 | Davenport, John |
1963-1966 |
| 1/12 | Double Day & Company, Inc. |
1962-1964 |
| 1/13 | Double Day & Company, Inc. |
1966-1969 |
| 1/14 | Drachler, Jacob |
1964-1965 |
| 1/15 | Edelstein, J.M. |
1964 |
| 1/16 | Faber & Faber, LTD |
1964-1967 |
| 1/17 | Glozer, William |
1964 |
| 1/18 | Gosling, Veronica |
1963-1964 |
| 1/19 | Graves, Morris |
1964 |
| 1/20 | Hamburger, Michael |
1964 |
| 1/21 | Harper's Bazaar & Harper's Magazine |
1963-1964 |
| 1/22 | Heilman, Robert, & Ruth |
1963-1979 |
| 1/23 | Hellmsn, Lillian |
1963-1964 |
| 1/24 | Heringman, Bernard |
1964 |
| 1/25 | Humphries, Rolfe |
1966-1995 |
| 1/26 | Johnson, Judy |
1964 |
| 1/27 | Jones, Frank |
1963-1964 |
| 1/28 | Kizer, Ben and Carolyn |
1963-1964 |
| 1/29 | Kunitz, Stanley
"An Evening with Theodore Roethke"
|
1955-1963 |
| 1/30 | Lawrence, Ruth |
1963-1964 |
| 1/31 | Library of Congress
Permission Request
|
1963-1965 |
| 1/32 | Lowell, Robert "Cal" |
1963 |
| 1/33 | Marsanska, Ludmila |
1964 |
| 1/34 | Martin, Shorts, & Bever Associates |
1936-1964 |
| 1/35 | Matheson, William
University of Washington Libraries
|
1964 |
| 1/36 | Matthews, Jackson, and Marthiel |
1963-1985 |
| 1/37 | Meliado, Mariolina |
1963-1964 |
| 1/38 | Mills, Ralph J. |
1964-1970 |
| 1/39 | Moore, Marianne |
1958-1963 |
| 1/40 | Murphy, Richard |
1963-1964 |
| 1/41 | New Statesmen |
1964 |
| 1/42 | O'Connell, Irvin |
1963 |
| 1/43 | Roethke, Beatrice |
1963-1965 |
| 1/44 | Royal Shakespeare Theatre Club |
1963 |
| 1/45 | San Francisco State College - The Poetry
Center |
1963-1964 |
| 1/46 | Sargent, John |
1957-1964 |
| 1/47 | Sargent, Mary
"A Prince of Small Beginnings: Theodore Roethke," A.B. Honors
Thesis
|
1964 |
| 1/48 | Seager, Allan |
1963-1964 |
| 1/49 | Seager, Mary |
1963 |
| 1/50 | Seferis, George |
1960-1963 |
| 1/51 | Skelton, Robin |
1963-1997 |
| 1/52 | Smit, Leo |
1956-1963 |
| 1/53 | Smith, William, Jay, & Sonja |
1962-2000 |
| 1/54 | Spendor, Maro Gorky |
1964 |
| 1/55 | Spender, Stephen |
1963-1964 |
| 1/56 | Stokes, Katherine "Kitty" |
1968-1987 |
| 1/57 | Sund, Robert |
1964 |
| 1/58 | Tate, Allen, and Isabella Gardner |
1963-1964 |
| 1/59 | The Bloedell Foundation |
1964-1966 |
| 1/60 | The New Yorker Magazine |
1963 |
| 1/61 | The Observer |
1963-1964 |
| 1/62 | Theodore Roethke Memorial Fund |
1963-1965 |
| 1/63 | Wagoner, David
Includes Clippings
|
1963-1972 |
| 1/64 | Walkinshaw, Jean
Photo of Jean Walkinshaw, her mother, and Theodore Roethke,
dated 1953
|
1953-1969 |
| 1/65 | Walsh, Chad |
1963-1965 |
| 1/66 | Warren, Robert Penn & Elizabeth C. |
1965 |
| 1/67 | Wehr, Wesley
Chapter on "Theodore Roethke in the Classroom"
|
1969 |
| 1/68 | Weiss, Daniel |
1965 |
| 1/69 | Weiss, Daniel and Diane
Cards, Drawings
|
1964-2008 |
| 1/70 | Wilbur, Richard & Charlee Ellen |
1958-1963 |
| 1/71 | Williams, Florence |
1955-1963 |
| 1/72 | Willis, Elizabeth Bailey |
1963-1964 |
| 1/73 | Wright, C. Bagley & James |
1964-1965 |
| 1/74 | University of Texas - The Texas Quarterly |
1963 |
| 1/75 | University of Washington Libraries |
1964-1967 |
| 1/76 | University of Washington Press |
1966-1979 |
| 1/77 | Valls, Carmen, and Aurelia |
1955-1963 |
| 1/78 | Sympathy Letters |
1963 |
| 1/79 | Sympathy Letters |
1964 |
| 1/80 | Sympathy Letters - Students
Includes Elegies and Poems
|
1963 |
| 1/81 | Sympathy Letters - University of Washington
Faculty |
1963 |
| 1/82 | Sympathy Cards from Flowers |
1963 |
| 1/83 | List of Condolences |
1967 |
| 1/84 | Greeting Cards - Christmas |
1964 |
| 2/1 | Ader, Richard |
1966-1969 |
| 2/2 | Ader, Richard |
1980-2000 |
| 2/3 | Alexander, Edward |
19991-2009 |
| 2/4 | BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation) |
n.d. |
| 2/5 | Bebrubaker, Elizabeth |
1988-1999 |
| 2/6 | Bebrubaker, Elizabeth |
2000-2009 |
| 2/7 | Blessing, Richard |
1972-1978 |
| 2/8 | Bowers, Neal
Article "Theodore Roethke Speaks"
|
1978-1983 |
| 2/9 | Crotti & Garland Law Firm - Taxes |
1977-1978 |
| 2/10 | Dicky, William
Poems, Holiday Cards
|
1981-1994 |
| 2/11 | Fitzpatrick, Richard and Leslie
Includes Audiotape, Play Script "Roethke and Me: Conjuring the
Garden Master"
|
1981-2008 |
| 2/12 | Frank, Elizabeth
Copy of a Chapter Draft on Louise Bogan
|
1983-1984 |
| 2/13 | Goldman, Derrick, & Co. |
1970-1072 |
| 2/14 | Greenbaum, Wolff, & Ernst |
1970-1971 |
| 2/15 | Hall, Donald
Includes Two Poems
|
1966-1989 |
| 2/16 | Hall, Donald |
1997-2008 |
| 2/17 | Heilman, Jonathan |
1973-1978 |
| 2/18 | Heilman, Robert |
1992-2004 |
| 2/19 | Myers, Jeffery
Contains Printed Material on Theodore Roethke
|
1981-1998 |
| 2/20 | O'Connell, Beatrice Heath |
1988-1989 |
| 2/21 | O'Connell, Jr., Irvin |
1988-1990 |
| 2/22 | Patterson, Margaret |
1979-1981 |
| 2/23 | Recorded Poetry |
1969-1972 |
| 2/24 | Rental Property |
1995-1997 |
| 2/25 | Wagoner, David
Includes Script of a Play, Clippings, and Printed Material
|
2003-2007 |
| 2/26 | Walkinshaw, Jean |
1970-1979 |
| 2/27 | Walkinshaw, Jean |
1997-2007 |
| 2/28 | Weiss, Dianne |
1970-1977 |
| 2/29 | Miscellaneous
Dolman Press, Hotel Roosevelt, Helen Bush School, Yale
University Library, The Rockefeller Foundation
|
1962-1963 |
| 2/30 | Miscellaneous |
1964-1967 |
| 2/31 | Permissions Requests
Includes Printed Material & Articles by Robert Kusch
|
1962-1988 |
| 2/32 | Permissions Requests |
1990-1999 |
| 2/33 | Permissions Requests |
2001-2006 |
| 2/34 | Permissions Requests - Dissertations
Includes Requests from Alexander Hutchinson, Bernard
Heringman
|
1969-1982 |
Series 2: Printed Materials, 1937-2009Return to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Box/Folder | ||
| 3/1 | Income Tax Returns |
1956-1963 |
| 3/2 | Copyrights |
1958-1964 |
| 3/3 | Royalty Statements - McGraw Hill Book
Company |
1976-1980 |
| 3/4 | Manuscript Drafts "The Glass House" and "Manic
Power" |
undated |
| 3/5 | Theordore Roethke Materials
Printed Materials, Correspondence, Writings, Also Includes a
Song Book
|
1937-2004 |
| 3/6 | Theordore Roethke Typescript "The Rose" |
1962 |
| 3/7 | Theordore Roethke Letter to Beatrice |
1954 |
| 3/8 | Reviews on Theodore Roethke Writings |
1986-2005 |
| 3/9 | Theordore Roethke Memorials |
1995-2002 |
| 3/10 | Theordore Roethke's National Institute of Arts and
Letters |
1956 |
| 3/11 | Clippings on Theordore Roethke |
1985-1993 |
| 3/12 | Clippings |
1962-1998 |
| 3/13 | Clippings - Obituaries
Obituaries of Poets, Writers, and Artists
|
1986-2008 |
| 3/14 | Clippings of Poets |
1985-2007 |
| 3/15 | Clippings from British Newspapers |
1986-1989 |
| 3/16 | Invitations
Wedding, Bar Mitzvah
|
undated |
| 3/17 | Printed Materials |
1980-1998 |
| 3/18 | Funeral Programs
Poets and Writers
|
1991-2009 |
| 3/22 | Theodore Roethke (Drawing by Robert White) |
1953 |
| 3/23 | Drawing by Beatrice Roethke Lusington |
undated |
| 3/24 | Theodore Roethke's Photos of Old Girlfriends
Eleanor Holt, Mary Bagster-Collins
|
n.d |
Series 3: Pamphlets, 1963-1998Return to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Box/Folder | ||
| 3/19 | Bennington College Class Reunion 1947
Includes Program Booklet and Registration Packet
|
1997 |
| 3/20 | Pamphlets & Booklets
The Atlantic, The Layfayette Alumni Quarterly, "A Link Light"
book of poems by Alexander Huchison
|
1963-1977 |
| 3/21 | Pamphlets & Booklets
Twentieth Century American Poetry User Manuel
|
1998 |
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Personal Names
- Auden, W. H. (Wystan Hugh), 1907-1973--Correspondence
- Bishop, Elizabeth, 1911-1979--Correspondence
- Roethke, Beatrice--Archives
- Roethke, Theodore, 1908-1963--Archives
- Roethke, Theodore, 1908-1963--Death and burial
Corporate Names
- British Broadcasting Corporation--Records and correspondence
- Doubleday & Company, Inc--Records and correspondence
- Faber and Faber--Records and correspondence
- University of Washington. Libraries--Records and correspondence
Form or Genre Terms
- Business correspondence
- Ephemera
- Manuscripts (documents)
- Personal correspondence
Titles within the Collection
- New Yorker
Other Creators
-
Personal Names
- Bloedel, Prentice, 1900-1996 (creator)
- Bloedel, Virginia (creator)
- Bogan, Louise, 1897-1970 (creator)
- Brooks, Cleanth, 1906-1994 (creator)
- Costigan, Giovanni, 1905- (creator)
- Cunningham, Imogen, 1883-1976 (creator)
- Davenport, John (creator)
- Deutsch, Babette, 1895-1982 (creator)
- Edelstein, J. M. (Jerome Melvin), 1924-1996 (creator)
- Glozer, William (creator)
- Humphries, Rolfe (creator)
- Johnson, Judy (creator)
- Jones, Frank W (creator)
- Lawrence, Ruth (creator)
- Matheson, William, 1927- (creator)
- Meyers, Jeffrey (creator)
- Miller, Karl (creator)
- Mills, Ralph J (creator)
- Moore, Douglas (creator)
- Rorem, Ned, 1923- (creator)
- Russell, Diarmuid, -1973 (creator)
- Sargent, John T (creator)
- Seager, Allan, 1906-1968 (creator)
- Skelton, Robin (creator)
- Stokes, Katharine Martin, 1906-
- Untermeyer, Louis, 1885-1977 (creator)
- Wagoner, David (creator)
- Warren, Elizabeth C (creator)
- Warren, Robert Penn, 1905-1989 (creator)
Corporate Names
- Bloedel Reserve (Agency) (creator)
- Poetry Center of the 92nd Street YM-YWHA (New York, N.Y.) (creator)
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Personal Papers/Corporate Records (University of Washington)
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