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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)
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
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

No restrictions on access.

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Languages
English
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Biographical Note

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.

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Content Description

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.

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Use of the Collection

Restrictions on Use

Copyrights retained by creator. Contact University of Washington Libraries Special Collections for details.

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Administrative Information

Arrangement

Arranged in 3 series.

  • Series 1, Correspondence, 1936-2009
  • Series 2, Printed Materials, 1937-2009
  • Series 3, Pamphlets, 1963-1998

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Detailed Description of the Collection

 

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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)

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Subject Terms

  • Personal Papers/Corporate Records (University of Washington)


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