Cawein, Madison Julius (1865-1914) Additional Papers, 1888-1929

Held by The Filson Historical Society 

Creator:  Cawein, Madison Julius, 1865-1914 

Title:  Additional papers, 1888-1929 

Rights: For information regarding literary and copyright interest for these papers, contact the Collections Department. 

Size of Collection:  1 cubic foot 

Location Number:  Mss. A C83a 

Scope and Content Note 

Additional papers consist of correspondence of Madison Cawein, 1888-1914; twenty-one poems by Cawein; correspondence of his wife Gertrude McKelvey Cawein, 1907-1914, Otto A. Rothert, 1919-1929, Eric and Alice (Monroe) Pape, 1907-1911, and Rose de Vaux-Royer, 1915-1919; and biographical sketches of Cawein written by John Wilson Townsend and Henry A. Cottell. 

Folder List 

Box 1 

1 Correspondence, 1888-1903.

2 Correspondence, 1904-1905.

3 Correspondence, 1906.

4 Correspondence, 1907.

5 Correspondence, 1908.

6 Correspondence, 1909.

7 Correspondence, 1910.

8 Correspondence, 1911.

9 Correspondence, 1912.

10 Correspondence, 1913-1914.

11 Poems.

12 The class of ’86 (original and two copies). 

13 Gertrude Cawein correspondence, 1907-1908. 

14 Gertrude Cawein correspondence, 1909-1914. 

15 Rothert correspondence, 1919-1920. 

16 Rothert correspondence, 1921. 

 

Box 2 

17 Rothert correspondence, 1922-1929. 

18 Eric and Alice Pape correspondence, 1907-1911. 

19 Eric Pape: Notes about his letters from Cawein; miscellaneous material. 

20 Rose de Vaux-Royer correspondence, 1915 Jan.-Sept.

21 Rose de Vaux-Royer correspondence, 1915 Oct.-Dec.

22 Rose de Vaux-Royer correspondence, 1916 Jan.-June.

23 Rose de Vaux-Royer correspondence, 1916 Aug.-Dec.

24 Rose de Vaux-Royer correspondence, 1919 and n.d. 

25 Biographical sketch of Madison Cawein by John Wilson Townsend. 

26 Henry A. Cottell: Madison Cawein as I knew him. Galley and proof sheets. 

27 Henry A. Cottell: Madison Cawein as I knew him. Typed copy. 

28 Rejected pages of Cottell’s sketch of Cawein. 

29Miscellaneousmaterial about Cawein and his works. 

 

Box 3 

item 30 Bound corrected final proof of The poet and nature. 

pkg. 31 Package of empty envelopes.