Symposium 'Arts and Morals' and Committee on Un-American Activities 1953

Title

Symposium 'Arts and Morals' and Committee on Un-American Activities 1953

Shelfmark

MS. Wind 271

Summary

Papers relating to the Symposium 'Arts an Morals', April 1953, to W.H. Auden, and to the Committee on Un-American Activities at Smith College, 1953, including:

Folder 1: 'Arts and Morals 1953': Papers relating to the Symposium 'Arts and Morals' held 23-24 April 1953 at Smith College, including notes by Edgar Wind on possible speakers, correspondence, programme; transcripts of sessions, including papers by Archibald MacLeish (opening address 'The Muses' Sterner Love'), Jacques Barzun, W.H. Auden, Allen Tate ('A Home-Made Angel'), Lionel Trilling, George Boas, Ben Shahn ('This is about Values'), Philip Johnson, Edgar Wind, W.G. Constable, and debates between the participants; article on the symposium by Emily Genauer in New York Herald Tribune, 10 May 1953, and extract from the Smith College President's Report, 14 October 1953. [1, 11, i+ii]

Folder 2: 'W.H. Auden': Papers relating to W.H. Auden and his contacts with Wind, including: photocopies of letters from Edgar Wind to Margaret Wind with comments on meetings and debates held at an international exposition of the arts 'L'œuvre du XXe siècle / Masterpieces of the XXth century', Paris, May 1952, at which Auden spoke on 'Rebellion and Communion', May-June 1952; correspondence between Auden and Wind, 1952-1956 and related notes; typescript drafts of Auden's poem 'The Truest Poetry is the Most Feigning' dedicated to Wind, n.d. [1953]; photocopies of published versions, 1955 and 1976; photocopies from articles on Auden's poetry with references to 'The Truest Poetry is the Most Feigning' and to Edgar Wind, 1960-1993; articles and press cuttings by, or relating to, Auden, 1948-1997 and n.d. Also includes correspondence by Margaret Wind about Auden and Wind, 1966-1969, and papers relating to the W.H. Auden Society, 1987-1998. [I, 11, iii-iv + vi-vii]

Folder 3: 'Unamerican activities committee 1953': Papers relating to the Smith College House Committee on Un-American Activities, 1953, including notes, correspondence, (drafts of) memoranda, statements and testimonies (Robert Davis, Miss Bacon, Miss Kenyon), Edgar Wind's statement 'A Reply to Miss Kenyon', statements by Smith College Chapter of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP), by the President, the Board of Trustees, and the Committee for Discrimination in Giving, of Smith College; photocopy of a letter from Edgar Wind to Anna Kallin, giving his view of the events, 17 Jul 1954; articles and press cuttings relating to academic freedom and political investigations of universities in the USA, 1953. Also includes articles about the McCarthy era and the impact on universities, 1974-1995, and a summary by Margaret Wind.

Date

1948-1956; 1960-1998

Language

English

Physical extent

1 box (3 folders)