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Box 001

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Contains 4 Results:

Correspondence and biographical information

 File — Box: 001, Folder: 001
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

The Charles MacBean Papers consist of typescript manuscripts of various poems and plays, as well as correspondence with publishers and Reed College personnel. Included are typescript manuscripts of his English dactyllic hexameter translations of the ancient Greek dactyllic hexameter books of Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey, along with the translator’s comments and cover letters. There are also some autobiographical materials, newspaper clippings, etc.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1899 - 1984

Poetry, prose, and plays (typescripts with some illustrations): “Safe Wood-Cutting”; a translation of Goethe’s “Hermann and Dorothea”; “Rubaiyat of Hopeless Harry”; “When They Ring the Golden Bells”; “Hush the Battle-Cry”; “Sad Sawdust”; Wobbly Revival”; and “Old Wine in New Bottles” (a light opera)

 File — Box: 001, Folder: 002
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

The Charles MacBean Papers consist of typescript manuscripts of various poems and plays, as well as correspondence with publishers and Reed College personnel. Included are typescript manuscripts of his English dactyllic hexameter translations of the ancient Greek dactyllic hexameter books of Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey, along with the translator’s comments and cover letters. There are also some autobiographical materials, newspaper clippings, etc.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1899 - 1984

“Iliad” translation typescripts of various books of Homer’s Iliad, with commentary

 File — Box: 001, Folder: 003
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

The Charles MacBean Papers consist of typescript manuscripts of various poems and plays, as well as correspondence with publishers and Reed College personnel. Included are typescript manuscripts of his English dactyllic hexameter translations of the ancient Greek dactyllic hexameter books of Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey, along with the translator’s comments and cover letters. There are also some autobiographical materials, newspaper clippings, etc.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1899 - 1984

“Odyssey” translation typescript including a preface to the translation with a brief explanation of his thoughts on verse translations.

 File — Box: 001, Folder: 004
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

The Charles MacBean Papers consist of typescript manuscripts of various poems and plays, as well as correspondence with publishers and Reed College personnel. Included are typescript manuscripts of his English dactyllic hexameter translations of the ancient Greek dactyllic hexameter books of Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey, along with the translator’s comments and cover letters. There are also some autobiographical materials, newspaper clippings, etc.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1899 - 1984