Howard Hilles-Corinne Roosevelt Robinson Collection
Corinne Roosevelt Robinson (1861-1933) was the sister of former President
Theodore Roosevelt. She was a published poet, lecturer, and orator. Mrs. Robinson
began writing at an early age, through the encouragement of her friends, in particular
Edith Wharton who helped critique her poetry; Mrs. Robinson began to publish
her work. In 1911 she published her first poem, "The Call of Brotherhood," in Scribner's Magazine.
Her first book of poems entitled The Call of Brotherhood was published
in 1912.
This volume was quickly followed by One Woman to Another and Other
Poems (1914) dedicated to her daughter Corinne commemorating the loss of
Mrs. Robinson's brother and son Special Collections has several other volumes
of poetry by Mrs. Robinson: Service and Sacrifice (1919) dedicated
to her brother Theodore Roosevelt, The Poems of Corinne Roosevelt Robinson (1924),
and Out of Nymph (1930) dedicated to Charles Scribner. Special Collections
also has her biography of her brother entitled My Brother Theodore Roosevelt (1924).
Each volume held by Special Collections is signed or inscribed by Mrs. Robinson.
The correspondence between Mrs. Robinson and Mr. Hilles spans a period between
1913 and 1938. The collection includes correspondence, some photographs, and
handwritten poems exchanged between Mrs. Robinson and the poet Howard Hilles
of Bourbon, Indiana. Mr. Hilles was a published poet whose titles include: Rhymes
at Random (1910) and Untravelled Trails (1916).
The poems of Untravelled
Trails were discussed in the Hilles-Robinson correspondence before the
publication of the book. The correspondence between Mrs. Robinson and Mr. Hilles
mainly reflects poet-to-poet correspondence including reviews and critiques of
each other's poetry, the exchanging of books, and small personal tidbits from
Mrs. Robinson's life.
Finding Aid Hilles-Robinson Correspondence
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