Lee (Peter H.) collection of books and letters from Wallace Stevens, 1940-1963

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Summary

Title:
Peter H. Lee collection of books and letters from Wallace Stevens
Dates:
1940-1963
Creators:
Lee, Peter H.
Abstract:
Collection consists of letters from Wallace Stevens to Peter H. Lee, and books from Lee's collection by Wallace Stevens, T.S. Eliot, Robert Frost, and Robert Lowell.
Extent:
0.25 Linear Feet (1 half box)
Language:
Materials are in English.
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Peter H. Lee Collection of Books and Letters from Wallace Stevens (Collection 146). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.

Background

Scope and content:

The collection consists of letters from Wallace Stevens to Peter H. Lee. In early 1951, while Lee was studying at the College of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minnesota, he sent Stevens some poems. A friendship developed between the poet and the young Korean scholar, resulting in a rich body of correspondence that developed over a period of several years (see George S. Lensing, Wallace Stevens: A Poet's Growth, pp.239-240). The 19 letters in this collection contain Stevens' insightful reflections on poetry and scholarship in general, and document his friendship with Lee. The collection also contains 12 books from Lee's personal collection: seven by Wallace Stevens (two of which are inscribed to Lee by the author), three by T.S. Eliot, and one each by both Robert Frost and Robert Lowell. The finding aid includes complete citations for the books; in addition, full catalog records for these books can be found in the UCLA Library online catalog by performing a keyword search on the phrase "Peter H. Lee collection of books."

Biographical / historical:

Peter H. Lee (1929-) was born in Seoul, Korea. He received his B.A. from the College of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minnesota, and his M.A. from Yale in 1953. Lee went on to study various languages and comparative literatures at universities in Switzerland, Italy, England and Munich, Germany, where he earned his Ph.D. from Ludwig-Maximilian University in 1958. After holding positions at Columbia, Hawaii, and UC Berkeley, Lee came to UCLA in 1987 to begin his distinguished teaching career in the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures as a professor of Korean and comparative literature. Professor Lee is an academic pioneer, credited with single-handedly developing the field of Korean literature, especially in a comparative context, in the West. He is the author of 16 books and numerous articles.

Acquisition information:
Gift of Peter H. Lee, 2005.
Processing information:

Processed by Laurel McPhee in the Center for Primary Research and Training (CFPRT), Spring 2005.

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Arrangement:

Arranged in the following series:

  1. Books, 1940-1963.
  2. Letters, 1951-1955.

Physical location:
Stored off-site. All requests to access special collections material must be made in advance using the request button located on this page.
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Finding aid prepared by Laurel McPhee in the Center for Primary Research and Training (CFPRT), Spring 2005; machine-readable finding aid created by Caroline Cubé and edited by Laurel McPhee and Amy Shung-Gee Wong.
Date Encoded:
This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2022-08-18 15:39:05 -0700 .

Access and use

Restrictions:

Open for research. All requests to access special collections materials must be made in advance using the request button located on this page.

Terms of access:

Property rights to the physical objects belong to UCLA Library Special Collections. All other rights, including copyright, are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue the copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold the copyright.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Peter H. Lee Collection of Books and Letters from Wallace Stevens (Collection 146). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.

Location of this collection:
A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library
Box 951575
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575, US
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