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Richard Aldridge (AC 1952) "Poetry Amherst" Papers, 1971-1972Finding AidFinding aid prepared by David Schaich, Peter Nelson.Encoding funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.© 2003
Biographical NoteRichard Aldridge was born in New York City in 1930. Shortly after graduating from Amherst College, he first published his poems in "New Poems by American Poets" (1953). After service in the U.S. Army and a fellowship at Oxford, Aldridge moved to Maine. He and his wife Josephine Haskell lived in Bath, where he worked as a teacher at two schools and wrote poetry in his spare time. He retired in 1985 to write full time. Aldridge's published work includes "Richard Aldridge: Poems", a chapbook published while he was at Oxford in 1957; "An Apology Both Ways" (1957); "Down Through The Clouds, The Sea" (1963); "The Wild White Rose; "Poems" (1974); "Red Pine, Black Ash" (1980); and "Driving North" (1989). In 2001 his wife, Josephine was the compiler for "The Poems of Richard Aldridge". In addition, he and Josephine collaborated on the children's book, "Reasons and Raisins" (1972). He was the editor/compiler of "Maine Lines; 101 Contemporary Poems about Maine" (1970); "Poetry Amherst: a Sesquicentennial Anthology of Poems by Alumni of Amherst College" (1972); "Memories of Morse, 1904-1979: A Seventy-Fifth Anniversary Tribute to Morse High School in Bath, Maine" (1979); "Speaking of New England: The Place & Her People: 72 Poems by 56 of Her Poets Past and Present" (1993). Return to the Table of Contents Scope and Contents of the CollectionRichard Aldridge edited a book of poetry by Amherst College graduates in celebration of the 150th anniversary of the College in the 1971-1972 academic year. The book was published in 1972 with the title: "Poetry Amherst; A Sesquicentennial Anthology of Poems by Alumni of Amherst College". The papers include his working drafts, correspondence and the page proofs of the book. Return to the Table of Contents Search TermsReturn to the Table of Contents Organization of the CollectionThis collection is organized into two series: Return to the Table of Contents Series 1: SUBMISSIONS AND CORRESPONDENCE 1971-1972Series 1, SUBMISSIONS AND CORRESPONDENCE, 1971-1972 consists of poems submitted to Mr. Aldridge by Amherst College alumni as well as correspondence between the authors and Mr. Aldridge. The correspondence includes announcements from Amherst College. This series is arranged chronologically.
Series 2: MANUSCRIPTS, 1972Series 2, MANUSCRIPTS, 1972 includes five copies of "Poetry Amherst", in various stages of production. This series is arranged chronologically.
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