Qualey, Elizabeth Cummings. When I Was a Little Girl. Privately printed by Carlton Qualey, 1981.
Reef, Catherine. E. E. Cummings: A Poet’s Life. New York: Clarion Books, 2006.
Remarque, Erich Maria. All Quiet on the Western Front. New York: Ballantine, 1982.
Sawyer-Lauçanno, Christopher. E. E. Cummings: A Biography. Naperville, IL: Source-books, 2004.
Schulman, Robert. Romany Marie: The Queen of Greenwich Village. Louisville, KY: Butler Books, 2006.
Watson, Hildegarde Lasell. The Edge of the Woods: A Memoir. Privately printed by James S. Watson, 1979.
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Wittels, Fritz. Freud and the Child Woman: The Memoirs of Fritz Wittels. Edward Timms, ed. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1995.
PHOTOGRAPHIC CREDITS
INSERT 1
1.1 Rebecca Cummings in 1892 by Charles Sydney Hopkinson (Courtesy of the Massachusetts Historical Society)
1.2 The Cummings house at 104 Irving Street, Cambridge (bMS Am 1892:11 (92) Courtesy of the Houghton Library, Harvard University)
1.3 A portrait of Cummings at age eight, c. 1902, by Charles Sydney Hopkinson (bMS Am 1892:10 (21) Courtesy of the Houghton Library, Harvard University)
1.4 Cummings, age ten, with his father Edward and his younger sister Elizabeth, in 1904 (bMS Am 1892.10 Courtesy of the Houghton Library, Harvard University)
1.5 The family at Joy Farm with, from right to left, a maid holding Rex the dog, Elizabeth on a donkey, Estlin on horseback, Rebecca in white, and handyman Sandy Hardy leading the cows, c. 1904 (bMS Am 1823.8 (46), Courtesy of the Houghton Library, Harvard University)
1.6 Estlin with his beloved dog, Rex, and Elizabeth in the hammock (Houghton Library MS Am 1823.8 (46))
1.7 Dean LeBaron Briggs, the Harvard professor who taught Cummings form (© Harvard University Archives, Call #HUP Briggs, L.R. (12))
1.8 James Sibley Watson, Cummings’s closest friend and patron (© The Estate of Hildegarde Lasell Watson)
1.9 Young women at a burlesque theater in 1916 (Courtesy of the Library of Congress, LCUSZ62–113672)
1.10 Scofield Thayer, Cummings’s friend and patron and Elaine’s first husband (© The Estate of Hildegarde Lasell Watson)
1.11 Memorial Hall and Sanders Theatre at Harvard College
1.12 Elizabeth Cummings, Estlin’s sister, in her teens, c. 1917 (bMS Am 1892.11 (92), Courtesy of the Houghton Library, Harvard University)
1.13 Cummings’s Harvard graduation photograph, 1915 (Houghton Library MS Am 1892.11 (92))
1.14 A Cummings self-portrait, from the 1920s (© Houghton Library, Harvard University)
1.15 Cummings’s notes on the stationery of Collier & Son where he was working: “Buffalo Bill is Dead” (Houghton Library MS Am 1823.7 (21))
INSERT 2
2.1 William Slater Brown, 1917 (Courtesy Slater Brown)
2.2 Cummings’s drawing of the view from one of his Paris windows in the 1920s (© Houghton Library, Harvard University)
2.3 Cummings’s drawing of Marie Louise Lallemand, his Paris friend from 1917 (bMS Am 1823.7 (16), Courtesy of the Houghton Library, Harvard University)
2.4 Paris artists in the 1920s. Ezra Pound stands in the middle row to the right. (Courtesy of the Library of Congress, LC-USZ62–113902)
2.5 American ambulance drivers in France near the Western Front in 1927 (© American Red Cross)
2.6 Dépôt de Triage at La Ferté-Macé, where Cummings and Slater Brown were incarcerated (Courtesy Slater Brown)
2.7 Scofield and Elaine Thayer in the summer of 1916 (bMS Am 1892 (681), Courtesy of the Houghton Library, Harvard University)
2.8 Edward and Rebecca Cummings in the mid-1920s. Edward was killed in 1926. (bMS Am 1823 (642), Courtesy of the Houghton Library, Harvard University)
2.9 Elaine near her Washington Square apartment just after Nancy was born, 1920 (Courtesy Nancy T. Andrews)
2.10 Private Cummings after his return from France at Fort Devens, Massachusetts, 1918 (Houghton Library MS Am 1892.11 (92))
2.11 Cummings in Paris, age twenty-seven, early 1920s (Courtesy Nancy T. Andrews)
2.12 Nancy Thayer Cummings, age five, in 1925 (Courtesy Nancy T. Andrews)
INSERT 3
3.1 Morrie Werner … (© Houghton Library, Harvard University)
3.2 … and Anne Barton: two portraits by E. E. Cummings (bMS Am 1892.9 (1), Courtesy of the Houghton Library, Harvard University)
3.3 Rebecca Cummings at Joy Farm in old age (bMS Am 1892.11 (92), Courtesy of the Houghton Library, Harvard University)
3.4 Marion Morehouse, early 1930s (bMS Am 1892.11, Courtesy of the Houghton Library, Harvard University)
3.5 Cummings photographed in his studio at Patchin Place by James Sibley Watson (bMS Am 1892.11 (92), Courtesy of the Houghton Library, Harvard University)
3.6 The glamorous Marion Morehouse shot by George Hoyningen-Huene, 1933 (Hoyningen-Heune Collection)
3.7 Cummings’s drawing of Marion Morehouse (bMS Am 1892.1, Courtesy of the Houghton Library, Harvard University)
3.8 Nancy at Joy Farm, 1950 (Courtesy Nancy T. Andrews)
3.9 A Cummings self-portrait from 1947 (Houghton Library MS Am 1892.17 (107))
3.10 Marianne Moore drawn by Hildegarde Watson (Houghton Library MS Am 1892.11 (92))
3.11 Ezra Pound after his stay at St. Elizabeths in 1957 (bMS Am 1892.11 (92), Courtesy of the Houghton Library, Harvard University)
3.12 Marion Morehouse in the 1930s (bMS Am 1892.11 (92), Courtesy of the Houghton Library, Harvard University)
3.13 E. E. Cummings before World War II (© Manuel Komroff Papers, Rare Book and Manuscript Society)
3.14 Cummings with his own painting of Mount Chocorua in 1950 (© Houghton Library, Harvard University)
3.15 Nancy Thayer Cummings Roosevelt Andrews (Courtesy Nancy T. Andrews. Taken by Alexis Orr)
3.16 Hildegarde Watson and Estlin Cummings (Letters of Cummings, also Houghton Library MS Am 1892.14 (4))
3.17 Cummings as he got older (bMS Am 1892.11 (92), Courtesy of the Houghton Library, Harvard University)
3.18 Patchin Place (no credit)
3.19 Cummings at work on the porch at Joy Farm (© Houghton Library, Harvard University)
Rebecca Cummings in 1892 by Charles Sydney Hopkinson (photographic credit i1.1)
The Cummings house at 104 Irving Street, Cambridge (photographic credit i1.2)
A portrait of Cummings at age eight, c. 1902, by Charles Sydney Hopkinson (photographic credit i1.3)
Cummings, age ten, with his father, Edward, and his younger sister Elizabeth, in 1904 (photographic credit i1.4)
The family at Joy Farm with, from right to left, a maid holding Rex the dog, Elizabeth on donkey, Estlin on horseback, Rebecca in white, and handyman Sandy Hardy leading the cows, c. 1904 (photographic credit i1.5)
Estlin with his beloved dog, Rex, and Elizabeth in the hammock (photographic credit i1.6)
Dean LeBaron Briggs, the Harvard professor who taught Cummings form (photographic credit i1.7)
James Sibley Watson, Cummings’s closest friend and patron (photographic credit i1.8)
Young women at a burlesque theater in 1916 (photographic credit i1.9)
Scofield Thayer, Cummings’s friend and patron and Elaine’s first husband (photographic credit i1.10)
Memorial Hall and Sanders Theatre at Harvard College (photographic credit i1.11)
Elizabeth Cummings, Estlin’s sister, in her teens, c. 1917 (photographic credit i1.12)
Cummings’s Harvard graduation photograph, 1915 (photographic credit i1.13)
A Cummings self-portrait, from the 1920s (photographic credit i1.14)
Cummings’s notes on the stationery of Collier & Son, where he was working: “Buffalo Bill is Dead” (photographic credit i1.15)
William Slater Brown, 1917 (photographic credit i2.1)
Cummings’s dr
awing of the view from one of his Paris windows in the 1920s (photographic credit i2.2)
Cummings’s drawing of Marie Louise Lallemand, his Paris friend from 1917 (photographic credit i2.3)
Paris artists in the 1920s. Ezra Pound stands in the middle row to the right. (photographic credit i2.4)
American ambulance drivers in France near the Western Front in 1927 (photographic credit i2.5)
Dépôt de Triage at La Ferté-Macé where Cummings and Brown were incarcerated (photographic credit i2.6)
Scofield and Elaine Thayer in the summer of 1916 (photographic credit i2.7)
Edward and Rebecca Cummings in the mid-1920s. Edward was killed in 1926. (photographic credit i2.8)
Elaine near her Washington Square apartment just after Nancy was born, 1920 (photographic credit i2.9)
Private Cummings after his return from France at Fort Devens, Massachusetts, 1918 (photographic credit i2.10)
Cummings in Paris, age twenty-seven, early 1920s (photographic credit i2.11)
Nancy Thayer Cummings, age five, in 1925 (photographic credit i2.12)
Morrie Werner … (photographic credit i3.1)
… and Anne Barton: two portraits by E. E. Cummings (photographic credit i3.2)
Rebecca Cummings at Joy Farm in old age (photographic credit i3.3)
Marion Morehouse, early 1930s (photographic credit i3.4)
Cummings photographed in his studio at Patchin Place by James Sibley Watson (photographic credit i3.5)
The glamorous Marion Morehouse shot by George Hoyningen-Huene, 1933 (photographic credit i3.6)
Cummings’s drawing of Marion Morehouse (photographic credit i3.7)
Nancy at Joy Farm, 1950 (photographic credit i3.8)
A Cummings self-portrait from 1947 (photographic credit i3.9)
Marianne Moore drawn by Hildegarde Watson (photographic credit i3.10)
Ezra Pound after his stay at St. Elizabeths (photographic credit i3.11)
Marion Morehouse in the 1930s (photographic credit i3.12)
E. E. Cummings before World War II (photographic credit i3.13)
Cummings with his own painting of Mount Chocorua in 1950 (photographic credit i3.14)
Nancy Thayer Cummings Roosevelt Andrews (photographic credit i3.15)
Hildegarde Watson and Estlin Cummings (photographic credit i3.16)
Cummings as he got older (photographic credit i3.17)
Patchin Place (photographic credit i3.18)
Cummings at work on the porch at Joy Farm (photographic credit i3.19)
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Treetops
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Home Before Dark
The Cage
A Handsome Man
Looking for Work
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