The collection consists of the correspondence of Robinson, photocopies from the Syracuse University Robinson Collection, photographs, periodicals containing Robinson criticism, and correspondence of Frank Piskor concerning the collection. Also included were numerous books by and about Robinson.
Edwin Arlington Robinson.
Collection Overview
Edwin Arlington Robinson, American poet, was born December 22, 1869 at Head Tide, Maine and died in New York City, April 6, 1935. He was educated at local schools and attended Harvard University 1891-1893 leaving after his sophomore year; he never married. He moved to New York City in 1895. Theodore Roosevelt helped him get a clerkship in the New York Customs House where he worked until 1910. Robinson won the Pulitzer Prize for poetry three times in the 1920's. The collection was donated by Frank P. Piskor - President of St. Lawrence University from 1969-1981.