2017-04-14 Guide to the Grace Crane Collection of Automatic Writing Attributed to Hart Crane, 1940-1942 SPEC.RARE.CMS.0077 Finding aid prepared by Zoe MacLeod; Katy Scullin Ohio State University Libraries Special Collections
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 This finding aid was produced using the Archivists' Toolkit 2018-03-28T13:30-0400 English Describing Archives: A Content Standard Grace Crane Collection of Automatic Writing Attributed to Hart Crane SPEC.RARE.CMS.0077 Ohio State University Libraries Special Collections 0.75 Cubic feet 1940-1942 Harold "Hart" Crane (July 21, 1899-April 27, 1932) was a modernist poet. Born in Garrettsville, Ohio, he moved to New York as a teenager and began to write poetry about the city of New York. Hart Crane died in 1932 when he committed suicide in Mexico. He was survived by his mother, Grace. The Grace Crane Collection of Automatic Writing Attributed to Hart Crane contains notes written by a psychic medium, purported to be the words of Hart Crane spoken to his mother, his cousin Betty, and others, after his death. The notes include poetry and personal messages from June 1940 to May 1942. (1) 5'' legal document box; (1) 2.5" legal document box English Crane, Grace Arrangement of Materials

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Processed by: Katy Scullin, 2018, February; Finding aid written by: Zoe MacLeod, 2017 April, Katy Scullin, 2018 February

 Biographical Note

Harold "Hart" Crane (July 21, 1899-April 27, 1932) was a modernist poet. Born in Garrettsville, Ohio, he moved to New York as a teenager and began to write poetry about the city of New York. Hart Crane died in 1932 when he committed suicide in Mexico. After his death, Hart Crane's mother, Grace, attempted to contact her son's spirit with the help of a medium.

 Scope and Contents

The Grace Crane Collection of Automatic Writing Attributed to Hart Crane contains notes written by a psychic medium, purported to be the words of Hart Crane spoken to his mother Grace, his cousin Betty, and others after his death. The notes include poetry and personal messages from June 1940 to May 1942.

 Related Materials Hart Crane Correspondence to Gorhan Munson and George Bryan Page Proofs for The Literary Manuscripts of Hart Crane Compiled by Kenneth A. Lohf Hart Crane Correspondence to Grace Hart Crane and Elizabeth B. Hart Crane, Grace Crane, Hart, 1899-1932 Automatic writing Channeling (Spiritualism)--United States--20th century Spirit writings--United States--20th century Transcriptions (documents) Notes and transcripts 1 1940-1941 Notes 2 1941-1942