Lesley Lee Francis Collection, 1913-2019

Collection number: MC 400 [Offsite storage]
Size: (14 boxes) (13.10 cu.ft.)

About Lesley Lee Francis (b. 1931)

Lesley Lee Francis is the author of several books including "You Come Too: My Journey With Robert Frost" (2015). She has spent her life as a tireless promotor of the life and work of her mother Lesley Frost Ballentine (1899-1983) and her grandfather, the poet Robert Frost (1874-1963).

About the Lesley Lee Francis Collection, 1913-2019

This collection primarily consists of work related to Lesley Lee Francis's research into the lives and work of her mother and grandfather, and her promotion of their poetic legacy.

The collection contains large amounts of his correspondence in photocopied form; however, no original Robert Frost material is included.

Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

This collection is open.

This collection is housed in the Library Storage Building; access requires 48 hours notice. Please contact the Special Collections staff prior to visiting the library.

Copyright Notice

Contents of this collection are governed by U.S. copyright law. For questions about publication or reproduction rights, contact Special Collections staff.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], [Folder number], [Box number], Lesley Lee Francis Collection, ca. 1913-2019, MC 400, Milne Special Collections and Archives, University of New Hampshire Library, Durham, NH, USA.

Acquisitions Information

Donation of Lesley Lee Francis, 2018.

UNH also holds the papers of Lesley Frost Ballentine (MC 185) and a number of items and volumes from Robert Frost.

Separated Material

Duplicates were removed during processing.

Collection Arrangement

The collection is as close as possible to original order as received.

Collection Contents

Series 1: Lesley Lee Francis Collection, 1913-2019

(13 boxes)
Box 1
Box 1, Folder 1Robert Frost Memorabilia, 1973-1974
Box 1, Folder 2Robert Frost Family History, 1938-2011
Box 1, Folder 3Lesley Frost Ballentine background information, 2015
Box 1, Folder 4Frost family bookplates, undated
Box 1, Folder 5Frost Farm postcards and events, 1974-1990
Box 1, Folder 6Publications by Lesley Lee Francis, 1981-2011
Box 1, Folder 7Robert Frost events and organizations, 1970-2000
Box 1, Folder 8Frost Christmas greetings, 1970-1971
Box 1, Folder 9Lesley Lee Francis photographs, 1948-2012
Box 1, Folder 10-24Robert Frost collections at American and British universities, ca. 1970-2015
Box 1, Folder 25-39Frost Family genealogy, ca. 1930-1994

Willard Fraser (husband of Marjorie Frost); Hilda & Vera Harvey; Elinor Miriam (White) Frost; Elinor Frost Wilbur; Bob Frost; Joseph William Pepperell Frost; Marjorie Frost Fraser; Robin Fraser Hudnut; John Cone; Lillian LeBett Frost; Irma Frost Cone; Isabelle "Belle" Moody; Carroll Frost; William Prescott Frost, Jr.

Box 2
Box 2, Folder 1-2Correspondence: Lesley Ballentine to Robert Frost, 1940 and later
Box 2, Folder 3-4Robert Frost to Lesley Frost, 1915-1963
Box 2, Folder 5-6Lesley Frost to Robert Frost, 1939-1944
Box 2, Folder 7-8Robert Frost letters, typed, 1914-1928
Box 2, Folder 9-12Elinor Frost to Lesley Frost and others, 1912-1930
Box 2, Folder 13Lesley Frost Ballentine, South America trip, 1948
Box 2, Folder 14-15Lesley Frost Ballentine: Wanderbird cruise, 1934
Box 2, Folder 16Lesley Frost Ballentine: publications, 1920s-1940s
Box 2, Folder 17Lesley Frost Ballentine: correspondence aboard the S.S. Franconia, 1927
Box 2, Folder 18Lesley Frost Ballentine: The Open Book (bookshop), 1923-1926
Box 2, Folder 19-23Lesley Frost Ballentine: Educational years, 1917-1919

Bernard College, Marblehead, Wellesley College, college compositions

Box 3
Box 3, Folder 1Lesley Frost Ballentine in Amherst, 1916-1917
Box 3, Folder 25Lesley Frost Ballentine in England, 1912-1915
Box 3, Folder 3-4Lesley Frost Ballentine in Spain, 1946-1948
Box 3, Folder 5Lesley Frost Ballentine: WWII, Washington D.C., King-Smith, Frost School, 1940s-1060s
Box 3, Folder 6-7Lesley Frost Ballentine trip to Mexico from 1937-1939, 1937-2002
Box 3, Folder 8-9Lesley Frost Ballentine at Rockford College, 1934-1936
Box 3, Folder 10Lesley Frost Ballentine Lecture drafts, undated
Box 3, Folder 11Lesley Frost Ballentine in Spain, 1964-1988
Box 3, Folder 12Lesley Frost Ballentine draft novel "Again the Anvil Rings," 1947
Box 3, Folder 13Lesley Frost Ballentine clippings, undated
Box 3, Folder 14Lesley Frost Ballentine Essays, undated
Box 3, Folder 15Lesley Frost Ballentine Publications, ca. 1950-1975
Box 3, Folder 16-19Lesley Frost Ballentine Poem drafts and diaries, 1940s onwards
Box 4
Box 4, Folder 1Lesley Frost Ballentine Poems, undated
Box 4, Folder 2Lesley Frost Ballentine Biographical material, ca. 1940s-1980s
Box 4, Folder 3-4Lesley Frost Ballentine Address books, 1940s onwards
Box 4, Folder 5Lesley Frost Ballentine Reading List, undated
Box 4, Folder 6Lesley Frost Ballentine Early "New Hampshire's Child" drafts, undated
Box 4, Folder 7-10Lesley Frost Ballentine S.S. Franconia cruise logbook, souvenirs, story, 1927
Box 4, Folder 11Lesley Frost Ballentine Personal correspondence and passport, 1938-1968
Box 4, Folder 12Lesley Frost Ballentine Personal correspondence, 1930s-2000s
Box 4, Folder 13Lesley Frost Ballentine Miscellaneous correspondence, 1926-2010
Box 4, Folder 14Lesley Frost Ballentine Vincent D'Amico correspondence, 1990-2018
Box 4, Folder 15Lesley Frost Ballentine, Lesley Lee Francis correspondence with Wade Van Dore, 1972-1988
Box 4, Folder 16Lesley Frost Ballentine, Lesley Lee Francis correspondence with Stanley Burnshaw, 1990s-2000s
Box 4, Folder 17Lesley Frost Ballentine Correspondence with Dorothy Canfield Fisher (mostly copies), some photographs, 1940s on
Box 4, Folder 18Lesley Frost Ballentine: ALA Conference in Cancun with Elizabeth Bishop, 2003
Box 4, Folder 19Lesley Frost Ballentine: Correspondence with R.F. Society, Calhoun, Wilcox, Lyons, UNC, 1990s-2000s
Box 4, Folder 20Robert Frost Society Newsletter, 1970-2004
Box 5
Box 5, Folder 1Lesley Frost Ballentine Correspondence to W. Sutton, 1970-1990
Box 5, Folder 2California Friends of Robert Frost, 1970-1990s
Box 5, Folder 3Lesley Lee Francis: Myers, Davison, D.J. Hall correspondence and clippings, 1970s-1990s
Box 5, Folder 4Lesley Lee Francis: Correspondence on Gillie the dog, R. Cook, W.V. Moody, J.C. Oates, 2000s-2010s
Box 5, Folder 5Robert Frost Last will and testament (original copy), correspondence, 1951-2002
Box 5, Folder 6Lesley Lee Francis: American Literature Association conferences, misc. correspondences, 1990s
Box 5, Folder 7-8Lesley Lee Francis General correspondence, 1975-2000s
Box 5, Folder 9Lesley Frost Ballentine Correspondence to authors/poets (photocopies), 1920 onwards
Box 5, Folder 10LFF/Lesley Frost Ballentine Correspondence to biographers (photocopies), 1960s-1970s
Box 5, Folder 11Lesley Lee Francis general correspondence, 1980s-1990s
Box 5, Folder 12Lesley Lee Francis correspondence to J.E. Walsh, 1980s-1990s
Box 5, Folder 13Lesley Lee Francis correspondence with Seamus Heaney, 1990-2000s
Box 5, Folder 14Robert Frost correspondence to Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings (photocopies) and clippings, 1940s-1980s
Box 5, Folder 15Robert Frost/Lesley Lee Francis letters to Ezra Pound (photocopies) and clippings, 1930s-1980s
Box 5, Folder 16Robert Frost and J. J. Lankes: correspondence for exhibition at Vanderbilt, 1990s-2001
Box 5, Folder 17Lesley Lee Francis and Dorothy Judd Hall, 1990-2004
Box 5, Folder 18Lesley Lee Francis and Clifford Lyons, 1980s-1990s
Box 5, Folder 19Lesley Lee Francis correspondence with Sidney Hayes Cox (includes photocopies of Robert Frost letters), 1912-1972
Box 5, Folder 20Robert Frost Society correspondence, 1988-2001
Box 5, Folder 21"U.S. Recognition of Robert Frost": G.H. Brown and N.O.B., 1970s
Box 5, Folder 22Friends of Robert Frost / R.F. Symposium, 2003-2017
Box 5, Folder 23R.F. Christmas card exhibit, 1979
Box 5, Folder 24R.F. in film and drama, 1984-2007
Box 5, Folder 25Peter J. Stanlis correspondence and articles, 1984-2008
Box 6
Box 6, Folder 1-3Peter J. Stanlis correspondence and articles (continued), 1991-2003
Box 6, Folder 4-6Robert Frost and Harvard University: correspondence (photocopies), clippings, articles, 1913-1990
Box 6, Folder 7Correspondence with Robert Cotner, the Caxton Club, 1990s
Box 6, Folder 8Donald Sheehy correspondence and articles, 1990s
Box 6, Folder 9Robert Frost's Miami house, 1988 and undated
Box 6, Folder 10Dedication of plaque at University of Florida, 1988
Box 6, Folder 11William Sullan's list of Robert Frost's homes, 1970-2002
Box 6, Folder 12"Robert Frost Encyclopedia," 1997
Box 6, Folder 13-14Lesley Lee Francis's sabbatical research on poet Rupert Brooke, 1980s-1990s
Box 6, Folder 15Lesley Lee Francis correspondence with Myfanwy Thomas, 1980s-1990s
Box 6, Folder 16Friends of the Dymrock Poets correspondence and newsletters, 1980s-2016
Box 7
Box 7, Folder 1Rupert Brooke: "Lithuania", Chicago Little Theatre, Letters from America undated
Box 7, Folder 2Lesley Lee Francis: "Rubert Brooke and the Chicago Little Theatre", 1990s
Box 7, Folder 3Lesley Lee Francis research: Brooke: Chicago Little Theatre. Brown: "Too Late to Lament", undated
Box 7, Folder 4Robert Frost Notebooks: transcriptions and copies from collections at Ridland, Feldman, and UVA, 1980s-1990s
Box 7, Folder 5Robert Frost and England: Lesley Lee Francis visit to Friends of Dymrock Poets, 1961-1985
Box 7, Folder 6-7Jan Marsh: "Georgian Poets and the Land," 1973
Box 7, Folder 8-10Lesley Lee Francis research on Edward Thomas, including letters from/to Robert Frost (copies), 1990s-2000s
Box 7, Folder 11Lesley Lee Francis reviews of books on Edward Thomas and an appreciation, 1997-2004
Box 7, Folder 12Robert Frost and Helen Thomas (copies), 1980s-1990s
Box 7, Folder 13Robert Frost correspondence to Wilfred W. Gibson (copies), undated
Box 7, Folder 14Robert Frost and EF: England visit, 1928
Box 7, Folder 15Robert Frost and English poets: Masefield, Flint, Graves, undated
Box 8
Box 8, Folder 1England: bibliography, undated
Box 8, Folder 2England: Lesley Lee Francis photos, research, bibliography, 1990s
Box 8, Folder 3Robert Frost letters on birds and flowers (copies), undated
Box 8, Folder 4Robert Frost and WWI, ET correspondence (copies), undated
Box 8, Folder 5England: Little Iddens, Poets Paths I & II, 1990s
Box 8, Folder 6England: Abercrombie correspondence, 1980s
Box 8, Folder 7England: Lesley Lee Francis and C. Day Lewis, 1951-1988
Box 8, Folder 8Robert Frost and Thomas Mosher, 1990s
Box 8, Folder 9Harold Monroe and The Poetry Bookshop, undated
Box 8, Folder 10"As Told To A Child" intro from Cyder Press, 2000
Box 8, Folder 11Robert Frost and David and Marie Nutt, undated
Box 8, Folder 12Robert Frost and John W. Haines and son Robert Haines, 1989 and undated
Box 8, Folder 13Robert Frost and Eleanor Farjean, 1990s and undated
Box 8, Folder 14Robert Frost and William Henry Davis, undated
Box 8, Folder 15Robert Frost and John Drinkwater, undated
Box 8, Folder 16Robert Frost and John Cournos, undated
Box 8, Folder 17Robert Frost and Frank S. Flint, undated
Box 8, Folder 18Robert Frost, John Freeman, John Haines, undated
Box 8, Folder 19Robert Frost and Ford Madox Ford (Hueffer), undated
Box 8, Folder 20Robert Frost and Edward Garnett, undated
Box 8, Folder 21Lesley Lee Francis correspondence with John Gould Fletcher and David Tatham, 1966-1986
Box 8, Folder 22Lesley Lee Francis and "The Bradshaw" / Beaconfield, 1986-2012
Box 8, Folder 23Reviews of ABW and NOB periodicals, undated
Box 8, Folder 24England - Robert Frost boat trips 1912-1915, undated
Box 8, Folder 25Robert Frost and Jack Squire, undated
Box 8, Folder 26-32Lesley Lee Francis: England trips, 1957-1999
Box 8, Folder 33Lesley Lee Francis photos (mostly reproductions), 1940s-1990s
Box 8, Folder 34Lesley Lee Francis Articles, press, Book materials ("A Woman's Journey with Robert Frost"), 1997-2015
Box 8, Folder 35Robert Frost homes: Derry NH, 1977-2014
Box 9
Box 9, Folder 1-2Robert Frost homes: Derry NH, 1970s-2010s
Box 9, Folder 3Robert Frost homes: Photos, 1990s-2010s
Box 9, Folder 4Robert Frost homes: Derry NH, 1975-1999
Box 9, Folder 5Robert Frost homes: Derry and Franconia NH, 2002-2005
Box 9, Folder 6Robert Frost homes: Franconia NH, 1975-2014 and undated
Box 9, Folder 7Robert Frost homes: Derry NH, 1998-2000
Box 9, Folder 8-9Lawrence (MA) Frost Festival, 1997-2001
Box 9, Folder 10Lesley Lee Francis: Gardner family research, 2010-2015
Box 9, Folder 11Robert Frost correspondence with William Jewell, 1977-1992
Box 9, Folder 12Robert Frost and Plymouth State University (NH), 1969-1977
Box 9, Folder 13Robert Frost in Israel (1961) and Lesley Lee Francis trip to Israel, 1960-1990
Box 9, Folder 14Robert Frost interest in archaeology, undated
Box 9, Folder 15-17Robert Frost in Brazil / Portuguese materials, 1970s-19902
Box 10
Box 10, Folder 1Kahn, Shalom: "Robert Frost and Jerusalem", 1989
Box 10, Folder 2Lesley Lee Francis: Fred B Adams, Morgan Library correspondence, 1978-1979
Box 10, Folder 3Lesley Lee Francis article on Robert Frost's interest in archaeology, 1981
Box 10, Folder 4Robert Frost visit to Lima Peru, 1961
Box 10, Folder 5-6Robert Frost and Susan Hayes Ward, 1984 and undated
Box 10, Folder 7Robert Frost and "Mrs. Joseph Ballentine," World Congress Writers 1954
Box 10, Folder 8Lesley Frost Ballentine in South America clippings, 1948-1949
Box 10, Folder 9-10Robert Frost and Harriet Monroe, undated
Box 10, Folder 11Robert Frost and Amy Lowell, undated
Box 10, Folder 12Robert Frost and Harriet Vaughn Moody, undated
Box 10, Folder 13Robert Frost and children (Lesley Lee Francis research), undated
Box 10, Folder 14"The Bouquet" (written by his children for Robert Frost - copies only), undated
Box 10, Folder 15Lesley Lee Francis diaries: "A Very Important Year", undated
Box 10, Folder 16Illustrations for "The Bouquet," undated
Box 10, Folder 17Robert Frost poems about his children, undated
Box 10, Folder 18Lesley Lee Francis "As Told To A Child" correspondence, 1990s-2000s
Box 10, Folder 19Robert Frost and his English friends, undated
Box 10, Folder 20Robert Frost and Louisa May Alcott, undated
Box 11
Box 11, Folder 1-12Lesley Lee Francis general research and published articles on Robert Frost, 1950s-2015
Box 11, Folder 13Robert Frost reprints of photos in Washington D.C., 1930s-1940s
Box 11, Folder 14Robert Frost reprints of photos in England, undated
Box 11, Folder 15Robert Frost themed engagement calendar, 1981
Box 11, Folder 16-17California Friends of Robert Frost articles and correspondence, 1960s-1990s
Box 11, Folder 18Robert Frost and children, undated
Box 11, Folder 7Frost family correspondence copies, undated
Box 12
Box 12, Folder 1-29Robert Frost Symposia and Youth Poet Program, 1994-2019
Box 13
Box 13, Folder 1-3Lesley Frost Ballentine: SS Franconia photos and scrapbooks, 1927
Box 13, Folder 4Lesley Frost Ballentine: SS Wanderbird & SS Elba, undated
Oversize Box 1
Oversize Box 1, Item 1Poster, "The Frost Place" in Franconia NH, undated
Oversize Box 1, Item 2Broadside, "Robert Frost's first published poem for pay" (G. William Gahagan, California Friends of Robert Frost). 1983
Oversize Box 1, Item 3-4"Robert Frost Reads His Poetry" cassettes no. 1 & 2 (Caedmon CP 1060), 1956, 1976
Oversize Box 1, Item 5Album of stamped envelopes "Official United States First Day Covers" 1976
Oversize Box 1, Item 6"Norman Rockwell's Tribute to Robert Frost" publicity kit, 1974
Oversize Box 1, Item 7New York Center for Visual History's "Robert Frost" publicity kit, 1985
Oversize Box 1, Item 8Homemade 33 RPM disk of Robert Frost reading poetry dubbed from 78 RPM disks (reverse side contains two recordings of "Records taken from Japanese in Manilla 1945"), 1945 and undated
Oversize Box 1, Item 9Homemade 33 RPM disk of "Frost TV Program Memorial recording from tape CBS January 30 1963," 1963
Oversize Box 1, Item 1033 RPM disk "Robert Frost Reads His Poetry" (Caedmon TC 1060), 1957
Oversize Box 1, Item 11Scrapbook of Robert Frost clippings compiled by G. William Gahagan, 1942-1966

Collection Content

Subjects

Poetry

Formats

Audio Recordings
Letters & Postcards
Manuscripts & Typescripts
Newspapers & Publications
Photographs, Slides & Negatives
Scrapbooks
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