Recording of Robert Francis reciting his poetry
Poets, American
Sound recording of Robert Francis reciting his poems "Hay Heaviness", "Dwight", and "The Gypsy Moth Man".
English
Sound recordings
Recording of Robert Francis reciting "Pumpkin Man"
Poets, American
Sound recording of Robert Francis reciting his poem "Pumpkin Man."
English
Sound recordings
Robert Francis with Henry Lyman, Poems to a Listener host
Poets, American
Amherst (Mass.)
Poet Robert Francis is interviewed by NPR's Poems to a Listener host and producer Henry Lyman, at Fort Juniper, Francis' home in Amherst.
Faulkner, Frank
Henry Lyman
Jones Library Special Collections
1986
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English
Photographs
Folder: Francis, Robert-Photographs
Young Robert Francis in suit and tie
Poets, American
Upper body shot of Robert Francis in a suit and tie, wearing glasses, and with his arms behind his head.
Jones Library Special Collections
1938-06-09
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English
Photographs
Folder: Francis, Robert -- Photographs
Robert Francis in contemplative mood
Poets, American
Amherst (Mass.)
Photograph of Robert Francis spending some time thinking at Fort Juniper.
Jones Library Special Collections
Circa 1975
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Photographs
Folder: Francis, Robert -- Photographs
Robert Francis in the doorway of Fort Juniper
Poets, American
Amherst (Mass.)
Photograph of Robert Francis in the doorway of Fort Juniper, the small house he built in North Amherst, leaning with one hand on the outside wall.
Jones Library Special Collections
Circa 1980
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English
Photographs
Folder: Francis, Robert -- Photographs
Fort Juniper
Amherst (Mass.)
This is Fort Juniper, the home of poet Robert Francis in Amherst, Massachusetts. In the summer of 1940 Robert Francis bought 1/2 acre of land on which to build a house. The entire cost of his 20 foot by 22 foot house was $1500. He called his home Fort Juniper in honor of the infallibility of the common pasture juniper.
Jones Library Special Collections
After 1940
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Photographs
Folder: Francis, Robert -- Photographs
Letter from Robert Francis to Nonny Burack, December 19, 1967
Francis, Robert, 1901-1987
Amherst (Mass.)
Letter written from Robert Francis to Nonny Burack while Francis was in Firenze, Italy. Burack managed Francis' affairs in Amherst while he was abroad. The letter sends holiday greetings, discusses receipt of mail, and remarks on Francis' Christmas plans.
Francis, Robert, 1901-1987
Jones Library Special Collections
1967-12-19
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from the Robert Francis Collection
English
Italian
Correspondence
Letter from Frank Prentice Rand to Robert Francis, September 17, 1957
Francis, Robert, 1901-1987
Rand, Frank Prentice, 1889-1971
Letter from the Rands (signed F.P.R. for Frank Prentice Rand) to Robert Francis sending Francis their best wishes before he travels to Italy.
Rand, Frank Prentice, 1889-1971
Jones Library Special Collections
1957-09-17
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from the Robert Francis Collection
English
Correspondence
Postcard from Robert Francis to Charles Green, December 31, 1957
Green, Charles R.
Francis, Robert, 1901-1987
Amherst (Mass.)
Postcard sent to Charles R. Green at The Jones Library from Robert Francis while Francis was traveling in Rome, Italy. Francis thanks Green for his bon voyage card, wishes him a happy new year, and reports that he has "found Frost in three libraries: USIS, British Council, and here [the American Academy in Rome]."
Francis, Robert, 1901-1987
Jones Library Special Collections
1957-12-31
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from the Robert Francis Collection
English
Cards
Robert Francis reads poetry to a group of people on the lawn outside The Jones Library
Francis, Robert, 1901-1987
Amherst (Mass.)
Jones Library
This group has come together to listen to Robert Francis read poetry on the lawn outside the Jones Library.
Jones Library Special Collections
1957-08-22
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From the Robert Francis Collection
Photographs
Reception for Robert Francis at Jones Library 1977
Francis, Robert, 1901-1987
Amherst (Mass.)
Jones Library
Reception for Robert Francis at the Jones Library. Caption on reverse reads, "Amherst Record, weekend, Aug. 20, 1977, p.1 Reception for Robert Francis, Amherst poet, following presentation of a bust of Francis to the Jones Library by sculptor Anna Wang of Montague for the poet's 75th birthday(Aug. 12). L. to R. - unidentified woman, Mrs. Joseph Langland, Joseph Langland, Nathan Smith, Robert Francis, unidentified woman, Horace W. Hewlett, chairman of the Board of Trustees."
Jones Library Special Collections
1977-08
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From the Amherst Record Collection
Photographs
Robert Francis and his family
Francis, Robert, 1901-1987
Photograph of Robert Francis and family members sitting at a table outside under trellises. Francis' father Ebenezer F. Francis and stepmother Ida May Allen Francis are sitting across from Robert (fourth from left).
Barnes, Lincoln W., 1879-1966
Jones Library Special Collections
undated
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From the Robert Francis Collection
Photographs
Robert Francis on earning his living as a poet
Francis, Robert, 1901-1987
Amherst (Mass.)
Amherst poet Robert Francis responds to the question of whether he earns a living entirely from poetry.
Fain Gildea (writer/producer), David Skillicorn (videographer)
Jones Library Special Collections
1979
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from the Robert Francis Collection
English
Motion pictures
Robert Francis on his parents
Francis, Robert, 1901-1987
Amherst (Mass.)
Amherst poet Robert Francis discusses the influence of his parents on his own character and how the contrasting temperaments combined to make him a poet.
Fain Gildea (writer/producer), David Skillicorn (videographer)
Jones Library Special Collections
1979
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from the Robert Francis Collection
English
Motion pictures