Approximately 40 letters, notes, and postcards primarily from Hayden Carruth, American poet and literary critic, to Van Allen Bradley, reporter for the Chicago Daily News and book dealer. The letters concern book reviews done by Carruth for the Chicago Daily News, but also touch on literature, events in Carruth’s life, and monetary worries. Also includes a letter to Carruth from E. E. Cummings, two letters from Carruth to Chicago journalist Herman Kogan, and one typescript copy of Carruth’s poem “Michigan Water” dated 1963. Some extra envelopes that do not correspond with the letters also included.