Robert P. T. Coffin
1892 – 1955
Background – Biographical Information & Connection to Maine (1)
Click above to read about Robert P. T. Coffin in the Gale Contextual Encyclopedia of American Literature (1)
Visual Text
Bowdoin Professor Robert P. T. Coffin signs copies of his books of poetry at the Pennsylvania College for Women in 1939. (2)
Primary Sources
Click above to see newspaper clippings and to read the extensive correspondence between the Maine State Library and Robert P. T. Coffin. (7)
Covers of Books
Coffin’s Strange Holiness won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1936
Text Excerpts & Access to Books
Click the link to read Kennebec Crystals from Maine Speaks: An Anthology of Maine Literature (8)
Read Robert P. Tristram Coffin’s poetry at the PoetryFoundation.org (9)
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Obituary
A tribute to Robert Tristram Coffin read in the United States Senate after his death in 1955. (5)
