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DUBOSE and DOROTHY HEYWARD
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"Respite: to the MacDowell Colony"
"Respite: to the MacDowell Colony"
Typescript poem, [n.d.].
Edward and Marian MacDowell Collection,
Music Division, Library of Congress.
Courtesy of DuBose and Dorothy Heyward Memorial Fund (37) Digital ID # mc0037
"Respite: to the MacDowell Colony"
Dorothy (1890–1961) and DuBose (1885–1940) Heyward met at The MacDowell Colony in 1922 and married soon after. Marian MacDowell was godmother to their daughter Jenifer. The Heywards returned often to the Colony and were planning to work there in 1940, but DuBose died suddenly that June after a massive heart attack. He was first and foremost a poet. This poem, "Respite: to the MacDowell Colony," is believed to be by DuBose Heyward. It was found among the Heywards’ many letters to Marian MacDowell.
