1. Sylvia Plath, Ruth Freeman and David Freeman, Winthrop, Massachusetts, 1938.
2. Self-portrait of SP holding a flower next to her Aunt Dorothy holding a wand, from SP to Aurelia Schober Plath, 20 February 1940.
3. Sylvia Plath and campers at ‘Trading Post’, Camp Weetamoe, Center Ossipee, New Hampshire, July 1943.
4. Margot Loungway in Maine, 1 November 1944.
5. Drawing of a winter scene with moon, from SP to Frank Schober, 16 January 1946.
6. Drawings of a painted frame, of a bicycle, and of girl holding a piece of paper sitting at a desk with an inkwell on it, from SP to Marion Freeman, 16 April 1946.
7. Drawing of a peach on a leafed branch, from SP to Marion Freeman, 4 November 1946.
8. Drawing of a sailboat with ‘SYLVIA FOR SECRETARY’ written on the sail and port side, from SP to Margot Loungway, 11 January 1947.
9. Drawing of the beach, houses, and the ocean, from SP to Aurelia Plath, 5 July 1947.
10. Drawing of a ‘freak’ girl scout, from SP to Aurelia Plath, 20 July 1948.
11. Sylvia Plath, c. 1950.
12. Drawing of a horse’s head, from SP to Ann Davidow-Goodman, c. 12 January 1951.
13. Drawing of SP with a sprained ankle, from SP to Ann Davidow-Goodman, 9 May 1951.
14. Drawings of four pieces of clothing, from SP to Aurelia Plath, 6 May 1951.
15. Drawing of SP mowing the lawn, from SP to Marcia B. Stern, 6 June 1951.
16. Drawing of Joanne, Esther (Pinny), and Frederic Mayo, from SP to Ann Davidow-Goodman, 26 June 1951.
17. Self-portrait holding a book, from SP to Marcia B. Stern, 1 July 1951.
18. Sylvia Plath standing beside a bicycle, Marblehead, Massachusetts, 24 July 1951.
19. Drawing of a female on crutches in a high wind with hands reaching through ice, from SP to Myron Lotz, 9 January 1953.
20. Drawings of jackets, dresses, and a shoe, from SP to Aurelia Plath, 28 April 1953.
21. Drawing of a female wearing a robe, on a pillow, holding a pen, from SP to Gordon Lameyer, 22 June 1954.
22. Drawing of streets, houses, and ocean in Winthrop, Massachusetts, from SP to Gordon Lameyer, 22 June 1954.
23. Drawing of soup on a table, from SP to Gordon Lameyer, 22 June 1954.
24. Sylvia Plath at Chatham, Massachusetts, c. 24 July 1954.
25. Sylvia Plath and Ruth (Freeman) Geissler on Ruth’s wedding day, Winthrop, Massachusetts, 11 June 1955.
26. Drawing of SP’s room at Whitstead, from SP to Aurelia Plath, 2 October 1955.
27. Drawing of a coffee table with a plant, a New Yorker, and other items on back of an envelope, from SP to J. Mallory Wober, 16 November 1955.
28. Drawing of a female figure in dressing room looking in mirror holding a pen, from SP to J. Mallory Wober, 24 November 1955.
29. Drawing of a bouquet of daffodils on back of an envelope, from SP to Aurelia Schober, 2 February 1956.
30. Sylvia Plath atop Torre dell’Orologio, Venice, 8 April 1956.
31. Sylvia Plath at Fontana Muta, Rampa Caffarelli, Rome, 10 April 1956.
32. Sylvia Plath sitting on stone wall with typewriter, on Yorkshire moors, September 1956.
All letters and drawings by SP are © the Estate of Sylvia Plath.
Items 1, 11, and 25 are reproduced by courtesy of Ruth Prescott Geissler, © Ruth Prescott Geissler.
Items 2, 6, 7, 12, 13, 15, 16, 17, 18, 32 are reproduced by courtesy of the Mortimer Rare Book Collection, Smith College. No. 18 © Estate of Marcia B. Stern; No. 32 © Elinor Klein.
Items 3, 5, 9, 10, 14, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 26, 29, 30, 31 are reproduced by courtesy of the Lilly Library, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana. No. 3 © Unknown; Nos 24, 30, 31 © Estate of Gordon Lameyer.
Items 4 and 8 are reproduced by courtesy of the Estate of Margot Loungway Drekmeier; No. 4 © Estate of Margot Loungway Drekmeier.
Items 27 and 28 are reproduced by courtesy of the King’s College Archives, Cambridge University.