MSS 0099. Miscellaneous Literary & Historical Manuscripts

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Léonie Adams letter to Larry Dingman in reply to a request for information concerning any limited signed editions by Adams. Adams discusses the limited signed edition of her first book, Those Not Elect, which was issued in a run of only 10 copies on gray paper and given only to friends and relatives.

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Correspondence and ephemera relating to Jane Addams and Hull House Music School. Included are two autograph letters written and signed by Addams to Mrs. Titsworth, as well as three postcards and a pamphlet, dating from 1932-1935.

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Includes one autograph portrait of Jane Addams, plus 14 photographs, some of which include Addams, depicting her working with children in Chicago, circa 1920s.

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Letter from George William Russell [AE] to unidentified lady.

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George William Russell [AE] wrote to Miss Joanna Fortune to decline a speaking tour in America because of his duties as editor of the Irish Statesman and his responsibilities with the Agricultural Cooperative Movement.

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One autograph letter from George William Russell [AE] to Ogden Heath.

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Letter from George William Russell [AE] to [Summers].

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Letters from Irish writer George William Russell [AE], editor of The Irish Statesman.

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This collection is a group of letters from Irish writer, poet, and painter George William Russell [AE] to James Wells of Crosby Gaige Publishers along with galleys of ten poems.

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This small collection is a group of letters from Irish writer, poet, and painter George William Russell [AE] to his protégée James Stephens over a period of three years in the 1920s.

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One set of galley proofs for Ai's book, "Cruelty: Poems," which is missing the title page, published in 1973.

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William Harrison Ainsworth letter to Charles Ollier, requesting that his friend make his earnest excuses to Lady [Catherine] Stanhope for refusing her invitation to "meet a few friends," as he is sure his friend was responsible for the invitation, and explaining that a long-standing engagement with [Henry] William Pickersgill prevents his accepting.

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William Harrison Ainsworth letter written to Sir John on mourning stationery, dated February 3, 1842.

Abstract A typed and signed letter from English writer and anthologies editor Brian W. Aldiss to Mrs. Luan Ranzetta expressing gratitude for having sent him two of her science-fiction novels. Aldiss confirms Ranzetta's suspicion that she might be the only female science-fiction writer in Britain, while acknowledging Hilary Bailey's first story appeared in one of Britain's science-fiction magazines recently. He also mentions America's sole female science-fiction writer at the time Judy Merril,...

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Autograph letter from Thomas Bailey Aldrich to "Mr. Hopkins," obliging his request of providing him with a photograph of himself, but asking for its return afterwards, dated September 30, 1899.

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Collection of seven letters written by Thomas Aldrich in his capacity as editor of the Atlantic Monthly, from July 14, 1887, to October 19, 1896.

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American poet, publisher, and book artist Charles Alexander (1954-) wrote to American poet Tom Clark (1941-) discussing what he had learned from American book designer and papermaker Walter Hamady (1940-).

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Autograph letter written and signed by William Allingham to an unidentified correspondent, Conway, and another autograph letter written and signed by Allingham offering for sale a U.S. edition of his book of poems, The Music Master, & Day & Night Songs, March 1, 1859.

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Two letters written by W. H. Auden to Reed Whittemore.

Abstract Autograph letter from Jill Balcon, widow of C. Day-Lewis, to Rex Beckham in response to a letter from Beckham asking if she could provide him with any information concerning the publication of her husband's broadside poem Tenure, or if she might have an extra copy which she would sell to him. Beckham also inquired about the possibility of her being interested in selling duplicate copies of other titles by Day Lewis she might have. Though considered rather ordinary...

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Two typescripts and one autographed manuscript of poems written by Imamu Amiri Baraka, titled I Love Music, Am/Trak, and The Last Revolution.

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American journalist, avant-garde author, and illustrator Djuna Barnes (1892-1982) wrote these three letters to fellow writer and journalist Michael Perkins.

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Signed typescript of Barney's poem, Rosemary with autograph note at top: "To: Rosemary Carr Paris -- February 1920."

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Autograph letter from Natalie Clifford Barney to Gilbert Seldes, dated December 12, 1958.

Abstract A carbon production playscript of Phillip Barry's, Foolish Notion : a Comedy, with the ownership stamp of influential theatrical designer, Jo Mielziner, who prepared the scene and lighting for the opening Broadway production at the Martin Beck Theatre. Some pencil underscores early on pertain to the set (the entire play takes place in the library of the Hapgood house), while another note, "New Haven Feb 1," suggests a traditional preview may have taken...