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MSS 0099. Miscellaneous Literary & Historical Manuscripts

 Collection Category
Identifier: MSS 0099
Items housed in this Collection Category are single manuscripts, letters, or small collections of documents of broad literary or historical significance. Larger collections with broad literary or historical significance are found in the archival collection series beginning with MSS 0100. The call number for sources in this category also includes a folder number: MSS 0099, F####. For additional information on Collection Categories please visit: https://guides.lib.udel.edu/specintro/finding

Found in 414 Collections and/or Records:

Kay Boyle letters to Basil Burwell

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0099-F0017
Abstract

American author and activist Kay Boyle (1902-1992) wrote four letters to American actor and educator Basil Burwell (1911-1997) between 1954 and 1972, commenting on the relationship between their families and the Cherry Lawn School, where Burwell taught and both had children in attendance.

Dates: 1954-1972

Kay Boyle letters to Pat Pomerleau

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0099-F0727
Abstract

Eleven letters from Kay Boyle to Pat Pomerleau (two of the letters were dictated to an assistant by Boyle), the other nine are written by Boyle, dated 1971 through 1989.

Dates: 1971-1989

In watermelon sugar : galley proofs

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0099-F0025
Abstract

Galley proofs of Richard Brautigan's novel, In Watermelon Sugar (1968), with corrections. Prepared by the Four Seasons Foundation.

Dates: 1968

John Briley's screenplay of Arthur Miller's The Crucible

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0099-F0738
Abstract

A screenplay believed to be the first draft of Arthur Miller's The Crucible written by John Briley. Produced by Richard Maynard Productions in white card binder (two pinch brads) imprinted on the front, "Inter-Talent Agency, Inc. 9200 Sunset Boulevard Penthouse 25 Los Angeles, California 90060, dated February 27, 1989. Signed by Arthur Miller on the title page.

Dates: 1989 February 27

Sterling A. Brown letter to Dolores Sutton

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0099-F0776
Abstract

One autograph letter written and signed by poet Sterling A. Brown to Dolores Sutton, dated May 24, 1965, and a program for an evening honoring Brown and his poetry.

Dates: 1963 April-1965 May 24

William Cullen Bryant letter

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0099-F0019
Abstract Autograph letter written and signed by William Cullen Bryant, American romantic poet, journalist, and editor, to Messrs. Carey and Hart of Philadelphia, saying that he has "sent you my autograph signature to be engraved under my portrait. It was my intention to write my name on the paper which contained the engraved portrait, but by inadventure I sent it off without doing so. I now enclose my autograph to be sent to the engraver." The letter is pasted on an album leaf and dated September 1,...
Dates: 1846 September 1

Action : typescript

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0099-F0308
Abstract

This typescript of 20th-century American poet and writer Charles Bukowski's (1920-1994) short story "Action" bears revisions in Bukowski's hand as well as minor editor's marks.

Dates: 1985 April 22

Charles Bukowski poems and letter

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0099-F0758
Abstract

Poetry poems and letter from American poet Charles Bukowski.

Dates: 1965-1975

The life of a bum : typescript

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0099-F0307
Abstract

This typescript of 20th-century American poet and writer Charles Bukowski's (1920-1994) short story "The Life of a Bum" bears extensive revisions in Bukowski's hand as well as minor editor's marks.

Dates: 1985 March 18

It bees dat way (a confrontational ritual) : play

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0099-F0852
Abstract

This 11-page manuscript is a mechanically reproduced typescript of Ed Bullins's play, It Bees Dat Way (a Confrontational Ritual)..

Dates: 1969 December 27

Briggflatts: an autobiography : typescript

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0099-F0639
Abstract

This original carbon typescript of Basil Bunting's Briggflatts: an autobiography bears three ink corrections made by the author.

Dates: 1965

John Burroughs holograph manuscripts for Literary Values

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0099-F0022
Abstract

Collection of original holograph manuscripts of portions of John Burrough's critical work, Literary Values (1902), with revisions by the author and annotations by the editor, dated 1902.

Dates: 1902

John Burroughs letters to Mr. Johnson

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0099-F0024
Abstract

Three autograph letters written and signed by American naturalist and writer John Burroughs to an editor or publisher, Mr. Johnson, concerning birds and a critiques article by Maurier Thompson, dated 1881.

Dates: 1881

Witter Bynner letter and poem

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0099-F0027
Abstract

A typescript letter signed by poet Witter Bynner, to Margaret Dierkes, editor of Living Poetry, a magazine published from La Porte, Indiana, in which Bynner offers the included typescript poem, Mortal Love for publication.

Dates: 1943 August 12

Witter Bynner letter to Helen Bramble

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0099-F0873
Abstract

American poet Witter Bynner wrote this letter to Helen Bramble, editor of The Forum, for publication in the periodical. The three-page letter was written in support of Arthur Ficke's lengthy poem, "The Return of Christ," which was published in The Forum in December 1928.

Dates: 1928 October 20

George Washington Cable letter to Mr. Ridenig

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0099-F0030
Abstract One autograph letter written and signed by American novelist, George Washington Cable, to "Mr. Ridenig," writing, "Nevermind the typewritten copy of my MSS. Your suggestion puts me in mind of a store of stuff in the garret of my memory, which I have never before thought to use." Cable reminisces about his "boyhood," recounting having met a number of boy and girl slaves, and remarks, "The growing African mind is worth writing a few lives about in playful earnest and kind good faith." Sent...
Dates: 1901 January 13

George Washington Cable letters and photograph

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0099-F0029
Abstract

Three autograph letters written and signed by American novelist, George Washington Cable, addressed to William J. Bok, "My dear Carey," and "Miss Tilda," as well as a black and white photograph of Cable. Two relate to his literature, informing Bok to print his third and concluding story as part of the Acadian series, and the third relays instructions to "Carey" concerning photograph proofs, all dating from 1887 to 1901.

Dates: 1887 January 8-1901 August 17

J. Thomson Callender letter to Matthew Carey

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0099-F0031
Abstract One autograph letter written and signed by political pamphleteer, James Thomson Callender, to bookseller, Matthew Carey, promising to bring in a copy of "the history about which you enquired," and recommending a friend for a position within Carey's firm, "You advertise for a Clerk. There is a very genteel decent young man, for whose moral Character I can pledge myself without fear, who would perhaps suit you and whom I should be happy to introduce to such a valuable friend as experience...
Dates: 1793 October 24

Thomas Campbell letter to Frederick De George

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0099-F0807
Abstract

Autograph letter signed from Irish poet Thomas Campbell to Frederick De George.

Dates: 1824 November 12

Henry Charles Carey letter to Mr. Blanchard

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0099-F0033
Abstract An autograph letter written and signed by Henry Charles Carey to "Mr. Blanchard," of the publishing firm of Lea and Blanchard, requesting that "a copy of my second & third volumes be forwarded to New York to Jones, and he will take the trouble of delivering it, which I suppose any of the book-sellers to whom you are sending books would do," dated March 18, 1847. Carey's Principles of Political Economy first appeared in three volumes (1837,...
Dates: 1847 March 18

Jim Carroll poems

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0099-F0755
Abstract

Ten poems by New York poet and musician Jim Carroll.

Dates: 1969-1970

Frederick Carter letters to Tom Turner

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0099-F0942
Abstract

English author and artist Frederick Carter (1883-1967) wrote to English poet and bibliophile Tom Turner regarding mutual friends, current literature, W. B. Yeats, Carter's paintings, book collecting, Carter's writing, and other topics.

Dates: 1917-1948; Majority of material found within 1917-1919; Majority of material found within 1944-1948

John Carter correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0099-F0035
Abstract Two autograph letters, three typescript letters, and one autograph postcard written to John Carter from several correspondents, including P.M. Handover, Harry G. Carter, James M. Mosely, and Percy Muir, dating from August 6, 1962, to January 24, 1963. One of the typescript letters bears ink corrections, while another offers corrections for an article set to appear in The Library. The third typescript letter from P.M. Handover welcomes Carter back to "the...
Dates: 1962 August 6-1963 January 24

John Carter papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0099-F0746
Abstract

Letters and other documents related to the British book collector John Carter.

Dates: 1959-1970

John Chapman letters

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0099-F0037
Abstract

Two autograph letters written and signed by John Chapman to an unknown person, regarding book orders from his firm, dated May 13, 1852, and May 21, 1852. The May 21 letter is tipped to the front of "A List of Mr. Chapman's Publications [July 1852]." A second pamphlet, a reprint of a letter by Chapman to "The Athenaeum" entitled The Bookselling System is also enclosed.

Dates: 1852 May 13-1852 May 21