MSS 0099. Miscellaneous Literary & Historical Manuscripts

One typed card, one typed letter, and fifteen typed poems written by American poet Larry Eigner.

This small collection comprises the typescript manuscripts of eight short stories by the American poet Larry Eigner.

This small collection comprises five letters written by William Empson, editor of the Edinburgh Review, regarding Leigh Hunt's review of James Dennistoun's Memoirs of the Dukes of Urbino (1851).

American poet Paul Engle (1908-1991) wrote to Canadian book collector Alex Williams regarding his published poems and frequently enclosed copies of his privately printed work.

Letter from St. John G. (St. John Greer) Ervine to Dinner and Morum.

Letter from St. John Greer Ervine to Miss Gwen John.

Four letters from St. John Greer Ervine to Eric N. Simons.

St. John G. (St. John Greer) Ervine letters to Rubinstein & Lawson.

Letters from St. John Greer Ervine to Sir Gerald Reid Barry. Includes article.

St. John G. (St. John Greer) Ervine letters to William Armstrong.

"The Preacher's Practice" is an undated short story by Irish playwright St. John Ervine.

Letters from Irish playwright St. John Greer Ervine to Arthur St. John Adcock.

Letters or cards addressed by poet Abbie Huston Evans to Pulitzer Prize winner Odell Shepard. Additionally, the collection has three poems written by Evans and a letter to Shepard from Jean Schiesser.

American novelist James T. Farrell (1904-1979) wrote to William F. Claire (1935- ), the editor and publisher of the literary magazine, Voyager, regarding the publication of an excerpt from his unpublished novel, The Vast Present.

Mimeograph transcript typescript of George H. Faulkner's Keepsakes, based on books by Carl Sandburg. A "Du Pont Company Presents the Cavalcade of America" radio broadcast with Raymond Massey as Abraham Lincoln, broadcast on January 30, 1951.

This second draft of the screenplay, Little Murders, was American playwright and cartoonist Jules Feiffer's adaptation of his first play.

Typed and signed letter from Edna Ferber to Dr. Collins, reflecting on the subject of literary prizes, dated January 4, 1929.

Typed and signed letter written by Edna Ferber to Jules Eckert Goodman on impressive pictorial letterhead of the Hotel Majestic, West Seventy-second Street at Central Park, New York, dated February 7, 1918.

Six typed and signed letters from Edna Ferber to her literary agent Flora May Holly, regarding literary matters, dated from 1911-1941.

Twenty-three letters written by Edna Ferber to Herbert and Grace Mayes on various letterheads dating from December 26, 1950 through August 11, 1967.

Three typed and signed letters from Edna Ferber to the Bakrows. One addressed to Sarah Bakrow and two addressed to Leonard Bakrow, ranging in dates from 1939 to 1944.

Typescript photocopy of Edward Field's play, Frankenstein: a play for children in six scenes, which was sent to Jack Gottlieb, as well as photocopies of two letters from Field to Gottlieb and one letter from Gottlieb to Field.

The Edward Field letters to Ilse-Margret Vogel comprise seventeen items roughly spanning the dates between 1992 and 2000, documenting the literary friendship between American poet, novelist, and editor Field and German author and illustrator Vogel. Material includes correspondence with a variety of enclosures, including manuscripts, clippings, notes, and advertisements.

This one-page typescript of Hildegarde Flanner's poem, "An Elegy For Honor," is signed by the author.

This original mimeographed quarto sheet of music is a hymn by Rabbi Arnold Josiah Ford, "Shine On, Eternal Light," circa 1925-1930.