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Contains 18 Results:

1955 February-1955 July

 File — Box: 1, Folder: F1
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June 7, 1955, letter from Head to Viereck is incomplete.

Dates: 1955 February-1955 July
Found in: University of Delaware Library Special Collections / George Sylvester Viereck correspondence with John Thomas Head / George Sylvester Viereck-John Thomas Head correspondence

1955 August-1955 December

 File — Box: 1, Folder: F2
Scope and Contents

The letter of August 9, 1955, includes a one-page synopsis of Viereck's proposed novel, A House of Lesser Virtue ; "I think the book has some merit." Circa November 1955, one page of a letter from Viereck to Head

Dates: 1955 August-1955 December
Found in: University of Delaware Library Special Collections / George Sylvester Viereck correspondence with John Thomas Head / George Sylvester Viereck-John Thomas Head correspondence

1956 January-1956 April. August 1956.

 File — Box: 1, Folder: F3
Scope and Contents

The letter of March 19, 1956, includes a typescript table of contents page for Nineveh . Also includes a carbon of a one page letter from Head.

Dates: 1956 January-1956 April. August 1956.
Found in: University of Delaware Library Special Collections / George Sylvester Viereck correspondence with John Thomas Head / George Sylvester Viereck-John Thomas Head correspondence

"More Lives Than One: The Autobiography of George Sylvester Viereck: A Synopsis", 1955 May

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: F4
Scope and Contents

See also Viereck's May 24, 1955, letter to Head

Dates: 1955 May
Found in: University of Delaware Library Special Collections / George Sylvester Viereck correspondence with John Thomas Head / George Sylvester Viereck manuscripts

"My Holy Satan: An Anthology of Fifty Years of Song", undated

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: F4
Scope and Contents

This item, a 7-page typescript of the table of contents, represents the collection of Viereck's poetry Head was editing; thus, this item was likely created by Head, who decided on the arrangement. See also Head's November 20, 1955, letter to Viereck.

Dates: undated
Found in: University of Delaware Library Special Collections / George Sylvester Viereck correspondence with John Thomas Head / George Sylvester Viereck manuscripts

"Portrait of a Fairy Queen and Other Prison Poems", undated

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: F5
Scope and Contents

Tear sheets from American Aphrodite

Dates: undated
Found in: University of Delaware Library Special Collections / George Sylvester Viereck correspondence with John Thomas Head / Published materials by and about George Sylvester Viereck

"Report from Inferno", undated

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: F5
Scope and Contents

Tear sheets from American Aphrodite

Dates: undated
Found in: University of Delaware Library Special Collections / George Sylvester Viereck correspondence with John Thomas Head / Published materials by and about George Sylvester Viereck

"Laughter in Hell: Jail Portraits and Other Poems", undated

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: F5
Scope and Contents

Tear sheets from American Aphrodite

Dates: undated
Found in: University of Delaware Library Special Collections / George Sylvester Viereck correspondence with John Thomas Head / Published materials by and about George Sylvester Viereck

"The Bankrupt", 1955

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: F5
Scope and Contents

Pamphlet of Viereck's poem with foreword by the author

Dates: 1955
Found in: University of Delaware Library Special Collections / George Sylvester Viereck correspondence with John Thomas Head / Published materials by and about George Sylvester Viereck

"Sex Is a Demon," review of Gordon Merrick'sThe Demon of Noon, undated

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: F5
Scope and Contents

Tear sheets from Good Times , vol. 2, no. 15

Dates: undated
Found in: University of Delaware Library Special Collections / George Sylvester Viereck correspondence with John Thomas Head / Published materials by and about George Sylvester Viereck

The Kaiser on Trial, 1937

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: F5
Scope and Contents

Dust jacket

Dates: 1937
Found in: University of Delaware Library Special Collections / George Sylvester Viereck correspondence with John Thomas Head / Published materials by and about George Sylvester Viereck

The Maid of Orleans [by Fredrick Von Schiller] / adapted from the German by George Sylvester Viereck, undated

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: F5
Scope and Contents

Tear sheet of title page

Dates: undated
Found in: University of Delaware Library Special Collections / George Sylvester Viereck correspondence with John Thomas Head / Published materials by and about George Sylvester Viereck

"A Deadly Parallel", undated

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: F5
Scope and Contents

Typescript compilation of excerpts of reviews of Viereck's The Invincible Adam .

Dates: undated
Found in: University of Delaware Library Special Collections / George Sylvester Viereck correspondence with John Thomas Head / Published materials by and about George Sylvester Viereck

"Trial of Poet" by "J.W.", 1955 January

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: F5
Scope and Contents

Tear sheets from The Stylus . Short essay on Viereck, followed by two of his poems

Dates: 1955 January
Found in: University of Delaware Library Special Collections / George Sylvester Viereck correspondence with John Thomas Head / Published materials by and about George Sylvester Viereck

"Questionnaire Concerning George Sylvester Viereck" by George Bernard Shaw, 1935 February 15

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: F5
Scope and Contents

Carbon copy of handwritten responses to questionnaire. Autographed and dated by Shaw

Dates: 1935 February 15
Found in: University of Delaware Library Special Collections / George Sylvester Viereck correspondence with John Thomas Head / Published materials by and about George Sylvester Viereck

"To George S. Viereck from Dr. Albert Moll … July 13, 1929, Berlin", 1929

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: F5
Scope and Contents

Autographed photograph of sexologist Dr. Albert Moll

Dates: 1929
Found in: University of Delaware Library Special Collections / George Sylvester Viereck correspondence with John Thomas Head / Published materials by and about George Sylvester Viereck

Viereck, George Sylvester, 1955

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: F5
Scope and Contents

Carbon copy of Viereck's entry in Twentieth Century Authors 1955 edition

Dates: 1955
Found in: University of Delaware Library Special Collections / George Sylvester Viereck correspondence with John Thomas Head / Published materials by and about George Sylvester Viereck

"Chapter Twenty-Four: Struggling Against the Tide", undated

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: F6
Scope and Contents

Typescript of chapter from Gertz's biography of Viereck, sent by Viereck to Head. This chapter may have been part of a larger manuscript in Head's possession; referred to as the "Gertz manuscript" throughout the correspondence in this collection, Gertz published his biography of Viereck in 1978, titled Odyssey of a Barbarian .

Dates: undated
Found in: University of Delaware Library Special Collections / George Sylvester Viereck correspondence with John Thomas Head / Elmer Gertz manuscript

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