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Collection
Identifier: MSS 0800
Abstract
Fleda Brown (born 1944) is an American poet, scholar, and educator, and was poet laureate for the state of Delaware from 2001-2007. The Fleda Brown papers, spanning circa 1950-2014 (bulk 1963-2014), comprise early works, poem drafts and notes, journals, correspondence, and materials related to Brown’s professional life as a poet and professor of English at the University of Delaware.
Dates:
1950-2014; Majority of material found within 1963-2014
Collection
Identifier: MSS 0294
Abstract
These letters from American poet Charles Henri Ford (and others) to publishers Charles and Pamela Plymell concern publication plans for Ford's Om Krishna II (Cherry Valley Editions, 1981). In addition to Ford's letters there are single letters from Beat poet Allen Ginsberg, Nepalese artist Indra Tamang, bookbinder Alan Brilliant, writer Ed Germain, and the Plymells. A draft typescript of Om Krishna II,...
Dates:
1966-1981; Majority of material found within 1979-1981
Collection
Identifier: MSS 0790
Abstract
The Thomas Parkinson papers consist of typescripts and manuscripts of poetry and prose by Parkinson, Parkinson's correspondence, periodicals and clippings related to Parkinson's work, and four original pen-and-ink drawings, probably created by Parkinson's wife, Ariel. The materials were created circa 1957-1972.
Dates:
circa 1957-1972
Collection
Identifier: MSS 0981
Abstract
Helen Ann Raiber (1926-1971) was a writer born and raised in Pennsylvania. Throughout her life, she wrote letters to writers and other artists whose work she admired. The Helen Ann Raiber papers consist of an album of letters she received from authors and artists, a journal with a story she wrote as a child, and a scrapbook containing her published poems and articles.
Dates:
1937-1970; Majority of material found within 1937-1943
Collection
Identifier: MSS 0099-F0833
Abstract
This small collection of letters and miscellaneous items from American poet Muriel Rukeyser to David Posner reflects their shared interests in poetry and spans the dates of 1942 to 1944.
Dates:
1942-1944
Collection
Identifier: MSS 0752
Abstract
American poet and publisher Jonathan Williams (1929-2008), often associated with the Beat poets and the Black Mountain School, is known as a founder of The Jargon Society, a publishing firm that popularized the poetry of the post-World War II American avant-garde. The Michael von Uchtrup collection of Jonathan Williams correspondence and ephemera details the relationship that developed between Williams and von Uchtrup in the 1990s and provides insight into Williams’s publishing career,...
Dates:
1969-2003
Collection
Identifier: MSS 0982
Abstract
W. H. Auden (1907-1973) was an English and American poet, translator, librettist, playwright, and essayist. The Robert A. Wilson W. H. Auden collection comprises Wilson’s collected materials created by and related to W. H. Auden. The collection includes manuscript and typescript drafts, proofs, and published versions of Auden’s poetry, translations, prose, and dramatic works; programs and promotional ephemera for Auden’s readings and events as well as other performances related to the...
Dates:
circa 1930-2007, undated; Majority of material found within 1950-2000
