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Jeffrey Bailey collection of James Leo Herlihy papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0670
Abstract

The Jeffrey Bailey collection of James Leo Herlihy papers is a combination of correspondence and personal papers originated by American author and actor James Leo Herlihy and literary papers belonging to Herlihy’s long-time friend and literary executor, American author Jeffrey Bailey.

Dates: 1942-2006; Majority of material found within dates 1953-1993

Arlo Bates and George L. Vose papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0373
Abstract

Letters, photographs, and an unidentified manuscript fragment from novelist, poet, and teacher, Arlo Bates, as well as letters written by his father-in-law, George L. Vose, a former professor of Civil Engineering at Bowdoin College. Includes correspondence from many well known novelists, poets, biographers, scholars, editors, publishers, composers, and statesmen.

Dates: 1879-1916

Paul Bowles collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0164
Abstract

The Paul Bowles collection consists of correspondence, manuscripts, editorial matter, periodicals, ephemera, and miscellaneous material acquired from a variety of sources. The collection is added to periodically and complements the Paul Bowles papers (MSS 0163) as well as several other manuscript collections related to Paul Bowles at the University of Delaware Library.

Dates: 1929-2011

Paul Bowles letters to Patrick Eddington

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0099-F1020
Abstract

Thirty-one letters, five black-and-white photographs, and four photocopies sent by American expatriate writer Paul Bowles to American artist Patrick Eddington between 1978 and 1985.

Dates: 1978 November 24-1985 March 15

Kay Boyle letters to Helga Einsele

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0655
Abstract Award-winning American author, educator, and political activist Kay Boyle (1902-1992) was a prominent member of the American expatriate modernist circle of the 1920s and 1930s. Boyle's later years are characterized by her extensive political activism. The Kay Boyle letters to Helga Einsele document Boyle's decades-long friendship with criminologist and prison reformer Helga Einsele (1910-2005). The collection comprises letters from Boyle and their enclosures, drafts of Einsele's replies,...
Dates: 1951-1992

Summer Brenner papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0617
Abstract

The Summer Brenner papers offers a comprehensive view of an American poet and novelist's life across four decades beginning in the 1960s. The collection includes extensive personal correspondence and journals, literary manuscripts and drafts documenting all stages of the writing and publishing process, and Brenner's work from magazine contributions, book publications, and community projects.

Dates: 1962-2005

William Conant Church papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0099-F0869
Abstract

Consists of the William Conant Church papers, which includes letters written to Church, photographs of the interior of the Century Association of New York City, and printed ephemera. Letter writers include William Winter, Henry Villard, Brooks Adams, Kate Sanborn, Charles Elio Norton, Whitelaw Reid, Edmund Clarence Stedman and others.

Dates: 1876-1917

Elizabeth Coatsworth papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0437
Abstract

Family papers relating to the poet and children’s author Elizabeth Coatsworth, including letters to Coatsworth from the English poet and novelist L.A.G. Strong and from the American author Josephine Pinckney, as well as letters to Coatsworth’s husband, the writer Henry Beston.

Dates: 1902-1948

Richard Harding Davis collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0609
Abstract

The Richard Harding Davis collection is a small association collection containing six autographed letters signed by the author; four newspapers clippings; several photographs of Davis and his estate, Crossroads Farm in Mt. Kisco, New York; and a line print of an engraving by Charles Dana Gibson entitled "No. V. The Opera Box. Copyright, 1892. The Century Co."

Dates: 1891-1962

Edward Field papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0363
Abstract

The Edward Field papers consist of twenty-one linear feet of the personal and literary papers which document the life and writing career of American writer and poet Edward Field (b. 1924) from 1943–1994.

Dates: 1943-1994

Mark Harris letters to Martha Harris

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0605
Abstract The Mark Harris letters to Martha Harris is a collection of letters, printed emails, faxes, and photographs that were shared over a period of fifty years between American author Mark Harris (1922-2007) and his sister Martha Harris (1933-2020). The letters contain updates on family news, advice to Martha on education, publishing and writing, reflections on Mark's career as writer and professor, and his shared diary entries through which the two siblings attempted to reconstruct childhood...
Dates: 1951-2005; Majority of material found within 1992-1999

William Homer Papers Related to Albert Pinkham Ryder

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0479
Abstract

The William Homer papers related to Albert Pinkham Ryder contains research material about American painter Albert Pinkham Ryder collected by William Homer, the scholar, Art History professor, and author of Albert Pinkham Ryder: Painter of Dreams.

Dates: 1883-1999; Majority of material found within 1980-1989

Larry Kearney papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0808
Abstract Larry Kearney (born 1943) is an American poet and author who has published numerous poetry collections, prose, and nonfiction works. Kearney is associated with a circle of San Francisco poets and writers he befriended in the 1960s that included Jack Spicer, Robert Duncan, Joanne Kyger, and Richard Brautigan. The Larry Kearney papers comprise the author’s typescript and manuscript drafts of poems, playscripts, prose, and autobiographical works, both published and unpublished. The collection...
Dates: 1962-2012

Elva de Pue Matthews papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0114
Abstract

The Elva de Pue Matthews Papers consist of two linear feet of correspondence, drafts of novels written by Matthews, poetry and essays by Matthews or others, clippings, and notes. The collection spans the dates 1917-1962, with the bulk of the collection dating between 1917 and 1949.

Dates: 1917-1962; Majority of material found within 1917-1949

Richard McCann papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0616
Abstract The Richard McCann papers document the personal life and professional career of this American author, poet, and educator. The collection includes McCann's early creative writing; teaching materials; reviews, essays, and critical writing; personal and professional correspondence; and extensive drafts of McCann's poetry and fiction. McCann's fiction has autobiographical roots, often drawn from family relationships and personal experiences, as illustrated in photographs and family memorabilia...
Dates: 1920s-2008; Majority of material found within 1978-2005

Katharine Pyle papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0120
Abstract

A native of Wilmington, Delaware, artist, illustrator, and author Katharine Pyle (1863-1938), achieved recognition through her short stories, poems, and plays for children. The Katharine Pyle papers, spanning approximately 1904–1929, consists of material related to her artistic, business, and personal affairs.

Dates: 1904-1928

Neala Schleuning - Meridel Le Sueur collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0488
Abstract

This collection contains material from Neala Schleuning's research and archival collection, most of which was used toward her 1978 dissertation and subsequent book on the American writer Meridel Le Sueur.

Dates: 1930-2004

William G. Thompson Briarwood Writers' Alliance correspondence and publicity records

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0671
Abstract

William G. Thompson as President of the Briarwood Writers' Alliance, Inc., represented more than 150 writers, poets, and performers by booking lectures and readings at educational institutions, literary gatherings, and community events.

Dates: 1964-2007

Louis Untermeyer papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0111
Abstract

The Louis Untermeyer papers consist of five linear feet of manuscript material abandoned by Untermeyer when he sold his Adirondack home, Stony Water, around 1970. Dating from 1902 through 1972, with the bulk of the papers dating 1912–1935, the collection is composed of correspondence, proofs, lists, scrapbooks, notes, photographs, programs, announcements, lectures, anthologies, poems, reviews, essays, and a bookplate.

Dates: 1902-1972; Majority of material found within 1912-1935

George Sylvester Viereck correspondence with John Thomas Head

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0537
Abstract

The George Sylvester Viereck correspondence with John Thomas Head consists of letters, manuscripts, and other materials spanning the dates of 1929 to 1956. The correspondence (bulking 1955-1956) reflects an on-going literary exchange and mutual interest in Viereck's re-emergence into the literary scene.

Dates: 1929-1956; Majority of material found within 1955-1956

Barry Wallenstein - James T. Farrell collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0548
Abstract

The Barry Wallenstein - James T. Farrell collection comprises 0.6 linear feet of articles, manuscripts, photographs, correspondence, and notes pertaining to Wallenstein's research on American novelist James T. Farrell and spans the dates between 1929 and 1975.

Dates: 1929-1975

Gustave Percival Wiksell miscellaneous material related to Bliss Carman, F. B. Sanborn, and R. W. Trine

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0099-F0921
Abstract

Gustave Percival Wiksell (1863-1940) was a Boston dentist who also served as president of the Walt Whitman Fellowship from 1903 until 1919. The Gustave Percival Wiksell miscellaneous material related to Bliss Carman, F. B. Sanborn, and R. W. Trine contains letters, photographs, and clippings that were originally laid in books that were part of Wiksell's collection.

Dates: 1887-1939

Tennessee Williams collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0112
Abstract

The Tennessee Williams collection, spanning the dates 1939-2013, consists of an extensive collection of correspondence, manuscripts, photographs, printed material, and ephemera related to American playwright Tennessee Williams.

Dates: 1939-2013

Robert A. Wilson collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0481
Abstract

The Robert A. Wilson collection comprises 9 linear feet of material related to 36 prominent literary figures, previously in the private collection of Robert A. Wilson, the final owner of the Phoenix Book Shop, in New York City (1962-1988).

Dates: 1906-2011

Robert A. Wilson John Wieners collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0555
Abstract The Robert A. Wilson John Wieners collection comprises one linear foot of materials, spanning the dates between 1958-1988, relating to the literary career of and publication of works by Boston-born poet John Wieners (1934-2002). The collection includes manuscripts, page and galley proofs, mock-ups of some of Wieners's shorter publications, postcards, correspondence to Robert Wilson from Wieners, sheet music, flyers for Wieners's New York readings, reviews of Wieners's work, and...
Dates: 1958-1988

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Bowles, Paul, 1910-1999 4
Mrabet, Mohammed, 1936- 3
Berlin, Lucia 2
Boyle, Kay, 1902-1992 2
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Creeley, Robert, 1926-2005 2
Di Prima, Diane 2
Ginsberg, Allen, 1926-1997 2
Isherwood, Christopher, 1904-1986 2
Kyger, Joanne 2
McClure, Michael 2
Oppenheimer, Joel, 1930-1988 2
Phoenix Book Shop 2
Wilson, Robert A. (Robert Alfred), 1922-2016 2
Adam, Helen, 1909-1993 1
Adams, Brooks, 1848-1927 1
Aiken, Conrad, 1889-1973 1
Albee, Edward, 1928- 1
American University (Washington, D.C.) 1
Amnesty International 1
Andre, Michael 1
Bailey, Jeffrey 1
Bankhead, Tallulah, 1902-1968 1
Bates, Arlo, 1850-1918 1
Beam, Jeffery, 1953- 1
Beer, Nele Löw 1
Bergé, Carol, 1928-2006 1
Berkson, Bill 1
Berrigan, Daniel 1
Berrigan, Ted 1
Berry, Wendell, 1934- 1
Berryman, John, 1914-1972 1
Beston, Henry, 1888-1968 1
Black Mountain College (Black Mountain, N.C.) 1
Black Sparrow Press 1
Blondell, Joan 1
Bly, Robert 1
Bogan, Louise, 1897-1970 1
Bongé, Lyle 1
Booth, Philip, 1925-2007 1
Bowles, Jane, 1917-1973 1
Bowles, Paul, 1910-1999--Correspondence 1
Boyle, Kay, 1902-1992--Correspondence 1
Brakhage, Stan 1
Brenner, Summer 1
Brenner, Summer--Archives 1
Briarwood Writers' Alliance, Inc. 1
Bryant, Dorothy, 1930- 1
Bumbershoot (Festival) (Seattle, Wash.) 1
Burke, Clifford 1
Burroughs, William S., 1914-1997 1
Capote, Truman, 1924-1984 1
Carman, Bliss, 1861-1929 1
Century Club (New York, N.Y.) 1
Chester, Laura 1
Chester, Laura--Correspondence 1
Church, William Conant, 1836-1917 1
Clark, Tom, 1941-2018 1
Coatsworth, Elizabeth, 1893-1986 1
Codrescu, Andrei, 1946- 1
Codrescu, Andrei, 1946- --Correspondence 1
Congdon, Kirby 1
Corso, Gregory 1
Cranium Press 1
Crumb, R. 1
Crumb, R.--Correspondence 1
Davis, Richard Harding, 1864-1916 1
Davis, Richard Harding, 1864-1916--Correspondence 1
Derrick, Neil 1
Dietrich, Marlene 1
Dorn, Edward 1
Duerden, Richard 1
Durrell, Lawrence 1
Eddington, Patrick 1
Einsele, Helga, 1910- 1
Einsele, Helga, 1910- -- Correspondence 1
Erdmann, Jack 1
Evans, Oliver (Oliver Wendell), 1915-1981--Correspondence 1
Everson, William, 1912-1994 1
Farrell, James T. (James Thomas), 1904-1979 1
Feldman, Charles K., 1904-1968 1
Field, Edward, 1924- 1
Finestone, Harry--Correspondence 1
Ford, Charles Henri 1
Ford, Charles Henri--Correspondence 1
Franckenstein, Joseph von 1
Frym, Gloria 1
Frym, Gloria--Correspondence 1
Gallup, Donald Clifford, 1913-2000 1
Gifford, Barry, 1946- 1
Gifford, Barry, 1946- --Correspondence 1
Goodrich, Lloyd, 1897-1987 1
Göteborgs universitet 1
Harris, Mark, 1922-2007 1
Harris, Mark, 1922-2007--Correspondence 1
Harris, Martha 1
Harris, Martha--Correspondence 1
Head, John Thomas 1
Head, John Thomas--Correspondence 1
Herlihy, James Leo 1
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