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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
Found in: University of Delaware Library Special Collections

Fleda Brown papers

 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
Found in: University of Delaware Library Special Collections

Lee Anna Embrey student diaries

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0097-Item 0151
Abstract These three diaries were kept between 1927 and 1929 by Central High School (Washington, D.C.) student and aspiring writer Lee Anna Embrey. Embrey described in very detailed, descriptive, and articulate language the events of her life. She wrote about family members, friends, school lessons, thoughts, and aspirations, as well as budding relationships. The diaries focus particularly on high school activities such as clubs and social events, with a special emphasis on the journalism club (Quill...
Dates: 1927-1929
Found in: University of Delaware Library Special Collections

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Brenner, Summer 1
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Central High School (Washington, D.C.) 1
Chester, Laura 1
Chester, Laura--Correspondence 1
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Codrescu, Andrei, 1946- 1
Codrescu, Andrei, 1946- --Correspondence 1
Crumb, R. 1
Crumb, R.--Correspondence 1
Embrey, Lee Anna 1
Frym, Gloria 1
Frym, Gloria--Correspondence 1
Gifford, Barry, 1946- 1
Gifford, Barry, 1946- --Correspondence 1
Jackson, Fleda Brown, 1944- 1
Kominsky-Crumb, Aline, 1948- 1
Kominsky-Crumb, Aline, 1948- --Correspondence 1
Rodefer, Stephen 1
Rodefer, Stephen--Correspondence 1
The Figures 1
Walker, Jeanne Murray 1
Young, Geoffrey, 1944- 1
Young, Geoffrey, 1944- --Correspondence 1
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