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Amiri Baraka papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0699
Abstract

Amiri Baraka (1934-2014), known early in his career as LeRoi Jones, was a widely published African American writer who produced poetry, drama, fiction, essays, and music criticism. Much of Baraka’s work addressed the subjects of Black liberation and white racism. The Amiri Baraka papers comprise the author’s writings, sketchbooks, and artwork, as well as correspondence and ephemera related to his involvement in theatrical and film productions.

Dates: circa 1965-2006

William A. Oliver, Jr. collection related to The Mystery of Edwin Drood

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0638
Abstract The William A. Oliver, Jr. collection related to The Mystery of Edwin Drood comprises 10.5 linear feet of material plus oversize items dating from 1844 to 2005 and includes extensive bibliographic information relating to the works of Charles Dickens and specifically to the author's final novel The Mystery of Edwin Drood (1870), which was unfinished at the time of his death. The collection, which illuminates Oliver's activities as a...
Dates: 1844-2005

Salmon Poetry Ltd. records supplement

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0438s
Abstract

The Salmon Poetry Ltd. records supplement contains administrative files and the press's publishing files for books produced between 2000 and 2011. Founded and directed by the American-Irish poet, Jessie Lendennie, Salmon Poetry Ltd. is noted particularly for its publication of poetry and its promotion of women writers. This supplement complements the core archival records of Salmon Publishing, Ltd., which was acquired by the University of Delaware Library in 1998.

Dates: 1996-2011; Majority of material found within 2000-2011

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 - Marianne Moore collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0641
Abstract

The Robert A. Wilson - Marianne Moore collection comprises 1 linear foot of material spanning the dates between 1925 and 1997 and includes correspondence to and from American poet Marianne Moore, the majority of which was written to Phoenix Book Shop proprietor Robert A. Wilson; works by and about Moore; newspaper clippings, photographs, pamphlets, broadsheets, and invitations documenting aspects of Moore’s career and public appearances; audio recordings; and realia.

Dates: 1925-1997; Majority of material found within 1950-1977

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Booksellers 2
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Fliers (printed matter) 2
Invitations 2
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Poets 2
Poets, American--20th century 2
Press releases 2
Proofs (printed matter) 2
Typescripts 2
Works of art 2
African American authors--20th century 1
African American authors--21st century 1
African American dramatists--20th century 1
African American poets--20th century 1
African American poets--21st century 1
Annotated bibliographies 1
Auction catalogs 1
Audio cassette 1
Authors, American--21st century 1
Bibliographers 1
Book collecting 1
Book collectors 1
Book cover art 1
Broadsides (notices) 1
Bulworth (Motion picture) 1
Candlesticks 1
Critics 1
Drafts (documents) 1
Dramatists, American--20th century 1
Editors (assembling, revising) 1
Electronic mail 1
England--Description and travel 1
English literature--History and criticism 1
English poetry--Irish authors--21st century 1
Exhibition catalogs 1
Figurines 1
Galley proofs 1
Handkerchiefs 1
Invoices 1
Literature publishing--Ireland--History--21st century 1
London (England)--History--19th century 1
Maps (documents) 1
Motion pictures--Production and direction 1
Novelists, English--19th century 1
Periodicals 1
Phonograph records 1
Plaques (flat objects) 1
Playbills 1
Playwrights 1
Poems 1
Poets, American--20th century--Correspondence 1
Poets, American--21st century 1
Pressbooks (theatre manuals) 1
Publications (documents) 1
Publishers 1
Receipts (financial records) 1
Rochester (Kent, England)--History--19th century 1
Scrapbooks 1
Screenplays 1
Shooting scripts 1
Sketchbooks 1
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Tickets 1
VHS 1
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Language
French 2
Danish 1
 
Names
Phoenix Book Shop 2
Wilson, Robert A. (Robert Alfred), 1922-2016 2
Adam, Helen, 1909-1993 1
Albee, Edward, 1928- 1
Andre, Michael 1
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Baraka, Imamu Amiri, 1934-2014 1
Beam, Jeffery, 1953- 1
Bergé, Carol, 1928-2006 1
Berrigan, Daniel 1
Berrigan, Ted 1
Berry, Wendell, 1934- 1
Berryman, John, 1914-1972 1
Bogan, Louise, 1897-1970 1
Booth, Philip, 1925-2007 1
Bowles, Jane, 1917-1973 1
Bowles, Paul, 1910-1999 1
Boyle, Kay, 1902-1992 1
Broughton, James, 1913-1999 1
Bullins, Ed 1
Capote, Truman, 1924-1984 1
Congdon, Kirby 1
Corso, Gregory 1
Di Prima, Diane 1
Dickens Fellowship (London, England) 1
Dickens Fellowship (Philadelphia, Pa.) 1
Dickens, Cedric Charles 1
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870 1
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870--Adaptations 1
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870--Criticism and interpretation 1
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870. Mystery of Edwin Drood 1
Everson, William, 1912-1994 1
Gallup, Donald Clifford, 1913-2000 1
Ginsberg, Allen, 1926-1997 1
Harris, Theodore A. 1
Isherwood, Christopher, 1904-1986 1
Jarrell, Randall, 1914-1965 1
Jess, 1923-2004 1
Joyce, James, 1882-1941 1
Koch, Kenneth, 1925-2002 1
LaVigne, Robert, 1928-2014 1
Laughlin, James, 1914-1997 1
Lendennie, Jessie 1
Levertov, Denise, 1923-1997 1
Malanga, Gerard 1
McClure, Michael 1
Mead, Taylor 1
Micheline, Jack, 1929-1998 1
Moore, Marianne, 1887-1972 1
Moore, Marianne, 1887-1972--Correspondence 1
Nicoll, W. Robertson (William Robertson), Sir, 1851-1923 1
Oliver, William Albert, 1926-2005 1
Olson, Charles, 1910-1970 1
Oppenheimer, Joel, 1930-1988 1
Orlovsky, Peter, 1933-2010 1
Patchen, Kenneth, 1911-1972 1
Pound, Ezra, 1885-1972 1
Purdy, James, 1914-2009 1
Reynolds, Tim 1
Riding, Laura, 1901-1991 1
Salmon Poetry Ltd. 1
Sandy, Stephen 1
Simpson, Louis, 1923-2012 1
Smith, Patti 1
Smith, William Jay, 1918-2015 1
Steloff, Frances, 1887-1989 1
Swenson, May 1
Van Vechten, Carl, 1880-1964 1
Wakoski, Diane 1
Walters, John Cuming 1
Whalen, Philip 1
Wilson, Lanford, 1937-2011 1
Wilson, Robert A. (Robert Alfred), 1922- --Correspondence 1
Windham, Donald 1
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