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William Allingham letters

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0099-F0008
Abstract

Autograph letter written and signed by William Allingham to an unidentified correspondent, Conway, and another autograph letter written and signed by Allingham offering for sale a U.S. edition of his book of poems, The Music Master, & Day & Night Songs, March 1, 1859.

Dates: 1859 March 1

Paul Bowles letters to Ned Leavitt and six typescript manuscripts

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0778
Abstract

This collection consists of ninety-three letters from American expatriate author and composer Paul Bowles to his literary agent at the William Morris Agency, Ned Leavitt, and six typescript manuscripts Bowles sent to the William Morris Agency, all created between 1975 and 1992. There are also six letters written by Bowles to other individuals and three letters written to Leavitt by individuals collaborating on work with Bowles.

Dates: 1975-1992

Signatures archive

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0124
Abstract

Co-edited by John Hinsdale Thompson and John Malcolm Brinnin and based in Detroit, Signatures was a literary magazine of "works-to-be-published-later" written by contemporary American and international writers. Subtitled "Work in Progress," Signatures was first published in the Spring of 1936 and continued for a total of three issues, ceasing publication in 1938.

Dates: 1933-1972; Majority of material found within 1935-1940

William Cullen Bryant letter

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0099-F0019
Abstract Autograph letter written and signed by William Cullen Bryant, American romantic poet, journalist, and editor, to Messrs. Carey and Hart of Philadelphia, saying that he has "sent you my autograph signature to be engraved under my portrait. It was my intention to write my name on the paper which contained the engraved portrait, but by inadventure I sent it off without doing so. I now enclose my autograph to be sent to the engraver." The letter is pasted on an album leaf and dated September 1,...
Dates: 1846 September 1

Henry Charles Carey letter to Mr. Blanchard

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0099-F0033
Abstract An autograph letter written and signed by Henry Charles Carey to "Mr. Blanchard," of the publishing firm of Lea and Blanchard, requesting that "a copy of my second & third volumes be forwarded to New York to Jones, and he will take the trouble of delivering it, which I suppose any of the book-sellers to whom you are sending books would do," dated March 18, 1847. Carey's Principles of Political Economy first appeared in three volumes (1837,...
Dates: 1847 March 18

John Chapman letters

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0099-F0037
Abstract

Two autograph letters written and signed by John Chapman to an unknown person, regarding book orders from his firm, dated May 13, 1852, and May 21, 1852. The May 21 letter is tipped to the front of "A List of Mr. Chapman's Publications [July 1852]." A second pamphlet, a reprint of a letter by Chapman to "The Athenaeum" entitled The Bookselling System is also enclosed.

Dates: 1852 May 13-1852 May 21

James Fenimore Cooper to Carey, Lea and Company

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0099-F0044
Abstract An undated autograph letter written and signed by James Fenimore Cooper to Messrs. Carey, Lea and Company, saying that he is coming to Philadelphia "this week" and that he wishes "to commence printing immediately and to complete one vol. with the least possible delay." Cooper adds that he "shall probably send a few sheets of manuscript corrected tomorrow, and if they could be set in type & ready for me on Sunday, it would be clear gain...I expect to be able to say that Careys can print a...
Dates: undated

Harry Furniss illustrated letter to Mary Jeune, Lady St. Helier

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0099-F1008
Abstract

This collection comprises a single, illustrated autograph letter signed from Irish caricaturist and illustrator Harry Furniss (1854-1925) to literary hostess Lady St. Helier.

Dates: 12 June 1909

Charles Morgan letters to Ronald Armstrong

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0397
Abstract

Charles Morgan letters to Ronald Armstrong comprise of letters written by British author Charles Morgan (1871–1951) and primarily addressed to his friend Ronald Armstrong, a British Consulate official based in Geneva, Switzerland.

Dates: 1930–1958

Toby Olson letters to Carl Thayler collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0184
Abstract

The Toby Olson Letters to Carl Thayler collection consists of 119 letters from American poet and Temple University professor, Toby Olson, to the poet Carl Thayler. Dating from 1967 to 1983, these detailed letters treat a variety of literary and personal matters and reveal the close friendship shared by Olson and Thayler.

Dates: 1967-1983

Pentagram Press archives

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0452
Abstract

The Pentagram Press was founded in 1974 by the Milwaukee-based poet Michael Tarachow as a publishing outlet for poetry and other new literature. The Pentagram Press archive, spanning the dates 1972-1999, documents the operations and output of the small fine press run by Michael Tarachow in Milwaukee and Markesan, in Wisconsin, and Minneapolis.

Dates: 1972-1999

Peter Owen publishing records

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0571
Abstract

Peter Owen publishing records is the publisher’s archive (1950s-1995) of an independent British firm renowned for its international list of major authors and avant garde works. The bulk of the collection consists of the production files of selected works, primarily from the 1980s and 1990s, including edited typescripts, proofs, and other materials documenting the process of turning an author’s manuscript into a finished book.

Dates: 1951-1995

Salmon Publishing, Ltd. records

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0438
Abstract

The records of Salmon Publishing cover the activity of Salmon Publishing Ltd. of Clare, Ireland, from its inception in 1982 through 1997. Founded and directed by the American-Irish poet, Jessie Lendennie, Salmon Publishing is noted particularly for its promotion of the work of new women poets.

Dates: 1982-2000

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Names
Bowles, Paul, 1910-1999 2
Peter Owen (Firm) 2
Allingham, William, 1824-1889 1
Bernard, Oliver 1
Black Sparrow Press 1
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Bode, Charles Gustav, 1901- 1
Bowles, Jane, 1917-1973 1
Brinnin, John Malcolm, 1916-1998 1
Bryant, William Cullen, 1794-1878 1
Carey, Hart & Co. 1
Carey, Henry Charles, 1793-1879 1
Carey, Lea & Blanchard 1
Chapman, John, 1822-1894 1
Cocteau, Jean, 1889-1963 1
Cooper, James Fenimore, 1789-1851 1
Crosland, Margaret, 1920- 1
Cumming, Anne 1
Ecco Press 1
Endō, Shūsaku, 1923-1996 1
Faldbakken, Knut 1
Farr, Evelyn 1
Fischer, Wolfgang Georg, 1933- 1
Furniss, Harry, 1854-1925 1
Furniss, Harry, 1854-1925--Correspondence 1
Gibson, H. B. (Hamilton Bertie) 1
Glass, N. M. (Norman M.), 1894-1976 1
Halegua, Lillian 1
Hargreaves, Gloria 1
Haylock, John 1
Herbert, David 1
Home, Stewart, 1962- 1
Inoue, Yasushi, 1907-1991 1
Jeune, Susan Mary Elizabeth Stewart-Mackenzie, Lady 1
Jeune, Susan Mary Elizabeth Stewart-Mackenzie, Lady--Correspondence 1
Kihlman, Christer, 1930- 1
Le Vay, David 1
Lea & Blanchard 1
Leavitt, Ned 1
Lendennie, Jessie 1
Lympany, Moura, 1916-2005 1
Maraini, Dacia 1
Martin, John, 1930- 1
McBreen, Joan, 1947- 1
Minco, Marga 1
Moorepark, Howard 1
Morgan, Charles, 1871-1951 1
Mrabet, Mohammed, 1936- 1
Murch, A. E. (Alma Elizabeth) 1
Olson, Toby 1
Owen, Peter, 1927-2016 1
Parland, Oscar, 1912-1997 1
Pentagram Press 1
Piaf, Edith, 1915-1963 1
Pitt-Kethley, Fiona, 1954- 1
Pulsifer, Gary 1
Reed, Jeremy 1
Rich, Adrienne, 1929-2012 1
Robinson, Mary, 1758-1800 1
Rootes, Nina 1
Roth, Joseph, 1894-1939 1
Rubinstein, Stanley J. (Stanley Jack) 1
Russell Taylor, Elisabeth, 1930- 1
Ruyslinck, Ward, 1929-2014 1
Sade, marquis de, 1740-1814 1
Salmon Poetry Ltd. 1
Tarachow, Michael 1
Tate, Joan 1
Thayler, Carl 1
Valery, Anne, 1926-2013 1
Vansittart, Peter 1
Vesaas, Tarjei, 1897-1970 1
Virtue, Noel, 1947- 1
Vyvyan, Clara Coltman Rogers 1
William Morris Agency 1
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