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Alan Kaufman papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0599
Abstract The papers of Alan Kaufman--an American Jewish author, editor, performer, artist, and impresario--include drafts of his memoir Jew Boy, his novel Matches, editorial material related to volumes in his Outlaw Bible series, and the magazine Davka: Jewish Cultural Revolution. There are numerous notebooks with notes, observations, lists, and drafts of poetry and writing, as well as original...
Dates: circa 19th century, 1952-2007; Majority of material found within 1952-2007

Robert B. Kegerreis The Tell-Tale Heart and theatrical collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0706
Abstract

This collection comprises material related to the American actor and playwright Robert B. Kegerreis's 1909 dramatic adaptation of Edgar Allan Poe's short story "The Tell-Tale Heart" and his involvement in the New York theater scene of the early twentieth century.

Dates: 1909-1925; Majority of material found within dates 1909-1911

Hugh MacDiarmid manuscripts related to First Hymn to Lenin and Other Poems

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0225
Abstract

Manterials related to the publication and promtion of Scottish author Hugh MacDiarmid's manuscript First Hymn to Lenin and Other Poems, published in Dublin by the Unicorn Press in 1931.

Dates: circa 1931

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

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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

Stephen McKenna papers

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Identifier: MSS 0625
Abstract English novelist Stephen McKenna (1888-1967) published forty-seven novels and six nonfiction books about English upper-class life before and after World War I. The collection spans from 1917 to 1966, with the bulk of the materials dating between 1917 to 1935, and includes correspondence to the author, manuscripts of short stories and lectures by McKenna, excerpts from other authors' works, newspaper clippings from McKenna's 1921 promotional tour in Sweden, and a volume of photographs...
Dates: 1917-1966; Majority of material found within 1917-1935

Collection of Henry Miller's Reflections on the Death of Mishima documents

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0099-F0757
Abstract

Typescript manuscript and other items related to Henry Miller's Reflections of the Death of Mishima.

Dates: 1971-1973; Majority of material found in 1971

Beverley Nichols papers

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Identifier: MSS 0620
Abstract

The Beverley Nichols papers document the personal and professional activities of prolific twentieth-century English novelist, playwright, journalist, composer, and political activist Beverley Nichols. The collection comprises correspondence, diaries, scrapbooks, manuscripts, musical compositions, and photographs primarily dating between 1911 and 1991.

Dates: 1698, 1911-1991, undated; Majority of material found within 1911-1991

Frank J. Hugh O'Donnell papers

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Identifier: MSS 0136
Abstract

Including letters, essays, poems, and a variety of other materials, the papers provide an overview of the life and work of Irish businessman, politician, and playwright Frank O'Donnell.

Dates: 1911-1974; Majority of material found within 1918-1954

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

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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

Oliver Onions papers

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Identifier: MSS 0492
Abstract

Short stories and poetry typescripts as well as travel ephemera and journals written in the first half of the 20th century by British novelist and short story writer Oliver Onions.

Dates: 1927-1938

Brian Phelan papers

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Identifier: MSS 0681
Abstract

The Brian Phelan papers document forty years of the literary career of Irish-born playwright and screenwriter Brian Phelan (born 1934). Phelan's adaptations and docudramas focus on Irish characters, the issues of Irish emigration, socialist and feminist themes, and major world events. The collection, which spans from the 1960s to the 2000s, comprises Phelan's working and project files and include correspondence, screenplays, scripts, contracts, photographs, and research.

Dates: 1958-2005; Majority of material found within 1975-2003

Eden Phillpotts collection

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Identifier: MSS 0151
Abstract

Small collection of letters and manuscripts belonging to English writer Eden Phillpotts. Most items appear to have been collected by Phillpott's friend, George Beckwith.

Dates: 1906-1943

Charles Plymell manuscripts

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Identifier: MSS 0457
Abstract

This collection of American writer Charles Plymell's manuscripts contains manuscripts for poems, fiction, and essays written by Plymell during the 1970s, as well as a small number of manuscripts of the work of other poets.

Dates: 1970-1979

James B. Pond papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0624
Abstract

American lecture manager and memoirist James B. Pond represented American and British explorers, preachers, politicians, scientists, and writers, on the lecture circuit from 1874 to his death in 1903. The majority of the collection is comprised of the incoming and outgoing correspondence of Pond; also included are manuscripts and ephemera relating to Pond's family and business.

Dates: 1878-1944; Majority of material found within 1885-1903

Katharine Pyle papers

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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

Lennox Robinson papers related to John Quinn

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Identifier: MSS 0212
Abstract

The Lennox Robinson papers related to John Quinn consist of editorial correspondence, transcripts of letters, and other manuscripts and material toward a proposed two-volume edition of letters written to the New York lawyer, patron of the arts, and collector John Quinn by Irish playwright, manager, producer, director, and editor Lennox Robinson.

Dates: 1903-1931

Muriel Rukeyser letters to David Posner

 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

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

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

John Sinclair Guitar Army manuscript

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0517
Abstract

Five items from American author, poet, and political activist John Sinclair, including the carbon typescript of Guitar Army and ephemera related to the "Free John Sinclair" movement.

Dates: 1969-1971

Sydney Goodsir Smith papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0226
Abstract The Sydney Goodsir Smith Papers date primarily from the late 1950s and early 1960s, an especially nationalist phase in Smith’s literary career. The collection contains several drafts and advance proofs of Smith’s play The Wallace and manuscripts of his long dramatic poems, Gowdsmith in Reekie and The Vision of the Prodigal Son. Also present are seventeen pieces of correspondence and the manuscripts of about...
Dates: 1954-1960

W. D. Snodgrass letters and manuscripts to Jerome Mazzaro

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0273
Abstract

This collection contains correspondence and literary manuscripts exchanged between twentieth century American poet and scholar W. D. Snodgrass and twentieth century American writer and scholar Jerome Mazzaro.

Dates: 1961-1977

Sombre Reptiles Press records

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0560
Abstract

The Berkeley, California-based Sombre Reptiles Press was founded in 1978 by poet Jerry Ratch and artist Mary Ann Hayden. This small collection consists of approximately one linear foot of material related to the operation of the press and the publication of its works, spanning the dates 1977 and 1994, with the bulk of the material dating from 1977 to 1982.

Dates: 1977-1994; Majority of material found within 1978-1982

Irvin Stock papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0545
Abstract

The Irvin Stock papers, spanning the dates 1882 to 2004, comprise 4.3 linear feet of manuscripts, books, letters, newspaper and magazine articles, advertisements, and teaching materials documenting the life and work of the American literary scholar Irvin Stock.

Dates: 1882-2004

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MacDiarmid, Hugh, 1892-1978 2
Martin, John, 1930- 2
Micheline, Jack, 1929-1998 2
Peter Owen (Firm) 2
Phoenix Book Shop 2
Pound, Ezra, 1885-1972 2
Purdy, James, 1914-2009 2
Salmon Poetry Ltd. 2
Whalen, Philip 2
Wolfe, Michael, 1945- 2
Abbey, Edwin Austin, 1852-1911 1
Adam, Helen, 1909-1993 1
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Albee, Edward, 1928- 1
American University (Washington, D.C.) 1
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Apollinaire, Guillaume, 1880-1918 1
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Bates, Arlo, 1850-1918 1
Beam, Jeffery, 1953- 1
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Bellow, Saul 1
Bergé, Carol, 1928-2006 1
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Berrigan, Ted 1
Berry, Wendell, 1934- 1
Berryman, John, 1914-1972 1
Beston, Henry, 1888-1968 1
Bigelow, Poultney, 1855-1954 1
Bigelow, Poultney, 1855-1954--Correspondence 1
Bogan, Louise, 1897-1970 1
Bonheur, Gaston 1
Booth, Philip, 1925-2007 1
Bowles, Paul, 1910-1999--Correspondence 1
Boyle, Kay, 1902-1992 1
Boytinck, Paul W. 1
Bremser, Ray 1
British Broadcasting Company 1
Broughton, James, 1913-1999 1
Bullins, Ed 1
Burwell, Basil Beckett, 1911- 1
Calderon, P. H. (Philip Hermogenes), 1833-1898 1
Capote, Truman, 1924-1984 1
Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965 1
Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965--Correspondence 1
Clark, Tom, 1941-2018 1
Claudel, Paul, 1868-1955 1
Coatsworth, Elizabeth, 1893-1986 1
Coffey, Brian, 1905-1995 1
Coffey, Brian, 1905-1995--Archives 1
Coffey, Denis J. 1
Cohen, Ira 1
Colum, Padraic, 1881-1972 1
Congdon, Kirby 1
Connon, Bryan. Beverley Nichols: a life 1
Corso, Gregory 1
Cushman, Don 1
D.C. Heath and Company 1
Dave Haselwood Books 1
Dawson, Fielding, 1930-2002 1
Dawson, Fielding, 1930-2002--Correspondence 1
Delany, Samuel R. 1
Delany, Samuel R.--Correspondence 1
Depew, Chauncey M. (Chauncey Mitchell), 1834-1928 1
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Devlin, Denis, 1908-1959 1
Di Prima, Diane 1
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Dickens, Cedric Charles 1
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870 1
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870--Adaptations 1
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Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870. Mystery of Edwin Drood 1
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Drama League of Dublin 1
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Dunbar-Nelson, Alice Moore, 1875-1935 1
Durbridge, Stephen 1
Eastman, Charles A., 1858-1939 1
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