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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 to Lila Jean Hank

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0723
Abstract Pulitzer Prize-winning American poet W.D. (William De Witt) Snodgrass (1926-2009) wrote 58 letters between 1944 and 1946 to his then-fiancée Lila Jean Hank after being drafted into the United States Navy and stationed in Saipan. The letters described life on the naval base at the end of World War II and a long, anxious period of demobilization in the Pacific. Snodgrass was one of the early practitioners of the confessional style in American poetry with his first volume ...
Dates: 1944-1946

W. D. Snodgrass correspondence with Daniela Gioseffi

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Identifier: MSS 0272
Abstract

Correspondence between twentieth century American writers W. D. Snodgrass and Daniela Gioseffi.

Dates: 1977-1984

Georgina Somerville correspondence with Lady Margaret Sackville

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Identifier: MSS 0099-F0958
Abstract

One autograph letter signed and one incomplete autograph letter, both written by Georgina Somerville to Lady Margaret Sackville, as well as one autograph postcard written and signed by Lady Sackville to Georgina Somerville.

Dates: 1937 March 25-1937 April 13

Stephen Spender letter to Reed Whittemore

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Identifier: MSS 0099-F0817
Abstract

One letter handwritten by Stephen Spender to Reed Whittemore.

Dates: 1971 May 24

Michael Tarachow letters to Ray Freed

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Identifier: MSS 0099-F0774
Abstract

Over twenty letters written by Michael Tarachow to Ray Freed between 1976 and 1978. Some of the letters are written on the verso of broadside cards with printed poetry, mostly concerning Tarachow's solicited submission for Toward a Further Definition and his small press in New York City, Doctor Generosity Press, from 1969 to 1972.

Dates: 1976-1978

Sara Teasdale letters to Orrick Johns

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Identifier: MSS 0099-F0252
Abstract

Forty-three letters from American poet Sara Teasdale to Orrick Johns, friend, fellow poet, and editor, as well as one letter to Teasdale from Wilfred Funk, author, poet, and famed dictionary publisher.

Dates: 1909-1914, undated

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

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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

Horace Traubel collection of Walt Whitman papers

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Identifier: MSS 0099-F0819
Abstract

This collection comprises materials collected by Horace Traubel, American journalist, on his longtime friend, poet Walt Whitman.

Dates: 1854-1916

Letters to Lewis Turco

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Identifier: MSS 0099-F0778
Abstract

Letters written to Lewis Turco, including six letters from W. D. Snodgrass, as well as a publication photograph of Snodgrass, four letters from William Dickey, one letter from Barbara Howes, and one letter from Robert Mezey, spanning 1961-1989.

Dates: 1961-1989

Louis Untermeyer letter to Anthony Gudaitis

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Identifier: MSS 0099-F0708
Abstract

Louis Untermeyer letter on personal letterhead to aspiring author Anthony Gudaitis offering some guidance regarding his novel, dated August 6, 1932.

Dates: 1932 August 6

Louis Untermeyer letters to Alfred Kreymborg

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Identifier: MSS 0099-F0767
Abstract

Eleven letters from Louis Untermeyer to Alfred Kreymborg, including one copy of a letter from Kreymborg to Untermeyer, one letter from Untermeyer to "Paul," and two letters from Jean Untermeyer to Kreymborg, dating from 1921 to 1943.

Dates: 1921-1943

Louis Untermeyer letters to Harlan Umansky

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Identifier: MSS 0099-F0688
Abstract

Two letters written by poet and anthologist Louis Untermeyer to Harlan Umansky, one dated May 21, 1932, and one subsequent undated letter.

Dates: 1932 May 21

Louis Untermeyer papers

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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

Michael von Uchtrup collection of Jonathan Williams correspondence and ephemera

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0752
Abstract American poet and publisher Jonathan Williams (1929-2008), often associated with the Beat poets and the Black Mountain School, is known as a founder of The Jargon Society, a publishing firm that popularized the poetry of the post-World War II American avant-garde. The Michael von Uchtrup collection of Jonathan Williams correspondence and ephemera details the relationship that developed between Williams and von Uchtrup in the 1990s and provides insight into Williams’s publishing career,...
Dates: 1969-2003

Walt Whitman letter to Thomas Donaldson

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Identifier: MSS 0099-F0277
Abstract

This collection consists of an 1889 holograph letter, with envelope, from Walt Whitman to Thomas Donaldson.

Dates: 1889 June 9

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

William Carlos Williams and Kay Boyle letters to Charlotte Wilson

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0099-F0908
Abstract

Eight autograph letters, one written and signed by William Carlos Williams to Charlotte Wilson commenting positively on a poem she wrote, five letters from Williams's wife, Florence, to Wilson, and two letters from Kay Boyle to Wilson, dated from December 3, 1957 to November 1, 1961.

Dates: 1957-1961

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

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

Robert A. Wilson W. H. Auden collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0982
Abstract W. H. Auden (1907-1973) was an English and American poet, translator, librettist, playwright, and essayist. The Robert A. Wilson W. H. Auden collection comprises Wilson’s collected materials created by and related to W. H. Auden. The collection includes manuscript and typescript drafts, proofs, and published versions of Auden’s poetry, translations, prose, and dramatic works; programs and promotional ephemera for Auden’s readings and events as well as other performances related to the...
Dates: circa 1930-2007, undated; Majority of material found within 1950-2000

Anne Woodworth correspondence with W.D. Snodgrass

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0822
Abstract

This collection consists of correspondence between American poets Anne Harding Woodworth and W.D. Snodgrass dating from July 1999 to January 2009. Woodworth and Snodgrass discussed the writing, revision, and publication of their poetry as well as Woodworth’s analytical essay on Snodgrass’s The Fuehrer Bunker.

Dates: 1999 July 25-2009 January 17

W. B. (William Butler) Yeats letter to George MacDonald

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Identifier: MSS 0099-F0325
Abstract

Letter from W. B. Yeats to George MacDonald and a letter from MacDonald's secretary to W. B. Yeats. These items were originally laid in W. B. Yeats's A Speech In Two Poems (1937).

Dates: 1938 and undated

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Snodgrass, W. D. (William De Witt), 1926-2009 5
Ferlinghetti, Lawrence 4
Ginsberg, Allen, 1926-1997 4
Untermeyer, Louis, 1885-1977 4
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Coffey, Brian, 1905-1995 3
Creeley, Robert, 1926-2005 3
Day Lewis, C. (Cecil), 1904-1972 3
Dorn, Edward 3
Field, Edward, 1924- 3
Ford, Charles Henri 3
Hunt, Leigh, 1784-1859 3
Joans, Ted 3
McClure, Michael 3
Ollier, Charles, 1788-1859 3
Phoenix Book Shop 3
Sandy, Stephen 3
Windham, Donald 3
Aldrich, Thomas Bailey, 1836-1907 2
Anvil Press Poetry (London, England) 2
Auden, W. H. (Wystan Hugh), 1907-1973 2
Baraka, Imamu Amiri, 1934-2014 2
Beckett, Samuel, 1906-1989 2
Berlin, Lucia 2
Berrigan, Daniel 2
Bogan, Louise, 1897-1970 2
Bowles, Jane, 1917-1973 2
Bowles, Paul, 1910-1999 2
Boyle, Kay, 1902-1992 2
Brilliant, Alan--Correspondence 2
Bynner, Witter, 1881-1968 2
Bynner, Witter, 1881-1968--Correspondence 2
Clark, Tom, 1941- --Correspondence 2
Clark, Tom, 1941-2018 2
Coffey, Brian, 1905- --Correspondence 2
Colum, Padraic, 1881-1972 2
Corso, Gregory 2
DePol, John, 1913-2004 2
Di Prima, Diane 2
Digby, Joan 2
Digby, John, 1938- 2
Dobson, Alban, 1885- 2
Dobson, Austin, 1840-1921 2
Dunbar, Paul Laurence, 1872-1906 2
Feral Press 2
Ford, Charles Henri--Correspondence 2
Gosse, Edmund, 1849-1928 2
Hawley, Robert, 1929- 2
Isherwood, Christopher, 1904-1986 2
Joyce, James, 1882-1941 2
Knight, Arthur Winfield, 1937- 2
Knight, Kit 2
Kyger, Joanne 2
Larsson, Raymond Ellsworth, 1901-1991 2
Larsson, Raymond Ellsworth, 1901-1991--Correspondence 2
Lucie-Smith, Edward 2
Major, Clarence 2
Micheline, Jack, 1929-1998 2
Moore, Marianne, 1887-1972 2
Olson, Charles, 1910-1970 2
Oppenheimer, Joel, 1930-1988 2
Posner, David Louis--Correspondence 2
Pound, Ezra, 1885-1972 2
Ragged Edge Press (Oyster Bay, N.Y.) 2
Reed, Jeremy 2
Rich, Adrienne, 1929-2012 2
Russell, George William, 1867-1935--Correspondence 2
Rutsala, Vern 2
Seligman, Tina 2
Shorter, Dora Sigerson, 1866-1918 2
Snodgrass, W. D. (William De Witt), 1926-2009--Correspondence 2
Stone House Press (Roslyn, N.Y.) 2
Tarn, Nathaniel 2
Turco, Lewis 2
Turner, Tom, 1870- 2
Whalen, Philip 2
Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892 2
Whittemore, Reed, 1919-2012 2
Wilentz, Ted 2
Williams, William Carlos, 1883-1963 2
Williams, William Carlos, 1883-1963--Correspondence 2
Wolak, Bill 2
Yeats, W. B. (William Butler), 1865-1939 2
AE, 1867-1935 1
AE, 1867-1935--Correspondence 1
Abbey, Edwin Austin, 1852-1911 1
Adam, Helen, 1909-1993 1
Adams, Léonie, 1899-1988 1
Advent Books (Firm) 1
Aiken, Conrad, 1889-1973 1
Albee, Edward, 1928- 1
Algarín, Miguel 1
Algren, Nelson, 1909-1981 1
Allen, Donald Merriam, 1912-2004 1
Allingham, William, 1824-1889 1
American University (Washington, D.C.) 1
Andre, Michael 1
Apollinaire, Guillaume, 1880-1918 1
Axelrod, Mark 1
Axelrod, Mark--Correspondence 1
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