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David Louis Posner papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0614
Abstract

The David Louis Posner Papers span the dates 1923-1957, and consist of one linear foot of photographs, school records, letters, essays, invoices, rare book catalogs, ephemera, and poetry, prose, and play scripts. Though small and clearly incomplete as a record of Posner’s life, the collection provides good biographical and literary content for study of this American poet.

Dates: 1923-1957

William Pryor letter to Cid Corman with prospectus for Tangent 4 and poetry manuscript

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0099-F1034
Abstract

This collection consists of a letter from English poet William Pryor to Cid Corman, a prospectus for Pryor's chapbook Away, and a ten-page original typescript by Pryor entitled "The First Nine Pages of UNEARTH."

Dates: 1979 September 8

Helen Ann Raiber papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0981
Abstract

Helen Ann Raiber (1926-1971) was a writer born and raised in Pennsylvania. Throughout her life, she wrote letters to writers and other artists whose work she admired. The Helen Ann Raiber papers consist of an album of letters she received from authors and artists, a journal with a story she wrote as a child, and a scrapbook containing her published poems and articles.

Dates: 1937-1970; Majority of material found within 1937-1943

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 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

Clement King Shorter letter to Gadric Gregory

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0099-F0403
Abstract

Clement King Shorter letter to Gadric Gregory regarding Shorther's wife, Dora Sigerson Shorter.

Dates: 1913 July 3

Logan Pearsall Smith letter to "Philip" and autograph sonnet to "C.R.S."

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0099-F1023
Abstract

An 1896 letter to “Philip” and a 1905 sonnet to “C.R.S.” by American essayist and critic Logan Pearsall Smith.

Dates: 1896, 1905

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

W. D. Snodgrass correspondence with Daniela Gioseffi

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0272
Abstract

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

Dates: 1977-1984

Wilbert Snow letters to Homer E. Woodbridge

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0317
Abstract

The Wilbert Snow letters to Homer E. Woodbridge were written by twentieth century American poet and scholar Wilbert Snow to Homer E. Woodbridge, both of whom were professors at Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut.

Dates: 1925-1951; Majority of material found within 1925-1935 and 1949-1951

Stephen Spender letter to Reed Whittemore

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0099-F0817
Abstract

One letter handwritten by Stephen Spender to Reed Whittemore.

Dates: 1971 May 24

Swan family journal

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0097-Item 0072
Abstract

This manuscript volume is a family journal kept by George Washington Jonson and members of the Swan family of Easton, Massachusetts, between September 1838 and January 1839. Also included are nine letters from Louisa Sophia Johnson Swan, Jr., to Jonson, her uncle.

Dates: 1838-1840, 1842-1843, 1856-1857; Majority of material found within 1838-1840

Sara Teasdale letters to Joyce and Aline Kilmer

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0142
Abstract

Fifty-six letters from American poet Sara Teasdale (1884-1933) to the American poet and critic Joyce Kilmer (1886–1918) and his wife, poet Aline Kilmer (1888-1941) written between 1912 and 1932.

Dates: 1912-1932

Sara Teasdale letters to Orrick Johns

 Collection
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

Horace Traubel collection of Walt Whitman papers

 Collection
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

Louis Untermeyer papers

 Collection
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

Christopher Ward papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0107
Abstract

The Christopher Ward papers record the career of popular early 20th century Delaware author Christopher Ward (1868-1943). The papers comprise manuscript drafts, typescripts, poetry, correspondence, clippings, and scrapbooks, and reflect Ward's career as a professional author during the latter half of his life.

Dates: 1894-1966; Majority of material found within 1922-1941

Walt Whitman letter to Thomas Donaldson

 Collection
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

John Wieners papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0138
Abstract

Spanning the dates 1961-1968, the papers of American Beat poet John Wieners provide a chronologically and thematically fragmented, yet detailed, glimpse of his life. This small collection includes sixteen letters to Diane Di Prima, Alan Marlowe, and Ed Sanders; the manuscript of a play, two journals, and fourteen leaves of poetry.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1961-1968

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Sandburg, Carl, 1878-1967 2
Snodgrass, W. D. (William De Witt), 1926-2009 2
Snodgrass, W. D. (William De Witt), 1926-2009--Correspondence 2
Teasdale, Sara, 1884-1933 2
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Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892 2
Whittemore, Reed, 1919-2012 2
AE, 1867-1935 1
Aiken, Conrad, 1889-1973 1
Auden, W. H. (Wystan Hugh), 1907-1973 1
Axelrod, Mark 1
Axelrod, Mark--Correspondence 1
Baraka, Imamu Amiri, 1934-2014 1
Beckett, Samuel, 1906-1989 1
Bernard, Oliver 1
Black Sparrow Press 1
Bode, Charles Gustav, 1901- 1
Bowles, Paul, 1910-1999 1
Bremser, Ray 1
Brinnin, John Malcolm, 1916-1998 1
Bucke, Richard Maurice, 1837-1902 1
Burroughs, John, 1837-1921 1
Campbell, Thomas, 1777-1844. 1
Clodd, Alan 1
Cocteau, Jean, 1889-1963 1
Code, Grant Hyde 1
Code, Grant Hyde--Correspondence 1
Coffey, Brian, 1905- --Correspondence 1
Coffey, Brian, 1905-1995 1
Corman, Cid 1
Cornford, Frances Darwin, 1886-1960 1
Costello, James, 1937- 1
Crosland, Margaret, 1920- 1
Cumming, Anne 1
De George, Frederick 1
Delaware College 1
Di Prima, Diane 1
Donaldson, Thomas, 1843-1898-- Correspondence 1
Dorn, Edward 1
Eigner, Larry, 1927-1996 1
En Passant Poetry 1
Endō, Shūsaku, 1923-1996 1
Evans, Abbie Huston 1
Faldbakken, Knut 1
Farr, Evelyn 1
Fischer, Wolfgang Georg, 1933- 1
Frost, Robert, 1874-1963 1
Gibson, H. B. (Hamilton Bertie) 1
Gioseffi, Daniela 1
Gioseffi, Daniela--Correspondence 1
Gitin, David 1
Gitin, Maria 1
Glass, N. M. (Norman M.), 1894-1976 1
Halegua, Lillian 1
Hargreaves, Gloria 1
Haverlin, Carl, 1899-1985 1
Hawley, Robert, 1929- 1
Haylock, John 1
Herbert, David 1
Hoffman, Richard Lee 1
Home, Stewart, 1962- 1
Horder, John 1
Inoue, Yasushi, 1907-1991 1
Irving, Henry, Sir, 1838-1905 1
Johns, Orrick, 1887-1946--Correspondence 1
Jonson, George W. (George Washington), 1801-1880 1
Kelley, Robert, 1935- 1
Kihlman, Christer, 1930- 1
Kilmer, Aline, 1888-1941 1
Kilmer, Aline, 1888-1941--Correspondence 1
Kilmer, Joyce, 1886-1918 1
Kilmer, Joyce, 1886-1918--Correspondence 1
Kirkpatrick, Doris 1
Le Sueur, Meridel 1
Le Vay, David 1
Lendennie, Jessie 1
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 1
Lindmark, John 1
Loveman, Samuel, 1887-1976 1
Lympany, Moura, 1916-2005 1
Major, Clarence 1
Mamet, David 1
Maraini, Dacia 1
Martin, John, 1930- 1
Mazzaro, Jerome 1
Mazzaro, Jerome--Correspondence 1
McBreen, Joan, 1947- 1
Minco, Marga 1
Monroe, Harriet, 1860-1936 1
Monroe, Harriet, 1860-1936--Correspondence 1
Moorepark, Howard 1
Morrill, Ruth Barrell Swan, 1821-1898 1
Murch, A. E. (Alma Elizabeth) 1
Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre 1
O'Sheel, Shaemas, 1886-1954 1
Olson, Toby 1
Parkinson, Ariel, 1926- 1
Parkinson, Thomas Francis, 1920- 1
Parland, Oscar, 1912-1997 1
Pentagram Press 1
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