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Beadle and Adams archives

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0354
Abstract

The Beadle and Adams archives contains materials relating to American publisher Erastus F. Beadle (1821–1894) and the dime booklet publishing house in which he was a partner, Beadle and Adams.

Dates: 1848–1921

Roland E. Bounds science fiction paperback book collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0553
Abstract

The Roland E. Bounds paperback science fiction book collection consists of nearly seven thousand science fiction paperbacks published between 1890 and 2002 assembled by the Delaware collector Roland Bounds (1953-2002).

Dates: 1890-2002

W. Merritt Burke III pulp paperback book collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0559
Abstract

The W. Merritt Burke III pulp paperback book collection comprises pulp novels primarily published in the United States in the 1930s and 1940s. The bulk of the novels are mystery and detective fiction; however there are a few westerns as well.

Dates: 1913-1968; Majority of material found within 1930-1949

Classics Illustrated collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0647
Abstract The Classics Illustrated collection is a collection of comic books from four versions of the Classics Illustratedseries. Classics Illustrated published adaptations of the classics of literature in comic book format, with the intention of introducing literature to younger readers. The bulk of the collection comprises 79 issues from the original Classics Illustrated series, which was created by Albert Lewis Kanter...
Dates: 1942-1998; Majority of material found within 1942-1969

Samuel R. Delany collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0618
Abstract

The Samuel R. Delany collection includes Delany's letters to publisher Bill Bamberger (Bamberger Books), manuscript drafts of novels in progress, comic books, science fiction anthologies, and journals of fantasy and science fiction to which Delany contributed or served as editor.

Dates: 1967-1999

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

M.J. Ivers & Co. records

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0478
Abstract

M.J. Ivers and Company was a publisher or cheap books, including several of the Beadle's Dime series during the late 19th century and early 20th century. Included in this collection are business receipts, correspondence, and publication lists. This archive represents only a small portion of material generated by M.J. Ivers and Company.

Dates: 1880-1915; Majority of material found within 1898-1905

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

James Purdy manuscripts

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0370
Abstract

The James Purdy Manuscript Collection spans the years 1961 to 1978 and contains manuscripts for a short story and two novels by twentieth century American author James Purdy.

Dates: 1961–1978

Devereux : a tale : manuscript

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0099-F0837
Abstract

Volume II of the original holograph manuscript for "Devereux: a Tale," as written by Margaret Emily Shore in 1837. It includes a title-page, dedication, introduction, contents page, 264 pages of text for chapters X through XXII, and a pencil sketch of a seated woman (possibly a self portrait).

Dates: 1837

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Bode, Charles Gustav, 1901- 1
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Bounds, Roland E. 1
Bowles, Paul, 1910-1999 1
Burke, W. Merritt, III 1
Cocteau, Jean, 1889-1963 1
Crosland, Margaret, 1920- 1
Cumming, Anne 1
Delany, Samuel R. 1
Delany, Samuel R.--Correspondence 1
Endō, Shūsaku, 1923-1996 1
Faldbakken, Knut 1
Farr, Evelyn 1
Ferlinghetti, Lawrence 1
Fischer, Wolfgang Georg, 1933- 1
George Munro's Sons 1
Gibson, H. B. (Hamilton Bertie) 1
Gilberton Company 1
Glass, N. M. (Norman M.), 1894-1976 1
Halegua, Lillian 1
Hargreaves, Gloria 1
Haylock, John 1
Herbert, David 1
Hirschman, Jack, 1933- 1
Home, Stewart, 1962- 1
Hurst & Company 1
Inoue, Yasushi, 1907-1991 1
Kanter, Albert Lewis, 1897-1973 1
Kaufman, Alan 1
Kaufman, Alan. Jew Boy 1
Kaufman, Alan. Matches 1
Kaufman, Alan. The Outlaw Bible of American Essays 1
Kaufman, Alan. The Outlaw Bible of American Literature 1
Kaufman, Alan. The Outlaw Bible of American Poetry 1
Kihlman, Christer, 1930- 1
Kolm, Ron 1
Kupferberg, Tuli 1
Le Vay, David 1
Lympany, Moura, 1916-2005 1
M.J. Ivers & Co. 1
Mamet, David 1
Maraini, Dacia 1
Micheline, Jack, 1929-1998 1
Minco, Marga 1
Moorepark, Howard 1
Murch, A. E. (Alma Elizabeth) 1
Parland, Oscar, 1912-1997 1
Peter Owen (Firm) 1
Piaf, Edith, 1915-1963 1
Pitt-Kethley, Fiona, 1954- 1
Pulsifer, Gary 1
Purdy, James, 1914-2009 1
Reed, Jeremy 1
Robinson, Mary, 1758-1800 1
Rootes, Nina 1
Rosset, Barney 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
Shore, Emily, 1819-1839 1
Shot, Danny 1
Silverman, Herschel 1
Tate, Joan 1
Valery, Anne, 1926-2013 1
Vansittart, Peter 1
Vesaas, Tarjei, 1897-1970 1
Virtue, Noel, 1947- 1
Vyvyan, Clara Coltman Rogers 1
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