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American and English poetry readings fliers, posters, and cards

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0878
Abstract

This collection of American and English poetry readings fliers, posters, and cards comprises promotional ephemera documenting live poetry events in America and England. The collection contains posters, fliers, postcards, calendars, newsletters, programs and other printed and hand-drawn ephemera documenting the activities of poets, live performance venues, and literary networks largely associated with the California and New York experimental poetry scenes.

Dates: 1951-2011; Majority of material found within 1965-1998

Abbie Huston Evans papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0098-F0158
Abstract

The papers consist of a greeting card, a Delaware poetry day dinner program, two poems, "Alive This Night" and "Martian Landscape" (initialed and dated), and newspaper clippings related to Abbie Huston Evans, a poet, born in New England, who later worked and taught in Philadelphia.

Dates: 1960-1968

Carl Haverlin papers relating to Carl Sandburg

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0144
Abstract

This collection consists of the Carl Sandburg files kept by BMI president and radio pioneer Carl Haverlin (1899-1985) spanning the years 1909-1964. During Haverlin's years at BMI he developed a close working relationship and friendship with Carl Sandburg.

Dates: 1909-1964; Majority of material found within 1947-1963

Richard McCann papers

 Collection
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

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

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

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Photographs 5
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Postcards 3
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Contracts 2
Correspondence 2
Drafts (documents) 2
English poetry--20th century 2
Fliers (printed matter) 2
Letters (correspondence) 2
Manuscripts (documents) 2
Poets, English--20th century 2
Reviews (document genre) 2
Advertisements 1
Alternative spaces (Arts facilities) 1
American literature--20th century 1
American literature--21st century 1
American poetry--21st century 1
Announcements 1
Articles 1
Arts facilities 1
Audio cassette 1
Authors, American--20th century 1
Authors, American--21st century 1
Authors, English--20th century--Correspondence 1
Black Arts movement 1
Black Mountain school (Group of poets) 1
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Brochures 1
Calendars 1
Catalogs (documents) 1
Centers for the performing arts 1
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Dramatists, American--20th century 1
Dramatists, English 1
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Education--United States--History--20th century 1
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Families--United States--History--20th century 1
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Gay authors--United States--20th century 1
Gay authors--United States--21st century 1
Gays in popular culture--United States--History--20th century 1
Grant proposals 1
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Irish poetry--Translations into English 1
Journals (periodicals) 1
Lecture notes 1
Lectures 1
Letterpress printing 1
Librettos (documents for music) 1
Lists (document genres) 1
Literary readings 1
Magazines (periodicals) 1
Maryland--History--20th century 1
Mimeograph copies 1
Modernism (Literature) 1
New Castle County (Del.)--History--20th century 1
Newsletters 1
Newspapers 1
Notebooks 1
Notes 1
Novelists 1
Opera--20th century 1
Operas--Librettos 1
Page proofs 1
Passports 1
Phonograph records 1
Poets, American--21st century 1
Posters 1
Printed ephemera 1
Professors (teacher) 1
Promotional materials 1
Proofs (printed matter) 1
Realia 1
Research notes 1
School yearbooks 1
Scrapbooks 1
Scripts (documents) 1
Speeches (documents) 1
Syllabi 1
Translations (documents) 1
Typescripts 1
VHS 1
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Language
Italian 2
French 1
German 1
 
Names
Sandburg, Carl, 1878-1967 2
Wilson, Robert A. (Robert Alfred), 1922-2016 2
Aiken, Conrad, 1889-1973 1
American University (Washington, D.C.) 1
Auden, W. H. (Wystan Hugh), 1907-1973 1