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Kay Boyle letters to Helga Einsele

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0655
Abstract Award-winning American author, educator, and political activist Kay Boyle (1902-1992) was a prominent member of the American expatriate modernist circle of the 1920s and 1930s. Boyle's later years are characterized by her extensive political activism. The Kay Boyle letters to Helga Einsele document Boyle's decades-long friendship with criminologist and prison reformer Helga Einsele (1910-2005). The collection comprises letters from Boyle and their enclosures, drafts of Einsele's replies,...
Dates: 1951-1992

In watermelon sugar : galley proofs

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Identifier: MSS 0099-F0025
Abstract

Galley proofs of Richard Brautigan's novel, In Watermelon Sugar (1968), with corrections. Prepared by the Four Seasons Foundation.

Dates: 1968

Summer Brenner papers

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Identifier: MSS 0617
Abstract

The Summer Brenner papers offers a comprehensive view of an American poet and novelist's life across four decades beginning in the 1960s. The collection includes extensive personal correspondence and journals, literary manuscripts and drafts documenting all stages of the writing and publishing process, and Brenner's work from magazine contributions, book publications, and community projects.

Dates: 1962-2005

Alan Brilliant correspondence with Ted Wilentz

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Identifier: MSS 0590
Abstract

This collection contains .7 linear feet of personal letters and postcards from Alan Brilliant of Unicorn Press to his former employer and longtime friend, proprietor of Corinth Books Ted Wilentz. Other materials include press catalogs, newsletters, financial records, clippings, periodicals, poems, and other printed ephemera related to the Unicorn Press.

Dates: 1960-1996; Majority of material found within 1986-1988

Action : typescript

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Identifier: MSS 0099-F0308
Abstract

This typescript of 20th-century American poet and writer Charles Bukowski's (1920-1994) short story "Action" bears revisions in Bukowski's hand as well as minor editor's marks.

Dates: 1985 April 22

The life of a bum : typescript

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Identifier: MSS 0099-F0307
Abstract

This typescript of 20th-century American poet and writer Charles Bukowski's (1920-1994) short story "The Life of a Bum" bears extensive revisions in Bukowski's hand as well as minor editor's marks.

Dates: 1985 March 18

M. Clark Chambers Kay Boyle collection

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Identifier: MSS 0623
Abstract The M. Clark Chambers Kay Boyle collection consists of materials collected by Chambers during the fifteen year process of compiling and researching his bibliography of her work. It consists of books and periodicals containing works by Boyle, reviews of her work, interviews, and other material. A great deal of the material is in the form of photocopies. There is also a small group material pertaining to the research and composition of the bibliography as well as a small group original Boyle...
Dates: 1921-2002

William Conant Church papers

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Identifier: MSS 0099-F0869
Abstract

Consists of the William Conant Church papers, which includes letters written to Church, photographs of the interior of the Century Association of New York City, and printed ephemera. Letter writers include William Winter, Henry Villard, Brooks Adams, Kate Sanborn, Charles Elio Norton, Whitelaw Reid, Edmund Clarence Stedman and others.

Dates: 1876-1917

Tom Clark collection of book reviews

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Identifier: MSS 0099-F0990
Abstract

The Tom Clark collection of book reviews consists of handwritten and typed manuscripts written by Clark in which he reviews the books of various American authors, including Nancy Morejón, Larry Eigner, Laura Moriarty, John Godfrey, Maureen Owen, Norman Moser, John Koethe, Simon Pettet, Michael Palmer, and Darell Gray. Some of the reviews include a handwritten and typed draft, others only one draft. The collection also includes one clipping.

Dates: 1984-1985

Elizabeth Coatsworth papers

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Identifier: MSS 0437
Abstract

Family papers relating to the poet and children’s author Elizabeth Coatsworth, including letters to Coatsworth from the English poet and novelist L.A.G. Strong and from the American author Josephine Pinckney, as well as letters to Coatsworth’s husband, the writer Henry Beston.

Dates: 1902-1948

Evan S. Connell letter to Ralph Sipper

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Identifier: MSS 0099-F0881
Abstract

One typed letter written and signed by Evan S. Connell, Jr. to Ralph Sipper on August 21, 2005, plus envelope.

Dates: 2005 August 21

Guy Davenport letter to "Steven"

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Identifier: MSS 0099-F0781
Abstract

One typed letter written and signed by Guy Davenport to "Steven," explaining that "poetry is a music of words," the different types of poetry that exist, and declaring himself a "writer of stories" rather than a poet, on December 3, 1979.

Dates: 1979 December 3

Guy Davenport letters

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0099-F0651
Abstract

Correspondence between American short story writer Guy Davenport and admirer and collector of his books Matthew Weseley, as well as a letter to students in Wesley's English class.

Dates: 1993-1996

Richard Harding Davis collection

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Identifier: MSS 0609
Abstract

The Richard Harding Davis collection is a small association collection containing six autographed letters signed by the author; four newspapers clippings; several photographs of Davis and his estate, Crossroads Farm in Mt. Kisco, New York; and a line print of an engraving by Charles Dana Gibson entitled "No. V. The Opera Box. Copyright, 1892. The Century Co."

Dates: 1891-1962

Fielding Dawson correspondence to Marcella Simpson

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Identifier: MSS 0722
Abstract

Between 1972 and 1994, American author and artist Fielding Dawson (1930-2002) sent a variety of materials to his grandmother, Marcella Simpson, including letters, articles, journals, manuscripts, and ephemera. The collection provides insight into Dawson's literary career and his development as a creative wring teacher in correctional facilities.

Dates: 1972-1994

Fielding Dawson postcards to Welch D. Everman

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Identifier: MSS 0099-F0917
Abstract

American writer Fielding Dawson (1930-2002) wrote these two oversize postcards with personal and professional news to his friend, American writer Welch D. Everman (1946-2004), in the fall of 1977.

Dates: 1977

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

Samuel R. Delany collection of manuscripts and correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0656
Abstract Samuel R. Delany is a New York-born gay Black author and literary critic, noted for his work in science fiction with a focus on gender, sexual orientation, race, and social issues. The Samuel R. Delany collection of manuscripts and correspondence comprises Bamberger Books materials pertaining to the 1996 reprinting of Delany's 1979 memoir, Heavenly Breakfast, and the 2004 publication of Delany's novella, Phallos. Materials include printed...
Dates: 1996-2004

Paul Bowles's Isabelle Eberhardt manuscripts

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Identifier: MSS 0099-F0733
Abstract Collection of typescript and typescript (photocopy) manuscripts of work by Isabelle Eberhardt as translated and edited by Paul Bowles for Robert Sharrard at City Lights. Includes: The Breath of of Night, Outside, Preface to Eberhardt's book, Achoura, The Rival, Taalith, Blue Jacket, a letter to the editor of La...
Dates: undated

Cleary outlined : page proofs

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Identifier: MSS 0099-F0526
Abstract

The collection contains a set of page proofs (five pages) for Larry Eigner's poem "Clearly Outlined."

Dates: approximately 1964

Larry Eigner stories : eight manuscripts

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0099-F0855
Abstract

This small collection comprises the typescript manuscripts of eight short stories by the American poet Larry Eigner.

Dates: circa 1968

Christopher Felver portrait collection

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Identifier: GRA 0160
Abstract

The Christopher Felver portrait collection comprises 79 black and white photographic portraits of prominent twentieth-century artistic and literary figures taken between 1981 and 2008 by American photographer and filmmaker Christopher Felver (born 1946).

Dates: 1981-2008

Edna Ferber letter to Dr. Collins

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Identifier: MSS 0099-F0652
Abstract

Typed and signed letter from Edna Ferber to Dr. Collins, reflecting on the subject of literary prizes, dated January 4, 1929.

Dates: 1929 January 4

Edna Ferber letter to Jules Eckert Goodman

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Identifier: MSS 0099-F0703
Abstract

Typed and signed letter written by Edna Ferber to Jules Eckert Goodman on impressive pictorial letterhead of the Hotel Majestic, West Seventy-second Street at Central Park, New York, dated February 7, 1918.

Dates: 1918 February 7

Edna Ferber letters to Flora Mae Holly

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Identifier: MSS 0099-F0571
Abstract

Six typed and signed letters from Edna Ferber to her literary agent Flora May Holly, regarding literary matters, dated from 1911-1941.

Dates: 1911-1941

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Stettner, Irving, 1922- 3
Van Vechten, Carl, 1880-1964 3
Williams, Tennessee, 1911-1983 3
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Angel Hair Books (New York, N.Y.) 2
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Black Sparrow Press 2
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Broughton, James, 1913-1999 2
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Field, Edward, 1924- 2
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LaVigne, Robert, 1928-2014 2
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Le Sueur, Meridel 2
Loos, Anita, 1893-1981 2
Martin, John, 1930- 2
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Mrabet, Mohammed, 1936- --Correspondence 2
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Nutting, Cherie 2
Oppenheimer, Joel, 1930-1988 2
Peter Owen (Firm) 2
Phoenix Book Shop 2
Poole, Ruth Baron Honsberger 2
Poole, Ruth Baron Honsberger--Correspondence 2
Rey Rosa, Rodrigo, 1958- 2
Snodgrass, W. D. (William De Witt), 1926-2009--Correspondence 2
Stettner, Irving, 1922- --Correspondence 2
United Artists Books 2
Untermeyer, Louis, 1885-1977 2
Vidal, Gore, 1925-2012 2
Viereck, George Sylvester, 1884-1962 2
Viereck, George Sylvester, 1884-1962--Correspondence 2
Warsh, Lewis 2
Whalen, Philip 2
Wilentz, Ted 2
Williams, William Carlos, 1883-1963 2
Wolfe, Michael, 1945- 2
Wolfe, Michael, 1945- --Correspondence 2
Actors' Equity Association 1
Adam, Helen, 1909-1993 1
Adams, Brooks, 1848-1927 1
Aiken, Conrad, 1889-1973 1
Albee, Edward, 1928- 1
Alexander, Charles, 1954- 1
Alexander, Charles, 1954- --Correspondence 1
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American University (Washington, D.C.) 1
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Bankhead, Tallulah, 1902-1968 1
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Bates, Arlo, 1850-1918 1
Bazelon, David L. (David Lionel), 1909-1993 1
Bazelon, David T., 1923- 1
Beam, Jeffery, 1953- 1
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Bell, Clive, 1881-1964 1
Bell, Clive, 1881-1964--Correspondence 1
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