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Edna Ferber letters to Herbert and Grace Mayes
Twenty-three letters written by Edna Ferber to Herbert and Grace Mayes on various letterheads dating from December 26, 1950 through August 11, 1967.
Edna Ferber letters to Leonard and Sarah Bakrow
Three typed and signed letters from Edna Ferber to the Bakrows. One addressed to Sarah Bakrow and two addressed to Leonard Bakrow, ranging in dates from 1939 to 1944.
Edward Field papers
The Edward Field papers consist of twenty-one linear feet of the personal and literary papers which document the life and writing career of American writer and poet Edward Field (b. 1924) from 1943–1994.
Edward Field letters to Ilse-Margret Vogel
The Edward Field letters to Ilse-Margret Vogel comprise seventeen items roughly spanning the dates between 1992 and 2000, documenting the literary friendship between American poet, novelist, and editor Field and German author and illustrator Vogel. Material includes correspondence with a variety of enclosures, including manuscripts, clippings, notes, and advertisements.
Raymond Foye postcards to Allen De Loach
Raymond Foye postcards to Allen De Loach consists of two items. The first is a typed message, dated July 12, 1984, on the verso of a postcard poem by John Wieners, titled au rive and illustrated with a photograph of Wieners. The second item is a handwritten message, dated October 23, 1984, on the verso of a portrait postcard depicting Frank O'Hara by George Montgomery.
George Sylvester Viereck letters to Eric and Era Posselt
The collection contains letters from George Sylvester Viereck to Eric Posselt and Era Posselt (who was also known as Era Zistel), 1941 to 1959, as well as a few clippings about Viereck dating up to 1962. The bulk of the letters (1955-1957) reflect publishing advice and an on-going personal exchange regarding the health issues of both Viereck and Eric Posselt.
Mark Harris letters to Martha Harris
John E. Hart collection regarding Albert Halper
Ernest Hemingway collection
The Ernest Hemingway Collection consists of selected periodicals containing contributions by Ernest Hemingway or mention of Hemingway or his work; lobby cards, film posters, and other theatrical and film ephemera relating to the stage or screen versions of Hemingway's work; and other miscellaneous or ephemeral Hemingway materials relating to Hemingway. Periodic additions to the collection are planned.
The snugrats : playscript
First edition of the play, The Snugrats, an unrecorded version of BLUE DENIM, Herlihy's first book. One that precedes and is immensely different, textually, from both the Samuel French and Random House editions (1958).
Epistolary diary : typescript
Consists of a sequence of correspondence written by John Clellon Holmes to his wife, Shirley, between May 18-27, 1974, and form a personal journal recording his reflections and experiences during a solitary trip to a family cabin in Maine.
John Clellon Holmes letter to Shirley Allen
American author John Clellon Holmes typed this four-page letter to his future wife, Shirley Allen.
William Homer Papers Related to Albert Pinkham Ryder
The William Homer papers related to Albert Pinkham Ryder contains research material about American painter Albert Pinkham Ryder collected by William Homer, the scholar, Art History professor, and author of Albert Pinkham Ryder: Painter of Dreams.
Nancy Hoyt Paul Bowles collection
The Nancy Hoyt Paul Bowles collection consists of various written material by or about Paul Bowles.
Dennis Jackson collection of letters
Four typed letters sent from various correspondents, including W. D. Snodgrass, to Dennis Jackson spanning from 1984 to 2001.
Frederick Jackson postcard to Mrs. H. E. Poole
Frederick Jackson, brother of American novelist Charles Jackson, wrote this postcard to Mrs. H. E. Poole of Glenora, New York, to convey greetings from American composer and author Paul Bowles, whom Jackson had just seen at a Tennessee Williams play in Philadelphia.
John Giorno letters to William Levy
American poet John Giorno (born 1936) wrote nine letters to poet and editor William Levy (born 1939), many in poetic form, that discussed his poetic work, travels, and drug experiences. Also included is an advertisement for one of Giorno's 1965 poetry readings in Toronto in conjunction with the release of Les Levine's film adaptation of Giorno's The American Book of the Dead(1964).
John Wieners publisher's files for The Hotel Wentley Poems
John Wieners publisher's files for The Hotel Wentley Poems consists of .3 linear feet of materials comprising manuscripts, proofs, artwork, page layouts, and correspondence created and revised by American poet John Wieners (1934-2002), publisher David Haselwood, and artist Robert Lavigne (1928-) relating to the publication of Wieners’s The Hotel Wentley Poems: Original Version (1965).
Charles Johnson papers
The Charles Johnson papers consist of the letters and manuscripts written by American novelist and teacher Charles Johnson and sent to his former professor John Gardner. The seven manuscripts are drafts and outlines towards Johnson's publications, The Devil and Jubilee Tuthill, Oxherding Tale, and Faith and the Good Thing.
How to save your own life : a novel : manuscript
This typescript manuscript of How to Save Your Own Life : a novel, written by Erica Jong in 1977, bears light corrections.
Matthew Josephson letter to Coburn Gilman
One typed letter written by Matthew Josephson to Coburn Gilman on May 11, 1931.
Larry Kearney papers
Robert B. Kegerreis The Tell-Tale Heart and theatrical collection
This collection comprises material related to the American actor and playwright Robert B. Kegerreis's 1909 dramatic adaptation of Edgar Allan Poe's short story "The Tell-Tale Heart" and his involvement in the New York theater scene of the early twentieth century.
Meridel Le Sueur papers
The papers of the American writer of the political left Meridel Le Sueur consist of typescripts of Le Sueur’s poems and stories, sixty-three letters to her friend writer and journalist Doris Kirkpatrick (1902-1984), letters written to Le Sueur by others, photos and other images, news clippings and a periodical.
A Girl Like I: typescript
This prepublication typed manuscript of American screen writer and author Anita Loos's (1893-1981) autobiography A Girl Like I (1966) bears typed and handwritten editorial markings. Some of the pencil notations are in Loos's hand.