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Kay Boyle letters to Helga Einsele

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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

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

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

George Sylvester Viereck letters to Eric and Era Posselt

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Identifier: MSS 0603
Abstract

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.

Dates: 1941-1962; Majority of material found within 1955-1957

Elva de Pue Matthews papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0114
Abstract

The Elva de Pue Matthews Papers consist of two linear feet of correspondence, drafts of novels written by Matthews, poetry and essays by Matthews or others, clippings, and notes. The collection spans the dates 1917-1962, with the bulk of the collection dating between 1917 and 1949.

Dates: 1917-1962; Majority of material found within 1917-1949

Mohammed Mrabet correspondence, reviews, and other material

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0674
Abstract

Moroccan author and artist Mohammed Mrabet (born 1940) worked closely with American expatriate writer and musician Paul Bowles (1910-1999). This collection contains letters from several of Mrabet's friends and acquaintances, most notably from American writers and editors Irving Stettner (1922-2004) and Michael Wolfe (born 1945). Also included are reviews of Mrabet's works and photocopied dust jackets from his books.

Dates: 1968-1989

Helen Ann Raiber papers

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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

W.D. Snodgrass letters to Lila Jean Hank

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Identifier: MSS 0723
Abstract Pulitzer Prize-winning American poet W.D. (William De Witt) Snodgrass (1926-2009) wrote 58 letters between 1944 and 1946 to his then-fiancée Lila Jean Hank after being drafted into the United States Navy and stationed in Saipan. The letters described life on the naval base at the end of World War II and a long, anxious period of demobilization in the Pacific. Snodgrass was one of the early practitioners of the confessional style in American poetry with his first volume ...
Dates: 1944-1946

William G. Thompson Briarwood Writers' Alliance correspondence and publicity records

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Identifier: MSS 0671
Abstract

William G. Thompson as President of the Briarwood Writers' Alliance, Inc., represented more than 150 writers, poets, and performers by booking lectures and readings at educational institutions, literary gatherings, and community events.

Dates: 1964-2007

Zephyrus Image records

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Identifier: MSS 0880
Abstract Zephyrus Image, founded by Holbrook Teter and Michael Myers, was a small Northern California press operating from approximately 1969-1983, notable for its socially- and politically-subversive books and ephemera and its fine works on paper. The Zephyrus Image records document the activities of the California press and its proprietors and the planning and development of roughly 300 printed works of poetry and political and satirical books and ephemera. Zephyrus Image projects were created for...
Dates: 1960-2000; Majority of material found within circa 1969-1983

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Boyle, Kay, 1902-1992 1
Boyle, Kay, 1902-1992--Correspondence 1
Brakhage, Stan 1
Briarwood Writers' Alliance, Inc. 1
Brilliant, Alan 1
Brilliant, Alan--Correspondence 1
Bryant, Dorothy, 1930- 1
Bumbershoot (Festival) (Seattle, Wash.) 1
Burke, Clifford 1
Burroughs, William S., 1914-1997 1
Cranium Press 1
Creeley, Robert, 1926-2005 1
Davis, Richard Harding, 1864-1916 1
Davis, Richard Harding, 1864-1916--Correspondence 1
Dawson, Fielding, 1930-2002 1
Dawson, Fielding, 1930-2002--Correspondence 1
Di Prima, Diane 1
Dorn, Edward 1
Einsele, Helga, 1910- 1
Einsele, Helga, 1910- -- Correspondence 1
Franckenstein, Joseph von 1
Ginsberg, Allen, 1926-1997 1
Hank, Lila Jean 1
Hank, Lila Jean--Correspondence 1
Hermes Free Press 1
Hongisto, Richard D. 1
Kyger, Joanne 1
London, Rick 1
Matthews, E. de P. (Elva de Pue) 1
McClure, Michael 1
McNutley, Frank 1
McNutley, Frank--Correspondence 1
Mehring, Walter, 1896-1981 1
Mellen, Joan 1
Milk, Harvey 1
Moscone, George, 1929-1978 1
Mrabet, Mohammed, 1936- 1
Myers, Michael, 1948-1982 1
Oppenheimer, Joel, 1930-1988 1
Posselt, Eric 1892- 1
Posselt, Eric 1892- --Correspondence 1
Radcliffe College. Institute for Independent Study 1
Raiber, Helen Ann, 1926-1971 1
Raworth, Tom 1
Rusk, Robert 1
San Francisco State College 1
Savory, Teo 1
Savory, Teo--Correspondence 1
Simpson, Marcella 1
Sky, Gino 1
Snodgrass, W. D. (William De Witt), 1926-2009 1
Snodgrass, W. D. (William De Witt), 1926-2009--Correspondence 1
Snyder, Gary, 1930- 1
Spring Creek Typesetting Service 1
Stettner, Irving, 1922- 1
Stettner, Irving, 1922- --Correspondence 1
Teter, Holbrook 1
Thompson, William G., 1922-2009 1
Thompson, William G., 1922-2009--Correspondence 1
Turtle Island Foundation 1
Unicorn Press 1
Viereck, George Sylvester, 1884-1962 1
Viereck, George Sylvester, 1884-1962--Correspondence 1
War Resisters League 1
Welch, Lew 1
Wilentz, Ted 1
Wilentz, Ted--Correspondence 1
Wiley, William T., 1937- 1
Wolfe, Michael, 1945- 1
Wolfe, Michael, 1945- --Correspondence 1
Zephyrus Image (Firm) 1
Zistel, Era 1
Zistel, Era--Correspondence 1
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