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Alan Brilliant correspondence with Ted Wilentz

 Collection
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
Found in: University of Delaware Library Special Collections

John Clellon Holmes letter to Shirley Allen

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0099-F0864
Abstract

American author John Clellon Holmes typed this four-page letter to his future wife, Shirley Allen.

Dates: 1953 June 23
Found in: University of Delaware Library Special Collections

Charles Johnson papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0143
Abstract

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.

Dates: 1973-1976
Found in: University of Delaware Library Special Collections

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
Found in: University of Delaware Library Special Collections

John Sanford letters to Noel Young

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0099-F0863
Abstract

Two letters written by American writer John Sanford to Capra Press publisher Noel Young between 1992 and 1994.

Dates: 1992-1994
Found in: University of Delaware Library Special Collections

Hubert Selby, Jr., letters to John S. Friedman

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0099-F1042
Abstract

The collection comprises eleven letters from Hubert Selby, Jr., to journalist and friend John S. Friedman which include an autobiographical statement by Selby as well as a typed draft of a short story entitled, “A Little Respect.”

Dates: 1973-1981
Found in: University of Delaware Library Special Collections

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