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Clive Bell letters to Gilbert Seldes

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0099-F0517
Abstract

British art critic and writer Clive Bell (1881-1964) wrote several letters to American theater and pop-culture critic and writer Gilbert Vivian Seldes (1893-1970) between 1921 to 1957, detailing personal matters, mutual friends, travels, and professional events. Also included are autographed notes, written by Seldes and dated 1966, about a meeting between Bell and Seldes and his impressions of Bell.

Dates: 1921-1966

Sir Joseph Gold literary manuscript collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0658
Abstract

British attorney and author Sir Joseph Gold (1912-2000) was a collector of modern first editions of British and American writers and poets. The Sir Joseph Gold literary manuscript collection comprises correspondence, manuscripts, publishing files, and publications of mid-twentieth century British and American poets, publishers, and scholars.

Dates: 1904-1972; Majority of material found within 1949-1972

John E. Hart collection regarding Albert Halper

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0434
Abstract Correspondence relating to research and publication for Professor John E. Hart's essay “Albert Halper’s World of the Thirties” (Twentieth Century Literature, v. 9:4, January 1964), and his book, Albert Halper (1978), part of the Twayne United States Authors Series. The collection contains both original correspondence and other material from Halper, as well as the correspondence Hart conducted with a number of individuals and institutions...
Dates: 1962 - 1988

William Homer Papers Related to Albert Pinkham Ryder

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0479
Abstract

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.

Dates: 1883-1999; Majority of material found within 1980-1989

Patrick MacGill letter, notes, and poem

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0099-F0461
Abstract

Letter from Patrick MacGill which includes notes and lines of poetry by an unidentified person.

Dates: 1913 July 16

Elva de Pue Matthews papers

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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

Richard McCann papers

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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

Bernard McKenna Richard Blanco papers

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Identifier: MSS 0669
Abstract

The Bernard McKenna Richard Blanco papers comprises .3 linear feet of typescripts, printed emails, programs, notes, and photographs pertaining to the literary output of Cuban-American poet Richard Blanco (born 1968). The collection was compiled by University of Delaware English professor Bernard McKenna in the course of his longtime friendship with Blanco.

Dates: 2000-circa 2011; Majority of material found within 2002-2005

Ulick O'Connor papers

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Identifier: MSS 0137
Abstract

This collection consists of material accumulated over a 25-year period by Ulick O’Connor: biographer, poet, playwright and journalist. O’Connor’s biographies of Brendan Behan and Oliver St. John Gogarty have been recognized internationally as definitive works. A large portion of the collection deals with materials for these books.

Dates: 1904-1976; Majority of material found within 1960-1974

Brian Phelan papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0681
Abstract

The Brian Phelan papers document forty years of the literary career of Irish-born playwright and screenwriter Brian Phelan (born 1934). Phelan's adaptations and docudramas focus on Irish characters, the issues of Irish emigration, socialist and feminist themes, and major world events. The collection, which spans from the 1960s to the 2000s, comprises Phelan's working and project files and include correspondence, screenplays, scripts, contracts, photographs, and research.

Dates: 1958-2005; Majority of material found within 1975-2003

James B. Pond papers

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Identifier: MSS 0624
Abstract

American lecture manager and memoirist James B. Pond represented American and British explorers, preachers, politicians, scientists, and writers, on the lecture circuit from 1874 to his death in 1903. The majority of the collection is comprised of the incoming and outgoing correspondence of Pond; also included are manuscripts and ephemera relating to Pond's family and business.

Dates: 1878-1944; Majority of material found within 1885-1903

Jennie Skerl Paul Bowles collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0663
Abstract

American Beat scholar Jennie Skerl (born 1944) met American author and composer Paul Bowles (1910-1999) on a visit to Tangier, Morocco, in 1985. This small collection comprises correspondence with Bowles and others, as well as Skerl's research materials related to Paul Bowles and his literary circle in Tangier.

Dates: 1985-1997; Majority of material found within 1985-1988

Sydney Goodsir Smith papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0226
Abstract The Sydney Goodsir Smith Papers date primarily from the late 1950s and early 1960s, an especially nationalist phase in Smith’s literary career. The collection contains several drafts and advance proofs of Smith’s play The Wallace and manuscripts of his long dramatic poems, Gowdsmith in Reekie and The Vision of the Prodigal Son. Also present are seventeen pieces of correspondence and the manuscripts of about...
Dates: 1954-1960

George Adolphus Storey papers

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Identifier: MSS 0586
Abstract

The papers of George Adolphus Storey, R.A., prolific British painter and longtime teacher of perspective at the Royal Academy of Arts in London, include both published and unpublished books, poems, plays, fiction, essays, lectures, notes, sketches, inventories, diaries, and other personal writings. Also included are several items belonging to his daughter, Mary Gladys Storey, an actress well-known for her charitable work during World Wars I and II.

Dates: 1848-1946; Majority of material found within 1848-1919

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

Barry Wallenstein - James T. Farrell collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0548
Abstract

The Barry Wallenstein - James T. Farrell collection comprises 0.6 linear feet of articles, manuscripts, photographs, correspondence, and notes pertaining to Wallenstein's research on American novelist James T. Farrell and spans the dates between 1929 and 1975.

Dates: 1929-1975

Tennessee Williams collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0112
Abstract

The Tennessee Williams collection, spanning the dates 1939-2013, consists of an extensive collection of correspondence, manuscripts, photographs, printed material, and ephemera related to American playwright Tennessee Williams.

Dates: 1939-2013

Ben Yagoda papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0672
Abstract

American author, editor, critic and blogger Ben Yagoda (born 1954) retired from teaching journalism and writing at the University of Delaware in 2016. The collection includes research material, drafts and notes, and interviews toward Yagoda's various articles and book-length projects.

Dates: 1975-2015

Jack B. Yeats letters to Elkin Mathews

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0099-F0348
Abstract

Letters from Jack B. Yeats to Elkin Mathews including one card from his sister Lily Yeats to Mathews.

Dates: [1906]-1920 and undated

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Hart, John E., 1917-2011 1
Hodgson, J. E. (John Evan), 1831-1895 1
Hollins College 1
Horovitz, Michael, 1935- 1
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Joyce, James, 1882-1941 1
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Leslie, George Dunlop, 1835-1921 1
Lowe Art Museum 1
Mac Liammóir, Micheál, 1899-1978 1
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MacDiarmid, Hugh, 1892-1978 1
MacGill, Patrick, 1890-1963 1
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Mackenzie, Compton, 1883-1972 1
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Miss Gladys Storey’s Bovril Fund 1
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Raidió Teilifís Éireann 1
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Ralph, Julian, 1853-1903 1
Ritchie, Anne Thackeray, 1837-1919 1
Rorem, Ned, 1923- 1
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Royal Academy of Arts (Great Britain) 1
Russell, Peter, 1921-2003 1
Ryder, Albert Pinkham, 1847-1917 1
Sandburg, Carl, 1878-1967 1
Seldes, Gilbert, 1893-1970 1
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Smith, Sydney Goodsir, 1915-1975 1
St. John’s Wood Clique 1
Storey, G. A. (George Adolphus), 1834-1919 1
Storey, Mary Gladys, 1886-1978 1
University of Iowa 1
Untermeyer, Louis, 1885-1977 1
Vidal, Gore, 1925-2012 1
Vidal, Gore, 1925-2012--Correspondence 1
Virginia Commonwealth University 1
Wald, Jerry, 1911-1962 1
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