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Summer Brenner papers

 Collection
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

Kim Rogers Burdick National Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route Association records

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0593
Abstract The Kim Rogers Burdick National Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route Association records contains 3.3 linear feet of documents, correspondence, new clippings, brochures, financial records, and multimedia materials gathered by Burdick during her work with the Association (also known as W3R), which first began meeting informally in 1999 and was incorporated in the state of Delaware in 2004 with the purpose of identifying and marking the approximately 650-mile route traveled by colonial...
Dates: 1976-2009; Majority of material found within 2002-2008

Brian Coffey papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0382
Abstract

The Brian Coffey papers consist of personal and literary papers which document the life and career of the avant-garde Irish poet from 1917 to 1996.

Dates: 1917-1996

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

Austin Dobson collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0644
Abstract The Austin Dobson collection comprises approximately six linear feet plus oversize material of correspondence, manuscripts, proofs, contracts, royalty statements, artwork, photographs, wills, genealogies, periodicals, clippings, scrapbooks, copper plates, and printed ephemera. The collection documents the work and life of English author and civil servant (Henry) Austin Dobson (1840-1921) and the management of Dobson's estate and literary legacy by his youngest son, Alban Dobson (1885-1962)...
Dates: 1762-1999; Majority of material found within 1861-1962

Eliza Howe Evertson Saltus commonplace book

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0097-Item 0065
Abstract

This commonplace book was compiled by Eliza Howe Evertson Saltus in the mid-nineteenth century and passed on to her son Edgar Saltus. The volume contains clippings of poetry, short stories, news, and local events taken from various sources as well as handwritten notes and passages from various works such as Hamlet and the Bible.

Dates: after 1826

Lee Anna Embrey student diaries

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0097-Item 0151
Abstract These three diaries were kept between 1927 and 1929 by Central High School (Washington, D.C.) student and aspiring writer Lee Anna Embrey. Embrey described in very detailed, descriptive, and articulate language the events of her life. She wrote about family members, friends, school lessons, thoughts, and aspirations, as well as budding relationships. The diaries focus particularly on high school activities such as clubs and social events, with a special emphasis on the journalism club (Quill...
Dates: 1927-1929

Language exercises by students of Worcester, Massachusetts

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0097-Item 0128
Abstract

Selected schoolwork in the subject of Language by first- through ninth-grade students from Worcester, Massachusetts. It was likely submitted to the 1904 Louisiana Purchase Exhibition in St. Louis, Missouri.

Dates: 1903-1904

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

William A. Oliver, Jr. collection related to The Mystery of Edwin Drood

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0638
Abstract The William A. Oliver, Jr. collection related to The Mystery of Edwin Drood comprises 10.5 linear feet of material plus oversize items dating from 1844 to 2005 and includes extensive bibliographic information relating to the works of Charles Dickens and specifically to the author's final novel The Mystery of Edwin Drood (1870), which was unfinished at the time of his death. The collection, which illuminates Oliver's activities as a...
Dates: 1844-2005

Forecastle journals

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0097-Item 0085
Abstract This journal, named after the forecastle or upper forward deck of a sailing ship, was kept by American sailor Archibald Wilson during the period 1842-1843 and documents five trips taken while serving aboard the ships James Edwards, Pioneer of Alexandria, and James Perkins. The journal entries document meteorological conditions, events of the day, duties performed aboard the ship, Wilson's...
Dates: 1842-1883; Majority of material found within 1842-1843

Robert A. Wilson - Marianne Moore collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0641
Abstract

The Robert A. Wilson - Marianne Moore collection comprises 1 linear foot of material spanning the dates between 1925 and 1997 and includes correspondence to and from American poet Marianne Moore, the majority of which was written to Phoenix Book Shop proprietor Robert A. Wilson; works by and about Moore; newspaper clippings, photographs, pamphlets, broadsheets, and invitations documenting aspects of Moore’s career and public appearances; audio recordings; and realia.

Dates: 1925-1997; Majority of material found within 1950-1977

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American fiction--20th century 1
American literature--20th century 1
American poetry--20th century 1
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Auction catalogs 1
Authors and publishers--20th century 1
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Authors, English--20th century 1
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Abbey, Edwin Austin, 1852-1911 1
Advent Books (Firm) 1
Apollinaire, Guillaume, 1880-1918 1
Bamberger, Bill 1
Bamberger, Bill--Correspondence 1
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Biron, Armand-Louis de Gontaut, duc de, 1747-1793 1
Bonheur, Gaston 1
Bowles, Paul, 1910-1999 1
Brenner, Summer 1
Brenner, Summer--Archives 1
Burdick, Kim, 1948- 1
Central High School (Washington, D.C.) 1
Chester, Laura 1
Chester, Laura--Correspondence 1
Claudel, Paul, 1868-1955 1
Codrescu, Andrei, 1946- 1
Codrescu, Andrei, 1946- --Correspondence 1
Coffey, Brian, 1905-1995 1
Coffey, Brian, 1905-1995--Archives 1
Coffey, Denis J. 1
Creator unidentified 1
Crumb, R. 1
Crumb, R.--Correspondence 1
D.C. Heath and Company 1
Delany, Samuel R. 1
Delany, Samuel R.--Correspondence 1
Devlin, Denis, 1908-1959 1
Dickens Fellowship (London, England) 1
Dickens Fellowship (Philadelphia, Pa.) 1
Dickens, Cedric Charles 1
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870 1
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870--Adaptations 1
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870--Criticism and interpretation 1
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870. Mystery of Edwin Drood 1
Dobson, Alban, 1885- 1
Dobson, Austin, 1840-1921 1
Dobson, Austin, 1840-1921--Bibliography 1
Embolador, Pinto Repentista 1
Embrey, Lee Anna 1
Frym, Gloria 1
Frym, Gloria--Correspondence 1
Gifford, Barry, 1946- 1
Gifford, Barry, 1946- --Correspondence 1
Gosse, Edmund, 1849-1928 1
Hayter, Stanley William, 1901-1988 1
James Edwards (Ship) 1
James Perkins (Ship) 1
Kominsky-Crumb, Aline, 1948- 1
Kominsky-Crumb, Aline, 1948- --Correspondence 1
Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier, marquis de, 1757-1834 1
Louisiana Purchase Exposition (1904 : Saint Louis, Mo.) 1
Macmillan & Co. 1
Mallarmé, Stéphane, 1842-1898 1
McAlpine, Margaret Mary 1
McCullough, David G. 1
Moore, Marianne, 1887-1972 1
Moore, Marianne, 1887-1972--Correspondence 1
Mrabet, Mohammed, 1936- 1
National Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route Association, Inc 1
Neruda, Pablo, 1904-1973 1
Nicoll, W. Robertson (William Robertson), Sir, 1851-1923 1
Oliver, William Albert, 1926-2005 1
Oxford University Press 1
Partridge, Bernard, 1861- 1
Phoenix Book Shop 1
Pioneer of Alexandria (Ship) 1
Rochambeau, Donatien Marie Joseph de Vimeur, vicomte de, 1750-1813 1
Rodefer, Stephen 1
Rodefer, Stephen--Correspondence 1
Saltus, Edgar, 1855-1921 1
Saltus, Eliza Howe Evertson 1
Selig, Robert A. 1
Stettner, Irving, 1922- 1
Stettner, Irving, 1922- --Correspondence 1
Swensson, Evelyn 1
The Figures 1
Thomson, Hugh, 1860-1920 1
United States. National Park Service 1
United States. Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route National Heritage Act of 2000 1
Walters, John Cuming 1
Washington, George, 1732-1799 1
Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route Association of Delaware 1
Wilson, Archibald, active 1843 1
Wilson, Archibald, active 1843--Diaries 1
Wilson, Robert A. (Robert Alfred), 1922- --Correspondence 1
Wilson, Robert A. (Robert Alfred), 1922-2016 1
Wolfe, Michael, 1945- 1
Wolfe, Michael, 1945- --Correspondence 1
Young, Geoffrey, 1944- 1
Young, Geoffrey, 1944- --Correspondence 1
Éluard, Paul, 1895-1952 1
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