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H. Buxton Forman papers relating to John Keats

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0215
Abstract

The H. Buxton Forman papers relating to John Keats contains materials relating to nineteenth century English poet John Keats. These materials were collected during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries by American H. Buxton Forman and other members of his family.

Dates: 1885-1949

Bruce Garland collection of Thomas Wise material

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0646
Abstract The Bruce Garland collection of Thomas Wise material comprises approximately 1.6 linear feet of material pertaining to English bibliographer, book collector, and forger Thomas J. Wise (1859-1937). Much of the collection's material was compiled by English bibliographer and book collector John Carter (1905-1975), who co-authored with Graham Pollard (1903-1976) An Enquiry into the Nature of Certain Nineteenth Century Pamphlets (1934), which effectively outed Wise as a...
Dates: 1897-2007, undated; Majority of material found within 1934-1975

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

Richard H. Stewart collection of Abraham Lincoln material

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0694
Abstract

The Richard H. Stewart collection of Abraham Lincoln material comprises artifacts, prints, postcards, stamps, coins, clippings, publications, notes and research, and an 1861 appointment signed by Lincoln. The collection documents the nation’s mourning of Lincoln through contemporary and commemorative ephemera, artifacts, and prints and reflects the collecting and research pursuits of native Delawarean, University of Delaware alumnus, and DuPont executive Richard H. Stewart (1936-2013).

Dates: 1861-2009

Frank W. Tober collection on literary forgery

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0601
Abstract

The Frank W. Tober collection on literary forgery comprises letters, books, pamphlets, journals and journal articles, newspaper clippings, auction and exhibition catalogs, and other ephemera related to literary forgery. While Tober collected specimens of a variety of manuscript and printed forgeries, he was most interested in the literary forgeries of Thomas J. Wise and H. Buxton Forman.

Dates: 1801-1994; Majority of material found within 1920-1990

Robert A. Wilson collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0481
Abstract

The Robert A. Wilson collection comprises 9 linear feet of material related to 36 prominent literary figures, previously in the private collection of Robert A. Wilson, the final owner of the Phoenix Book Shop, in New York City (1962-1988).

Dates: 1906-2011

Robert A. Wilson John Wieners collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0555
Abstract The Robert A. Wilson John Wieners collection comprises one linear foot of materials, spanning the dates between 1958-1988, relating to the literary career of and publication of works by Boston-born poet John Wieners (1934-2002). The collection includes manuscripts, page and galley proofs, mock-ups of some of Wieners's shorter publications, postcards, correspondence to Robert Wilson from Wieners, sheet music, flyers for Wieners's New York readings, reviews of Wieners's work, and...
Dates: 1958-1988

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

Robert A. Wilson W. H. Auden collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0982
Abstract W. H. Auden (1907-1973) was an English and American poet, translator, librettist, playwright, and essayist. The Robert A. Wilson W. H. Auden collection comprises Wilson’s collected materials created by and related to W. H. Auden. The collection includes manuscript and typescript drafts, proofs, and published versions of Auden’s poetry, translations, prose, and dramatic works; programs and promotional ephemera for Auden’s readings and events as well as other performances related to the...
Dates: circa 1930-2007, undated; Majority of material found within 1950-2000

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Correspondence 8
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Pamphlets 4
Poets 4
Auction catalogs 3
Booksellers 3
Ephemera (general) 3
Exhibition catalogs 3
Fliers (printed matter) 3
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Periodicals 3
Poets, American--20th century 3
Posters 3
Articles 2
Audio cassette 2
Authors 2
Authors, American--20th century 2
Bibliographers 2
Catalogs (documents) 2
Drafts (documents) 2
Dramatists, American--20th century 2
Forgers (criminals) 2
Invitations 2
Literary forgeries and mystifications--History--19th century 2
Literary forgeries and mystifications--History--20th century 2
Phonograph records 2
Publications (documents) 2
Receipts (financial records) 2
Scrapbooks 2
Typescripts 2
VHS 2
Advertisements 1
Airmail stamps 1
American poetry--20th century 1
Annotated bibliographies 1
Assassins--United States--History--19th century 1
Beat generation--California--San Francisco 1
Beat generation--Poetry 1
Black-and-white photographs 1
Book collecting 1
Book collectors 1
Broadsides (notices) 1
Candlesticks 1
Coins (money) 1
Commemoratives 1
Compact discs 1
Critics 1
Drama 1
Dramatists, English 1
England--Description and travel 1
English literature--History and criticism 1
English poetry--20th century 1
Figurines 1
Flow blue (ceramic glaze) 1
Forgeries (derivative objects) 1
Gay authors 1
Handcuffs 1
Handkerchiefs 1
Irish poetry--Translations into English 1
Librettos (documents for music) 1
Literary forgeries and mystifications 1
Literary forgeries and mystifications--Exhibitions 1
Literary forgeries and mystifications--Specimens 1
Lithographs 1
London (England)--History--19th century 1
Maps (documents) 1
Mock-ups 1
Modernism (Literature) 1
Notebooks 1
Notes 1
Novelists, English--19th century 1
Opera--20th century 1
Operas--Librettos 1
Paperweights 1
Passports 1
Photogravures (prints) 1
Plaques (flat objects) 1
Plates (general, dishes) 1
Playbills 1
Poems 1
Poets, American--20th century--Correspondence 1
Poets, English--19th century 1
Poets, English--20th century 1
Postage stamps 1
Postcards 1
Presidents--United States--History--19th century 1
Pressbooks (theatre manuals) 1
Programs (documents) 1
Proofs (printed matter) 1
Realia 1
Reprints 1
Research notes 1
Rochester (Kent, England)--History--19th century 1
Screenplays 1
Scripts (documents) 1
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Language
French 2
Danish 1
German 1
Italian 1
 
Names
Wilson, Robert A. (Robert Alfred), 1922-2016 4
Forman, H. Buxton (Harry Buxton), 1842-1917 3
Phoenix Book Shop 3
Bogan, Louise, 1897-1970 2
Isherwood, Christopher, 1904-1986 2
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Moore, Marianne, 1887-1972 2
Todd, William B. 2
Wise, Thomas James, 1859-1937 2
Adam, Helen, 1909-1993 1
Albee, Edward, 1928- 1
Andre, Michael 1
Auden, W. H. (Wystan Hugh), 1907-1973 1
Beam, Jeffery, 1953- 1
Bergé, Carol, 1928-2006 1
Berrigan, Daniel 1
Berrigan, Ted 1
Berry, Wendell, 1934- 1
Berryman, John, 1914-1972 1
Booth, Philip, 1925-2007 1
Bowles, Jane, 1917-1973 1
Bowles, Paul, 1910-1999 1
Boyle, Kay, 1902-1992 1
Broughton, James, 1913-1999 1
Capote, Truman, 1924-1984 1
Carter, John, 1905-1975 1
Congdon, Kirby 1
Corso, Gregory 1
Currier & Ives 1
Di Prima, Diane 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
Eliot, T. S. (Thomas Stearns), 1888-1965 1
Everson, William, 1912-1994 1
Fleck, Robert D., 1947- 1
Forman, Maurice Buxton 1
Gallup, Donald Clifford, 1913-2000 1
Garland, Bruce 1
Ginsberg, Allen, 1926-1997 1
Hale-White, William, Sir, 1857-1949 1
Jaffe, Rhoda, 1923-1967 1
Jarrell, Randall, 1914-1965 1
Jess, 1923-2004 1
Joyce, James, 1882-1941 1
Kallman, Chester, 1921-1975 1
Keats, John, 1795-1821 1
Koch, Kenneth, 1925-2002 1
LaVigne, Robert, 1928-2014 1
Laughlin, James, 1914-1997 1
Levertov, Denise, 1923-1997 1
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 1
Malanga, Gerard 1
McClure, Michael 1
Mead, Taylor 1
Micheline, Jack, 1929-1998 1
Moore, Marianne, 1887-1972--Correspondence 1
Nicoll, W. Robertson (William Robertson), Sir, 1851-1923 1
Oak Knoll Books (Firm) 1
Oliver, William Albert, 1926-2005 1
Olson, Charles, 1910-1970 1
Oppenheimer, Joel, 1930-1988 1
Orlovsky, Peter, 1933-2010 1
Patchen, Kenneth, 1911-1972 1
Pound, Ezra, 1885-1972 1
Prokosch, Frederic, 1908-1989 1
Purdy, James, 1914-2009 1
Reynolds, Tim 1
Rice, Moses P. 1
Riding, Laura, 1901-1991 1
Sandy, Stephen 1
Simpson, Louis, 1923-2012 1
Smith, Patti 1
Smith, William Jay, 1918-2015 1
Steloff, Frances, 1887-1989 1
Stewart, Richard H. 1
Stravinsky, Igor, 1882-1971 1
Swenson, May 1
Tarbell, Ida M. (Ida Minerva), 1857-1944 1
Tober, Frank W., 1919-1995 1
United States. President (1861-1865 : Lincoln) 1
Van Vechten, Carl, 1880-1964 1
Wakoski, Diane 1
Walters, John Cuming 1
Whalen, Philip 1
Wieners, John, 1934-2002 1
Wilson, Lanford, 1937-2011 1
Wilson, Robert A. (Robert Alfred), 1922- --Correspondence 1
Windham, Donald 1
Wise, Louise 1
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