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Fleda Brown papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0800
Abstract

Fleda Brown (born 1944) is an American poet, scholar, and educator, and was poet laureate for the state of Delaware from 2001-2007. The Fleda Brown papers, spanning circa 1950-2014 (bulk 1963-2014), comprise early works, poem drafts and notes, journals, correspondence, and materials related to Brown’s professional life as a poet and professor of English at the University of Delaware.

Dates: 1950-2014; Majority of material found within 1963-2014

Sara Driver collection related to the film adaptation of Paul Bowles's "You Are Not I"

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0703
Abstract

This collection comprises material related to Independent filmmaker Sara Driver's short film You Are Not I (1981), based on the 1948 short story by American composer and author Paul Bowles (1910-1999) of the same name. Included in the collection is a variety of promotional materials, distribution information, and other ephemera from the film's initial release and early screenings.

Dates: 1980-2012

Edward Field papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0363
Abstract

The Edward Field papers consist of twenty-one linear feet of the personal and literary papers which document the life and writing career of American writer and poet Edward Field (b. 1924) from 1943–1994.

Dates: 1943-1994

J. J. Lankes bookplate collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0581
Abstract

The J. J. Lankes bookplate collection contains 47 bookplates created by Lankes between 1920 and 1940, an undated promotional circular, copies of letters written by J. J. Lankes's to artist Burl Neff Osburn, copies of artwork by Lankes and Osburn, and two lists of bookplates for sale by Stanley O. Bezanson.

Dates: 1922-1960

Littleton and Jane Mitchell papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0629
Abstract The Littleton and Jane Mitchell papers document the life and career of the Delaware-based civil rights activist and educator Littleton P. Mitchell (1918-2004) and his wife Jane E. Mitchell (1921-2004). The collection contains material relating to his education, activities as a member of the Tuskegee Airmen, his three decades-long leadership of the Delaware NAACP, his career as a teacher and counselor at Governor Bacon Health Center in Delaware City, and his involvement in a number of...
Dates: 1911-2009; Majority of material found within 1950-2000

Salmon Poetry Ltd. records supplement

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0438s
Abstract

The Salmon Poetry Ltd. records supplement contains administrative files and the press's publishing files for books produced between 2000 and 2011. Founded and directed by the American-Irish poet, Jessie Lendennie, Salmon Poetry Ltd. is noted particularly for its publication of poetry and its promotion of women writers. This supplement complements the core archival records of Salmon Publishing, Ltd., which was acquired by the University of Delaware Library in 1998.

Dates: 1996-2011; Majority of material found within 2000-2011

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

 Collection
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

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 collection related to James Purdy

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0369
Abstract

Originally the private collection of book dealer Robert A. Wilson, this collection spans the years 1956–1998 and includes letters, manuscripts, galleys, publicity fliers, publishers’ announcements, and ephemera related to the work of twentieth century American author James Purdy.

Dates: 1956–1998

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 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

Zephyrus Image records

 Collection
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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Names
Wilson, Robert A. (Robert Alfred), 1922-2016 4
Bogan, Louise, 1897-1970 2
Bowles, Paul, 1910-1999 2
Di Prima, Diane 2
Ginsberg, Allen, 1926-1997 2
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Isherwood, Christopher, 1904-1986 2
McClure, Michael 2
Oppenheimer, Joel, 1930-1988 2
Phoenix Book Shop 2
Purdy, James, 1914-2009 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
Berlin, Lucia 1
Berrigan, Daniel 1
Berrigan, Ted 1
Berry, Wendell, 1934- 1
Berryman, John, 1914-1972 1
Bezanson, Stanley O. 1
Bly, Robert 1
Booth, Philip, 1925-2007 1
Bowles, Jane, 1917-1973 1
Boyle, Kay, 1902-1992 1
Brakhage, Stan 1
Briarwood Writers' Alliance, Inc. 1
Broughton, James, 1913-1999 1
Brown v. Board of Education 50th Anniversary Commission 1
Bumbershoot (Festival) (Seattle, Wash.) 1
Burke, Clifford 1
Burroughs, William S., 1914-1997 1
Capote, Truman, 1924-1984 1
Congdon, Kirby 1
Corso, Gregory 1
Cranium Press 1
Creeley, Robert, 1926-2005 1
Delaware Alliance Federal Credit Union 1
Delaware Humanities Forum 1
Derrick, Neil 1
Dorn, Edward 1
Driver, Sara, 1955- 1
Eliot, T. S. (Thomas Stearns), 1888-1965 1
Everson, William, 1912-1994 1
Field, Edward, 1924- 1
Frank, Bill, 1905-1989 1
Gallup, Donald Clifford, 1913-2000 1
Governor Bacon Health Center 1
Hermes Free Press 1
Howard High School (Wilmington, Del.) 1
Jackson, Fleda Brown, 1944- 1
Jaffe, Rhoda, 1923-1967 1
Jarmusch, Jim, 1953- 1
Jarrell, Randall, 1914-1965 1
Jess, 1923-2004 1
Joseph Papp Public Theatre (Organization : New York, N.Y.) 1
Joyce, James, 1882-1941 1
Kallman, Chester, 1921-1975 1
Koch, Kenneth, 1925-2002 1
Kyger, Joanne 1
LaVigne, Robert, 1928-2014 1
Lankes, Julius J., 1884-1960 1
Laughlin, James, 1914-1997 1
Lendennie, Jessie 1
Levertov, Denise, 1923-1997 1
London, Rick 1
Malanga, Gerard 1
McNutley, Frank 1
McNutley, Frank--Correspondence 1
Mead, Taylor 1
Micheline, Jack, 1929-1998 1
Mitchell, Jane E. (Jane Evelyn), 1921-2004 1
Mitchell, Littleton P. (Littleton Purnell), 1918-2009 1
Moore, Marianne, 1887-1972 1
Myers, Michael, 1948-1982 1
Nash, Ray, 1905-1982 1
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People 1
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Delaware State Conference of Branches 1
Olson, Charles, 1910-1970 1
Orlovsky, Peter, 1933-2010 1
Osburn, Burl N. (Burl Neff), 1896-1962 1
Osburn, Neil 1
Patchen, Kenneth, 1911-1972 1
Pound, Ezra, 1885-1972 1
Progressive Club of Delaware 1
Raworth, Tom 1
Redding, Louis L. 1
Reynolds, Tim 1
Riding, Laura, 1901-1991 1
Rusk, Robert 1
Salmon Poetry Ltd. 1
Sandy, Stephen 1
Simpson, Louis, 1923-2012 1
Sky, Gino 1
Smith, Patti 1
Smith, William Jay, 1918-2015 1
Snyder, Gary, 1930- 1
Spring Creek Typesetting Service 1
Steloff, Frances, 1887-1989 1
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