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Night Waltz: the Music of Paul Bowles collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0615
Abstract The collection of the documentary film Night Waltz: the Music of Paul Bowles spans the dates 1997-2000, and contains 16.3 linear feet of film footage, video and audio tapes, compact discs, computer diskettes, photographs, production notes, promotional materials, and correspondence related to the research, production, and promotion of Night Waltz. The archive contains materials from all stages of production, ranging from the original 16...
Dates: 1997-2000

Truxton W. Boyce genealogical research and family papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0583
Abstract The Truxton W. Boyce genealogical research and family papers contains twenty-six three-ring notebooks and nine folders of genealogical research notes, family photographs, correspondence, and other ephemera related to nineteenth- and twentieth-century generations of Boyce's family lines from Delaware and Virginia. Boyce's research includes the Boyce, Justis, Morrow, Shreve, Wright, Brownley, Lawrence, Sebree, Adams, and Tuley families, as well as the family lines of his wife, Doris Jolls...
Dates: 1792-1999; Majority of material found within 1850s-1980s

Ernest Augustus Boyd letter to Edwin Bjorkman

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0099-F0016B
Abstract

An autograph letter written and signed by Ernest Augustus Boyd to Edwin Bjorkman, thanking him for convincing Mitchell Kennerley to publish an article by Boyd that Kennerley had been holding for a year. Boyd adds, "Now the only thing I ask myself is will the article & its predecessor be paid for, or are they to be taken from me without a word of explaination or compensation!" dated January 29, 1915.

Dates: 1915 January 29

Hilary Boyle letter to Priontios D. Ó Scannlain

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0099-F0898
Abstract

On May 23, 1974, Hilary Boyle wrote this thank-you letter to Priontios D. Ó Scannlain while she was hospitalized at St. Vincent's Hospital in Dublin, Ireland.

Dates: 1974 May 23

Kay Boyle letters to Basil Burwell

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Identifier: MSS 0099-F0017
Abstract

American author and activist Kay Boyle (1902-1992) wrote four letters to American actor and educator Basil Burwell (1911-1997) between 1954 and 1972, commenting on the relationship between their families and the Cherry Lawn School, where Burwell taught and both had children in attendance.

Dates: 1954-1972

Kay Boyle letters to Helga Einsele

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Identifier: MSS 0655
Abstract Award-winning American author, educator, and political activist Kay Boyle (1902-1992) was a prominent member of the American expatriate modernist circle of the 1920s and 1930s. Boyle's later years are characterized by her extensive political activism. The Kay Boyle letters to Helga Einsele document Boyle's decades-long friendship with criminologist and prison reformer Helga Einsele (1910-2005). The collection comprises letters from Boyle and their enclosures, drafts of Einsele's replies,...
Dates: 1951-1992

Kay Boyle letters to Pat Pomerleau

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Identifier: MSS 0099-F0727
Abstract

Eleven letters from Kay Boyle to Pat Pomerleau (two of the letters were dictated to an assistant by Boyle), the other nine are written by Boyle, dated 1971 through 1989.

Dates: 1971-1989

Kay Boyle papers

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Identifier: MSS 0131
Abstract

Born on February 19, 1902, in Saint Paul, Minnesota, Kay Boyle has been known for her work and achievements as a poet, short story writer, novelist, journalist, teacher, and political activist. One of the most prominent American expatriates during the 1920s and 1930s, much of Kay Boyle’s work reflects the influences of that literary circle.

Dates: 1930-1991; Majority of material found within 1960-1986

Kay Boyle papers relating to the Citizens' Mission to Cambodia

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0262
Abstract Kay Boyle, born in 1902, is best known for her work and accomplishments as a poet, short story writer, novelist, journalist, teacher, and political activist. One of the prominent American expatriates during the 1920s and 1930s, much of Kay Boyle's work reflects the influences of that literary circle. The Kay Boyle papers relating to the Citizens' Mission to Cambodia, spanning from 1960-1979, consists of diaries, correspondence, books, periodicals, news clippings, reports, speeches, audio...
Dates: 1960-1979; Majority of material found within 1966-1979

Paul Boytinck - C.P. Snow collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0544
Abstract

The Paul Boytinck - C.P. Snow collection is a research collection consisting of material used by bibliographer Paul Boytinck for the publication of his book C.P. Snow: A Reference Guide (1980). The collection consists of 1.3 linear feet of articles, book reviews, interviews, manuscripts, correspondence, and a videotape related to English novelist C.P. Snow spanning the dates between 1932 and 1989.

Dates: 1932-1989

Will Bradley letters, corrected galley, and miscellany accompanying Memories 1875-1895

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Identifier: MSS 0099-F1033
Abstract

These letters, galley proofs, and postcards were laid in a first edition of Will Bradley’s Memories 1875-1895: Happenings here and there along the trail, or, The world went very well then : a Victorian tale gleaned from memories and told for the edification of the fellow Typophiles.

Dates: approximately 1948-1954

Harold Brayman papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0261
Abstract Harold Brayman (1900-1988), a political journalist and former director of the Public Relations Department of Du Pont Company for 21 years, helped establish a concept of public relations which was widely emulated throughout the United States. The Harold Brayman papers, spanning from 1900-1991, document the successful dual career of one man in the fields of journalism and public relations. The collection includes correspondence, memoranda, press releases, speeches, newspaper clippings and...
Dates: 1900-1991; Majority of material found within 1928-1978

Harold Brayman papers supplement

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0261s
Abstract Harold Brayman (1900-1988), a political journalist and former director of the Public Relations Department of Du Pont Company for 21 years, helped establish a concept of public relations which was widely emulated throughout the United States. The Harold Brayman papers supplement, spanning from 1914-1992, contains substantial editions to the original collection, documenting Brayman's dual careers in the fields of journalism and public relations. The collection includes correspondence,...
Dates: 1914-1992

Summer Brenner papers

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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

Bright family papers

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Identifier: MSS 0128
Abstract The Robert Southall Bright Collection concerns the personal and business affairs of theBright family, most notably Philadelphia lawyer Robert Southall Bright (1872-1943) and his wife Caroline de Beelen Bright (d. 1932). The collection comprises 2.3 linear feet of material and contains correspondence, financial and legal items, receipts, insurance policies, leases, speeches, political papers, certificates, invitations and greeting cards, photographs, and ephemera. The collection is divided...
Dates: 1763-1942; Majority of material found within 1894-1934

Alan Brilliant correspondence with Ted Wilentz

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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

John Malcolm Brinnin collection related to Mitchell Wolfson, Jr.

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Identifier: MSS 0099-F0976
Abstract

Consists of the John Malcolm Brinnin collection related to Mitchell Wolfson, Jr., which includes letters written by Brinnin to the publishers, a letter from the publisher declining the article, and a photocopy of the manuscript.

Dates: 1984

John Malcolm Brinnin papers supplement

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0103s
Abstract The Supplement to the John Malcolm Brinnin Papers comprises thirteen linear feet of material spanning the dates [1800s]-1998 (bulk dates 1935-1998). Most of the collection consists of letters to Brinnin; poems, a memoir, journals, and articles written by Brinnin; and personal documents, such as a passport, birth certificate, medical and hospice information, draft notice, photographs, and college diploma. However, the supplement also includes books or manuscripts written by other authors...
Dates: circa 1800s-1998; Majority of material found within 1935-1998

Signatures archive

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Identifier: MSS 0124
Abstract

Co-edited by John Hinsdale Thompson and John Malcolm Brinnin and based in Detroit, Signatures was a literary magazine of "works-to-be-published-later" written by contemporary American and international writers. Subtitled "Work in Progress," Signatures was first published in the Spring of 1936 and continued for a total of three issues, ceasing publication in 1938.

Dates: 1933-1972; Majority of material found within 1935-1940

Brinton family papers

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Identifier: MSS 0453
Abstract

The Brinton family papers document several generations of the Brinton, Steinmetz, and Ward families, who flourished between 1760-1930 in Pennsylvania and New York. Several members of the family played prominent roles in their communities and included landholders, real estate developers, merchants, Civil War surgeons, medical doctors and professors, missionaries, a minister, an art critic, an anthropologist, lawyers, a judge, an engineer, and several authors.

Dates: 1715-1930

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

Harry Fletcher Brown collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0436
Abstract

The Harry Fletcher Brown collection, spanning the years 1881-1960 (bulk dates 1910-1952), contains correspondence, newspaper clippings, speeches, business cards, legal documents, printed material, ephemera, a photograph, World War I medal, programs, and blueprints of his Wilmington, Delaware, residence.

Dates: 1881-1960; Majority of material found within 1910-1952

Sterling A. Brown letter to Dolores Sutton

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Identifier: MSS 0099-F0776
Abstract

One autograph letter written and signed by poet Sterling A. Brown to Dolores Sutton, dated May 24, 1965, and a program for an evening honoring Brown and his poetry.

Dates: 1963 April-1965 May 24

N. B. Browne papers

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Identifier: MSS 0424
Abstract

The N. B. Browne papers, 1845-1873, document the professional and personal affairs of nineteenth-century Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, businessman and public servant Nathaniel Borradaile Browne.

Dates: 1845-1873

Armistead W. Browning, Jr. papers

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Identifier: MSS 0635
Abstract

Born in 1938, Armistead Willis Browning, Jr., was a landscape architect, environmentalist and teacher who dedicated his life to environmental preservation and education. The papers chronicle Browning's experience at three architectural firms, two main centers of education, and with numerous independent projects, symposia, and workshops.

Dates: 1923-1990; Majority of material found within 1971-1987

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Colum, Padraic, 1881-1972 8
Gregory, Lady, 1852-1932 8
Lover, Samuel, 1797-1868 8
Morgan, Charles, 1894-1958 8
Biden, Joseph R., Jr. 7
Ervine, St. John G. (St. John Greer), 1883-1971 7
O'Casey, Sean, 1880-1964 7
AE, 1867-1935 6
Bowles, Jane, 1917-1973 6
Ginsberg, Allen, 1926-1997 6
Mrabet, Mohammed, 1936- 6
Ollier, Charles, 1788-1859 6
Rodney, Caesar, 1728-1784 6
Snodgrass, W. D. (William De Witt), 1926-2009 6
Wilson, Robert A. (Robert Alfred), 1922-2016 6
Carper, Thomas R., 1947- 5
Carter, John, 1905-1975 5
Ferber, Edna, 1887-1968 5
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 5
Morgan, Charles, 1894-1958--Correspondence 5
Somerville, E. Œ. (Edith Œnone), 1858-1949 5
Tynan, Katharine, 1861-1931 5
Untermeyer, Louis, 1885-1977 5
Boyle, Kay, 1902-1992--Correspondence 4
Clayton, John M. (John Middleton), 1796-1856 4
Creator unidentified 4
Di Prima, Diane 4
Dickinson, John, 1732-1808 4
Ferlinghetti, Lawrence 4
Ford, Charles Henri 4
Gogarty, Oliver St. John, 1878-1957 4
Holmes, John Clellon, 1926-1988 4
Hunt, Leigh, 1784-1859 4
Lincoln Club of Delaware 4
McKean, Thomas, 1734-1817 4
Peter Owen (Firm) 4
Reed, H. Clay (Henry Clay), 1899-1972 4
United States. Congress. Senate 4
Williams, Tennessee, 1911-1983 4
Windham, Donald 4
Yeats, Jack B. (Jack Butler), 1871-1957 4
Yeats, W. B. (William Butler), 1865-1939 4
American Association of University Women 3
Auden, W. H. (Wystan Hugh), 1907-1973 3
Black Sparrow Press 3
Brinnin, John Malcolm, 1916-1998 3
Claire, William F. 3
Clark, Tom, 1941- --Correspondence 3
Clark, Tom, 1941-2018 3
Coffey, Brian, 1905-1995 3
Corso, Gregory 3
Creeley, Robert, 1926-2005 3
Day Lewis, C. (Cecil), 1904-1972 3
Delaware State Federation of Women's Clubs 3
Dorn, Edward 3
Dunbar, Paul Laurence, 1872-1906 3
Farrell, James T. (James Thomas), 1904-1979 3
Farrell, James T. (James Thomas), 1904-1979--Correspondence 3
Field, Edward, 1924- 3
Ford, Charles Henri--Correspondence 3
Forman, H. Buxton (Harry Buxton), 1842-1917 3
Frank, Bill, 1905-1989 3
General Federation of Women's Clubs 3
Gosse, Edmund, 1849-1928 3
Greenewalt, Crawford H., 1902-1993 3
Herlihy, James Leo 3
Holmes, John Clellon, 1926-1988--Correspondence 3
Irish statesman (Dublin, Ireland : 1919) 3
Isherwood, Christopher, 1904-1986 3
Joans, Ted 3
Kaufman, Alan 3
Larsson, Raymond Ellsworth, 1901-1991 3
Martin, John, 1930- 3
McClure, Michael 3
McLane, Louis, 1786-1857 3
Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956 3
Morris, Hugh M. 3
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People 3
Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994 3
O'Faoláin, Seán, 1900-1991 3
Onions, Oliver, 1873-1961 3
Pennsylvania. Supreme Court 3
Peterson, Russell W. (Russell Wilbur), 1916-2011 3
Phoenix Book Shop 3
Purdy, James, 1914-2009 3
Reed, Jeremy 3
Rodney, Thomas, 1744-1811 3
Roth, William V., Jr. (William Victor), 1921-2003 3
Ruck, Berta, 1878-1978 3
Sandy, Stephen 3
Shaw, Bernard, 1856-1950 3
Snodgrass, W. D. (William De Witt), 1926-2009--Correspondence 3
Snow, C. P. (Charles Percy), 1905-1980 3
Stavis, Barrie 3
Turner, Tom, 1870- 3
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