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Daily report of Charles Boss. Life and adventures on the frontiers.

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0097-Item 0006
Abstract

Fictionalized journal of Charles Boss describing his frontier life and encounters with Indians while serving in the United States Army from 1866 to 1884.

Dates: circa 1884-1893

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

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

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

The Olio or miscellaneous writings of Isaac S. French, student of medicine

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0097-Item 0152
Abstract

The journal of Dr. Isaac S. French contains original poems, essays, and entries describing his daily activities as a medical student at Dartmouth, New Hampshire, and physician from 1854 to 1861. French also described his relationships with several women and the early years of his marriage.

Dates: 1853-1865; Majority of material found within 1853-1860

John Wieners papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0138
Abstract

Spanning the dates 1961-1968, the papers of American Beat poet John Wieners provide a chronologically and thematically fragmented, yet detailed, glimpse of his life. This small collection includes sixteen letters to Diane Di Prima, Alan Marlowe, and Ed Sanders; the manuscript of a play, two journals, and fourteen leaves of poetry.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1961-1968

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