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Djuna Barnes letters to Michael Perkins

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0099-F0255
Abstract

American journalist, avant-garde author, and illustrator Djuna Barnes (1892-1982) wrote these three letters to fellow writer and journalist Michael Perkins.

Dates: 1971 July 19-September 18

Lyle Bongé - James Leo Herlihy correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0454
Abstract

The correspondence of American novelist and playwright James Leo Herlihy and photographer, artist, and sailor Lyle Bongé spans the dates 1968-1993. The majority of the letters in the collection were written by Bongé (indicated “LB to JH” in the finding aid), but a significant number of Herlihy’s letters are present, providing a consistent sense of the dialogue between the two lifelong friends.

Dates: 1968-1993

Paul Bowles letter to Bob Fukayama

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0099-F0732
Abstract

Photocopy of a Paul Bowles handwritten letter to Bob Fukayama, dated March 23, 1991. In the letter, Bowles acknowledges receipt of a compact disk containing the score for Sheltering Sky.

Dates: 1991 March 23

Paul Bowles letters to Anthony Weller

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0099-F0731
Abstract

Five letters and one postcard written by Paul Bowles to Anthony Weller, dating 1986-1990.

Dates: 1986-1990

Paul Bowles letters to Art Gibney

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Identifier: MSS 0099-F0866
Abstract

Three typed letters written and signed by Paul Bowles to Art Gibney.

Dates: 1981 September 9 -1982 March 7

Paul Bowles letters to Cherie Nutting

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0826
Abstract

This collection consists of eighty-three letters written by American expatriate writer and composer Paul Bowles to American photographer Cherie Nutting between October 1985 and March 1999.

Dates: 1985 October 25-1999 March 19

Paul Bowles letters to Frank Lauria

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0099-F0927
Abstract

One postcard and three letters from American expatriate author Paul Bowles (1910-1999) to American author Frank Lauria (born 1935) with literary and personal news from Morocco.

Dates: 1977 January 25-1988 March 1

Paul Bowles letters to Ned Leavitt and six typescript manuscripts

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Identifier: MSS 0778
Abstract

This collection consists of ninety-three letters from American expatriate author and composer Paul Bowles to his literary agent at the William Morris Agency, Ned Leavitt, and six typescript manuscripts Bowles sent to the William Morris Agency, all created between 1975 and 1992. There are also six letters written by Bowles to other individuals and three letters written to Leavitt by individuals collaborating on work with Bowles.

Dates: 1975-1992

Paul Bowles letters to Patrick Eddington

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Identifier: MSS 0099-F1020
Abstract

Thirty-one letters, five black-and-white photographs, and four photocopies sent by American expatriate writer Paul Bowles to American artist Patrick Eddington between 1978 and 1985.

Dates: 1978 November 24-1985 March 15

Kay Boyle letters to Helga Einsele

 Collection
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

William Conant Church papers

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Identifier: MSS 0099-F0869
Abstract

Consists of the William Conant Church papers, which includes letters written to Church, photographs of the interior of the Century Association of New York City, and printed ephemera. Letter writers include William Winter, Henry Villard, Brooks Adams, Kate Sanborn, Charles Elio Norton, Whitelaw Reid, Edmund Clarence Stedman and others.

Dates: 1876-1917

Elizabeth Coatsworth papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0437
Abstract

Family papers relating to the poet and children’s author Elizabeth Coatsworth, including letters to Coatsworth from the English poet and novelist L.A.G. Strong and from the American author Josephine Pinckney, as well as letters to Coatsworth’s husband, the writer Henry Beston.

Dates: 1902-1948

Evan S. Connell letter to Ralph Sipper

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Identifier: MSS 0099-F0881
Abstract

One typed letter written and signed by Evan S. Connell, Jr. to Ralph Sipper on August 21, 2005, plus envelope.

Dates: 2005 August 21

Guy Davenport letter to "Steven"

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Identifier: MSS 0099-F0781
Abstract

One typed letter written and signed by Guy Davenport to "Steven," explaining that "poetry is a music of words," the different types of poetry that exist, and declaring himself a "writer of stories" rather than a poet, on December 3, 1979.

Dates: 1979 December 3

Guy Davenport letters

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0099-F0651
Abstract

Correspondence between American short story writer Guy Davenport and admirer and collector of his books Matthew Weseley, as well as a letter to students in Wesley's English class.

Dates: 1993-1996

Fielding Dawson postcards to Welch D. Everman

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Identifier: MSS 0099-F0917
Abstract

American writer Fielding Dawson (1930-2002) wrote these two oversize postcards with personal and professional news to his friend, American writer Welch D. Everman (1946-2004), in the fall of 1977.

Dates: 1977

Edna Ferber letter to Dr. Collins

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0099-F0652
Abstract

Typed and signed letter from Edna Ferber to Dr. Collins, reflecting on the subject of literary prizes, dated January 4, 1929.

Dates: 1929 January 4

Edna Ferber letter to Jules Eckert Goodman

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0099-F0703
Abstract

Typed and signed letter written by Edna Ferber to Jules Eckert Goodman on impressive pictorial letterhead of the Hotel Majestic, West Seventy-second Street at Central Park, New York, dated February 7, 1918.

Dates: 1918 February 7

Edna Ferber letters to Flora Mae Holly

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0099-F0571
Abstract

Six typed and signed letters from Edna Ferber to her literary agent Flora May Holly, regarding literary matters, dated from 1911-1941.

Dates: 1911-1941

Edna Ferber letters to Herbert and Grace Mayes

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0099-F0704
Abstract

Twenty-three letters written by Edna Ferber to Herbert and Grace Mayes on various letterheads dating from December 26, 1950 through August 11, 1967.

Dates: 1950 December 26-1967 August 11

Edna Ferber letters to Leonard and Sarah Bakrow

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0099-F0653
Abstract

Three typed and signed letters from Edna Ferber to the Bakrows. One addressed to Sarah Bakrow and two addressed to Leonard Bakrow, ranging in dates from 1939 to 1944.

Dates: 1939 March 13-1944 March 1

Edward Field letters to Ilse-Margret Vogel

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0099-F0736
Abstract

The Edward Field letters to Ilse-Margret Vogel comprise seventeen items roughly spanning the dates between 1992 and 2000, documenting the literary friendship between American poet, novelist, and editor Field and German author and illustrator Vogel. Material includes correspondence with a variety of enclosures, including manuscripts, clippings, notes, and advertisements.

Dates: 1992-2000

Raymond Foye postcards to Allen De Loach

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0099-F1002
Abstract

Raymond Foye postcards to Allen De Loach consists of two items. The first is a typed message, dated July 12, 1984, on the verso of a postcard poem by John Wieners, titled au rive and illustrated with a photograph of Wieners. The second item is a handwritten message, dated October 23, 1984, on the verso of a portrait postcard depicting Frank O'Hara by George Montgomery.

Dates: 1984

John E. Hart collection regarding Albert Halper

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0434
Abstract Correspondence relating to research and publication for Professor John E. Hart's essay “Albert Halper’s World of the Thirties” (Twentieth Century Literature, v. 9:4, January 1964), and his book, Albert Halper (1978), part of the Twayne United States Authors Series. The collection contains both original correspondence and other material from Halper, as well as the correspondence Hart conducted with a number of individuals and institutions...
Dates: 1962 - 1988

Epistolary diary : typescript

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0099-F0974
Abstract

Consists of a sequence of correspondence written by John Clellon Holmes to his wife, Shirley, between May 18-27, 1974, and form a personal journal recording his reflections and experiences during a solitary trip to a family cabin in Maine.

Dates: 1974 May 18-27

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Snodgrass, W. D. (William De Witt), 1926-2009 2
Untermeyer, Louis, 1885-1977 2
Williams, William Carlos, 1883-1963 2
Adams, Brooks, 1848-1927 1
Aiken, Conrad, 1889-1973 1
Amnesty International 1
Attar, Bachir 1
Bakrow, Leonard 1
Baldwin, James, 1924-1987 1
Barnes, Djuna 1
Beer, Nele Löw 1
Beston, Henry, 1888-1968 1
Black Sparrow Press 1
Bongé, Lyle 1
Bowles, Jane, 1917-1973 1
Bremser, Ray 1
Bryant, Dorothy, 1930- 1
Capra Press 1
Carman, Bliss, 1861-1929 1
Century Club (New York, N.Y.) 1
Church, William Conant, 1836-1917 1
Coatsworth, Elizabeth, 1893-1986 1
Connell, Evan S., 1924-2013 1
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Dawson, Fielding, 1930-2002 1
De Loach, Allen 1
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Einsele, Helga, 1910- 1
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Everman, Welch D., 1946- 1
Field, Edward, 1924- 1
Foye, Raymond, 1957- 1
Franckenstein, Joseph von 1
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Gibney, Art, 1952- 1
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Goodman, Jules Eckert, approximately 1877-1962 1
Halper, Albert, 1904-1984 1
Harris, Mark, 1922-2007 1
Hart, John E., 1917-2011 1
Herlihy, James Leo 1
Holly, Flora Mae 1
Holman, Libby 1
Holmes, John Clellon, 1926-1988 1
Hongisto, Richard D. 1
Jackson, Dennis 1
Johnson, Pamela Hansford, 1912-1981 1
Josephson, Matthew, 1899-1978 1
Kirkpatrick, Doris 1
Lauria, Frank 1
Le Sueur, Meridel 1
Leavitt, Ned 1
Loos, Anita, 1893-1981 1
Martin, John, 1930- 1
Master Musicians of Jajouka 1
Mayes, Herbert R. (Herbert Raymond), 1900-1987 1
Mazzaro, Jerome 1
Mazzaro, Jerome--Correspondence 1
McClane, Kenneth A., 1951- 1
McMurtry, Larry 1
Mehring, Walter, 1896-1981 1
Mellen, Joan 1
Metcalf, Nancy 1
Metcalf, Paul C. 1
Metcalf, Paul C.--Correspondence 1
Milk, Harvey 1
Miller, Henry, 1891-1980 1
Mizener, Arthur 1
Moore, Steven 1
Moscone, George, 1929-1978 1
Nutting, Cherie 1
Owen, Peter, 1927-2016 1
Perkins, Michael (D. M. Perkins) 1
Peter Owen (Firm) 1
Pinckney, Josephine, 1895-1957 1
Plymell, Charles 1
Pommy-Vega, Janine 1
Radcliffe College. Institute for Independent Study 1
Raiber, Helen Ann, 1926-1971 1
Rey Rosa, Rodrigo, 1958- 1
Rich, Adrienne, 1929-2012 1
San Francisco State College 1
Sanborn, F. B. (Franklin Benjamin), 1831-1917 1
Sandburg, Carl, 1878-1967 1
Sanford, John B., 1904- 1
Selby, Hubert, Jr., 1928-2004 1
Sipper, Ralph B. 1
Smiley, Jane 1
Smith, Doug, 1942- 1
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