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John Wieners publisher's files for The Hotel Wentley Poems

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0626
Abstract

John Wieners publisher's files for The Hotel Wentley Poems consists of .3 linear feet of materials comprising manuscripts, proofs, artwork, page layouts, and correspondence created and revised by American poet John Wieners (1934-2002), publisher David Haselwood, and artist Robert Lavigne (1928-) relating to the publication of Wieners’s The Hotel Wentley Poems: Original Version (1965).

Dates: 1963-1971; Majority of material found in 1965

Charles Johnson papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0143
Abstract

The Charles Johnson papers consist of the letters and manuscripts written by American novelist and teacher Charles Johnson and sent to his former professor John Gardner. The seven manuscripts are drafts and outlines towards Johnson's publications, The Devil and Jubilee Tuthill, Oxherding Tale, and Faith and the Good Thing.

Dates: 1973-1976

How to save your own life : a novel : manuscript

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0099-F0840
Abstract

This typescript manuscript of How to Save Your Own Life : a novel, written by Erica Jong in 1977, bears light corrections.

Dates: 1977

Donald Justice papers

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Identifier: MSS 0191
Abstract Scope and Content NoteThe Donald Justice papers span the dates 1936 to 1998, with the bulk of the collection dating between 1952 and 1996. Correspondence and drafts of poetry comprise the majority of the ten linear feet of manuscripts; however, drafts of other genre, such as reviews, stories, lectures, plays, and librettos complement the poetry. The papers are completed by photographs, clippings, programs, books, posters, transcripts, scrapbooks, calendars, broadsides, and...
Dates: 1936-1998; Majority of material found within 1952-1996

Alan Kaufman papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0599
Abstract The papers of Alan Kaufman--an American Jewish author, editor, performer, artist, and impresario--include drafts of his memoir Jew Boy, his novel Matches, editorial material related to volumes in his Outlaw Bible series, and the magazine Davka: Jewish Cultural Revolution. There are numerous notebooks with notes, observations, lists, and drafts of poetry and writing, as well as original...
Dates: circa 19th century, 1952-2007; Majority of material found within 1952-2007

Robert B. Kegerreis The Tell-Tale Heart and theatrical collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0706
Abstract

This collection comprises material related to the American actor and playwright Robert B. Kegerreis's 1909 dramatic adaptation of Edgar Allan Poe's short story "The Tell-Tale Heart" and his involvement in the New York theater scene of the early twentieth century.

Dates: 1909-1925; Majority of material found within dates 1909-1911

The Naomi Poems : autograph notebook

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Identifier: MSS 0099-F0770
Abstract

One spiral notebook containing 36 pages of handwritten poems written by Bill Knott and published as the The Naomi Poems, in 1968.

Dates: 1968

Abraham Lincoln collection

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Identifier: MSS 0521
Abstract

The Abraham Lincoln collection comprises a variety of Lincolniana - including Civil War era newspapers, art work, sheet music, and realia - collected and assembled by the Lincoln Club of Delaware.

Dates: 1841-1996; Majority of material found within 1862-1868, 1920-1977

Christopher Murray Grieve : holograph manuscript

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Identifier: MSS 0099-F0834
Abstract

A single holograph manuscript page of an autobiographical statement titled, "Christopher Murray Grieve," written in blue ink by Hugh MacDiarmid.

Dates: 1948

Hugh MacDiarmid manuscripts related to First Hymn to Lenin and Other Poems

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Identifier: MSS 0225
Abstract

Manterials related to the publication and promtion of Scottish author Hugh MacDiarmid's manuscript First Hymn to Lenin and Other Poems, published in Dublin by the Unicorn Press in 1931.

Dates: circa 1931

Modern Scottish literature and the critics : essay

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Identifier: MSS 0099-F0835
Abstract

A two-page unsigned holograph manuscript written in blue ink by Hugh MacDiarmid titled, "Modern Scottish Literature and The Critics."

Dates: 1952

Eric Mackay letters and manuscripts

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0099-F0875
Abstract British poet Eric Mackay (1851-1898) was the son of journalist and poet Charles Mackay (1812-1889) and the half-brother of novelist Mary Mackay (1855-1924), who published under the pseudonym Marie Corelli. The collection consists of nineteen autograph letters from Eric Mackay to American editor of The Independent, John Eliot Bowen, and three undated autograph manuscripts of Mackay's prose and poetry. There is also one letter from Mackay to the unnamed editor of...
Dates: 1885-1889, undated

Brinsley MacNamara manuscripts

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Identifier: MSS 0099-F0646
Abstract

Two manuscripts written by Brinsley MacNamara.

Dates: 1938-1954

Elva de Pue Matthews papers

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Identifier: MSS 0114
Abstract

The Elva de Pue Matthews Papers consist of two linear feet of correspondence, drafts of novels written by Matthews, poetry and essays by Matthews or others, clippings, and notes. The collection spans the dates 1917-1962, with the bulk of the collection dating between 1917 and 1949.

Dates: 1917-1962; Majority of material found within 1917-1949

James Maxwell papers

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Identifier: MSS 0170
Abstract

The James R. Maxwell papers consist of the personal, professional, and family papers of James Maxwell, a resident of Newark, Delaware, and a civil engineer who worked for significant railroads in the American West and South America in the late 19th century.

Dates: 1860-1949; Majority of material found within 1867-1900

Richard McCann papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0616
Abstract The Richard McCann papers document the personal life and professional career of this American author, poet, and educator. The collection includes McCann's early creative writing; teaching materials; reviews, essays, and critical writing; personal and professional correspondence; and extensive drafts of McCann's poetry and fiction. McCann's fiction has autobiographical roots, often drawn from family relationships and personal experiences, as illustrated in photographs and family memorabilia...
Dates: 1920s-2008; Majority of material found within 1978-2005

Stephen McKenna papers

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Identifier: MSS 0625
Abstract English novelist Stephen McKenna (1888-1967) published forty-seven novels and six nonfiction books about English upper-class life before and after World War I. The collection spans from 1917 to 1966, with the bulk of the materials dating between 1917 to 1935, and includes correspondence to the author, manuscripts of short stories and lectures by McKenna, excerpts from other authors' works, newspaper clippings from McKenna's 1921 promotional tour in Sweden, and a volume of photographs...
Dates: 1917-1966; Majority of material found within 1917-1935

Collection of Henry Miller's Reflections on the Death of Mishima documents

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0099-F0757
Abstract

Typescript manuscript and other items related to Henry Miller's Reflections of the Death of Mishima.

Dates: 1971-1973; Majority of material found in 1971

Beverley Nichols papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0620
Abstract

The Beverley Nichols papers document the personal and professional activities of prolific twentieth-century English novelist, playwright, journalist, composer, and political activist Beverley Nichols. The collection comprises correspondence, diaries, scrapbooks, manuscripts, musical compositions, and photographs primarily dating between 1911 and 1991.

Dates: 1698, 1911-1991, undated; Majority of material found within 1911-1991

Nineteenth-century American military collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0541
Abstract The Nineteenth-century American military collection is an artificial collection that contains 1.6 linear feet of American military records spanning the period 1846-1903. The bulk of the collection dates from the American Civil War (1861-1865). Additional records are from the Reconstruction period (1865-1877) and the remainder of the nineteenth century. There are also five items pertaining to the Mexican War (1846-1848) and two documents from the U.S. Army Corps of Topographical Engineers...
Dates: 1846-1903; Majority of material found within 1861-1865

Frank J. Hugh O'Donnell papers

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Identifier: MSS 0136
Abstract

Including letters, essays, poems, and a variety of other materials, the papers provide an overview of the life and work of Irish businessman, politician, and playwright Frank O'Donnell.

Dates: 1911-1974; Majority of material found within 1918-1954

William A. Oliver, Jr. collection related to The Mystery of Edwin Drood

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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

Oliver Onions papers

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Identifier: MSS 0492
Abstract

Short stories and poetry typescripts as well as travel ephemera and journals written in the first half of the 20th century by British novelist and short story writer Oliver Onions.

Dates: 1927-1938

Frank E. and Anna Hayes Owens family papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0680
Abstract

The Frank E. and Anna Hayes Owens family papers comprises 14.3 linear feet of materials, spanning the dates between 1900 and 2011, and includes correspondence, manuscripts, photographs, travel brochures, reel-to-reel tapes, magazines, fanzines, and other materials documenting intergenerational American family life in Delaware.

Dates: circa 1900-2011

Pagany archive

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0110
Abstract

The archive of the little magazine Pagany: a native quarterly consists of 5.5 linear feet of material, which spans the dates 1925–1970, with the bulk of the material dating from 1929 to 1933. The collection includes founder and editor Richard Johns's personal papers and all known surviving material related to the publication of Pagany (some letters and manuscript were destroyed in a 1932 fire or stolen from Johns's car the same year).

Dates: 1925-1970; Majority of material found within 1929-1933

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Bowles, Paul, 1910-1999 8
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Baraka, Imamu Amiri, 1934-2014 3
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Mrabet, Mohammed, 1936- 3
Phoenix Book Shop 3
Purdy, James, 1914-2009 3
University of Delaware 3
Wieners, John, 1934-2002 3
Anvil Press Poetry (London, England) 2
Bergé, Carol, 1928-2006 2
Black Sparrow Press 2
Corso, Gregory 2
DePol, John, 1913-2004 2
Di Prima, Diane 2
Digby, Joan 2
Digby, John, 1938- 2
Dobson, Alban, 1885- 2
Dobson, Austin, 1840-1921 2
Dorn, Edward 2
Farrell, James T. (James Thomas), 1904-1979 2
Feral Press 2
Ferlinghetti, Lawrence 2
Ford, Charles Henri 2
Forman, H. Buxton (Harry Buxton), 1842-1917 2
Ginsberg, Allen, 1926-1997 2
Gosse, Edmund, 1849-1928 2
LaVigne, Robert, 1928-2014 2
Lendennie, Jessie 2
Lucie-Smith, Edward 2
Martin, John, 1930- 2
Micheline, Jack, 1929-1998 2
Orlovsky, Peter, 1933-2010 2
Peter Owen (Firm) 2
Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849 2
Pommy-Vega, Janine 2
Pound, Ezra, 1885-1972 2
Ragged Edge Press (Oyster Bay, N.Y.) 2
Reed, Jeremy 2
Rukeyser, Muriel, 1913-1980 2
Salmon Poetry Ltd. 2
Sandy, Stephen 2
Seligman, Tina 2
Stone House Press (Roslyn, N.Y.) 2
Tarn, Nathaniel 2
Whalen, Philip 2
Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892 2
Wolak, Bill 2
Wolfe, Michael, 1945- 2
Yeats, W. B. (William Butler), 1865-1939 2
Abbey, Edwin Austin, 1852-1911 1
Adam, Helen, 1909-1993 1
Advent Books (Firm) 1
Albee, Edward, 1928- 1
American University (Washington, D.C.) 1
Andre, Michael 1
Apollinaire, Guillaume, 1880-1918 1
Auerhahn Press 1
Bachelor’s Ten Society 1
Bai, Hong Ai 1
Bamberger, Bill 1
Bamberger, Bill--Correspondence 1
Barkan, Stanley H. 1
Bates, Arlo, 1850-1918 1
Beam, Jeffery, 1953- 1
Beck, Heather McCloskey 1
Beck, Julian, 1925-1985 1
Beckwith, George 1
Bellow, Saul 1
Benveniste, Asa 1
Berrigan, Daniel 1
Berrigan, Ted 1
Berry, Wendell, 1934- 1
Berryman, John, 1914-1972 1
Beston, Henry, 1888-1968 1
Bigelow, Poultney, 1855-1954 1
Bigelow, Poultney, 1855-1954--Correspondence 1
Bissinger, Karl 1
Bissinger, Karl. The luminous years : portraits at mid-century 1
Bogan, Louise, 1897-1970 1
Bonheur, Gaston 1
Booth, Philip, 1925-2007 1
Bowen, John Eliot, 1858-1890 1
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Bowles, Paul, 1910-1999--Correspondence 1
Boyce, Doris Lee Jolls, 1920- 1
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Boytinck, Paul W. 1
Branaman, Robert R. 1
Brandywine Conservancy 1
Brandywine Valley Association 1
Bremser, Ray 1
British Broadcasting Company 1
Broughton, James, 1913-1999 1
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