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Amiri Baraka papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0699
Abstract

Amiri Baraka (1934-2014), known early in his career as LeRoi Jones, was a widely published African American writer who produced poetry, drama, fiction, essays, and music criticism. Much of Baraka’s work addressed the subjects of Black liberation and white racism. The Amiri Baraka papers comprise the author’s writings, sketchbooks, and artwork, as well as correspondence and ephemera related to his involvement in theatrical and film productions.

Dates: circa 1965-2006

Fleda Brown papers

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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

Charles Bukowski poems and letter

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0099-F0758
Abstract

Poetry poems and letter from American poet Charles Bukowski.

Dates: 1965-1975

John Digby papers supplement

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0569s
Abstract British-born poet and collagist John Digby (born 1938) immigrated to the United States in 1978 and lives on Long Island with his wife Joan Digby, whose creative work is also represented in this collection. The John Digby papers supplement reflects Digby's prolific artistic and literary career, Joan Digby's creative and professional work, and their collaboration as editors and contributors to their imprint, The Feral Press, between 2002-2016. The Digbys published nearly 100 authors and...
Dates: circa 1860-2016

Edward Dorn letters and poems

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0099-F0823
Abstract

Three letters and four poems written by American poet Edward Dorn.

Dates: 1959-1968

Larry Eigner letters and poems

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Identifier: MSS 0099-F0824
Abstract

One typed card, one typed letter, and fifteen typed poems written by American poet Larry Eigner.

Dates: 1960-1978; Majority of material found within 1973-1976

Sir Joseph Gold literary manuscript collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0658
Abstract

British attorney and author Sir Joseph Gold (1912-2000) was a collector of modern first editions of British and American writers and poets. The Sir Joseph Gold literary manuscript collection comprises correspondence, manuscripts, publishing files, and publications of mid-twentieth century British and American poets, publishers, and scholars.

Dates: 1904-1972; Majority of material found within 1949-1972

Donald Justice papers

 Collection
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

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

Janine Pommy-Vega manuscripts

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0456
Abstract

Autograph and typescript drafts, galleys, and correspondence related to the publication of three of American poet Janine Pommy-Vega’s books: Morning Passage (1976), Journal of a Hermit (both the original 1974 edition, and the reprinting with new material published as Journal of a Hermit & in 1979), and The Bard Owl (1980).

Dates: 1967-1980

Muriel Rukeyser letters to David Posner

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0099-F0833
Abstract

This small collection of letters and miscellaneous items from American poet Muriel Rukeyser to David Posner reflects their shared interests in poetry and spans the dates of 1942 to 1944.

Dates: 1942-1944

Poetry and the social : poem

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0099-F0749
Abstract

A holograph poem, Poetry and the Social, written by John Wieners in a volume of poetry by Edgar Allen Poe.

Dates: undated

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 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 - Marianne Moore collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0641
Abstract

The Robert A. Wilson - Marianne Moore collection comprises 1 linear foot of material spanning the dates between 1925 and 1997 and includes correspondence to and from American poet Marianne Moore, the majority of which was written to Phoenix Book Shop proprietor Robert A. Wilson; works by and about Moore; newspaper clippings, photographs, pamphlets, broadsheets, and invitations documenting aspects of Moore’s career and public appearances; audio recordings; and realia.

Dates: 1925-1997; Majority of material found within 1950-1977

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Phoenix Book Shop 3
Wilson, Robert A. (Robert Alfred), 1922-2016 3
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Adam, Helen, 1909-1993 1
Albee, Edward, 1928- 1
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Anvil Press Poetry (London, England) 1
Bai, Hong Ai 1
Barkan, Stanley H. 1
Beam, Jeffery, 1953- 1
Beck, Heather McCloskey 1
Bergé, Carol, 1928-2006 1
Berrigan, Daniel 1
Berrigan, Ted 1
Berry, Wendell, 1934- 1
Berryman, John, 1914-1972 1
Bogan, Louise, 1897-1970 1
Booth, Philip, 1925-2007 1
Bowles, Jane, 1917-1973 1
Bowles, Paul, 1910-1999 1
Boyle, Kay, 1902-1992 1
Broughton, James, 1913-1999 1
Bukowski, Charles 1
Bullins, Ed 1
Capote, Truman, 1924-1984 1
Congdon, Kirby 1
Corso, Gregory 1
Dalachinsky, Steven 1
DePol, John, 1913-2004 1
Decossaux, Mary Lou 1
Di Prima, Diane 1
Digby, Joan 1
Digby, John, 1938- 1
Dolis, John, 1945- 1
Eigner, Larry, 1927-1996 1
Everson, William, 1912-1994 1
Feral Press 1
Ferlinghetti, Lawrence 1
Gallup, Donald Clifford, 1913-2000 1
Gerber, Nancy, 1956- 1
Giannini, David 1
Ginsberg, Allen, 1926-1997 1
Gitin, David 1
Gitin, Maria 1
Gold, Joseph, 1912- 1
Goodnough, Robert, 1917-2010 1
Gordon, Joan, 1947- 1
Guyton, Daniel 1
Harris, Theodore A. 1
Harter, Jim 1
Hawley, Robert, 1929- 1
Horovitz, Michael, 1935- 1
Isherwood, Christopher, 1904-1986 1
Jackson, Fleda Brown, 1944- 1
Jarrell, Randall, 1914-1965 1
Jess, 1923-2004 1
Jhaverī, Dilīpa, 1943- 1
Joyce, James, 1882-1941 1
Justice, Donald, 1925-2004 1
Knott, Bill, 1940-2014 1
Koch, Kenneth, 1925-2002 1
LaVigne, Robert, 1928-2014 1
Laughlin, James, 1914-1997 1
Leale, B. C. 1
Lehtpere, Ilmar 1
Levertov, Denise, 1923-1997 1
Levin, Dan, 1914-2015 1
Lucie-Smith, Edward 1
MacBeth, George 1
MacSweeney, Barry 1
Magowan, Robin 1
Major, Clarence 1
Malanga, Gerard 1
Masih, Tara L. 1
Maud, Ralph 1
McClure, Michael 1
Mead, Taylor 1
Micheline, Jack, 1929-1998 1
Miller, Edmund, 1943- 1
Moore, Marianne, 1887-1972 1
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Moraes, Dom, 1938-2004 1
Murphy, Sadie 1
Olson, Charles, 1910-1970 1
Oppenheimer, Joel, 1930-1988 1
Orlovsky, Peter, 1933-2010 1
Osborne, Charles 1
Otomo, Yuko 1
Pahl, Dennis 1
Pallant, Cheryl 1
Patchen, Kenneth, 1911-1972 1
Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849 1
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Poets Press (New York, N.Y.) 1
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