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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

Collection of poems by Imamu Amiri Baraka

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0099-F0707
Abstract

Two typescripts and one autographed manuscript of poems written by Imamu Amiri Baraka, titled I Love Music, Am/Trak, and The Last Revolution.

Dates: 1977

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

Charles Bukowski poems and letter

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Identifier: MSS 0099-F0758
Abstract

Poetry poems and letter from American poet Charles Bukowski.

Dates: 1965-1975

Briggflatts: an autobiography : typescript

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Identifier: MSS 0099-F0639
Abstract

This original carbon typescript of Basil Bunting's Briggflatts: an autobiography bears three ink corrections made by the author.

Dates: 1965

Jim Carroll poems

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Identifier: MSS 0099-F0755
Abstract

Ten poems by New York poet and musician Jim Carroll.

Dates: 1969-1970

Brian Coffey papers

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Identifier: MSS 0382
Abstract

The Brian Coffey papers consist of personal and literary papers which document the life and career of the avant-garde Irish poet from 1917 to 1996.

Dates: 1917-1996

Padraic Colum papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0147
Abstract

The papers of Padraic Colum, Irish poet, playwright, and author, are comprised of book reviews, letters to author and theatrical producer Basil Burwell, and original manuscripts of Colum's work.

Dates: 1927-1970

Fielding Dawson correspondence to Marcella Simpson

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Identifier: MSS 0722
Abstract

Between 1972 and 1994, American author and artist Fielding Dawson (1930-2002) sent a variety of materials to his grandmother, Marcella Simpson, including letters, articles, journals, manuscripts, and ephemera. The collection provides insight into Dawson's literary career and his development as a creative wring teacher in correctional facilities.

Dates: 1972-1994

John Digby papers

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Identifier: MSS 0569
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. Digby's papers document nearly five decades (1963-2004) of a prolific artistic and literary career, with significant representation of Digby's collaborations with international colleagues exhibiting, publishing, and creating Surrealist works in the 1960s-1970s. The collection includes all...
Dates: 1963-2004; Majority of material found within 1974-2002

John Digby papers supplement

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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

Austin Dobson collection

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Identifier: MSS 0644
Abstract The Austin Dobson collection comprises approximately six linear feet plus oversize material of correspondence, manuscripts, proofs, contracts, royalty statements, artwork, photographs, wills, genealogies, periodicals, clippings, scrapbooks, copper plates, and printed ephemera. The collection documents the work and life of English author and civil servant (Henry) Austin Dobson (1840-1921) and the management of Dobson's estate and literary legacy by his youngest son, Alban Dobson (1885-1962)...
Dates: 1762-1999; Majority of material found within 1861-1962

Austin Dobson collection

 Collection
Identifier: SLC 0100
Abstract

Books, largely first editions and presentation copies, as well as manuscript materials related to English poet, essayist, and biographer Austin Dobson.

Dates: circa 1850-1930

Edward Dorn letters and poems

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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

H. Buxton Forman papers relating to John Keats

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Identifier: MSS 0215
Abstract

The H. Buxton Forman papers relating to John Keats contains materials relating to nineteenth century English poet John Keats. These materials were collected during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries by American H. Buxton Forman and other members of his family.

Dates: 1885-1949

Allen Ginsberg poems and letters

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Identifier: MSS 0099-F0759
Abstract

Typescript poems, a published letter, a postcard written by Allen Ginsberg, and items related to the article "The Sound of Beat" published in the July 1959 issue of Playboy.

Dates: 1959-1966, 1984

Sir Joseph Gold literary manuscript collection

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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

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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

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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

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

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

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

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

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

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Feral Press 2
Ferlinghetti, Lawrence 2
Ginsberg, Allen, 1926-1997 2
Gosse, Edmund, 1849-1928 2
Lucie-Smith, Edward 2
MacDiarmid, Hugh, 1892-1978 2
Micheline, Jack, 1929-1998 2
Orlovsky, Peter, 1933-2010 2
Pound, Ezra, 1885-1972 2
Ragged Edge Press (Oyster Bay, N.Y.) 2
Reed, Jeremy 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
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Abbey, Edwin Austin, 1852-1911 1
Adam, Helen, 1909-1993 1
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Albee, Edward, 1928- 1
American University (Washington, D.C.) 1
Andre, Michael 1
Apollinaire, Guillaume, 1880-1918 1
Bai, Hong Ai 1
Barkan, Stanley H. 1
Beam, Jeffery, 1953- 1
Beck, Heather McCloskey 1
Benveniste, Asa 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
Bonheur, Gaston 1
Booth, Philip, 1925-2007 1
Bowen, John Eliot, 1858-1890 1
Bowen, John Eliot, 1858-1890--Correspondence 1
Bowles, Jane, 1917-1973 1
Bowles, Paul, 1910-1999 1
Boyle, Kay, 1902-1992 1
Branaman, Robert R. 1
Broughton, James, 1913-1999 1
Bukowski, Charles 1
Bullins, Ed 1
Bunting, Basil 1
Burwell, Basil Beckett, 1911- 1
Caligula Books 1
Capote, Truman, 1924-1984 1
Carroll, Jim 1
Claudel, Paul, 1868-1955 1
Coffey, Brian, 1905-1995 1
Coffey, Brian, 1905-1995--Archives 1
Coffey, Denis J. 1
Colum, Padraic, 1881-1972 1
Congdon, Kirby 1
Curtis, Tony, 1946- 1
D.C. Heath and Company 1
Dalachinsky, Steven 1
Dawson, Fielding, 1930-2002 1
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Decossaux, Mary Lou 1
Devlin, Denis, 1908-1959 1
Di Prima, Diane 1
Dobson, Austin, 1840-1921--Bibliography 1
Dolis, John, 1945- 1
Donaldson, Thomas, 1843-1898-- Correspondence 1
Donath, Thérèse 1
Eigner, Larry, 1927-1996 1
Embolador, Pinto Repentista 1
Eshleman, Clayton 1
Everson, William, 1912-1994 1
Fidler, Martin 1
Ford, Charles Henri 1
Forman, H. Buxton (Harry Buxton), 1842-1917 1
Forman, Maurice Buxton 1
Gallup, Donald Clifford, 1913-2000 1
Gerber, Nancy, 1956- 1
Giannini, David 1
Gitin, David 1
Gitin, Maria 1
Gold, Joseph, 1912- 1
Goodnough, Robert, 1917-2010 1
Gordon, Joan, 1947- 1
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