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Jeffrey Bailey collection of James Leo Herlihy papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0670
Abstract

The Jeffrey Bailey collection of James Leo Herlihy papers is a combination of correspondence and personal papers originated by American author and actor James Leo Herlihy and literary papers belonging to Herlihy’s long-time friend and literary executor, American author Jeffrey Bailey.

Dates: 1942-2006; Majority of material found within dates 1953-1993

Paul Bowles collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0164
Abstract

The Paul Bowles collection consists of correspondence, manuscripts, editorial matter, periodicals, ephemera, and miscellaneous material acquired from a variety of sources. The collection is added to periodically and complements the Paul Bowles papers (MSS 0163) as well as several other manuscript collections related to Paul Bowles at the University of Delaware Library.

Dates: 1929-2011

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 John B. L. Goodwin

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0099-F0947
Abstract

In these eighteen letters, written between 1957 and 1991, American novelist Paul Bowles (1910-1999) corresponded with his longtime friend American novelist, poet, and painter John B. L. Goodwin (1912-1994).

Dates: 1956-1991

Brian Coffey papers

 Collection
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

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

Amy Gerstler letter and postcards to Tom Clark

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0099-F0955
Abstract

Amy Gerstler (1956-) is an American poet and writer who won the National Book Critics Circle Award for her volume of poetry, Bitter Angel in 1991. Gerstler sent two postcards and a letter to American poet Tom Clark (1941-) between 1982 and 1988 in which she provided news, sought his advice on professional matters, and asked after his family.

Dates: 1982-1988

James Leo Herlihy letters to Edward P. Mitchell

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0099-F0920
Abstract

This collection of letters and postcards, written by author and playwright James Leo Herlihy (1927-1993) to his friend Edward P. Mitchell, contains updates on his life in New York City, including his writing and his financial difficulties; and is accompanied by a life mask of Herlihy and a sculpture created by Herlihy.

Dates: 1947-1953

Rudi Holzapfel letters to Ellen Shannon-Mangan

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0491
Abstract

Letters from Irish poet Rudi Holzapfel to the biographer of Clarence Mangan, Ellen Shannon-Mangan.

Dates: 1978-2000

Langston Hughes ephemera collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0567
Abstract

Programs and advertising materials for personal appearances of American author Langston Hughes and for dramatic productions of his works.

Dates: 1932-1967

Frederick Jackson postcard to Mrs. H. E. Poole

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0099-F0876
Abstract

Frederick Jackson, brother of American novelist Charles Jackson, wrote this postcard to Mrs. H. E. Poole of Glenora, New York, to convey greetings from American composer and author Paul Bowles, whom Jackson had just seen at a Tennessee Williams play in Philadelphia.

Dates: [1959 March 16]

Everett C. and Louise Staton Johnson papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0361
Abstract

The Everett C. & Louise Stanton Johnson papers concern the personal affairs of prominent Delaware publisher and politician Everett C. Johnson (1877-1926) and his wife Louise Staton Johnson (1882-1977). In addition, the collection contains material from their Newark publishing house, the Press of Kells, which brought the Arts and Crafts Movement to the community from 1916 to 1918.

Dates: 1835-1988; Majority of material found within 1916-1958

Larry Kearney papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0808
Abstract Larry Kearney (born 1943) is an American poet and author who has published numerous poetry collections, prose, and nonfiction works. Kearney is associated with a circle of San Francisco poets and writers he befriended in the 1960s that included Jack Spicer, Robert Duncan, Joanne Kyger, and Richard Brautigan. The Larry Kearney papers comprise the author’s typescript and manuscript drafts of poems, playscripts, prose, and autobiographical works, both published and unpublished. The collection...
Dates: 1962-2012

John Masefield letters to Mary Jerrold

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0768
Abstract

This collection comprises John Masefield’s letters to English actress Mary Jerrold, a selection of privately printed poems, and a few photographic postcards.

Dates: 1911-1941

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

Paul Metcalf letters to Ted Wilentz

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0099-F0842
Abstract

The collection comprises letters and postcards written from Paul Metcalf, experimental American writer, to Ted Wilentz, former owner of the Eighth Street Bookshop in New York City, between 1984 and 1991.

Dates: 1984-1991; Majority of material found within 1984-1985

John Montague postcard to "William"

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0099-F0418
Abstract

Postcard from John Montague to unidentified person addressed as "William."

Dates: 1977 December 16

Frank O'Connor postcard to Nancy McCarthy

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0099-F0396
Abstract

Postcard from Frank O'Connor to Nancy McCarthy.

Dates: [1958]

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

George Bernard Shaw postcard to Daphne Harwood

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0099-F0671
Abstract

George Bernard Shaw postcard to Daphne Harwood. The collection also contains two photographs.

Dates: 1929 July 1

George Bernard Shaw card to Fred Terry and Miriam Michelson, The Duchess Barbara [of Leeds] : playscript

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0099-F0220
Abstract

George Bernard Shaw card laid in a copy of Miriam Michelson's "The Duchess Barbara [of Leeds]."

Dates: 1932 April 20 and undated

Shipley--Bringhurst--Hargraves family papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0684
Abstract Shipley, Bringhurst, and Hargraves are the family names associated with Rockwood, a Victorian Rural Gothic Revival mansion and estate that was built in North Wilmington, Delaware, between 1851 and 1854. The Hargraves were the last family to privately own Rockwood before its donation to New Castle County in the mid-1970s as a historic house museum and public park. The Shipley-Bringhurst-Hargraves family papers document the personal and professional lives of several generations of Delawareans...
Dates: 1660-1987; Majority of material found within 1735 - 1975

Jennie Skerl Paul Bowles collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0663
Abstract

American Beat scholar Jennie Skerl (born 1944) met American author and composer Paul Bowles (1910-1999) on a visit to Tangier, Morocco, in 1985. This small collection comprises correspondence with Bowles and others, as well as Skerl's research materials related to Paul Bowles and his literary circle in Tangier.

Dates: 1985-1997; Majority of material found within 1985-1988

Doug Smith collection of Mark Harris correspondence, manuscripts, and ephemera

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0757
Abstract

American author Mark Harris (1922-2007) wrote approximately 34 letters to close friend sportswriter Doug Smith between 1996 and 2007, in which he included details about his daily life and reflections on his own writing.

Dates: 1996-2007

Literary letters to Dr. Alvin C. Weseley

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0099-F1026
Abstract

This collection consists of correspondence from writers Elizabeth Tallent, Jane Smiley, and Larry McMurtry to Dr. Alvin C. Weseley, dating between 1987 and 1995.

Dates: 1987-1995

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Clark, Tom, 1941-2018 2
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Isherwood, Christopher, 1904-1986 2
Lambert, Gavin 2
Mrabet, Mohammed, 1936- 2
Shaw, Bernard, 1856-1950 2
Vidal, Gore, 1925-2012 2
Williams, Tennessee, 1911-1983 2
Advent Books (Firm) 1
American University (Washington, D.C.) 1
Apollinaire, Guillaume, 1880-1918 1
Auden, W. H. (Wystan Hugh), 1907-1973 1
Bacon, Francis, 1909-1992 1
Bailey, Jeffrey 1
Bankhead, Tallulah, 1902-1968 1
Bayley, Solomon 1
Berkson, Bill 1
Berlin, Lucia 1
Bertolucci, Bernardo 1
Black Mountain College (Black Mountain, N.C.) 1
Black Sparrow Press 1
Blondell, Joan 1
Bogan, Louise, 1897-1970 1
Bongé, Lyle 1
Bonheur, Gaston 1
Bringhurst, Anna James Webb, 1843-1923 1
Bringhurst, Deborah, 1773-1844 1
Bringhurst, Edith Ferris, 1874-1947 1
Bringhurst, Edward, 1809-1884 1
Bringhurst, Edward, 1835-1912 1
Bringhurst, Edward, 1884-1939 1
Bringhurst, James, -1810 1
Bringhurst, Joseph 1
Bringhurst, Mary Dickinson, 1806-1886 1
Bringhurst, Mary Thomas, 1865-1965 1
Bringhurst, Sarah Shipley, 1812-1896 1
Broughton, James, 1913-1999 1
Brown, Charles Brockden, 1771-1810 1
Burroughs, William S., 1914-1997 1
Caponi-Tabery, Gena 1
Caponi-Tabery, Gena--Correspondence 1
Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965 1
Clark, Tom, 1941- --Correspondence 1
Claudel, Paul, 1868-1955 1
Coffey, Brian, 1905-1995 1
Coffey, Brian, 1905-1995--Archives 1
Coffey, Denis J. 1
Creeley, Robert, 1926-2005 1
Devlin, Denis, 1908-1959 1
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870 1
Dickinson, John, 1732-1808 1
Dietrich, Marlene 1
Duerden, Richard 1
Durrell, Lawrence 1
Eliot, T. S. (Thomas Stearns), 1888-1965 1
Embolador, Pinto Repentista 1
Erdmann, Jack 1
Evans, Oliver (Oliver Wendell), 1915-1981--Correspondence 1
Farnum, Edith Claypoole Sellers, 1910-1998 1
Ferlinghetti, Lawrence 1
Ferlinghetti, Lawrence--Correspondence 1
Ferris, Benjamin, 1780-1867 1
Field, Edward, 1924- 1
Finestone, Harry--Correspondence 1
Ford, Charles Henri 1
Ford, Charles Henri--Correspondence 1
Fulton, Robert, 1765-1815 1
Gallimard (Firm) 1
Galt Smith, Elizabeth Shipley Bringhurst, 1863-1932 1
Galt Smith, John, 1843-1899 1
Gerstler, Amy 1
Gerstler, Amy--Correspondence 1
Goodwin, John B. L., 1912- 1
Goodwin, John B. L., 1912- --Correspondence 1
Griffin, Howard, 1915-1975 1
Göteborgs universitet 1
Hanuman Books 1
Hargraves, Gordon Sweat, 1898-1983 1
Hargraves, Nancy Sellers, 1898-1972 1
Harris, Mark, 1922-2007 1
Harwood, Daphne 1
Hayter, Stanley William, 1901-1988 1
Hellman, Lillian, 1905-1984 1
Herlihy, James Leo--Correspondence 1
Heston, Charlton 1
Hollins College 1
Howe, Marie, 1950- 1
Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967 1
Jackson, Frederick, 1906-1971 1
Jackson, Frederick, 1906-1971--Correspondence 1
Jaffe, Rhoda, 1923-1967 1
Jefferis, James, 1758-1822 1
Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 1
Jerrold, Mary, 1877-1955 1
Jerrold, Mary, 1877-1955--Correspondence 1
Johnson, Buffie 1
Johnson, Everett C., 1877-1926 1
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