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American and English poetry readings fliers, posters, and cards

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0878
Abstract

This collection of American and English poetry readings fliers, posters, and cards comprises promotional ephemera documenting live poetry events in America and England. The collection contains posters, fliers, postcards, calendars, newsletters, programs and other printed and hand-drawn ephemera documenting the activities of poets, live performance venues, and literary networks largely associated with the California and New York experimental poetry scenes.

Dates: 1951-2011; Majority of material found within 1965-1998

Edward Field papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0363
Abstract

The Edward Field papers consist of twenty-one linear feet of the personal and literary papers which document the life and writing career of American writer and poet Edward Field (b. 1924) from 1943–1994.

Dates: 1943-1994

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

William G. Thompson Briarwood Writers' Alliance correspondence and publicity records

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0671
Abstract

William G. Thompson as President of the Briarwood Writers' Alliance, Inc., represented more than 150 writers, poets, and performers by booking lectures and readings at educational institutions, literary gatherings, and community events.

Dates: 1964-2007

Louis Untermeyer papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0111
Abstract

The Louis Untermeyer papers consist of five linear feet of manuscript material abandoned by Untermeyer when he sold his Adirondack home, Stony Water, around 1970. Dating from 1902 through 1972, with the bulk of the papers dating 1912–1935, the collection is composed of correspondence, proofs, lists, scrapbooks, notes, photographs, programs, announcements, lectures, anthologies, poems, reviews, essays, and a bookplate.

Dates: 1902-1972; Majority of material found within 1912-1935

Lewis Warsh collection of twentieth-century poetry ephemera

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0701
Abstract

American poet Lewis Warsh (born 1944) compiled this collection of promotional ephemera primarily documenting what is known as the second generation of the New York School. The collection also includes material relating to Warsh's own readings and performances, writing, and publishing ventures.

Dates: 1962-2012

Tennessee Williams collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0112
Abstract

The Tennessee Williams collection, spanning the dates 1939-2013, consists of an extensive collection of correspondence, manuscripts, photographs, printed material, and ephemera related to American playwright Tennessee Williams.

Dates: 1939-2013

Robert A. Wilson W. H. Auden collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0982
Abstract W. H. Auden (1907-1973) was an English and American poet, translator, librettist, playwright, and essayist. The Robert A. Wilson W. H. Auden collection comprises Wilson’s collected materials created by and related to W. H. Auden. The collection includes manuscript and typescript drafts, proofs, and published versions of Auden’s poetry, translations, prose, and dramatic works; programs and promotional ephemera for Auden’s readings and events as well as other performances related to the...
Dates: circa 1930-2007, undated; Majority of material found within 1950-2000

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Poets 6
Correspondence 5
Fliers (printed matter) 5
Poems 5
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American poetry--20th century 4
Authors, American--20th century 4
Clippings (information artifacts) 4
Posters 4
Reviews (document genre) 4
Authors, American--20th century--Correspondence 3
Calendars 3
Drafts (documents) 3
Page proofs 3
Postcards 3
Printed ephemera 3
Anthologies 2
Articles 2
Audio cassette 2
Authors 2
Catalogs (documents) 2
Compact discs 2
Contracts 2
Dramatists, American--20th century 2
English poetry--20th century 2
Ephemera (general) 2
Essays 2
Journals (periodicals) 2
Letterpress printing 2
Magazines (periodicals) 2
Negatives (photographic) 2
Notes 2
Plays (performed works) 2
Poets, English--20th century 2
Promotional materials 2
Address books 1
Advertisements 1
Agents (commercial representatives) 1
Alternative spaces (Arts facilities) 1
American literature--20th century 1
American literature--21st century 1
American poetry--21st century 1
Announcements 1
Artists (visual artists) 1
Artists--United States--20th century 1
Arts facilities 1
Authors, American--21st century 1
Authors, American--21st century--Correspondence 1
Authors, English--20th century--Correspondence 1
Black Arts movement 1
Black Mountain school (Group of poets) 1
Black-and-white photographs 1
Book reviews 1
Bookplates 1
Books 1
Booksellers 1
Broadsides (notices) 1
Brochures 1
Centers for the performing arts 1
Collages (visual works) 1
Collectors 1
Diplomas 1
Drama 1
Dramatists, English 1
Editors (assembling, revising) 1
Editors--United States--20th century 1
Education--United States--History--20th century 1
Families--United States--History--20th century 1
Fiction 1
Film adaptations 1
Financial records 1
Galley proofs 1
Gay authors 1
Gay authors--United States--20th century 1
Gay authors--United States--21st century 1
Gays in popular culture--United States--History--20th century 1
Grant proposals 1
Interviews 1
Irish poetry--Translations into English 1
Itineraries 1
Lecture notes 1
Lectures 1
Letters (correspondence) 1
Librettos (documents for music) 1
Lists (document genres) 1
Literary agents--United States--20th century--Correspondence 1
Literary agents--United States--21st century--Correspondence 1
Literary readings 1
Manuscripts (documents) 1
Maryland--History--20th century 1
Mimeograph copies 1
Modernism (Literature) 1
Motion pictures and literature--United States 1
Motion pictures--United States--History--20th century 1
Newsletters 1
Newspapers 1
Notebooks 1
Novelists 1
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Language
Italian 2
French 1
German 1
 
Names
Waldman, Anne, 1945- 2
Wilson, Robert A. (Robert Alfred), 1922-2016 2
Aiken, Conrad, 1889-1973 1
American University (Washington, D.C.) 1
Angel Hair Books (New York, N.Y.) 1
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Auden, W. H. (Wystan Hugh), 1907-1973 1
Baldwin, James, 1924-1987 1
Baraka, Imamu Amiri, 1934-2014 1
Beat Generation (Group of writers) 1
Berrigan, Daniel 1
Bly, Robert 1
Bogan, Louise, 1897-1970 1
Borges, Jorge Luis, 1899-1986 1
Boyle, Kay, 1902-1992 1
Briarwood Writers' Alliance, Inc. 1
Bumbershoot (Festival) (Seattle, Wash.) 1
Creator unidentified 1
Creeley, Robert, 1926-2005 1
Derrick, Neil 1
Di Prima, Diane 1
Duncan, Robert, 1919-1988 1
Eliot, T. S. (Thomas Stearns), 1888-1965 1
Feldman, Charles K., 1904-1968 1
Field, Edward, 1924- 1
Ginsberg, Allen, 1926-1997 1
Göteborgs universitet 1
Hollins College 1
Howe, Marie, 1950- 1
Isherwood, Christopher, 1904-1986 1
Jaffe, Rhoda, 1923-1967 1
Joans, Ted 1
Justice, Donald, 1925-2004 1
Kallman, Chester, 1921-1975 1
Kevorkian, Karen 1
Mayer, Bernadette 1
McCann, Richard 1
McCann, Richard--Archives 1
McClure, Michael 1
McNutley, Frank 1
McNutley, Frank--Correspondence 1
Moore, Marianne, 1887-1972 1
Morrison, Toni 1
New York School of poets and painters 1
Oates, Joyce Carol, 1938- 1
Reed, Ishmael, 1938- 1
Sandburg, Carl, 1878-1967 1
Selby, Hubert, Jr., 1928-2004 1
Snyder, Gary, 1930- 1
St. Mark's Church In-the-Bowery (New York, N.Y.). Poetry Project 1
Stravinsky, Igor, 1882-1971 1
Thompson, William G., 1922-2009 1
Thompson, William G., 1922-2009--Correspondence 1
United Artists Books 1
University of Iowa 1
Untermeyer, Louis, 1885-1977 1
Virginia Commonwealth University 1
Wald, Jerry, 1911-1962 1
Warner Bros. Pictures (1923-1967) 1
Warsh, Lewis 1
Whalen, Philip 1
Williams, Jonathan, 1929-2008 1
Williams, Tennessee, 1911-1983 1
Wood, Audrey, 1905- 1
Yaddo (Artists' colony) 1
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