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Bruce Garland collection of Thomas Wise material

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0646
Abstract The Bruce Garland collection of Thomas Wise material comprises approximately 1.6 linear feet of material pertaining to English bibliographer, book collector, and forger Thomas J. Wise (1859-1937). Much of the collection's material was compiled by English bibliographer and book collector John Carter (1905-1975), who co-authored with Graham Pollard (1903-1976) An Enquiry into the Nature of Certain Nineteenth Century Pamphlets (1934), which effectively outed Wise as a...
Dates: 1897-2007, undated; Majority of material found within 1934-1975

Frank W. Tober collection on literary forgery

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0601
Abstract

The Frank W. Tober collection on literary forgery comprises letters, books, pamphlets, journals and journal articles, newspaper clippings, auction and exhibition catalogs, and other ephemera related to literary forgery. While Tober collected specimens of a variety of manuscript and printed forgeries, he was most interested in the literary forgeries of Thomas J. Wise and H. Buxton Forman.

Dates: 1801-1994; Majority of material found within 1920-1990

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 - 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

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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Names
Wilson, Robert A. (Robert Alfred), 1922-2016 3
Bogan, Louise, 1897-1970 2
Forman, H. Buxton (Harry Buxton), 1842-1917 2
Isherwood, Christopher, 1904-1986 2
Moore, Marianne, 1887-1972 2
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Phoenix Book Shop 2
Todd, William B. 2
Wise, Thomas James, 1859-1937 2
Adam, Helen, 1909-1993 1
Albee, Edward, 1928- 1
Andre, Michael 1
Auden, W. H. (Wystan Hugh), 1907-1973 1
Beam, Jeffery, 1953- 1
Bergé, Carol, 1928-2006 1
Berrigan, Daniel 1
Berrigan, Ted 1
Berry, Wendell, 1934- 1
Berryman, John, 1914-1972 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
Capote, Truman, 1924-1984 1
Carter, John, 1905-1975 1
Congdon, Kirby 1
Corso, Gregory 1
Di Prima, Diane 1
Eliot, T. S. (Thomas Stearns), 1888-1965 1
Everson, William, 1912-1994 1
Fleck, Robert D., 1947- 1
Gallup, Donald Clifford, 1913-2000 1
Garland, Bruce 1
Ginsberg, Allen, 1926-1997 1
Jaffe, Rhoda, 1923-1967 1
Jarrell, Randall, 1914-1965 1
Jess, 1923-2004 1
Joyce, James, 1882-1941 1
Kallman, Chester, 1921-1975 1
Koch, Kenneth, 1925-2002 1
LaVigne, Robert, 1928-2014 1
Laughlin, James, 1914-1997 1
Levertov, Denise, 1923-1997 1
Malanga, Gerard 1
McClure, Michael 1
Mead, Taylor 1
Micheline, Jack, 1929-1998 1
Moore, Marianne, 1887-1972--Correspondence 1
Oak Knoll Books (Firm) 1
Olson, Charles, 1910-1970 1
Oppenheimer, Joel, 1930-1988 1
Orlovsky, Peter, 1933-2010 1
Patchen, Kenneth, 1911-1972 1
Pound, Ezra, 1885-1972 1
Prokosch, Frederic, 1908-1989 1
Purdy, James, 1914-2009 1
Reynolds, Tim 1
Riding, Laura, 1901-1991 1
Sandy, Stephen 1
Simpson, Louis, 1923-2012 1
Smith, Patti 1
Smith, William Jay, 1918-2015 1
Steloff, Frances, 1887-1989 1
Stravinsky, Igor, 1882-1971 1
Swenson, May 1
Tober, Frank W., 1919-1995 1
Van Vechten, Carl, 1880-1964 1
Wakoski, Diane 1
Whalen, Philip 1
Wilson, Lanford, 1937-2011 1
Wilson, Robert A. (Robert Alfred), 1922- --Correspondence 1
Windham, Donald 1
Wise, Louise 1
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