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Samuel R. Delany collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0618
Abstract

The Samuel R. Delany collection includes Delany's letters to publisher Bill Bamberger (Bamberger Books), manuscript drafts of novels in progress, comic books, science fiction anthologies, and journals of fantasy and science fiction to which Delany contributed or served as editor.

Dates: 1967-1999

Samuel R. Delany collection of manuscripts and correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0656
Abstract Samuel R. Delany is a New York-born gay Black author and literary critic, noted for his work in science fiction with a focus on gender, sexual orientation, race, and social issues. The Samuel R. Delany collection of manuscripts and correspondence comprises Bamberger Books materials pertaining to the 1996 reprinting of Delany's 1979 memoir, Heavenly Breakfast, and the 2004 publication of Delany's novella, Phallos. Materials include printed...
Dates: 1996-2004

John Digby papers

 Collection
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

 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

Austin Dobson collection

 Collection
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

Paul Laurence Dunbar letters to Reginald Wright Kauffman

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0099-F0948
Abstract

In 1905, African American poet Paul Laurence Dunbar (1872-1906) responded to an inquiry from Reginald Kauffman (1877-1959), an associate editor of the Saturday Evening Post, who was soliciting Dunbar for poems or stories.

Dates: 1905

William Empson letters

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0099-F0771
Abstract

This small collection comprises five letters written by William Empson, editor of the Edinburgh Review, regarding Leigh Hunt's review of James Dennistoun's Memoirs of the Dukes of Urbino (1851).

Dates: 1851 or 1852

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

William Dean Howells letter to Mr. Underwood

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0099-F0818
Abstract

One letter handwritten by William Dean Howells to Mr. Underwood, dated September 22, 1874.

Dates: 1874 September 22

John Giorno letters to William Levy

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Identifier: MSS 0099-F0474
Abstract

American poet John Giorno (born 1936) wrote nine letters to poet and editor William Levy (born 1939), many in poetic form, that discussed his poetic work, travels, and drug experiences. Also included is an advertisement for one of Giorno's 1965 poetry readings in Toronto in conjunction with the release of Les Levine's film adaptation of Giorno's The American Book of the Dead(1964).

Dates: 1965-1966

Alan Kaufman papers

 Collection
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

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

Michael McClure correspondence with Arthur and Kit Knight

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0099-F0756
Abstract

Correspondence exchanged between American Beat poet Michael McClure and Arthur and Kit Knight.

Dates: 1973-1981

Harriet Monroe letters to Grant Hyde Code

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0099-F0159
Abstract

Letters from American poet and Poetry editor Harriet Monroe (1860-1936) to American poet, editor, and teacher Grant Hyde Code (1896-1974), detailing a professional correspondence centering on his submissions to and support of Poetry.

Dates: 1925-1933, 1936

Peter Owen publishing records

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0571
Abstract

Peter Owen publishing records is the publisher’s archive (1950s-1995) of an independent British firm renowned for its international list of major authors and avant garde works. The bulk of the collection consists of the production files of selected works, primarily from the 1980s and 1990s, including edited typescripts, proofs, and other materials documenting the process of turning an author’s manuscript into a finished book.

Dates: 1951-1995

Robert McAlmon letters to Edward Titus

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Identifier: MSS 0099-F0152
Abstract

American author and publisher Robert McAlmon (1896-1956) wrote ten letters to the publisher and magazine editor Edward Titus (born 1880) between 1928 and 1930, concerning several works that McAlmon hoped to distribute through Titus's Paris bookstore.

Dates: 1928-1930

Lennox Robinson papers related to John Quinn

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0212
Abstract

The Lennox Robinson papers related to John Quinn consist of editorial correspondence, transcripts of letters, and other manuscripts and material toward a proposed two-volume edition of letters written to the New York lawyer, patron of the arts, and collector John Quinn by Irish playwright, manager, producer, director, and editor Lennox Robinson.

Dates: 1903-1931

Salmon Poetry Ltd. records supplement

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0438s
Abstract

The Salmon Poetry Ltd. records supplement contains administrative files and the press's publishing files for books produced between 2000 and 2011. Founded and directed by the American-Irish poet, Jessie Lendennie, Salmon Poetry Ltd. is noted particularly for its publication of poetry and its promotion of women writers. This supplement complements the core archival records of Salmon Publishing, Ltd., which was acquired by the University of Delaware Library in 1998.

Dates: 1996-2011; Majority of material found within 2000-2011

Clement King Shorter letter to Dr. George Williamson

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0099-F0586
Abstract

Clement King Shorter letter to Dr. George Williamson

Dates: 1922 May 8

Marion H. Steele papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0439
Abstract

The papers of Marion H. Steele, former managing editor of the Journal of Home Economics and University of Delaware graduate.

Dates: 1906-1999; Majority of material found within 1923-1985

Angus Stewart correspondence and publishing files

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0657
Abstract Angus Stewart (1936-1998) was an Australian-born British writer known for the novels Sandel (1968) and Snow in Harvest (1969), a book of verse titled Sense and Inconsequence: Satirical Verses (1972), and the memoir Tangier: A Writer's Notebook (1977). The Angus Stewart correspondence and publishing files collection comprises letters from Angus Stewart to publishers Timothy d'Arch Smith...
Dates: 1971-1977; Majority of material found within 1972-1973

Horace Traubel collection of Walt Whitman papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0099-F0819
Abstract

This collection comprises materials collected by Horace Traubel, American journalist, on his longtime friend, poet Walt Whitman.

Dates: 1854-1916

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

Geoffrey Wakeman Plough Press collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0554
Abstract

The Geoffrey Wakeman Plough Press collection consists of the records of the Plough Press and the works and research materials of the Plough Press's founder, English printer and author Geoffrey Wakeman. The Plough Press's publications, reprints, and original works by Wakeman and others pertain to print culture, particularly printers and printing, illustration processes, binding, and paper.

Dates: 1655-1996; Majority of material found within 1970-1993

Lewis Warsh collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0547
Abstract

The Lewis Warsh collection is a small collection of materials relating to publishing projects by American poet, novelist, and editor Lewis Warsh and by American authors Steve Carey, Ted Berrigan, and Tom Savage produced by Warsh's Angel Hair Books and United Artists Books. The collection spans the dates between 1968 and 2001 and consists of material at various stages of the publication process, including mock-ups, advanced uncorrected proofs, uncorrected galley proofs, and cover art.

Dates: 1968-2001

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Stone House Press (Roslyn, N.Y.) 2
Tarn, Nathaniel 2
Windham, Donald 2
Wolak, Bill 2
Abbey, Edwin Austin, 1852-1911 1
Aiken, Conrad, 1889-1973 1
American Home Economics Association 1
Angel Hair Books (New York, N.Y.) 1
Atwater, Helen W. 1
Auden, W. H. (Wystan Hugh), 1907-1973 1
Ayers, Michael 1
Bai, Hong Ai 1
Bamberger Books 1
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Black Manikin Press 1
Bode, Charles Gustav, 1901- 1
Bowen, John Eliot, 1858-1890 1
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Bowles, Paul, 1910-1999 1
Bucke, Richard Maurice, 1837-1902 1
Burroughs, John, 1837-1921 1
Caligula Books 1
Carey, Steve, 1945-1989 1
Cocteau, Jean, 1889-1963 1
Code, Grant Hyde 1
Code, Grant Hyde--Correspondence 1
Contact Publishing Company 1
Crosland, Margaret, 1920- 1
Cumming, Anne 1
Curtis, Tony, 1946- 1
D'Arch Smith, Timothy, 1936- 1
D.C. Heath and Company 1
Dalachinsky, Steven 1
Decossaux, Mary Lou 1
Delany, Samuel R.--Correspondence 1
Delaware College 1
Dobson, Alban, 1885- 1
Dobson, Austin, 1840-1921 1
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Docker, Frances 1
Dolis, John, 1945- 1
Donath, Thérèse 1
Dunbar, Paul Laurence, 1872-1906 1
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Elysian Fields, Booksellers 1
Empson, W. (William), 1791-1852 1
Endō, Shūsaku, 1923-1996 1
Eshleman, Clayton 1
Faldbakken, Knut 1
Farr, Evelyn 1
Ferlinghetti, Lawrence 1
Fidler, Martin 1
Fischer, Wolfgang Georg, 1933- 1
Ford, Charles Henri 1
Fuller d'Arch Smith, Ltd. 1
Gerber, Nancy, 1956- 1
Giannini, David 1
Gibson, H. B. (Hamilton Bertie) 1
Giorno, John 1
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Glass, N. M. (Norman M.), 1894-1976 1
Goodnough, Robert, 1917-2010 1
Gordon, Joan, 1947- 1
Gosse, Edmund, 1849-1928 1
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Harter, Jim 1
Haylock, John 1
Helman, Cecil, 1944-2009 1
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Hirschman, Jack, 1933- 1
Hitchcock, George 1
Home, Stewart, 1962- 1
Howells, William Dean, 1837-1920 1
Hunt, Leigh, 1784-1859 1
Inoue, Yasushi, 1907-1991 1
Jhaverī, Dilīpa, 1943- 1
Joans, Ted 1
Kauffman, Reginald Wright, 1877-1959 1
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