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Letters (correspondence)

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus

Found in 465 Collections and/or Records:

Lydia S. Wilds family papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0833
Abstract

This small collection of family letters, photographs, and an autograph album was created by the Wilds family of Delaware between 1860 and 1922.

Dates: 1860-1922

Patrick Williams letter

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0099-F0495
Abstract

Letter from Patrick Williams to an unidentified individual originally laid in a copy of Patrick Williams' The Way Home.

Dates: 1983 May 23

William Carlos Williams and Kay Boyle letters to Charlotte Wilson

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0099-F0908
Abstract

Eight autograph letters, one written and signed by William Carlos Williams to Charlotte Wilson commenting positively on a poem she wrote, five letters from Williams's wife, Florence, to Wilson, and two letters from Kay Boyle to Wilson, dated from December 3, 1957 to November 1, 1961.

Dates: 1957-1961

William Carlos Williams collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0146
Abstract

The William Carlos Williams collection, spanning the dates 1916-1973, consists of sixty-nine letters from noted American poet William Carlos Williams (1883-1963) to several different individuals discussing a variety of issues and reflecting his relationship to the various recipients. Letters from Florence Williams (wife of William Carlos) to several of these individuals, several letters written by Fred Miller, and manuscripts by Williams and Miller also comprise the collection.

Dates: 1916-1973; Majority of material found within 1934-1962

Wilson family papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0303
Abstract

The papers of the Wilson family of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and Newark, Delaware, consist of 1.35 linear feet of material relating to four generations of direct descendents of Edward Wilson, Esq., of Elm’s Farm, near Liverpool, England.

Dates: 1684-1954; Majority of material found within 1830-1897

James H. Wilson letter to John C. Ropes

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0098-F0087
Abstract

Handwritten letter from Major General James H. Wilson to military historian and lawyer John C. Ropes, acknowledging the book Ropes sent him about Waterloo.

Dates: 1893 March 23

Robert A. Wilson collection related to James Purdy

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0369
Abstract

Originally the private collection of book dealer Robert A. Wilson, this collection spans the years 1956–1998 and includes letters, manuscripts, galleys, publicity fliers, publishers’ announcements, and ephemera related to the work of twentieth century American author James Purdy.

Dates: 1956–1998

George Wolkind papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0697
Abstract

The George Wolkind papers document the involvement of native Delaware activist George Wolkind (born 1945) in the Newark and Wilmington, Delaware, counterculture and music scenes in the 1960s and 1970s.

Dates: 1966-2011

Anne Woodworth correspondence with W.D. Snodgrass

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0822
Abstract

This collection consists of correspondence between American poets Anne Harding Woodworth and W.D. Snodgrass dating from July 1999 to January 2009. Woodworth and Snodgrass discussed the writing, revision, and publication of their poetry as well as Woodworth’s analytical essay on Snodgrass’s The Fuehrer Bunker.

Dates: 1999 July 25-2009 January 17

Curtis W. Wright letter to James Kirk

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0098-F0138
Abstract

One handwritten letter on official letterhead by Delaware Secretary of State Curtis W. Wright to James Kirk regarding a subscription to The Delawarean for Thomas Barker of Millsborough, Sussex County, Delaware, dated July 6, 1870.

Dates: 1870 July 6

Jack B. Yeats letter to Lady Gregory

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0099-F0292
Abstract

Letter from Jack B. Yeats to Lady Gregory originally laid in Jack B. Yeats book Sligo.

Dates: 1930 June 16

Jack B. Yeats letters to Elkin Mathews

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0099-F0348
Abstract

Letters from Jack B. Yeats to Elkin Mathews including one card from his sister Lily Yeats to Mathews.

Dates: [1906]-1920 and undated

John Butler Yeats letters

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0099-F0293
Abstract

Letters from Irish painter John Butler Yeats to two individuals. Two of the letters contain sketches.

Dates: 1920 and undated

W. B. (William Butler) Yeats letter to George MacDonald

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0099-F0325
Abstract

Letter from W. B. Yeats to George MacDonald and a letter from MacDonald's secretary to W. B. Yeats. These items were originally laid in W. B. Yeats's A Speech In Two Poems (1937).

Dates: 1938 and undated

Frank R. Zebley papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0135
Abstract

The Frank R. Zebley Papers spans the period 1897-1950, and consists of .5 linear feet of material comprising correspondence, business of the Delaware state legislature, legal and financial business of the estate of Alexander C. Rodgers, a scrapbook, and ephemera. This is a very small collection of personal papers with large lacunae that make it difficult to piece together a narrative of Zebley's life.

Dates: 1897-1950