Manuscripts (documents)
Found in 123 Collections and/or Records:
Padraic Colum papers
The papers of Padraic Colum, Irish poet, playwright, and author, are comprised of book reviews, letters to author and theatrical producer Basil Burwell, and original manuscripts of Colum's work.
Fielding Dawson correspondence to Marcella Simpson
Between 1972 and 1994, American author and artist Fielding Dawson (1930-2002) sent a variety of materials to his grandmother, Marcella Simpson, including letters, articles, journals, manuscripts, and ephemera. The collection provides insight into Dawson's literary career and his development as a creative wring teacher in correctional facilities.
Samuel R. Delany collection
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.
John Digby papers
John Digby papers supplement
Austin Dobson collection
Books, largely first editions and presentation copies, as well as manuscript materials related to English poet, essayist, and biographer Austin Dobson.
Austin Dobson collection
Edward Dorn letters and poems
Three letters and four poems written by American poet Edward Dorn.
Alice Dunbar-Nelson papers
Hippolyte Dussauce papers
The Hippolyte Dussauce Papers reflect the life and work of the chemist during the years of 1860-1869. The papers include letters of inquiry from chemists, inventors, druggists and others to Dussauce for formulae and advice. Several copy books kept by Dussauce reflect his responses to some of these inquiries. The correspondence section also contains the letters of Henry Carey Baird, Dussauce's publisher, to Dussauce.
Paul Bowles's Isabelle Eberhardt manuscripts
Larry Eigner letters and poems
One typed card, one typed letter, and fifteen typed poems written by American poet Larry Eigner.
Larry Eigner stories : eight manuscripts
This small collection comprises the typescript manuscripts of eight short stories by the American poet Larry Eigner.
En Passant archive
The En Passant Archive, spanning the dates 1970 – 1983, is the archive of the little poetry magazine En Passant, edited by James Costello in Wilmington, Delaware. The 1.3 linear feet of material in the collection consists of letters from contributors, administrative correspondence, little magazines, including twelve issues of En Passant, and the manuscripts of most of the thirteen issues of the magazine published between 1975 and 1983.
H. Buxton Forman papers relating to John Keats
The H. Buxton Forman papers relating to John Keats contains materials relating to nineteenth century English poet John Keats. These materials were collected during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries by American H. Buxton Forman and other members of his family.
Robert C. Fraim poetical writings
Delaware educator and attorney Robert C. Fraim collected the poetry and articles he wrote for Philadelphia and Wilmington newspapers in this volume. The papers also include a history of the Fraim family, estate inventory, and other clippings.
Bruce Garland collection of Thomas Wise material
Allen Ginsberg poems and letters
Typescript poems, a published letter, a postcard written by Allen Ginsberg, and items related to the article "The Sound of Beat" published in the July 1959 issue of Playboy.
Sir Joseph Gold literary manuscript collection
British attorney and author Sir Joseph Gold (1912-2000) was a collector of modern first editions of British and American writers and poets. The Sir Joseph Gold literary manuscript collection comprises correspondence, manuscripts, publishing files, and publications of mid-twentieth century British and American poets, publishers, and scholars.
John F. Grabau Selected formulas for book-binding
Selected Formulas for Book-binding is a manuscript volume of bookbinding instructions created by bookbinder John F. Grabau of Buffalo, New York, in 1906.
Carl Haverlin papers relating to Carl Sandburg
This collection consists of the Carl Sandburg files kept by BMI president and radio pioneer Carl Haverlin (1899-1985) spanning the years 1909-1964. During Haverlin's years at BMI he developed a close working relationship and friendship with Carl Sandburg.
Henry Kirke Brown: The Father of American Sculpture : typescript
Irene Herrmann Paul Bowles music collection
The Irene Herrmann Paul Bowles Music Collection spans the dates 1935–2002, and consists of music manuscripts, published sheet music, and sound recordings related to the American composer and writer Paul Bowles, as collected by the executor of his musical estate, Irene Herrmann.
Nancy Hoyt Paul Bowles collection
The Nancy Hoyt Paul Bowles collection consists of various written material by or about Paul Bowles.
Liber de consideratione quintae essentiae omnium rerum
This unattributed fifteenth-century manuscript copy of Johannes de Rupescissa's alchemical medical textDe consideratione quintae essentiae rerum omniumcomprises 52 leaves on parchment, likely the work of more than one scribe.