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Robert Creeley Papers

Collection

Identifier: MS-MS-ms031

Scope and Contents Series I, Correspondence, 1945-1968, bulking 1963-1968, including letters from Charles Olson, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, W.S.Merwin, Witter Bynner, Louis Zukofsky, Henry Rago, Fred Eckman, others and correspondence among Creeley, Walter Hamady and Henry Wenning on publication of The Charm, Words, For Joel, letters from Creeley to Dudley Wynn, University of New Mexico, others, c. 200 items;Series 2, Literary manuscripts, inc. those of The Charm, Divisions & other early poems,...

Found in: Manuscripts

Michael McClure Letters

Collection — Box: VMF 10, Folder: 14

Identifier: MS-VMF-vmf106

Scope and Contents

Correspondence from McClure to Henry Wenning, American book dealer and publisher, 1961-1965.

Found in: Manuscripts

Claude Fredericks Collection of James Merrill Papers

Collection

Identifier: MS-MS-ms157

Scope and Contents

Collection of James Merrill manuscripts, inscribed books, photographs, ephemera, publications and realia. All materials belonged to Merrill's close friend, Claude Fredericks, an American poet, playwright, printer, writer, and a professor of literature at Bennington College.

Found in: Manuscripts

George Moore and William Butler Yeats Typescript

Collection — Box: VMF 11, Folder: 1

Identifier: MS-VMF-vmf117

Scope and Contents 1900. Typescript of Diarmuid and Grania: A Play in Three Acts by Moore and Yeats. 106 pages. First performed October 21, 1901 at the Gaiety Theatre, Bullin by the F. R. Benson Company at the request of the Irish Literary Theatre.1951 April-June. Photocopy of first publication, Dublin Magazine, Volume XXVI, Number 2 (New Series). Title page reads `Diarmuid and Grania. A play in three acts, by George Moore and W.B....

Found in: Manuscripts

William Jay Smith Papers

Collection

Identifier: MS-MS-ms104

Scope and Contents The William Jay Smith Papers correspondence from literary figures dating back to the 1940s, including a substantial group of letters from Russian, Hungarian, and other Eastern European authors. Numerous letters from publishers, editors, scholars, and friends are also present in the collection. The Smith Papers also include manuscripts and editorial matter towards his published work, as well as a large collection of manuscripts by other authors. Finally, the Smith Papers include a large...

Found in: Manuscripts

May Swenson Papers

Collection

Identifier: MS-MS-ms111

Scope and Contents The May Swenson Papers contain manuscript and editorial material toward most of her books including Another Animal (1954), A Cage of Spines (1958), To Mix with Time: New and Selected Poems (1963), and Half Sun Half Sleep (1967). This material includes drafts of individual poems as well as letters to and from various editors, friends, and readers. Swenson’s correspondents include John Hall Wheelock, and Burroughs Mitchell, but the most fascinating portion of the May Swenson Papers is her...

Found in: Manuscripts

David Wagoner Papers

Collection

Identifier: MS-MS-ms122

Scope and Contents The David Wagoner Papers consist of two accruals. The first consists of correspondence (1953-1965), notebooks (1944-1959), individual poem and essay drafts, material toward plays including Everyman for Himself, and material toward books including The Escape Artist (1965) and Rock (1958).The second accrual occurred in 2012, in which nearly 80 additional linear feet was added to the...

Found in: Manuscripts

Tennessee Williams Collection

Collection

Identifier: MS-MS-ms134

Scope and Contents The Tennessee Williams Collection consists of materials related to Williams’ time at Washington University including three poem drafts, Williams' University College grade card and Williams' Washington University Greek final examination blue book. Also included are a number of play scripts and film scripts including Baby Doll, Cat On a Hot Tin Roof, The Glass Menagerie, ...

Found in: Manuscripts

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