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MS/VMF. Vertical Manuscript Files

 Collection Subgroup Term
Identifier: MS/VMF
Found in 13 Collections and/or Records:

Kay Boyle Collection

 Collection — Box VMF 20, Folder: 8
Identifier: MS-VMF-vmf241
Scope and Contents

Includes 6-page transcript from Kay Boyle's Senate loyalty hearings during the McCarthy era; manuscript draft of a letter from Boyle to Samuel Beckett (2 sheets); two letters from Kenneth Burke to Boyle (including one with photocopied letter from Mona Van Duyn to Burke on verso); one letter from Evan Connell to Boyle; and one letter from Alexandra Pringle at Virago Press in London to Boyle (with Boyle's manuscript annotations).

Bergun Huff Brown Collection

 Collection — Box VMF 2, Folder: 02
Identifier: MS-VMF-vmf016
Scope and Contents Photocopies and transcriptions of the letters of Private Bergun H. Brown, August 27, 1861 through February 20, 1865 in the 29th Regiment, Indiana Volunteer Infantry.  Bound together under the title, "Bergun H. Brown's Civil War Days," with text by his son, Guy M. Brown (1972).A compilation of original source material including letters, a diary, documents, and historical narratives, the collection presents a vivid picture of a Union soldier's experiences and attitudes throughout...

Cecil Day Lewis Letters

 Collection — Box VMF 4, Folder: 5
Identifier: MS-VMF-vmf038
Scope and Contents

Correspondence from Cecil Day Lewis to Alan Hancox, 2 items.

Lawrence Ferlinghetti Letter

 Collection — Box VMF 4, Folder: 17
Identifier: MS-VMF-vmf050
Scope and Contents

Typed letter signed from Ferlinghetti to Edward Dahlberg concerning the availability of Dahlberg's book, Bottom Dogs, published by City Lights, and which Ferlinghetti praises. Signed in ink with self-caricature. 1 page.

Laura Riding Jackson Collection

 Collection — Box VMF 17, Folder: 28
Identifier: MS-VMF-vmf220
Scope and Contents

Correspondence from Jackson to Marie Syrkin and poem drafts by Jackson

Lawrence Levy Collection

 Collection — Box VMF 20, Folder: 12
Identifier: MS-VMF-vmf245
Scope and Contents The Lawrence Levy Collection of Willie Master's Lonesome Wife by William H. Gass consists of photocopies of correspondence between William H. Gass, Lawrence Levy, and Charles Newman related to the publication of Willie Master's Lonesome Wife as well as10 photocopied drafts and newspaper clippings. Also included are photocopied letters and memos from Levy related to the sale of an archive of Willie Master's Lonesome Wife materials and resulting dispute over ownership with Northwestern...

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.

Pamela Millward Letters

 Collection — Box VMF 10, Folder: 23
Identifier: MS-VMF-vmf115
Scope and Contents

Correspondence to Millward from Tom Clark, Charles Olson, and Anselm Hollo

Kenneth Rexroth Collection

 Collection — Box VMF 11, Folder: 20
Identifier: MS-VMF-vmf138
Scope and Contents 1967 January 17. Typescript letter signed from Robert Gorrlieb to Rexroth requesting his opinions on the war in Vietnam for a projected book to be published by Simon and Schuster titled Authors Take Sides on Vietnam. 1 page1968 March 5. Autograph letter signed from Rexroth to Ron Wolin enclosing a draft of a translation of a Chinese poem. 1 page1967 August 1. Autograph translation of Rexroth of a poem from the Chinese by Chou Kwanghi. 1...

Katharine Tynan Collection

 Collection — Box VMF 15, Folder: 24
Identifier: MS-VMF-vmf171
Scope and Contents

1900 June 3. Autograph letter signed from Tynan to [Elkin Mathews], publisher and antiquarian book dealer returning several books she had borrowed a few years earlier and announcing a return move to Ealing, 1 page

1928 June 16. Autograph letter signed from Tynan to John Betjeman inviting him to visit, 1 page

1898 July 16. A Lover's Breast-Knot, autograph commentary on a collection of love lyrics by Tynan, 1 page