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MS/VMF. Vertical Manuscript Files

 Collection Subgroup Term
Identifier: MS/VMF
Found in 16 Collections and/or Records:

Hilda Morley Letter

 Collection — Box VMF 17, Folder: 17
Identifier: MS-VMF-vmf209
Scope and Contents

Autograph letter signed from Morley to Adrienne Rich. 1 page. Morley sends along a book of poems (probably 'A blessing outside us') and reflects on her relationship with her late husband, the composer Stefan Wolpe.

Charles Olson Collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MS-VMF-vmf129
Scope and Contents 1965 September 3. Galley proof for O'Ryan 12345678910 [collection of poems]. Note in ink at the bottom of page 2 concerning the spacing and referring to an earlier edition [White Rabbit Press, 1958] is in the hand of Charles Olson. White Rabbit Press version, 1965, keeps all revisions indicated on the galley proof. The title in the 1965 printed edition was changed from upper case Roman letters, found in the galley, to lower case italics. 2...

Harris Hatcher Collection on Wallace Stevens

 Collection — Box VMF 20
Identifier: MS-VMF-vmf248
Scope and Contents

The Harris Hatcher Collection on Wallace Stevens consists of one piece of Hartford Accident and Indemnity Company letterhead and a framed photographic print of Stevens. Also included are limited editon books with letters of provenance, Ideas of Order (1935), Ideas of Order (1936), The Palm at the End of the Mind (1984), and Sur Ma Guzzla Gracile (Poetry, Volume 19, Number 1, 1921).

Allen Tate Letters

 Collection — Box VMF 15, Folder: 20
Identifier: MS-VMF-vmf166
Scope and Contents

Correspondence from Tate to Henry Wenning and Fred Millett

Robert Penn Warren Letter

 Collection — Box VMF 17, Folder: 29
Identifier: MS-VMF-vmf221
Scope and Contents

Typed letter signed from Warren at the the American Academy in Rome, to Burton M. Wheeler at the Department of English, Washington University. 1 page with envelope

Jay Wright Manuscript

 Collection — Box VMF 20, Folder: 10
Identifier: MS-VMF-vmf243
Scope and Contents

Consists of the original manuscript of The Prime Anniversary by Jay Wright. Published on July 29, 2019, The Prime Anniversary is comprised of a sequence of poems and a one-act play.

Donated to Washington University in St. Louis Department of Special Collections by Jay and Lois Wright in honor of their friend, Professor Steven Meyer.