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MS/VMF. Vertical Manuscript Files

 Collection Subgroup Term
Identifier: MS/VMF
Found in 248 Collections and/or Records:

Oliver Wendell Withington Commonplace Book

 Collection — Box VMF 17, Folder: 7
Identifier: MS-VMF-vmf194
Scope and Contents

Commonplace book of poems by Withington and others and original pen and ink drawings by unidentified persons. Poets include Lord Byron, James Gates Percival and George Bancroft. Written in two different hands. Manuscript, paper covered boards, leather spine, one cover loose. 9 1/2 x 8" 96 pages

Dorothea Wolfgram Letters

 Collection — Box VMF 17, Folder: 8
Identifier: MS-VMF-vmf195
Scope and Contents

Correspondence of Dorothea Wolfgram, Publication Office, Washingtion University, with persons in the 1969 Washington University writers-in-residence program. Includes letters of Robert Coover, James Dickey, Herbert Gold, Richard Howard, James Merrill, carbons of Wolfgram's letters and a copy of the Washington University Magazine (Summer 1969) containing an article resulting from the correspondence

Patience Worth Collection

 Collection — Box VMF 17, Folder: 9
Identifier: MS-VMF-vmf196
Scope and Contents 1920 October 29. Typescript [carbon] of Patience Worth Record. Boulder, Colorado. Two copies, 4 pages each1930 January 13. Typescript [carbon] of Patience Worth Record, 8 pagesAutograph poem, "My Beloved," 2 pagesAutograph [transcription] in pencil, 5 pagesTypescript poems, untitled. "Life's Caravan," "Life and Me," "A Prayer," and "The Sundial Speaks." 6 pagesAutograph [transcription] poem, 1...

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.

John Max Wulfing Collection

 Collection — Box VMF 17, Folder: 10
Identifier: MS-VMF-vmf197
Scope and Contents

Correspondence between Wulfing and others concerning the Wulfing mound coppers, or eight Mississippian copper plates crafted by peoples of the Mississippian culture

James Erwin Yeatman Letter

 Collection — Box VMF 17, Folder: 11
Identifier: MS-VMF-vmf198
Scope and Contents

Autograph letter signed from Yeatman to Mr. Leighton accompanying verses written by William Greenleaf Eliot on his 75th birthday, shortly before his death, 1 page

Leah Rachel Yoffie Collection

 Collection — Box VMF 17, Folder: 12
Identifier: MS-VMF-vmf199
Scope and Contents Typescript [carbon] draft of "A Cry of the Foreign-born" [poem], 2 pages. Noted "Soldan High School" in upper left cornerTypescript [carbon] draft of "Faith" [poem], 1 page. Notes "Soldan High School" in upper left cornerTypescript [carbon] draft of "A Prayer for the Great White Fast" [poem], 1 pageClipping concerning Gaylord Music Library, Washington University, from the St. Louis...

Louis Zukofsky Letters

 Collection — Box VMF 17, Folder: 13
Identifier: MS-VMF-vmf200
Scope and Contents

1958 January 4. Autograph letter signed from Zukofsky to Babette Deutch concerning birthdays and some of his recent works, including Bottom: On Shakespeare, and a Test of Poetry. Discusses hope of having her meet with William Carlos Williams and his wife and promises to return the fiddle. 3 pages

1963 March 30. Autograph letter signed from Zukofsky to Henry Wenning thanking him for the safe return of his manuscript "A" 1-12. 1 page