MS/VMF. Vertical Manuscript Files
Oliver Wendell Withington Commonplace Book
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
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
Jay Wright Manuscript
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
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
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
Louis Zukofsky Letters
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