MS/MS. Manuscript Collections
Collection Subgroup Term
Identifier: MS/MS
Found in 117 Collections and/or Records:
Cid Corman Papers
Collection — Box 1
Identifier: MS-MS-ms030
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence of Cid Corman and Henry Wenning, 1962-1964, with 31 letters written by Corman, and 5 by Wenning [carbon only]. The letters discuss prospective business arrangements for distribution in the United States of Origin Press materials and other books, as well as personal affairs and observations of life in Kyoto, Japan. Arrangements center largely around possible purchase by Wenning and James Lowell of 50 bound volumes of Origin, second...
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Robert Creeley Papers
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Identifier: MS-MS-ms031
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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,...
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Babette Deutsch Papers
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Identifier: MS-MS-ms034
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The Babette Deutsch Papers includes correspondence (1921-1966) from Conrad Aiken, Elizabeth Bishop, Robinson Jeffers, Kenneth Rexroth, R.P. Blackmur, Peter Viereck, Leonie Adams, Louise Bogan, Kenyon Review, Poetry, Dorothy M. Richardson, E.A. Robinson, Theodore Roethke, Marianne Moore, William Carlos Williams, and Thomas MacGreevy. Also included are materials relating to Collected Poems of Babette Deutsch.
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James Dickey Papers
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Identifier: MS-MS-ms035
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The James Dickey Papers include a correspondence file, spanning 1954 to 1970, consisting of nearly 1000 letters from literary figures, publishers, editors, and friends. Letters from literary notables are often accompanied by their poetry manuscripts. The bulk of the collection consists of Dickey's own manuscript drafts of poems, essays, reviews, translations and addresses. Proof of Dickey's meticulous craftmanship is found in his heavily revised poetry manuscripts, many of which have...
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Bertha Sanford Dodge Papers
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Identifier: MS-MS-ms036
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The Bertha Sanford Dodge Papers include letters to David Kaser regarding manuscript of her book, Plants that Changed the World. There are also a prospectus and sample chapters of this study, originally called The Plant Hunters and a typescript final draft of Plants that Changed the World, including manuscript revision and galley proofs, dated August 20, 1958.
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Robert Duncan Papers
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Identifier: MS-MS-ms037
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The highlight of the Robert Duncan Papers is his correspondence with author Leroi Jones, which spans the years 1962-1964. The letters discuss many issues contemporary to that time: Black dada, current publishing, and other authors, such as Robert Creeley, Charles Olson, and Diane DiPrima. The remainder of the collection consists of material toward several of Duncan's books. Of particular interest is the correspondence and material toward A Book of Resemblances:...
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William N. Eisendrath, Jr. Papers
Collection — Box 1
Identifier: MS-MS-ms038
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The William N. Eisendrath, Jr. Papers includes correspondence from Alexander Calder; Jean Dubuffet; Franz, Prince of Bavaria; Fernand Leger; Marino Marini; Alfonso Ossorio; William Zorach; and William Troy to Eisendrath. Also includes a letter to Elizabeth de Charius from Antionio Frasconi, a Dubuffet lithograph, and clippings of reviews and articles by William Troy.
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William N. Eisendrath, Jr. Papers
Stanley Elkin Papers
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Identifier: MS-MS-ms039
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The Elkin Papers consist primarily of Elkin's own manuscripts, including his plays, filmscripts, essays, and stories, with the bulk of the material being manuscripts and editorial matter toward his novels. Elkin's manuscripts include all stages of his drafts, from autograph notes written on university exam books to diskettes containing word proccessor files. Also included in the Papers are an extensive general and professional correspondence, manuscripts by other authors, teaching materials,...
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William Everson Papers
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Identifier: MS-MS-ms042
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The William Everson Papers include correspondence between the author and the well-known book dealer Henry Wenning. Wenning was a friend and confidante to a great number of authors, many of whom are included in Washington University's Modern Literature Collection. He acted as publisher for Everson's poetry collection, The Blowing of the Seed (1966), and much of this correspondence deals with this book. The collection also contains a number of poetry...
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Farmer Family Papers
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Identifier: MS-MS-ms043
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The Farmer Family Papers includes letters dated 1860-1865 written by George. E. Farmer to his family in New York City while serving as an officer in the Union Army in Virginia, Maryland, and Pennsylvania. The letters contain accounts of battles in which Farmer participated, descriptions of camp life and the countryside through which the army passed, Farmer’s opinions of officers and tactics of both armies, and some noteworthy insights on Northern attitudes toward former slaves. For a more...
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