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MS/MS. Manuscript Collections

 Collection Subgroup Term
Identifier: MS/MS
Found in 9 Collections and/or Records:

Samuel Beckett Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS-MS-ms008
Scope and Contents This collection's strengths are in manuscripts of works Beckett wrote during the 1960's. Among the highlights are the set of 16 drafts for the story "Bing," as well as extensive groups of drafts for short pose pieces such as "Assez," "Le Depeupler," and "Imagination morte imaginez;" the heavily revised galley proof of the Olympia Press edition of the novel Watt; and the successive drafts for ...

Ruby Cohn Papers

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: MS-MS-ms028
Scope and Contents

The Ruby Cohn Papers consists largely of manuscripts toward published and unpublished essays and lectures on Samuel Beckett. In addition, the collection includes correspondence and manuscripts toward published and unpublished essay and lectures on modern theater and analyses of playwrights.

Robert Creeley Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS-MS-ms031
Scope and Contents 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,...

William Gaddis Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS-MS-ms049
Scope and Contents The William Gaddis Papers consist largely of his own manuscript material: manuscripts and source material toward his books, drafts of various stories, published and unpublished, as well as essays, reviews, interviews, and a miscellaneous assortment of notes and other materials. Also present is a substantial amount of personal and general correspondence, primarily with family, friends, and fans. In addition, there is a relatively large amount of correspondence to editors, translators, and...

William Inge Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS-MS-ms173
Scope and Contents

The William Inge Collection consists of the first edition and production archive for Picnic: A Summer Romance and playbills for various productions of Inge's plays.

William Jay Smith Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS-MS-ms104
Scope and Contents The William Jay Smith Papers correspondence from literary figures dating back to the 1940s, including a substantial group of letters from Russian, Hungarian, and other Eastern European authors. Numerous letters from publishers, editors, scholars, and friends are also present in the collection. The Smith Papers also include manuscripts and editorial matter towards his published work, as well as a large collection of manuscripts by other authors. Finally, the Smith Papers include a large...

May Swenson Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS-MS-ms111
Scope and Contents The May Swenson Papers contain manuscript and editorial material toward most of her books including Another Animal (1954), A Cage of Spines (1958), To Mix with Time: New and Selected Poems (1963), and Half Sun Half Sleep (1967). This material includes drafts of individual poems as well as letters to and from various editors, friends, and readers. Swenson’s correspondents include John Hall Wheelock, and Burroughs Mitchell, but the most fascinating portion of the May Swenson Papers is her...

David Wagoner Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS-MS-ms122
Scope and Contents The David Wagoner Papers consist of two accruals. The first consists of correspondence (1953-1965), notebooks (1944-1959), individual poem and essay drafts, material toward plays including Everyman for Himself, and material toward books including The Escape Artist (1965) and Rock (1958).The second accrual occurred in 2012, in which nearly 80 additional linear feet was added to the...

Tennessee Williams Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS-MS-ms134
Scope and Contents The Tennessee Williams Collection consists of materials related to Williams’ time at Washington University including three poem drafts, Williams' University College grade card and Williams' Washington University Greek final examination blue book. Also included are a number of play scripts and film scripts including Baby Doll, Cat On a Hot Tin Roof, The Glass Menagerie, ...