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Julian Edison Department of Special Collections

MS/MS. Manuscript Collections

 Collection Subgroup Term
Identifier: MS/MS
Found in 77 Collections and/or Records:

Pamela White Hadas Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS-MS-ms053
Scope and Contents

The Hadas Papers consist primarily of her poetry manuscripts and material toward her books. Also included is correspondence with a number of literary figures, and Hadas' undergraduate and graduate school work.

Found in: Manuscripts / Pamela White Hadas Papers

Katherine Arnstein Heinemann Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS-MS-ms054
Scope and Contents

The Katherine Arnstein Heinemann Papers consist mainly of autograph and typescript drafts of her poems, as well as manuscript and editorial material relating to her collections Brandings (1988) and Some Inhuman Familiars (1983). A small group of correspondence is also present.

Found in: Manuscripts / Katherine Arnstein Heinemann Papers

Ted Hughes Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS-MS-ms146
Scope and Contents

Consists of correspondence from Sylvia Plath and Ted Hughes to Olwyn Hughes, Ted's sister. Also, included is correspondence from Hughes to Graham Ackroyd and Ian Hamilton and typescript and manuscript drafts of Adam and the Sacred Nine.

Found in: Manuscripts / Ted Hughes Papers

Elizabeth Jennings Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS-MS-ms061
Scope and Contents The Elizabeth Jennings Papers consists of correspondence, 1956-1968, bulking 1964-1968, including 100 postal and note cards from Elizabeth Jennings to Rugena Stanley, Oxford, during periods of mental stress, written from Spain and hospitals in England, and letters from Richard Church, Robert Conquest, Helen Lehmann, William Somerset Maugham, William Stanley Merwin, Edwin Muir, Victoria Mary Sckville-West, Edith Sitwell, Constantine Trypanis, John Wain, and Ciceley Veronica Wedgwood,...
Found in: Manuscripts / Elizabeth Jennings Papers

Josephine Johnson Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS-MS-ms062
Scope and Contents The Josephine Johnson Papers are a rich group of materials. They contain numerous letters, principally from the 1930's, between Johnson and other literary figures. The balance of the Josephine Johnson Papers consists of manuscripts toward poems, articles, and novels as well as journals and papers from her years at Washington University. Of particular interest are the autograph notes and drafts and typescript drafts of her Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, Now in...
Found in: Manuscripts / Josephine Johnson Papers

Timothy Leach Papers

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: MS-MS-ms066
Scope and Contents

The Timothy Leach Papers includes correspondence to Leach from Robert Creeley, Edward Dahlberg, Richard Eberhart, George P. Elliott, Richmond Lattimore, William Stafford, Robert Sward, May Swenson, and Jonathan Williams, primarily concerned with poetry readings at Washington University.

Found in: Manuscripts / Timothy Leach Papers

Denise Levertov Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS-MS-ms070
Scope and Contents Consists of correspondence to Charles Wrey Gardiner, an early London mentor; to Richard Deutch, a young students and poet, giving him critical attention and personal encouragement; to Walter Hamady, printer, concerning Hamady's publication of "Psalm Concerning the Castle" [poem].  Also includes typescripts and proofs of "Psalm Concerning ths Castle" and materials toward Levertov's lecture "Chekhov on Hampstead Heath" at Cornell University and the subsequent publication of the poem "Chekov on...
Found in: Manuscripts / Denise Levertov Papers

Lord John Press Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS-MS-ms155
Scope and Contents Consists of correspondence files and other publication materials between Lord John Press and John Ashbery, Clive Barker, John Barth, Donald Barthelme, Samuel Beckett, Saul Bellow, Thomas Berger, Joseph Brodsky, Ramsey Campbell, Raymond Carver, John Casey, Tom Clark, Robert Coover, Jack Dann, Stanley Elkin, George P. Elliott, Clayton Eshleman, Richard Ford, John Fowles, Bruce Francis, Stan Freberg, William Gaddis, John Gardner, William H. Gass, William Gibson, Ellen Gilchrist, Allen Ginsberg,...
Found in: Manuscripts / Lord John Press Collection

Walter Lowenfels Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS-MS-ms074
Scope and Contents The Walter Lowenfels collection includes letters primarily to Walter Lowenfels or Marjorie Elizabeth (Nan) Braymer, arranged alphabetically by sender, concerning contributions to Where is Vietnam?, payments, editorial policy, criticism, little magazines, sales of worksheets, reactions to book's publication, and including biographical and bibliographic sketches of many correspondents. Principal correspondents include: George Abbe, Robert Bly, Nan Braymer,...
Found in: Manuscripts / Walter Lowenfels Papers

Clark Mills McBurney Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS-MS-ms078
Scope and Contents

Manuscripts, scrapbooks, and clippings of work by Clark Mills McBurney. Also included are excerpts from work by William Jay Smith and Tennessee Williams concerning their youth in St. Louis, where they were both friends with McBurney.

Found in: Manuscripts / Clark Mills McBurney Papers