MS/MS. Manuscript Collections
Collection Subgroup Term
Identifier: MS/MS
Found in 3 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 ...
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Samuel Beckett Papers
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...
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William Jay Smith Papers
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...
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May Swenson Papers