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Julian Edison Department of Special Collections

MS/MS. Manuscript Collections

 Collection Subgroup Term
Identifier: MS/MS
Found in 172 Collections and/or Records:

Florence Margaret "Stevie" Smith Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS-MS-ms103
Scope and Contents

The Florence Margaret “Stevie” Smith Papers include 61 items of correspondence from Smith to Kay Dick (1943-1970). Also included are two autograph drafts of untitled poem and a typescript draft of "Song of the River Trent."

Found in: Manuscripts / Florence Margaret "Stevie" Smith 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...
Found in: Manuscripts / William Jay Smith Papers

Robert B. Snow Collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MS-MS-ms105
Scope and Contents Consists primarily of historical documents relating to the city and county of St. Louis, with some items relating to other geographical areas. Included are deeds of sale for land and slaves, transfers of title for land, land grants, abstracts of title, legal briefs, court decrees, rent receipts, promissory notes, and wills. Of particular note are the minutes of a committee concerned with establishing a public hospital in St. Louis, dated May 2, 1831, and signed by the committee members...
Found in: Manuscripts / Robert B. Snow Collection

Spanish Archive of St. Louis

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: MS-MS-ms106
Scope and Contents The collection consists primarily of typescript [carbon] translations of official communications among individuals involved in the government of Louisiana during the Spanish Period, 1763-1804. Two typed letters signed from Joseph Wheless, St. Louis attorney, and two typed letters, one signed, from Pierre Chouteau (1849-1910), St. Louis businessman, to W. B. Douglas, President, Missouri Historical Society, explaining the source, extent, and translation of the Archive, constitute the only...
Found in: Manuscripts / Spanish Archive of St. Louis

Muriel Spark Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS-MS-ms107
Scope and Contents

The bulk of the Spark Papers consist of correspondence between Spark and British poet Derek Stanford, and correspondence between Spark and her literary agent. Correspondence with other literary figures is also included, as well as drafts of several poems and essays by Spark. Also present are two small notebooks bearing Spark's autograph notes which include drafts of poems.

Found in: Manuscripts / Muriel Spark Papers

Radcliffe Squires Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS-MS-ms108
Scope and Contents The Radcliffe Squires Papers consist primarily of correspondence, most of it with literary personalities in reference to his book about Allen Tate. Among the authors who corresponded with Squires are James Dickey, Edwin Honig, Brewster Ghiselin, Howard Nemerov, Frederic Prokosch, and John Crowe Ransom. Squires corresponded with Allen Tate while preparing his study and this eventually led to a close personal friendship between the two men. Among the most important materials in the Squires...
Found in: Manuscripts / Radcliffe Squires Papers

St. Louis Poetry Center Archive

 Collection
Identifier: MS-MS-ms147
Scope and Contents

Consists of materials relating to the St. Louis Poetry Center. Divided into 8 series: St. Louis Poetry Center Annual Poetry Concert, St. Louis Poetry Center Newsletters, Events, St. Louis Poetry Center Annual Membership Anthology, Printed Materials, Audiovisual, Administrative, and Outreach Programs.

Found in: Manuscripts / St. Louis Poetry Center Archive

Richard Stang Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS-MS-ms138
Scope and Contents

The Richard Stang Papers consists of correspondence, manuscripts, research material toward Ford Madox Ford books by Richard Stang and Sondra Stang.

Found in: Manuscripts / Richard Stang Papers

Ruth Bixby Stevens Collection

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: MS-MS-ms109
Scope and Contents The Ruth Bixby Stevens Collection includes letters, autographs, manuscripts and documents of notables solicited or purchased by William K. Bixby including Prince of Monaco Albert I, Charles Lamb, Napoleon I, Edmond Rostand, Jefferson Davis, Ulysses S. Grant, Andrew Jackson, Henry Cabot Lodge, Raphael Semmes, Ashbel Smith, William Howard Taft, F.S. Church, Helen Dole, Eugene Field, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Elbert Hubbard, John LaFarge, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, James Whitcomb Riley, Silas...
Found in: Manuscripts / Ruth Bixby Stevens Collection

Judith Saul Stix Papers

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: MS-MS-ms126
Scope and Contents

The Judith Saul Stix Papers largely consist of correspondence and manuscript drafts of Stix’s poems, including “Commencement Day,” a poem written on the occasion of Washington University’s 1987 commencement. Also included are journals and a memoir of Howard Nemerov.

Please contact the Manuscript Department for collection description.

Found in: Manuscripts / Judith Saul Stix Papers