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MS/MS. Manuscript Collections

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

Delmar Magazine Archive

 Collection
Identifier: MS-MS-ms033
Scope and Contents The Delmar Magazine Archive consists of correspondence to and from contributors, subscribers and patrons, editorial correspondence regarding various manuscripts, and business/operational letters; manuscripts, editorial matter, correspondence, and miscellaneous materials relating to individual issues of Delmar; and printing and expense receipts, meeting notes, advertising materials, legal papers, local clippings, floppy disks, inventory notebooks and...

Babette Deutsch Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS-MS-ms034
Scope and Contents

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.

Elyane Dezon-Jones Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS-MS-ms128
Scope and Contents

The Elyane Dezon-Jones Papers consits of correspondence, drafts of Murder Chez Proust and Meurtre chez Tante Leonie, clippings, and a photograph.

James Dickey Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS-MS-ms035
Scope and Contents 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...

Bertha Sanford Dodge Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS-MS-ms036
Scope and Contents

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.

Duff's Restaurant Literary Events Collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MS-MS-ms148
Scope and Contents

The Duff’s Restaurant Literary Events Collection consists of flyers, schedules, clippings, photographs, and correspondence tracing the history of the Duff’s Poetry Reading Series from 1974-2013

Robert Duncan Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS-MS-ms037
Scope and Contents 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:...

William N. Eisendrath, Jr. Papers

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: MS-MS-ms038
Scope and Contents

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.

T.S. Eliot Collection

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: MS-MS-ms153
Scope and Contents The T.S. Eliot Collection includes revised copy of T. S. Eliot's Collected Poems, 1909-1935, with corrections and annotations in the author's hand, undertaken in preparation for a new edition. Also included is a typescript of section titled Occasional Verses, which was added to the original edition. These poems include "Defense of the islands," "A Note on War Poetry," "For the Indian Soldiers [sic] Who...

Stanley Elkin Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS-MS-ms039
Scope and Contents 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,...