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MS/MS. Manuscript Collections

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

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.

High Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS-MS-ms137
Scope and Contents The High Family Papers include correspondence, business and legal documents, photographs, realia, and miscellaneous items from 1803-1981. The families significantly represented in this collection include the High, Brooks, Denison, and Ringo families. Of particular interest is the correspondence from Thaddeus Ransome Brooks to his family describing his experience at Fort Buchanan, Arizona, including relations with the Pueblo and the Apache and the election of Abraham Lincoln. Also of interest...

Arthur C. Hoskins Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS-MS-ms055
Scope and Contents

The Arthur C. Hoskins collection contains items directly related to Hoskins and his family, including correspondence and records of expenses, and also items related to Missouri Historical Society activities. Certain items, which are connected to material previously collected by Hoskins, but whose source is unknown, have been placed in the collection because of their convenient connection.

A. E. Hotchner Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS-MS-ms056
Scope and Contents The A.E. Hotchner Papers includes manuscript and editorial material toward Papa Hemingway (1966), Treasure (1970), King of the Hill (1970), The Man Who Lived at the Ritz (1981), Looking for Miracles (1975), Choice People (1984), Louisiana Purchase (1996) and ...

Herbert Howarth Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS-MS-ms057
Scope and Contents

The Herbert Howarth Papers consists of material relating to Howarth's book, Notes on Some Figures Behind T. S. Eliot (1964) and includes his letters to and from T.S. Eliot. Howarth submitted drafts of his text to Eliot for comment and several drafts of the book with marginal corrections by Eliot are housed in the collection. The collection offers a unique opportunity to view the response of the subject of a critical biography to the views of a biographer.

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.

Fannie Hurst Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS-MS-ms058
Scope and Contents

The Hurst Papers consist of a small quantity of correspondence (most of it between Hurst and her school friend Lois Toensfeldt), the manuscript for her novel Quiet Street, some diary material, and a group of clippings and memorabilia. Special Collections also holds Hurst's personal collection of her published work which includes a complete set of first and variant editions, translations, and other copies of her books.

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.

International Writers Center Archive

 Collection
Identifier: MS-MS-ms059
Scope and Contents The International Writers Center Archive consist of materials toward IWC conferences and programs presented or co-sponsored by the IWC including The Writer in Politics, The Writer and Religion, and The Dual Muse: The Writer as Artist, the Artist as Writer; materials towards the production of Literary St. Louis: A Guide; correspondence; journals including Accent, Black Warrior, ...

David Jackson Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS-MS-ms060
Scope and Contents

The David Jackson Papers consists of extensive correspondence, photographs of family and friends, and manuscript material towards Jackson’s poems, stories, and plays.