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Mary Jo Bang Papers

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Identifier: MS-MS-ms154

Scope and Contents The Mary Jo Bang Papers consists largely of her own manuscript materials, including drafts of individual poems, book reviews, essays, introductions and translations, as well as editorial material toward her published and unpublished books. Also included are personal journals, college work, artwork, printed materials and ephemera. A substantial amount of personal and business correspondence is present, primarily with friends, family, editors, students, and...

Found in: Manuscripts

Jan Garden Castro Papers

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Identifier: MS-MS-ms136

Scope and Contents The Jan Garden Castro papers consist primarily of research materials, writings, and correspondence related to Castro's extensive career as a literary and art critic and her roles as a civic arts activist and co-founder/former Executive Director of River Styx literary magazine in Saint Louis, Missouri. Included are numerous original transcripts of Castro's interviews with notable artists and literary figures, as well as typescript drafts, photocopies and clippings of published book and art...

Found in: Manuscripts

Raymond Federman Papers

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Identifier: MS-MS-ms044

Scope and Contents The Raymond Federman Collection includes extensive draft and proof materials toward Federman's books including Double or Nothing, Amer Eldorado, Aunt Rachel's Fur, and Shhh. Also, materials relating to his critical work on Samuel Beckett, short stories, poems, essays, extensive correspondence, unpublished works, reel-to-reel audio recordings, student...

Found in: Manuscripts

Donald Finkel Papers

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Identifier: MS-MS-ms045

Scope and Contents

The Donald Finkel Papers include his extensive research materials, journals, notes, and heavily revised manuscripts. A large collection of editorial matter toward all of his books and a small, yet revealing professional correspondence with editors and literary colleagues completes the Finkel Papers.

Found in: Manuscripts

William H. Gass Papers

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Identifier: MS-MS-ms051

Scope and Contents

The William H. Gass Papers consist largely of his own manuscript material: manuscripts and proof material toward his books, drafts of various stories, essays, and reviews, interviews, and a miscellaneous assortment of notes and other materials. Also present is a substantial amount of professional correspondence, primarily with universities, magazines, and publishers, as well as with his colleagues in academia and in the literary community.

Found in: Manuscripts

Eric Pankey Papers

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Identifier: MS-MS-ms092

Scope and Contents The Eric Pankey Papers consist of personal and professional correspondence (1984-1995); poetry drafts; materials toward Apocrypha, For the New Year, Heartwood, and This Reliquary World; manuscripts towards essays, readings, reviews, and introductions; manuscripts by others; notebooks and journals; print material; and various ephemera including reading...

Found in: Manuscripts

Constance Urdang Papers

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Identifier: MS-MS-ms119

Scope and Contents The Constance Urdang Papers include a nearly complete collection of manuscript and editorial material toward all of her published books. These materials include typescript drafts of entire books as well as drafts of individual poems. A number of Urdang's journals and notebooks are also present. The collection also contains drafts of translations by Urdang and the drafts of two unpublished novels. The Urdang Papers are completed by a small yet significant collection of her business, personal,...

Found in: Manuscripts

Mona Van Duyn and Jarvis Thurston Papers

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Identifier: MS-MS-ms144

Scope and Contents The Mona Van Duyn and Jarvis Thurston Papers make up one of the largest groups within the Modern Literature Manuscript Collection. Included are hundreds of letters of correspondence from and to literary figures, publishers, editors, scholars, family, and friends. Also included are manuscripts and editorial matter towards most of Van Duyn’s books, drafts of individual poems, essays and reviews by both Van Duyn and Thurston, and manuscripts by others authors. Finally, the Van Duyn and Thurston...

Found in: Manuscripts

David Wagoner Papers

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Identifier: MS-MS-ms122

Scope and Contents The David Wagoner Papers consist of two accruals. The first consists of correspondence (1953-1965), notebooks (1944-1959), individual poem and essay drafts, material toward plays including Everyman for Himself, and material toward books including The Escape Artist (1965) and Rock (1958).The second accrual occurred in 2012, in which nearly 80 additional linear feet was added to the...

Found in: Manuscripts

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