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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 ...

Found in: Manuscripts

Samuel Beckett Posters

Collection — Box: VMF General Oversize, Folder: 13

Identifier: MS-VMF-vmf233

Scope and Contents

11 posters relating to productions of Samuel Beckett's plays or celebrations.

Found in: Manuscripts

Mackenzie Bell Letter

Collection — Box: VMF 17, Folder: 20

Identifier: MS-VMF-vmf212

Scope and Contents

Autograph letter signed from Bell to Clement Scott. 2 pages

Found in: Manuscripts

Saul Bellow Collection

Collection — Box: VMF 1, Folder: 09

Identifier: MS-VMF-vmf008

Scope and Contents 1961 August 7. Autograph letter, signed from Bellow to Graham Ackroyd in reply to a query on Dangling Man. Discusses distaste for work of Paul Bowles, the public image of Hemingway - referring to a recent New Yorker magazine article he has disliked. Expresses sympathy for his editorial efforts of Sinbad Vail, in Paints, and mentions Faulkner. Thanks Ackroyd for his letter. 3...

Found in: Manuscripts

Giacomo Costantino Beltrami Letter

Collection — Box: VMF 1, Folder: 10

Identifier: MS-VMF-vmf009

Scope and Contents Autograph letter, signed. Beltrami thanks the members of the New York athenaeum for the honor of being admitted to the academy and presents in return a section of his book Le Mixique; he hopes he is worthy of the honor given by the body. In French. 2 pages.Originally laid in La découverte des sources du Mississippi. ...

Found in: Manuscripts

John M. Bennett Papers

Collection

Identifier: MS-MS-ms009

Scope and Contents A large portion of the Bennett Papers consists of mail or correspondence art, a unique blend of painting, drawing, stickers, rubber stamp work, found objects, poetry, clippings, collage, etc., which are then sent through the postal system. Like all mail artists, Bennett is also a recipient of mail art, and his Papers include hundreds of examples of the work of many of the leading correspondence artists working today. The Bennett Papers also include his own manuscripts and poetry journals, as...

Found in: Manuscripts

Paul A. Bennett Papers

Collection

Identifier: MS-MS-ms010

Scope and Contents

The Paul A. Bennett Papers contain correspondence from Jan Van Krimpen and Hermann Zapf, announcements including a pamphlet celebrating the work of Jan Van Krimpen in honor of his sixtieth birthday, clippings, and a photograph of the Bennett with John Dreyfus.

Found in: Manuscripts

W. Mineard Bennett Manuscript

Collection — Box: VMF 1, Folder: 11

Identifier: MS-VMF-vmf010

Scope and Contents

Love and Music, or The Masqueraders: A Farce in Two Acts. Unpublished manuscript by Bennett. London. 8 1/2 inches x 5 3/4 inches. Bound in calf, front cover detached. 70 leaves.

Found in: Manuscripts

Bernard Berenson Letters

Collection — Box: VMF 1, Folder: 12

Identifier: MS-VMF-vmf011

Scope and Contents Two letters from Bernard Berenson to Max Goldstein.Originally laid in Les marques de collections de dessins and d'estampes : marques estampillées et écrites de collections particulières et publiques : Marques de marchands, de monteurs et d'imprimeurs. Cachets de vente d'artistes décédés. Marques de graveurs apposées après le tirage des planches. Timbres d'édition. Etc / avec des notices historiques sur les collectionneurs, les collections, les ventes, les marchands et éditeurs,...

Found in: Manuscripts

Carol Bergé Papers

Collection

Identifier: MS-MS-ms011

Scope and Contents The Carol Bergé Papers consist almost entirely of her professional and literary papers from 1970 to 2006. They include an extensive collection of correspondence with contemporary literary figures which includes carbons of many of Berge's letters to her correspondents. The Bergé Papers also contain correspondence, manuscripts, drafts, proofs, and promotional material toward nearly all of her post-1970 books, notably Acts of Love, An American Romance, A Couple Called...

Found in: Manuscripts

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