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William Carlos Williams Collection

Collection — Box: VMF 17, Folder: 6

Identifier: MS-VMF-vmf193

Scope and Contents

Consists of correspondence from Williams to John Israel Smith and Ellen Stevenson and the text of Williams' lecture at the 1955 Oreon E. Scott Symposium on "The Writer and His Public"

Found in: Manuscripts

Oliver Wendell Withington Commonplace Book

Collection — Box: VMF 17, Folder: 7

Identifier: MS-VMF-vmf194

Scope and Contents

Commonplace book of poems by Withington and others and original pen and ink drawings by unidentified persons. Poets include Lord Byron, James Gates Percival and George Bancroft. Written in two different hands. Manuscript, paper covered boards, leather spine, one cover loose. 9 1/2 x 8" 96 pages

Found in: Manuscripts

Norman C. "Tom" Wolff, Jr. Collection

Collection

Identifier: MS-MS-ms145

Scope and Contents

Consists of Abraham Lincoln photographs, correspondence from Carl Sandburg, and several commemorative medals featuring Abraham Lincoln, Thomas Jefferson, and the Civil War.

Found in: Manuscripts

Dorothea Wolfgram Letters

Collection — Box: VMF 17, Folder: 8

Identifier: MS-VMF-vmf195

Scope and Contents

Correspondence of Dorothea Wolfgram, Publication Office, Washingtion University, with persons in the 1969 Washington University writers-in-residence program. Includes letters of Robert Coover, James Dickey, Herbert Gold, Richard Howard, James Merrill, carbons of Wolfgram's letters and a copy of the Washington University Magazine (Summer 1969) containing an article resulting from the correspondence

Found in: Manuscripts

Patience Worth Collection

Collection — Box: VMF 17, Folder: 9

Identifier: MS-VMF-vmf196

Scope and Contents 1920 October 29. Typescript [carbon] of Patience Worth Record. Boulder, Colorado. Two copies, 4 pages each1930 January 13. Typescript [carbon] of Patience Worth Record, 8 pagesAutograph poem, "My Beloved," 2 pagesAutograph [transcription] in pencil, 5 pagesTypescript poems, untitled. "Life's Caravan," "Life and Me," "A Prayer," and "The Sundial Speaks." 6 pagesAutograph [transcription] poem, 1...

Found in: Manuscripts

Jay Wright Manuscript

Collection — Box: VMF 20, Folder: 10

Identifier: MS-VMF-vmf243

Scope and Contents

Consists of the original manuscript of The Prime Anniversary by Jay Wright. Published on July 29, 2019, The Prime Anniversary is comprised of a sequence of poems and a one-act play.

Donated to Washington University in St. Louis Department of Special Collections by Jay and Lois Wright in honor of their friend, Professor Steven Meyer.

Found in: Manuscripts

John Max Wulfing Collection

Collection — Box: VMF 17, Folder: 10

Identifier: MS-VMF-vmf197

Scope and Contents

Correspondence between Wulfing and others concerning the Wulfing mound coppers, or eight Mississippian copper plates crafted by peoples of the Mississippian culture

Found in: Manuscripts

James Erwin Yeatman Letter

Collection — Box: VMF 17, Folder: 11

Identifier: MS-VMF-vmf198

Scope and Contents

Autograph letter signed from Yeatman to Mr. Leighton accompanying verses written by William Greenleaf Eliot on his 75th birthday, shortly before his death, 1 page

Found in: Manuscripts

Leah Rachel Yoffie Collection

Collection — Box: VMF 17, Folder: 12

Identifier: MS-VMF-vmf199

Scope and Contents Typescript [carbon] draft of "A Cry of the Foreign-born" [poem], 2 pages. Noted "Soldan High School" in upper left cornerTypescript [carbon] draft of "Faith" [poem], 1 page. Notes "Soldan High School" in upper left cornerTypescript [carbon] draft of "A Prayer for the Great White Fast" [poem], 1 pageClipping concerning Gaylord Music Library, Washington University, from the St. Louis...

Found in: Manuscripts

Louis Zukofsky Letters

Collection — Box: VMF 17, Folder: 13

Identifier: MS-VMF-vmf200

Scope and Contents

1958 January 4. Autograph letter signed from Zukofsky to Babette Deutch concerning birthdays and some of his recent works, including Bottom: On Shakespeare, and a Test of Poetry. Discusses hope of having her meet with William Carlos Williams and his wife and promises to return the fiddle. 3 pages

1963 March 30. Autograph letter signed from Zukofsky to Henry Wenning thanking him for the safe return of his manuscript "A" 1-12. 1 page

Found in: Manuscripts

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