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Washington University 150th Anniversary Collection

Collection — Multiple Containers

Identifier: WUA-01-wua00161

Scope and Contents

This collection includes publications, programs for events, videos, and memorabilia from the sesquicentennial celebration at Washington University. Also included in this collection are chapter drafts for “Beginning a Great Work: Washington University in St. Louis, 1853-2003”, a Washington University History Book by Candace O’Connor. The material is arranged alphabetically by subject. Ephemeral and oversized items are listed at the end.

Found in: University Archives

African Oral History Collection

Collection

Identifier: WUA-01-wua00486

Scope and Contents This collection is made up of entirely all digital files. Contact University Archivist for access: (314) 935-9730 or spec@wumail.wustl.edu. Series 1 is Washington University’s African Oral History Project (AOHP) Administrative Files which include administration files such as forms, guidelines, and meeting notes. Series 2 is Washington University’s African Oral History Project (AOHP) Interviews which cover the following interview...

Found in: University Archives

Conrad Aiken Papers

Collection

Identifier: MS-MS-ms003

Scope and Contents The Conrad Aiken Papers consist entirely of material from his long-standing correspondence with Robert Linscott, an editor with Houghton-Mifflin and later senior editor for Random House. Aiken and Linscott began their long friendship in 1917 and Linscott helped Aiken publish several of his works. Aiken's letters to Linscott document the progress of his work and often reflect Aiken's extreme frustration at his lack of popular success. In them, Aiken describes his personal situation,...

Found in: Manuscripts

Arrow Collar Collection

Collection

Identifier: MGHL-00032

Scope and Contents This collection includes published materials and ephemera relating to American illustrator J.C. Leyendecker (1874-1951). The collection is focused on Leyendecker's work for the Arrow Collar advertising campaign that took place from 1907-1931.The collection was compiled by Michael Murphy and many of the materials were used for his dissertation research. Murphy's dissertation is titled White Collared: Fashioning...

Found in: Dowd Illustration Research Archive

Washington University Asian Art Society Records

Collection — Multiple Containers

Identifier: WUA-01-wua00270

Scope and Contents

This collections includes materials from the Asian Art Society including board minutes, correspondence, two scrapbooks, membership rosters, photos, and press releases.

Found in: University Archives

Mary Jo Bang Papers

Collection

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

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

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

Bryan Family Papers

Collection

Identifier: MS-MS-ms019

Scope and Contents The Bryan Family Papers consists of correspondence between members of the Bryan, Lamme, and Sterigere families, business associates, and friends, including one letter books of Charles W. Bryan, Sr. (1863-1927); business papers, including legal papers of David Sterigere, Sr., steam boating papers, and engineering papers of C.W. Bryan, Sr.; historical research materials, including published articles of C.W. Bryan, Sr.; clippings and photographs related to stream boating, politics, family...

Found in: Manuscripts

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