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Arthur W. Proetz Papers

Collection

Identifier: WUA-03-wua00121

Found in: University Archives / Arthur W. Proetz Papers

Richard W. Seifert Photographic Collection

Collection — Box 1

Identifier: WUA-04-wua00352

Scope and Contents Documented in this collection are various academic building on the Washington University campus and two power stations with large chimneys. Located at the School of Medicine Campus is the Euclid Avenue Power Plant with a round chimney. On the Danforth [Hilltop] Campus near Forest Park Parkway is a Power Plant built in 1901, with a square chimney added in 1925. This collection contains black and white glass negatives, acetate negatives, and photographic prints. It is arranged by...

Found in: University Archives / Richard W. Seifert Photographic Collection

George Bernard Shaw Papers

Collection

Identifier: MS-MS-ms001

Scope and Contents

The collection consists of correspondence, manuscripts and memorabilia relating to George Bernard Shaw. Correspondence, 1901 - 1928, includes 30 letters and cards to John Drinkwater. Also, autograph manuscript of speech, portraits of Shaw, and various personal artifacts.

Found in: Manuscripts / George Bernard Shaw Papers

Holmes Smith Papers

Collection — Multiple Containers

Identifier: WUA-03-wua00178

Scope and Contents

This collection contains articles written by and of interest to Holmes Smith as well as a scrapbook of photographs and drawings. The material is arranged alphabetically by subject.

Found in: University Archives / Holmes Smith Papers

Radcliffe Squires Papers

Collection

Identifier: MS-MS-ms108

Scope and Contents The Radcliffe Squires Papers consist primarily of correspondence, most of it with literary personalities in reference to his book about Allen Tate. Among the authors who corresponded with Squires are James Dickey, Edwin Honig, Brewster Ghiselin, Howard Nemerov, Frederic Prokosch, and John Crowe Ransom. Squires corresponded with Allen Tate while preparing his study and this eventually led to a close personal friendship between the two men. Among the most important materials in the Squires...

Found in: Manuscripts / Radcliffe Squires Papers

Student Union Records

Collection

Identifier: WUA-05-wua00259

Scope and Contents The collection includes budget reports, minutes of committee and governing body meetings, general office files, newsletters (under various titles), clippings from Student Life and Washington Times articles, material regarding student groups, including the “Save Sociology” campaign, handbooks outlining organizational procedures, and records of the American Association of University Students. Publications produced by...

Found in: University Archives / Student Union Records

Russell Sturgis Photograph Collection

Collection

Identifier: WUA-06-wua00371

Scope and Contents The collection consists of approximately 15,000 images focusing primarily on European architectural details, topographical views, sculpture, and painting. In addition, there are many photographs of cities and archaeological sites from Egypt, India, Japan, Syria, Turkey, and the former Soviet Republics.The collection features numerous works of many celebrated American and European photographers and photographic editors from the infancy of photography, including: Leopoldo Alinari,...

Found in: University Archives / Russell Sturgis Photograph Collection

May Swenson Papers

Collection

Identifier: MS-MS-ms111

Scope and Contents The May Swenson Papers contain manuscript and editorial material toward most of her books including Another Animal (1954), A Cage of Spines (1958), To Mix with Time: New and Selected Poems (1963), and Half Sun Half Sleep (1967). This material includes drafts of individual poems as well as letters to and from various editors, friends, and readers. Swenson’s correspondents include John Hall Wheelock, and Burroughs Mitchell, but the most fascinating portion of the May Swenson Papers is her...

Found in: Manuscripts / May Swenson Papers

Benjamin Taylor Papers

Collection

Identifier: MS-MS-ms113

Scope and Contents

The Benjamin Taylor Papers includes correspondence with many American and European authors, as well as the manuscript version of his novel, Tales Out of School (1995) and his major work of nonfiction, Into the Open: Reflections on Genius and Modernity (1995). Also included is material towards the essay: “The Question of Jewishness and the Question of Writing: A Conversation with Edmond Jabès.”

Found in: Manuscripts / Benjamin Taylor Papers

Alexander Trocchi Papers

Collection

Identifier: MS-MS-ms116

Scope and Contents

The Alexander Trocchi Papers include manuscripts of his novels, stories, essays and poems, the extant archives of Merlin, most of his manuscripts and correspondence concerning the Sigma Project, material relating to a large number of projects Trocchi was involved with in the 1960’s, and his journals and notebooks. The Trocchi Papers also house an extensive collection of magazines and ephemera, including material relating to the International Situationist movement.

Found in: Manuscripts / Alexander Trocchi Papers