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Cedric "Ted" Reynolds Papers

Collection — Box 1

Identifier: MS-MS-ms099

Scope and Contents

The Cedric "Ted" Reynolds Papers consists of one letter from Mona Van Duyn, drafts of Reynolds poems, various miscellany, and two issues of Reflections.

Found in: Manuscripts / Cedric "Ted" Reynolds Papers

Scope and Contents The River Styx Archive includes correspondence, biographies, ephemera, and miscellany material concerning individual River Styx contributors or Duff's/P.M. Series readers and performers; editorial, office-related and administrative, Board of Directors, University of Missouri - St. Louis, and financial crisis correspondence; material towards specific issues; material from Duff's Reading Series, P.M. Series, ...

Found in: Manuscripts / River Styx Archive

Michael Singer Papers

Collection — Box 1

Identifier: MS-MS-ms102

Scope and Contents

The Michael Singer Papers consists of typescript and autograph poem drafts by Singer.

Found in: Manuscripts / Michael Singer Papers

Florence Margaret "Stevie" Smith Papers

Collection

Identifier: MS-MS-ms103

Scope and Contents

The Florence Margaret “Stevie” Smith Papers include 61 items of correspondence from Smith to Kay Dick (1943-1970). Also included are two autograph drafts of untitled poem and a typescript draft of "Song of the River Trent."

Found in: Manuscripts / Florence Margaret "Stevie" Smith Papers

William Jay Smith Papers

Collection

Identifier: MS-MS-ms104

Scope and Contents The William Jay Smith Papers correspondence from literary figures dating back to the 1940s, including a substantial group of letters from Russian, Hungarian, and other Eastern European authors. Numerous letters from publishers, editors, scholars, and friends are also present in the collection. The Smith Papers also include manuscripts and editorial matter towards his published work, as well as a large collection of manuscripts by other authors. Finally, the Smith Papers include a large...

Found in: Manuscripts / William Jay Smith Papers

Muriel Spark Papers

Collection

Identifier: MS-MS-ms107

Scope and Contents

The bulk of the Spark Papers consist of correspondence between Spark and British poet Derek Stanford, and correspondence between Spark and her literary agent. Correspondence with other literary figures is also included, as well as drafts of several poems and essays by Spark. Also present are two small notebooks bearing Spark's autograph notes which include drafts of poems.

Found in: Manuscripts / Muriel Spark Papers

Harris Hatcher Collection on Wallace Stevens

Collection — Box VMF 20

Identifier: MS-VMF-vmf248

Scope and Contents

The Harris Hatcher Collection on Wallace Stevens consists of one piece of Hartford Accident and Indemnity Company letterhead and a framed photographic print of Stevens. Also included are limited editon books with letters of provenance, Ideas of Order (1935), Ideas of Order (1936), The Palm at the End of the Mind (1984), and Sur Ma Guzzla Gracile (Poetry, Volume 19, Number 1, 1921).

Found in: Manuscripts / Harris Hatcher Collection on Wallace Stevens

Stevens, Wallace, 1879-1955

Person

Judith Saul Stix Papers

Collection — Box 1

Identifier: MS-MS-ms126

Scope and Contents

The Judith Saul Stix Papers largely consist of correspondence and manuscript drafts of Stix’s poems, including “Commencement Day,” a poem written on the occasion of Washington University’s 1987 commencement. Also included are journals and a memoir of Howard Nemerov.

Please contact the Manuscript Department for collection description.

Found in: Manuscripts / Judith Saul Stix Papers

Robert Sward Papers

Collection

Identifier: MS-MS-ms110

Scope and Contents The Robert Sward Papers are one of the largest and most diverse manuscript collections among Washington University's holdings. They include an extensive correspondence with literary figures, little magazine editors, small press publishers, family members, and friends. Thousands of pages of Sward's heavily revised worksheets and journals are also present and serve as excellent examples of the poetic process at work. A large collection of little magazines, small press publications, and...

Found in: Manuscripts / Robert Sward Papers