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Julian Edison Department of Special Collections

Letters

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Scope Note: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/996779 Found in 131 Collections and/or Records:

William Greenleaf Eliot Personal Papers

 Collection
Identifier: WUA-03-wua00068
Scope and Contents

The papers of William G. Eliot include diaries, letters, published works, published and unpublished sermons and talks, newspaper clippings of articles written by or about Eliot, photographs; and biographical and other material about Eliot. Also included in the collection are enslavement documents, which include letters and bonds of indemnity as Eliot purchased enslaved persons in order to emancipate them.

Found in: University Archives / William Greenleaf Eliot Personal Papers

Stanley Elkin Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS-MS-ms039
Scope and Contents The Elkin Papers consist primarily of Elkin's own manuscripts, including his plays, filmscripts, essays, and stories, with the bulk of the material being manuscripts and editorial matter toward his novels. Elkin's manuscripts include all stages of his drafts, from autograph notes written on university exam books to diskettes containing word proccessor files. Also included in the Papers are an extensive general and professional correspondence, manuscripts by other authors, teaching materials,...
Found in: Manuscripts / Stanley Elkin Papers

William Everson Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS-MS-ms042
Scope and Contents The William Everson Papers include correspondence between the author and the well-known book dealer Henry Wenning. Wenning was a friend and confidante to a great number of authors, many of whom are included in Washington University's Modern Literature Collection. He acted as publisher for Everson's poetry collection, The Blowing of the Seed (1966), and much of this correspondence deals with this book. The collection also contains a number of poetry...
Found in: Manuscripts / William Everson Papers

Farmer Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS-MS-ms043
Scope and Contents The Farmer Family Papers includes letters dated 1860-1865 written by George. E. Farmer to his family in New York City while serving as an officer in the Union Army in Virginia, Maryland, and Pennsylvania. The letters contain accounts of battles in which Farmer participated, descriptions of camp life and the countryside through which the army passed, Farmer’s opinions of officers and tactics of both armies, and some noteworthy insights on Northern attitudes toward former slaves. For a more...
Found in: Manuscripts / Farmer Family Papers

Raymond Federman Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS-MS-ms044
Scope and Contents The Raymond Federman Collection includes extensive draft and proof materials toward Federman's books including Double or Nothing, Amer Eldorado, Aunt Rachel's Fur, and Shhh. Also, materials relating to his critical work on Samuel Beckett, short stories, poems, essays, extensive correspondence, unpublished works, reel-to-reel audio recordings, student...
Found in: Manuscripts / Raymond Federman Papers

Lawrence Ferlinghetti Letter

 Collection — Box VMF 4, Folder: 17
Identifier: MS-VMF-vmf050
Scope and Contents

Typed letter signed from Ferlinghetti to Edward Dahlberg concerning the availability of Dahlberg's book, Bottom Dogs, published by City Lights, and which Ferlinghetti praises. Signed in ink with self-caricature. 1 page.

Found in: Manuscripts / Lawrence Ferlinghetti Letter

Donald Finkel Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS-MS-ms045
Scope and Contents

The Donald Finkel Papers include his extensive research materials, journals, notes, and heavily revised manuscripts. A large collection of editorial matter toward all of his books and a small, yet revealing professional correspondence with editors and literary colleagues completes the Finkel Papers.

Found in: Manuscripts / Donald Finkel Papers

Ford Madox Ford Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS-MS-ms046
Scope and Contents The most significant portion of Washington University's Ford Madox Ford Papers is the carbon typescript of A Little Less Than Gods (1928), Ford's novel of romance and adventure set in the Napoleonic Wars. This manuscript contains numerous revisions and corrections by him. The collection also contains several letters from Ford, primarily to Alfred H. Mendes, whose book Ford was helping to get published, as well as an autograph draft of the poem ...
Found in: Manuscripts / Ford Madox Ford Papers

Michael Fraenkel Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS-MS-ms077
Scope and Contents The Michael Fraenkel Papers consists of correspondence to and from Michael and Daphne Fraenkel including, Ben Abramson, Angela Selke de Sanchez Barbudo, Antonio Sanchez Barbudo, Elizabeth Bartlett, Paul Bartlett, Michael Baxte, Arthur Boyars, A.A. Brill, Jean Brun, Padraic Colum, Judson Crews, Robert Edgerton, Arthur Faber, Erich Gutkind, Julian Huxley, J.H. Jeans, Celia Kirwan, Joseph Leftwich, John Meston, Henry Miller, Janina Miller, Gilbert Neiman, Frederick Nicklaus, Reinhold Niebuhr,...
Found in: Manuscripts / Michael Fraenkel Papers

Karl Orend Collection of Michael and Daphne Fraenkel Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS-MS-ms141
Scope and Contents

The Karl Orend Collection of Michael and Daphne Fraenkel Papers contains correspondence largely from Michael Fraenkel, Daphne Fraenkel, Walter Lowenfels, Henry Miller, and Anais Nin; manuscripts by Michael Fraenkel, Daphne Fraenkel, and Walter Lowenfels; and drafts and notes by Daphne Fraenkel.

Found in: Manuscripts / Karl Orend Collection of Michael and Daphne Fraenkel Papers