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Julian Edison Department of Special Collections

American literature

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Scope Note: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/807113 Found in 53 Collections and/or Records:

Herbert Howarth Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS-MS-ms057
Scope and Contents

The Herbert Howarth Papers consists of material relating to Howarth's book, Notes on Some Figures Behind T. S. Eliot (1964) and includes his letters to and from T.S. Eliot. Howarth submitted drafts of his text to Eliot for comment and several drafts of the book with marginal corrections by Eliot are housed in the collection. The collection offers a unique opportunity to view the response of the subject of a critical biography to the views of a biographer.

Found in: Manuscripts / Herbert Howarth Papers

Fannie Hurst Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS-MS-ms058
Scope and Contents

The Hurst Papers consist of a small quantity of correspondence (most of it between Hurst and her school friend Lois Toensfeldt), the manuscript for her novel Quiet Street, some diary material, and a group of clippings and memorabilia. Special Collections also holds Hurst's personal collection of her published work which includes a complete set of first and variant editions, translations, and other copies of her books.

Found in: Manuscripts / Fannie Hurst Papers

William Inge Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS-MS-ms173
Scope and Contents

The William Inge Collection consists of the first edition and production archive for Picnic: A Summer Romance and playbills for various productions of Inge's plays.

Found in: Manuscripts / William Inge Collection

International Writers Center Archive

 Collection
Identifier: MS-MS-ms059
Scope and Contents The International Writers Center Archive consist of materials toward IWC conferences and programs presented or co-sponsored by the IWC including The Writer in Politics, The Writer and Religion, and The Dual Muse: The Writer as Artist, the Artist as Writer; materials towards the production of Literary St. Louis: A Guide; correspondence; journals including Accent, Black Warrior, ...
Found in: Manuscripts / International Writers Center Archive

Laura Riding Jackson Collection

 Collection — Box VMF 17, Folder: 28
Identifier: MS-VMF-vmf220
Scope and Contents

Correspondence from Jackson to Marie Syrkin and poem drafts by Jackson

Found in: Manuscripts / Laura Riding Jackson Collection

Charles Johnson Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS-MS-ms171
Scope and Contents

The Charles Johnson Papers hold both published and unpublished work from the author spanning nearly six decades. The collection brings together manuscripts, drafts, correspondence, artwork, and ephemera and serves as a testament to Johnson’s wide-ranging career as a public intellectual.

Found in: Manuscripts / Charles Johnson Papers

Albert and Naomi Lebowitz Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS-MS-ms067
Scope and Contents The Albert and Naomi Lebowitz Papers consists of correspondence from Harold Brodkey, Stanley Elkin, George P. Elliott, William H. Gass, Irving Howe, William L. Hungate, Adrian H. Jaffe, Beverly Jarrett, Jane Lago, Iris Murdoch, Howard Nemerov, Michael Pinkston, J.F. Powers, Egon Schwarz, Mona Van Duyn, Helen Vendler, and Miller Williams. Also included are materials toward Albert Lebowitz's novels Laban's Will (1966) and The Man Who...
Found in: Manuscripts / Albert and Naomi Lebowitz Papers

Lawrence Levy Collection

 Collection — Box VMF 20, Folder: 12
Identifier: MS-VMF-vmf245
Scope and Contents The Lawrence Levy Collection of Willie Master's Lonesome Wife by William H. Gass consists of photocopies of correspondence between William H. Gass, Lawrence Levy, and Charles Newman related to the publication of Willie Master's Lonesome Wife as well as10 photocopied drafts and newspaper clippings. Also included are photocopied letters and memos from Levy related to the sale of an archive of Willie Master's Lonesome Wife materials and resulting dispute over ownership with Northwestern...
Found in: Manuscripts / Lawrence Levy Collection

Noel Lawson Lewis Collection

 Collection — Box VMF 10, Folder: 7
Identifier: MS-VMF-vmf098
Scope and Contents

1935 August 19. Autograph letter signed from Lewis to an unnamed recipient, discussing the publishing history of Rudyard Kipling's On Dry-Cow Fishing as a Fine Art and noting the increase in value of the Rowfant Club edition in the nine years since it had been published. 2 pages

1936 January 23. Clipping from The New York Times describing the funeral services for Rudyard Kipling in Westminster Abbey

Found in: Manuscripts / Noel Lawson Lewis Collection

Robert Newton Linscott Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS-MS-ms071
Scope and Contents The Robert Newton Linscott Papers consists of correspondence to Linscott include Truman Capote, writing 1946-1963, discussing Yaddo, Leo Lerman, Richard Plant, his book [Other Voices, Other Rooms], death of Newton Arvin; Carson McCullers, writing [1940]-[1945], discussing her family, father's death, her husband, Reeves McCullers and their divorce, friend Annemarie Clarac-Schwarzenback, Truman Capote, Granville Hicks, her books, including ...
Found in: Manuscripts / Robert Newton Linscott Papers