Authors and Poets Collection
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Abstract
Title:
Authors and Poets Collection
Author/Creator:
Authors and Poets
Collection number:
72-278; 72-296; 74-30; 95-130; 2001-87; 2002-164
Size:
8.75 linear feet and 24 items
Bulk dates:
1946-1968
Inclusive dates:
1880-1989 and undated
Collection Area:
Literature and Rare Books
Repository:
Special Collections, University of Maryland Libraries, Hornbake Library, College Park, MD 20742. Tel: 301-405-9212, Fax: 301-314-2709, Email: askhornbake@umd.edu
Abstract:
Assembled from a number of miscellaneous literary manuscript collections, Authors and Poets is a diffuse collection of correspondence, manuscripts, page and galley proofs, publications, serials, sound recordings, photographs, and ephemera relating to various literary figures. The bulk of the collection consists of materials by and relating to the publishing activities of twentieth-century American authors, such as William Carlos Williams, John Updike, Amiri Baraka, and Richard Aldington and journalists such as H. L. Mencken and Derek Stanford.
Important Information for Users of the Collection
Restrictions:
This collection is open for research.
Preferred citation:
Authors and Poets Collection, Special Collections, University of Maryland Libraries.
Publication rights:
Photocopies of original materials may be provided for a fee and at the discretion of the curator. Please see our Duplication of Materials policy for more information. Queries regarding publication rights and copyright status of materials within this collection should be directed to the appropriate curator.
Status:
This collection is PROCESSED.
Historical Note
Scope and Contents of the Collection
The Authors and Poets Collection contains correspondence, manuscripts, page and galley proofs, publications, serials, sound recordings, photographs, and ephemera relating to various literary figures. The material spans the dates between 1880 and 1989, with the bulk falling between 1946 and 1968.
Custodial History and Acquisition Information
Many of the items in the collection were purchased from various dealers between 1970 and 1975 with some material purchased in 1963, 1968, and 1976-1977. For many of the items, information on the provenance does not exist. Some manuscript items were located in rare book materials and were subsequently removed and transferred to the Archives and Manuscripts department.
Processing Information
Processed by:
Processed by Maureen Cech, April 2010.
Processing note:
The Authors and Poets Collection was created by combining of two literary manuscripts collections, Authors and Poets and Literary Manuscripts Miscellaneous. For both of these collections, material had been described at the item level and housed individually by item. When both collections were brought together, series were created based on format. Fragile materials and photographs have been housed in Mylar sleeves. Metal paper clips and staples have been removed. The materials have been placed in acid-free folders and boxes. Oversize materials have been separated and appropriately housed.
Encoded by:
EAD markup created using EAD database in Microsoft Access. Markup completed by Jennie Levine Knies.
Arrangement of Collection
The collection is divided into seven series.
Detailed Description of the Collection
Series 1: Correspondence, 1880-1974 and undated (0.75 linear feet)
This series includes incoming and outgoing correspondence. Material originally included with the correspondence has been maintained and noted. The bulk of the correspondence in this series relates to William Carlos Williams and John Updike. This series is arranged alphabetically by the surname of the primary literary figure to whom the correspondence relates; within each folder, correspondents are arranged alphabetically and then chronologically. Correspondents within each folder are listed in parentheses.
| Description | Series | Box / Reel | Folder / Frame | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aiken, Conrad -- (Jane Quimby), 1948 | series 1 | box 1 | folder 1 | |
| Aldington, Richard -- (Somerset Fry) -- [includes a manuscript of a review by Iain Fletcher of The Religion of Beauty, 1948 | series 1 | box 1 | folder 2 | |
| Beaumont, Cyril W. -- (Mrs. A. C. Firbank), 1940, 1941 | series 1 | box 1 | folder 3 | |
| Boecklin, Arnold -- (Madame G. Berna, Frau Marie Berna), 1880-1925 | series 1 | box 1 | folder 4 | |
| Cain, James M. -- (George H. Williams) -- [see also Wyatt, Robert B.], 1966, 1969 | series 1 | box 1 | folder 5 | |
| Cowley, Malcolm -- (Morris Zolotow), 1934 | series 1 | box 1 | folder 6 | |
| Crane, Hart -- (Pete), undated | series 1 | box 1 | folder 7 | |
| Creeley, John -- (Tony Weinberger?), 1972 | series 1 | box 1 | folder 8 | |
| Creeley, Robert -- (William Little, William Pearlman, Tony Weinberger), 1968, 1971-1974 | series 1 | box 1 | folder 9 | |
| Grosz, George -- (Felix Wittmer) -- [includes sketch by Manfred Henninger, 1964], 1934-1939 and 1964 | series 1 | box 1 | folder 10 | |
| Mencken, H. L. -- (Drew Allison, Mr. Brown, Gaylord, Mr. Weber) -- [includes manuscript of "Sound Spelling" by Drew Allison], 1933, 1944, 1947, and undated | series 1 | box 1 | folder 11 | |
| Mencken, H. L. -- (Zoe Akins, Mary Austin, Mr. Bodenheim, Flora Liliencrantz, Miss Marquis, Albert Bigelow Paine, Robert Sisk, George Sterling) -- [facsimiles of correspondence dating 1920-1951; date of facsimiles unknown], undated | series 1 | box 1 | folder 12 | |
| Minney, R. J. -- (Tohady Pierce), 1946 | series 1 | box 1 | folder 13 | |
| Muir, Edwin -- (Peggy Guggenheim) -- [includes manuscript of "To J. F. H. (1897-1934)"], 1941 | series 1 | box 1 | folder 14 | |
| Nash, Ogden -- (Mr. Russell), 1943, 1948 | series 1 | box 1 | folder 15 | |
| Pettinella, Dora -- (David Ackerman, Yesult Snepvangers) -- [see also Louis, Simpson], 1965, 1966 | series 1 | box 1 | folder 16 | |
| Pound, Ezra -- (John Lackay Brown), [1937] | series 1 | box 1 | folder 17 | |
| Simpson, Louis -- (Dora M. Petinnella) -- [see also Pettinella, Dora], 1964, 1965 | series 1 | box 1 | folder 18 | |
| Sitwell, Edith -- (Phyllis Bompas, Mr. Fuller, D. L. Murray, Mrs. Perrick), 1943, 1946-1950, 1952, 1955, 1959 and undated | series 1 | box 1 | folder 19 | |
| Sitwell, Osbert -- (Heath), undated | series 1 | box 1 | folder 20 | |
| Sitwell, Sacheverell -- (Edmund Gosse), 1918 | series 1 | box 1 | folder 21 | |
| Stanford, Derek -- (George Baxter, T. O. Beachcraft, Saul Bellow, Campbell Black, Edward Bloom, Edwin Brock, Peter de Polnay, Clifford Dyment, Jeremy Hadfield, David Holbour(?), Graham Hough, H. Montgomery Hyde, David Lent, C. Day Lewis, R. Longings, Margaret Moodie, Edna O'Brien, Tom Pocock, Unidentified correspondents, Gore Vidal, Patrick White, Natalie Zabaneh), 1969-1970 and undated | series 1 | box 1 | folder 22 | |
| Stevens, Wallace -- (Maurice Fornski), 1922-1927 | series 1 | box 1 | folder 23 | |
| Ullman, Allan -- ("Bookseller"), 1951 | series 1 | box 1 | folder 24 | |
| Unidentified correspondents, undated | series 1 | box 1 | folder 25 | |
| Updike, John -- (Joseph Becker, Debbie Berson, J. B J., Mr. Kreitsek, Jacob Neusner), 1966, 1967 and undated | series 1 | box 1 | folder 26 | |
| Wakoski, Diane -- (Bill, Ray Freed, Gene, "Dr. Generosity," David McSheehe, John and Barbara Martin) -- [includes manuscripts and poetry cards for "Claws," "Comparisons," and "A Lover Disregards Names"], 1970-1971 | series 1 | box 1 | folder 27 | |
| Wilbur, Richard -- (Miss Lachenschmidt), 1968 | series 1 | box 1 | folder 28 | |
| Williams, Florence -- (Dick Merson, Louis and Celia Zukofsky), 1952, 1965, 1967, 1968 | series 1 | box 1 | folder 29 | |
| Williams, William Carlos -- (Conrad Aiken, Dick Emerson, Morris MacLeod, Oscar), 1940, 148-1952, 1964, and undated | series 1 | box 1 | folder 30 | |
| Williams, William Carlos -- (Simpson, Rene Taupin, Tony Weinberger, Glenway Wescott, Monroe Wheeler, Louis and Celia Zukofsky) -- [includes manuscripts of "Turkey in the Straw," "Puppy Sitting on His Tail," "Choral: The Pink Church," and "The Downtown Jazz"], 1923, 1946, 1946-1948, 1958-1960 and undated | series 1 | box 2 | folder 1 | |
| Wilson, Edmund -- (Mrs. Osborn Gilman), 1904 | series 1 | box 2 | folder 2 | |
| Wyatt, Robert B. -- (George H. Williams) -- [see also Cain, James M.], 1969 | series 1 | box 2 | folder 3 | |
| Yeats, William Butler -- (Mr. Langbridge?, Mr. Reed) -- [includes manuscript of "Roger Casement"], undated | series 1 | box 2 | folder 4 | |
Series 2: Manuscripts and Notes, 1915, 1930, 1938-1939, 1949, 1966, 1968, 1970, 1973, 1975, 1977 and undated (1.50 linear feet)
This series consists of manuscript drafts and accompanying notes of both scholarly and creative projects. Some manuscripts show successive drafts, particularly John Updike's Couples. Arrangement is alphabetical by author's surname and alphabetically by title under each author.
| Description | Series | Box / Reel | Folder / Frame | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aiken, Conrad -- [Excerpts from "T. S. Eliot: A Symposium"], undated | series 2 | box 1 | folder 1 | |
| Aldington, Richard -- "A. E. Houseman", 1939? | series 2 | box 1 | folder 2 | |
| Baraka, Amiri [see also Jones, Leroi] -- The Toilet; also includes The Baptism, undated | series 2 | box 1 | folder 3 | |
| Blume, Peter -- A Recollection of The Bridge, undated | series 2 | box 1 | folder 4 | |
| Cain, James M. -- Pepe Le Moko -- screenplay, 1938 | series 2 | box 1 | folder 5 | |
| Crane, Hart -- The Bridge (1930), undated | series 2 | box 1 | folder 6 | |
| Crane, Hart -- "Cape Hatteras" -- The Bridge -- earlier version, undated | series 2 | box 1 | folder 7 | |
| Crane, Hart -- "Cape Hatteras" -- The Bridge, undated | series 2 | box 1 | folder 8 | |
| Crane, Hart -- "The Chief", circa 1930 | series 2 | box 1 | folder 9 | |
| Creeley, Robert -- ["For John Chamberlain"] -- holograph manuscript, undated | series 2 | box 1 | folder 10 | |
| Creeley, Robert -- ["For John Chamberlain"] -- typescript, 1975 | series 2 | box 1 | folder 11 | |
| Creeley, Robert -- [Poems Thinking of You], 1973 | series 2 | box 1 | folder 12 | |
| H. D. (Hilda Doolittle) -- "Song for a Centaur", undated | series 2 | box 1 | folder 13 | |
| Loeffelbein, Robert L. -- Knight Life: Jousting in the United States, 1977 | series 2 | box 1 | folder 14 | |
| Nash, Ogden -- "Are You a Snodgrass?", 1968 | series 2 | box 1 | folder 15 | |
| Nash, Ogden -- "The Miraculous Countdown", undated | series 2 | box 1 | folder 16 | |
| Sanger, Margaret -- "Family Limitation", undated | series 2 | box 1 | folder 17 | |
| Sitwell, Sacheverell -- From "Agamemnon's Tomb", undated | series 2 | box 1 | folder 18 | |
| Stanford, Derek -- Review of Muriel Sparks's The Driver's Seat, 1970 | series 2 | box 1 | folder 19 | |
| Stevens, Wallace -- "Tea" -- (also includes a card signed by Stevens), 1915 | series 2 | box 1 | folder 20 | |
| Stevenson, Robert Louis -- [1873 Memorandum] -- (facsimile; date of facscimile unknown), undated | series 2 | box 1 | folder 21 | |
| Thoreau, Henry David -- "Walking" -- (fragment), undated | series 2 | box 1 | folder 22 | |
| Updike, John -- "Antigua" -- holograph and typescripts, 1966 and undated | series 2 | box 1 | folder 23 | |
| Updike, John -- Couples (1968) -- notes, undated | series 2 | box 1 | folder 24 | |
| Updike, John -- Couples (1968) -- notes, undated | series 2 | box 1 | folder 25 | |
| Updike, John -- Couples (1968) -- manuscript, undated | series 2 | box 1 | folder 26 | |
| Updike, John -- Couples (1968) -- manuscript, undated | series 2 | box 1 | folder 27 | |
| Updike, John -- Couples (1968) -- manuscript, undated | series 2 | box 1 | folder 28 | |
| Updike, John -- Couples (1968) -- manuscript, undated | series 2 | box 1 | folder 29 | |
| Updike, John -- Couples (1968) -- manuscript, undated | series 2 | box 1 | folder 30 | |
| Updike, John -- Couples (1968) -- manuscript, undated | series 2 | box 2 | folder 1 | |
| Updike, John -- Couples (1968) -- manuscript, undated | series 2 | box 2 | folder 2 | |
| Updike, John -- Couples (1968) -- manuscript, undated | series 2 | box 2 | folder 3 | |
| Updike, John -- Couples (1968) -- manuscript, undated | series 2 | box 2 | folder 4 | |
| Updike, John -- Couples (1968) -- manuscript, undated | series 2 | box 2 | folder 5 | |
| Updike, John -- Couples (1968) -- manuscript, undated | series 2 | box 2 | folder 6 | |
| Updike, John -- Couples (1968) -- manuscript, undated | series 2 | box 2 | folder 7 | |
| Updike, John -- Couples (1968) -- manuscript, undated | series 2 | box 2 | folder 8 | |
| Updike, John -- Couples (1968) -- manuscript, undated | series 2 | box 2 | folder 9 | |
| Updike, John -- Couples (1968) -- manuscript, undated | series 2 | box 2 | folder 10 | |
| Updike, John -- Couples (1968) -- manuscript, undated | series 2 | box 2 | folder 11 | |
| Updike, John -- Couples (1968) -- manuscript, undated | series 2 | box 2 | folder 12 | |
| Updike, John -- Couples (1968) -- revised manuscript with notes, undated | series 2 | box 2 | folder 13 | |
| Updike, John -- Couples (1968) -- revised manuscript with notes, undated | series 2 | box 2 | folder 14 | |
| Updike, John -- Couples (1968) -- revised manuscript with notes, undated | series 2 | box 3 | folder 1 | |
| Updike, John -- Couples (1968) -- revised manuscript with notes, undated | series 2 | box 3 | folder 2 | |
| Updike, John -- "The Rumanian Driver" -- holograph manuscipt and typescript, undated | series 2 | box 3 | folder 3 | |
| Updike, John -- "The Rumanian Driver" -- typescript, 1966 | series 2 | box 3 | folder 4 | |
| Updike, John -- "Subway Love", undated | series 2 | box 3 | folder 5 | |
| Welty, Eudora -- The Optimist's Daughter (1972) -- (photocopy of typescript; date of photocopy unknown), undated | series 2 | box 3 | folder 6 | |
| Welty, Eudora -- The Optimist's Daughter (1972) -- (photocopy of typescript; date of photocopy unknown), undated | series 2 | box 3 | folder 7 | |
| Welty, Eudora -- The Optimist's Daughter (1972) -- (photocopy of typescript; date of photocopy unknown), undated | series 2 | box 3 | folder 8 | |
| Welty, Eudora -- The Optimist's Daughter (1972) -- (photocopy of typescript; date of photocopy unknown), undated | series 2 | box 3 | folder 9 | |
| Williams, William Carlos -- "Foreward" -- The Autobiography of William Carlos Wililams (1951), undated | series 2 | box 3 | folder 10 | |
| Williams, William Carlos -- ["Now that Ezra thinks himself Napoleon"] -- (untitled poem), undated | series 2 | box 3 | folder 11 | |
| Williams, William Carlos -- "The Use of Force, A Story", undated | series 2 | box 3 | folder 12 | |
| Williams, William Carlos -- "The Words, the Words, the Words"; "Venus Over the Desert"; "I Would Not Change for Thine"; "Love Charm" -- typescripts with notes by Williams, circa 1949 | series 2 | box 3 | folder 13 | |
Series 3: Proofs and Publications, 1903, 1924-1925, 1929, 1931, 1934, 1939, 1941-1942, 1945, 1949-1950, 1954, 1956-1957, 1959, 1962-1967, 1971-1973 and undated (2.25 linear feet)
Series 3 contains galley proofs, page proofs, uncorrected proof copies, and other publications. Some material in this series relates to manuscripts in Series 2.The bulk of the material in this series relates to John Updike's Couples; also included in this series are the dustjacket and hardcover casing of Couples. Arrangement is alphabetical by author's surname or title.
| Description | Series | Box / Reel | Folder / Frame | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adler, Betty -- Census of Ventures into Verse by Henry Louis Mencken, 1965 | series 3 | box 1 | folder 1 | |
| Adler, Betty -- Census of Ventures into Verse by Henry Louis Mencken -- second edition, 1972 | series 3 | box 1 | folder 2 | |
| Adler, Betty -- A Descriptive List of H. L. Mencken Collections in the U. S., 1967 | series 3 | box 1 | folder 3 | |
| Aldington, Richard -- Ezra Pound & T. S. Eliot: A Lecture -- galley proofs, 1954 | series 3 | box 1 | folder 4 | |
| Aldington, Richard -- W. Somerset Maugham: A Pamphlet about His Work, Together with a Bibliography -- pamplet, 1939 | series 3 | box 1 | folder 5 | |
| Allen, Walter -- Tradition and Dream -- uncorrected proof copy, 1964 | series 3 | box 1 | folder 6 | |
| Brown, Claude -- Manchild in the Promised Land -- advance copy, 1965 | series 3 | box 1 | folder 7 | |
| Creeley, Robert -- Charm -- page proofs, undated | series 3 | box 1 | folder 8 | |
| Daly, Reverend J. A. -- Mencken and Einstein Look at Religion -- pamphlet, circa 1931 | series 3 | box 1 | folder 9 | |
| Eckman, Fern Marja -- The Furious Passage of James Baldwin -- uncorrected proof copy, 1966 | series 3 | box 1 | folder 10 | |
| Hart-Davis, Rupert -- A Bibliography of Virginia Woolf -- uncorrected proof copy, 1957 | series 3 | box 2 | folder 1 | |
| Komai, Gloria -- Never Despair of Gardens -- (signed by Muriel Sparks), undated | series 3 | box 2 | folder 2 | |
| Levine, David -- Literary Caricatures by David Levine from the New York Review of Books -- portfolio of prints, 1964 | series 3 | box 2 | folder 3 | |
| McAlmon, Robert -- McAlmon and the Lost Generation -- uncorrected page proofs, 1962 | series 3 | box 2 | folder 4 | |
| McAlmon, Robert -- McAlmon and the Lost Generation -- uncorrected page proofs, 1962 | series 3 | box 2 | folder 5 | |
| Mandelstam, Osip -- Selected Poems of Osip Mandelstam -- translated by Clarence Brown and W. S. Merwin -- uncorrected proof copy, 1973 | series 3 | box 2 | folder 6 | |
| Mencken, H. L. -- Ventures into Verse, 1903 | series 3 | box 2 | folder 7 | |
| Middleton, George -- The Dramatists Guild: What It Is and Does[]How It Happened and Why -- (includes clipping of a letter to the editor), 1966 | series 3 | box 2 | folder 8 | |
| Nash, Ogden -- Four Prominent So-and-So's, 1934 | series 3 | box 2 | folder 9 | |
| Nin, Anais -- This Hunger -- five engraved woodblock prints by Ian Hugo; introduction by Nin, 1945 | series 3 | box 2 | folder 10 | |
| Oates, Joyce Carol -- Them (1969) -- uncorrected proof copy, undated | series 3 | box 2 | folder 11 | |
| The Poet of the Month, 1941 | series 3 | box 3 | folder 1 | |
| Plath, Sylvia -- Lyonesse -- specimen title page and "Brasilia" page proof, 1971 | series 3 | box 3 | folder 2 | |
| Restif de La Bretonne, Nicolas Edme and Sylvain Sauvage, illustrator -- M. Nicholas ou Le Coeur Humain Devoile -- illustration galley proofs, 1924-1925 | series 3 | box 3 | folder 3 | |
| Ruark, Robert -- Uhuru, A Novel of Africa Today -- uncorrected proof copy, 1962 | series 3 | box 3 | folder 4 | |
| Shapiro, Karl -- A Biography of Modern Prosody -- page proofs, undated | series 3 | box 3 | folder 5 | |
| Sitwell, Osbert -- Noble Essences -- galley proofs, 1950 | series 3 | box 3 | folder 6 | |
| Sitwell, Osbert -- Noble Essences -- galley proofs, 1950 | series 3 | box 3 | folder 7 | |
| Soupault, Philippe -- Chansons -- unbound, uncut copy, 1949 | series 3 | box 3 | folder 8 | |
| Spark, Muriel -- "The Leaf Sweeper" -- galley proofs, 1956 | series 3 | box 4 | folder 1 | |
| Tate, Allen -- Collected Poems, 1919-1976 -- uncorrected proof copy, 1977 | series 3 | box 4 | folder 2 | |
| Tate, James -- The Lost Pilot -- uncorrected galley proofs, 1967 | series 3 | box 4 | folder 3 | |
| Updike, John -- "Bech in Rumania" -- corrected page proofs, 1966 | series 3 | box 4 | folder 4 | |
| Updike, John -- Couples (1968) -- galley proofs, October 19, 1967 | series 3 | box 4 | folder 5 | |
| Updike, John -- Couples (1968) -- galley proofs, December 21, 1967 | series 3 | box 4 | folder 6 | |
| Updike, John -- Couples (1968) -- corrected galley proofs with pencil notations by Mary Updike, undated | series 3 | box 4 | folder 7 | |
| Updike, John -- Couples (1968) -- corrected galley proofs (marked for building and construction details), undated | series 3 | box 4 | folder 8 | |
| Updike, John -- Couples (1968) -- corrected galley proofs (marked for Hebrew), undated | series 3 | box 4 | folder 9 | |
| Updike, John -- Couples (1968) -- corrected galley proofs (marked for technical and scientific details), undated | series 3 | box 4 | folder 10 | |
| Updike, John -- Couples (1968) -- dustjacket, undated | series 3 | box 4 | folder 11 | |
| Updike, John -- Couples (1968) -- hardcover casing, undated | series 3 | box 4 | folder 12 | |
| Warren, Robert Penn -- The Flood -- corrected galley proofs, undated | series 3 | box 4 | folder 13 | |
| Weiss, Ernst -- Das Unverlierbare -- handcopied in calligraphy by Wilma Frank, 1929 | series 3 | box 4 | folder 14 | |
| Welty, Eudora -- The Optimist's Daughter -- uncorrected proof copy, 1972 | series 3 | box 4 | folder 15 | |
| White, Ray Lewis -- The Achievement of Sherwood Anderson: Essays in Criticism -- corrected galley proofs, 1966 | series 3 | box 4 | folder 16 | |
| Williams, William Carlos -- In the Money -- uncorrected proof copy, 1971 | series 3 | box 4 | folder 17 | |
| Williams, William Carlos -- Yes, Mrs. Williams -- uncorrected page proofs, 1959 | series 3 | box 4 | folder 18 | |
| Writers at Work, ed. George Plimpton -- sewn signatures, 1963 | series 3 | box 5 | folder 1 | |
| Writers at Work,, ed. George Plimpton -- uncorrected proof copy, 1963 | series 3 | box 5 | folder 2 | |
Series 4: Printed Matter, 1923, 1926-1927, 1931-1933, 1937, 1945-1948, 1958-1962, 1964, 1966-1972, 1972 and undated (0.50 linear feet)
This series includes a variety of printed materials: ephemera such as programs, clippings, broadsides and posters; reprints and offprints of published articles; and other materials such as press releases and sheet music. Arrangement is alphabetical by author's surname or title.
| Description | Series | Box / Reel | Folder / Frame | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 Camden Artists, 1968 | series 4 | box 1 | folder 1 | |
| Baldwin, James -- "An Open Letter to my Sister, Miss Angela Davis" -- reprint, 1970 | series 4 | box 1 | folder 2 | |
| Baldwin, James -- Tell Me How Long the Train's Been Gone -- press release, 1968 | series 4 | box 1 | folder 3 | |
| Baraka, Amiri [see also Jones, Leroi] -- Toward the Creation of Political Institutions for All African Peoples -- reprint, 1972 | series 4 | box 1 | folder 4 | |
| Bibliographical Society of the University of Virginia -- Anniversary Keepsake for Members of the Bibliographical Society of the University of Virginia, 1946-1971 -- Two Mementoes from the Poe-Ingram Collection [facsimile of Stéphane Mallarmé bookplate and facsimile of Irby B. Cauthen commentary on Mallarmé's "Au Tombeau d'Edgar Poe"], 1971 | series 4 | box 1 | folder 5 | |
| Bishop, Elizabeth -- Visits to St. Elizabeth's -- sheet music, 1964 | series 4 | box 1 | folder 6 | |
| Books -- newsletter, 1962 | series 4 | box 1 | folder 7 | |
| Cain, James M. -- clippings by and about, 1970 and undated | series 4 | box 1 | folder 8 | |
| "Church of the Ascension" -- New York, New York -- brochure, undated | series 4 | box 1 | folder 9 | |
| Cohen, Alexander -- Marlene Dietriech -- playbill, October 1967 | series 4 | box 1 | folder 10 | |
| Cosmep Newsletter, Volume 2, number 6, March 1971 | series 4 | box 1 | folder 11 | |
| Creeley, Robert -- Jargon Books press, 1958-1960 | series 4 | box 1 | folder 12 | |
| "A Dinner for W. J. Crawley" -- menu, 1961 | series 4 | box 1 | folder 13 | |
| Duhamel, Marcel -- En Avoir ou Pas (To Have and Have Not -- errata slip, 1945 | series 4 | box 1 | folder 14 | |
| Fiedler, Leslie -- "Song from Buffalo" -- broadside, 1975 | series 4 | box 1 | folder 15 | |
| Forster, L. W. -- Bookplate, University of Cambridge Department of German, undated | series 4 | box 1 | folder 16 | |
| Goodwyn, Frank -- The Black Bull -- prints of illustrations by William Loechel, undated | series 4 | box 1 | folder 17 | |
| Harrison of Paris -- publication announcements, 1931-1933 | series 4 | box 1 | folder 18 | |
| Heermans, Lillian -- Rapunzel -- program, undated | series 4 | box 1 | folder 19 | |
| Jones, Leroi [see also Baraka, Amiri] -- clippings about, November 16, 1969 | series 4 | box 1 | folder 20 | |
| Jones, Leroi [see also Baraka, Amiri] -- "Short Speech to My Friends" -- broadside, 1969 | series 4 | box 1 | folder 21 | |
| Jones, Leroi [see also Baraka, Amiri] -- The Slave/The Toilet -- playbill, undated | series 4 | box 1 | folder 22 | |
| Lippmann, Walter -- "H. L. Mencken" -- reprinted from the Saturday Review of Literature, December 11, 1926, undated | series 4 | box 1 | folder 23 | |
| Lucie-Smith, Edward -- "Reading Catullus" -- poem card, undated | series 4 | box 1 | folder 24 | |
| "A Memorial to William Carlos Williams" -- program, 1966 | series 4 | box 1 | folder 25 | |
| Mencken, H. L. -- "A Constitution for the New Deal," The American Mercury, June 1937 -- offprint, 1937 | series 4 | box 1 | folder 26 | |
| Mencken, H. L. -- "Spritual Autopsies" -- reprinted from the New York Evening Post, undated, circa 1927? | series 4 | box 1 | folder 27 | |
| Mencken, H. L. -- "To the Friends of the American Mercury, A Statement by the Editor", 1926 | series 4 | box 1 | folder 28 | |
| Mencken, H. L. -- "Vachel Lindsay", 1947 | series 4 | box 1 | folder 29 | |
| Nin, Anais -- "Anais Nin: A Celebration" -- University Extension, University of California, Berkeley -- promotional mailer, 1971 | series 4 | box 1 | folder 30 | |
| "Poetry is Revolution, Revolution is Poetry" -- broadside, undated | series 4 | box 1 | folder 31 | |
| Roberts, Mary Carter -- Tourist Attractions in Carroll County [Maryland], 1962 | series 4 | box 1 | folder 32 | |
| Sinclair, Upton -- Upton Sinclair: Biographical and Critical Opinions, [1923?] | series 4 | box 1 | folder 33 | |
| Sitwell, Osbert -- Castello di Montegufoni wine label, undated | series 4 | box 1 | folder 34 | |
| Tate, Allen and Lord David Cecil -- Modern Verse in English, 1900-1950 -- press release, 1958 | series 4 | box 1 | folder 35 | |
| Tate, James -- "The Immortals" -- postcard, 1970 | series 4 | box 1 | folder 36 | |
| "Tribute to Black Poets by Black Poets" -- broadside, 1965 | series 4 | box 1 | folder 37 | |
| Verneuil -- "Le Monde Moderne / Avril" -- poster, undated | series 4 | box 1 | folder 38 | |
| Williams, William Carlos and Celia Thaew (Zukofsky) -- "Choral: The Pink Church" -- sheet music, 1946 | series 4 | box 1 | folder 39 | |
| Williams, William Carlos and Celia Thaew (Zukofsky) -- "The Pink Church" -- sheet music, 1946 | series 4 | box 1 | folder 40 | |
| Williams, William Carlos and Celia Thaew (Zukofsky) -- "Turkey in the Straw" -- sheet music, 1948 | series 4 | box 1 | folder 41 | |
Series 5: Serials, 1868-1869; 1892; 1895, 1916;1919-1967; 1970; 1970-1975; 1979; 1989 and undated (3.50 linear feet)
This series consists of a wide array of both scholarly and creative publications, many of which reflect the first literary appearances of particular works. Arrangement is alphabetical by publication title.
| Description | Series | Box / Reel | Folder / Frame | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Agni Review 10/11, 1979 | series 5 | box 1 | folder 1 | |
| Ambit Number 47, 1971 | series 5 | box 1 | folder 2 | |
| American Scholar, Autumn 1962 | series 5 | box 1 | folder 3 | |
| Art News, May 1958 | series 5 | box 1 | folder 4 | |
| Atlantic, August 1967 | series 5 | box 1 | folder 5 | |
| Atlantic, October 1967 | series 5 | box 1 | folder 6 | |
| Auction, February 1972 | series 5 | box 1 | folder 7 | |
| The Black Position, Number 1, 1971 | series 5 | box 1 | folder 8 | |
| Black World, March 1972 | series 5 | box 1 | folder 9 | |
| Blues, February 1929 | series 5 | box 1 | folder 10 | |
| Blues, March 1929 | series 5 | box 1 | folder 11 | |
| Blues, April 1929 | series 5 | box 1 | folder 12 | |
| Blues, May 1929 | series 5 | box 1 | folder 13 | |
| Blues, [June?] 1929 | series 5 | box 1 | folder 14 | |
| Blues, February-July 1929 | series 5 | box 1 | folder 15 | |
| Blues, Fall 1929 | series 5 | box 1 | folder 16 | |
| Blues, Spring 1930 | series 5 | box 1 | folder 17 | |
| Bookman, November 1923 | series 5 | box 1 | folder 18 | |
| The Chapbook (A Monthly Miscellany), July 1920 | series 5 | box 2 | folder 1 | |
| The Chapbook (A Monthly Miscellany), April 1921 | series 5 | box 2 | folder 2 | |
| The Chapbook (A Monthly Miscellany), September 1922 | series 5 | box 2 | folder 3 | |
| The Chapbook Miscellany, 1924 | series 5 | box 2 | folder 4 | |
| The Chapbook Miscellany, 1925 | series 5 | box 2 | folder 5 | |
| Clay: A Literary Notebook, Winter 1931-1932 | series 5 | box 2 | folder 6 | |
| Colorado Quarterly, Spring 1961 | series 5 | box 2 | folder 7 | |
| The Columbia Forum, Spring 1975 | series 5 | box 2 | folder 8 | |
| The Cornhill Magazine -- (includes a letter to Hector Bolitho from Somerset Maugham pasted in front flap), Winter 1949-1950 | series 5 | box 2 | folder 9 | |
| El Corno Emplumado, July 1962 | series 5 | box 2 | folder 10 | |
| El Corno Emplumado, April 1963 | series 5 | box 2 | folder 11 | |
| El Corno Emplumado, July 1963 | series 5 | box 2 | folder 12 | |
| El Corno Emplumado, July 1964 | series 5 | box 3 | folder 1 | |
| El Corno Emplumado, October 1967 | series 5 | box 3 | folder 2 | |
| El Corno Emplumado, January 1966 | series 5 | box 3 | folder 3 | |
| December, Winter 1961 | series 5 | box 3 | folder 4 | |
| Delta, Spring 1965 | series 5 | box 3 | folder 5 | |
| Dublin Magazine, October-December 1931 | series 5 | box 3 | folder 6 | |
| Dublin Magazine, July-September 1932 | series 5 | box 3 | folder 7 | |
| Dublin Magazine, January-March 1936 | series 5 | box 3 | folder 8 | |
| Echanges, December 1931 | series 5 | box 3 | folder 9 | |
| Ensemble 4, undated | series 5 | box 3 | folder 10 | |
| Harpers, June 1971 | series 5 | box 3 | folder 11 | |
| Harpers New Montly Magazine, January 1892 | series 5 | box 3 | folder 12 | |
| Harpers New Montly Magazine, February 1892 | series 5 | box 4 | folder 1 | |
| Harpers New Montly Magazine, August 1892 | series 5 | box 4 | folder 2 | |
| Harpers New Montly Magazine, January 1895 | series 5 | box 4 | folder 3 | |
| The Harvard Advocate, February 1970 | series 5 | box 4 | folder 4 | |
| Kansas Magazine, 1962 | series 5 | box 4 | folder 5 | |
| Die Kunst, December 1932 | series 5 | box 4 | folder 6 | |
| The Little Review, June-July 1916 | series 5 | box 4 | folder 7 | |
| Modern Fiction Studies, Autumn 1956 | series 5 | box 4 | folder 8 | |
| Modern Fiction Studies, Spring 1967 | series 5 | box 4 | folder 9 | |
| Modern Poetry Studies Volume 1, Number 1, 1970 | series 5 | box 4 | folder 10 | |
| The Monthly Chapbook, July 1919 | series 5 | box 4 | folder 11 | |
| Negro Digest, May 1989 | series 5 | box 4 | folder 12 | |
| New Poems, Autumn 1952 | series 5 | box 4 | folder 13 | |
| The New Yorker -- (contains "Port of Call" by W. S. Merwin), October 1, 1973 | series 5 | box 4 | folder 14 | |
| The New Yorker -- (contains "Snail on the Stump," by John Updike, review of From the Diary of a Snail, October 15, 1973 | series 5 | box 4 | folder 15 | |
| The New Yorker -- (contains "Daughter, Last Glimpses of" by John Updike), November 5, 1973 | series 5 | box 5 | folder 1 | |
| The New Yorker -- (contains "Ethiopia" by John Updike), January 14, 1974 | series 5 | box 5 | folder 2 | |
| The New Yorker -- (contains "The Old Boat" by W. S. Merwin), February 18, 1974 | series 5 | box 5 | folder 3 | |
| The New Yorker -- (contains "Fishing" by W. S. Merwin), March 18, 1974 | series 5 | box 5 | folder 4 | |
| Paris Review, Spring 1953 | series 5 | box 5 | folder 5 | |
| Paris Review, Spring 1975 | series 5 | box 5 | folder 6 | |
| Ploughshares Volume 1, Number 2, 1972 | series 5 | box 5 | folder 7 | |
| Poetry, A Magazine of Verse, October 1920 | series 5 | box 5 | folder 8 | |
| Poetry, A Magazine of Verse, December 1920 | series 5 | box 5 | folder 9 | |
| Poetry, A Magazine of Verse, June 1923 | series 5 | box 5 | folder 10 | |
| Presence Africaine Volume 17, Number 45, 1963 | series 5 | box 5 | folder 11 | |
| The Rebel -- East Carolina College, Fall 1966 | series 5 | box 5 | folder 12 | |
| The Rebel -- East Carolina College, Winter 1967 | series 5 | box 5 | folder 13 | |
| The Review Pamphlet Series, number 1, undated | series 5 | box 5 | folder 14 | |
| The Review Pamphlet Series, number 2, undated | series 5 | box 5 | folder 15 | |
| The Review Pamphlet Series, number 3, undated | series 5 | box 5 | folder 16 | |
| Rocking Horse, Summer 1935 | series 5 | box 5 | folder 17 | |
| Roon, Midsummer 1930 | series 5 | box 5 | folder 18 | |
| Shenandoah: The Washington and Lee University Review, Winter 1970 | series 5 | box 5 | folder 19 | |
| The Southern Review, October 1868 | series 5 | box 6 | folder 1 | |
| The Southern Review, October 1869 | series 5 | box 6 | folder 2 | |
| Spectrum: The Richmond Tri-Annual Review, Spring 1970 | series 5 | box 6 | folder 3 | |
| Sumac: An Active Anthology, Winter 1971 | series 5 | box 6 | folder 4 | |
| International Educational and Cultural Exchange, Summer 1966 | series 5 | box 6 | folder 5 | |
| View, October 1942 | series 5 | box 6 | folder 6 | |
| View, January 1943 | series 5 | box 6 | folder 7 | |
| View, Series III, number 1, 1943 | series 5 | box 6 | folder 8 | |
| View, Series III, number 2, 1943 | series 5 | box 6 | folder 9 | |
| View, Series III, number 3, 1943 | series 5 | box 6 | folder 10 | |
| View, December 1943 | series 5 | box 6 | folder 11 | |
| View, March 1944 | series 5 | box 6 | folder 12 | |
| View, Summer 1944 | series 5 | box 6 | folder 13 | |
| View, Fall 1944 | series 5 | box 6 | folder 14 | |
| View, May 1945 | series 5 | box 7 | folder 1 | |
| View, October 1945 | series 5 | box 7 | folder 2 | |
| View, November 1945 | series 5 | box 7 | folder 3 | |
| View, December 1945 | series 5 | box 7 | folder 4 | |
| View, February 1946 | series 5 | box 7 | folder 5 | |
| View, March-April 1946 | series 5 | box 7 | folder 6 | |
| View, May 1946 | series 5 | box 7 | folder 7 | |
| View, Fall 1946 | series 5 | box 7 | folder 8 | |
| View, December 1946 | series 5 | box 7 | folder 9 | |
| View, Spring 1947 | series 5 | box 7 | folder 10 | |
| VVV, June 1942 | series 5 | box 7 | folder 11 | |
Series 6: Sound Recordings, 1963 and undated (3 items)
This series consists of three 45 rpm records, two of songs and jingles designed to encourage participation in the democratic process and one of American author James Baldwin reading from his novel Giovanni's Room. The items are arranged in alphabetical order by author's surname and series title.
| Description | Series | Box / Reel | Folder / Frame | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baldwin, James -- Giovanni's Room, Reading from -- 45 rpm record, 1963 | series 6 | box 1 | folder 1 | |
| Public Service Jingles -- Contribute-Work-Vote -- 45 rpm record, undated | series 6 | box 1 | folder 2 | |
| Public Service Records -- Little Songs for Busy Voters -- 45 rpm record, undated | series 6 | box 1 | folder 3 | |
Series 7: Photographs, undated (0.25 linear feet)
This series contains photographs, a negative, and a silhouette of several literary figures, including Flannery O'Connor, Edith and Osbert Sitwell, and Philippe Soupault. Arrangement is alphabetical by subject of the photograph. The photograph of an advertisement of Louisa May Alcott's An Old-Fashioned Girl has been listed under the author's name.
| Description | Series | Box / Reel | Folder / Frame | Item | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alcott, Louisa May, undated | series 7 | box 1 | folder 1 | ||
| Circa 1870 advertisement for Alcott's An Old-Fashioned Girl (negative; 3.5" x 5"), undated | series 7 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 1 | |
| Gordon, Caroline, undated | series 7 | box 1 | folder 2 | ||
| Caroline Gordon; Front inscription: "To Harry W. Zi(?)elaro(?) / Cordially, / Caroline Gordon" (black and white reproduction of painting?; 5.5" x 4.5"), undated | series 7 | box 1 | folder 2 | item 1 | |
| O'Connor, Flannery, undated | series 7 | box 1 | folder 3 | ||
| Flannery O'Connor (black and white; 8" x 10"), undated | series 7 | box 1 | folder 3 | item 1 | |
| Flannery O'Connor receiving an honorary degree? With unidentified nun (black and white, 8" x 10"), undated | series 7 | box 1 | folder 3 | item 2 | |
| View of auditorium during graduation ceremony; O'Connor seated fifth from left on stage (black and white, 8" x 10"), undated | series 7 | box 1 | folder 3 | item 3 | |
| Flannery O'Connor, Sister Mary Renata (far right), and two unidentified women at graduation ceremony (black and white, 8" x 10"), undated | series 7 | box 1 | folder 3 | item 4 | |
| O'Connor, Flannery, undated | series 7 | box 1 | folder 4 | ||
| Contact sheet (12 photographs) of Flannery O'Connor and unidentified men and women (black and white contact sheet; individual photographs, 2.5" x 2.5"), undated | series 7 | box 1 | folder 4 | item 1 | |
| Russell, Bertrand, undated | series 7 | box 1 | folder 5 | ||
| Bertrand Russell speaking at a podium (black and white; 7" x 10"), undated | series 7 | box 1 | folder 5 | item 1 | |
| Sitwell, Edith, undated | series 7 | box 1 | folder 6 | ||
| Handpainted black and white portrait of Edith Sitwell; Photograph by Maurice Beck and Helen MacGregor, London (black and white; 7" x 10"), undated | series 7 | box 1 | folder 6 | item 1 | |
| Sitwell, Osbert, undated | series 7 | box 1 | folder 7 | ||
| Portrait of Osbert Sitwell; Photograph by Helen Foster, London (black and white; 6" x 8"), undated | series 7 | box 1 | folder 7 | item 1 | |
| Soupault, Philippe, undated | series 7 | box 1 | folder 8 | ||
| Silhouette of Philippe Soupault. By Walter D. Trieste (silhouette; 3.5" x 5.5"), undated | series 7 | box 1 | folder 8 | item 1 | |
| Philippe Soupault (black and white; 3.5" x 5.5"), undated | series 7 | box 1 | folder 8 | item 2 | |
Related Material
The William Carlos Williams papers are among the holdings of the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library at Yale University. The Houghton Library, Harvard University, acquired the papers of John Updike in circa 2010.
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