Collections by Subject: Maryland Literary Figures
A Selected List of Holdings in Special Collections, University of Maryland Libraries
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Maurice Annenberg papers, 1883-1979. 12.75 linear feet.
Location: Literature and Rare Books
Maurice Annenberg (1908-1979) was a Baltimore printer, businessman, entrepreneur, and author of works on the history of printing, advertising, and the graphic arts. He wrote three books: Advertising, 3000 B.C.-1900 A.D., Type Foundries of America and Their Catalogues, and A Typographical Journey through the Inland Printer, 1883-1900. The collection consists of correspondence; typography and other printing samples; trade catalogs; publications; photographs; programs; and speeches about the history of printing and advertising. The Marylandia and Rare Books Department also holds a portion of his personal library.
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Vincent Godfrey Burns papers, 1939-1970. 0.50 linear feet.
Location: Literature and Rare Books
Vincent Godfrey Burns, born in Brooklyn, New York, in 1893, was Poet Laureate of Maryland from 1962 until his death in 1979. He was ordained as a minister and later published poems, television scripts, plays, and a novel, often expressing his conservative political and religious convictions. He and his brother Robert collaborated on I Am a Fugitive from a Georgia Chain Gang, which was made into a movie in 1932. Burns's papers include correspondence, poems, manuscripts, galleys, newspaper clippings, and essays documenting his literary production and political concerns.
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Gianni DeVincent-Hayes papers, 1917-2008. 32 linear feet.
Location: Literature and Rare Books
Gianni (Nan) DeVincent-Hayes, (1949- ) received her Ph. D. in creative writing from the University of Maryland, College Park. DeVincent-Hayes, who writes under several pen names, has published fifteen works of fiction and non-fiction and written more than one hundred articles and short stories in major newspapers and national magazines. She has written biographies, about current events as well as made appearances on national radio and television shows. Additionally, she hosts a radio show, founded the Writers Bloc, Inc., and runs three websites. The collection consists of correspondence, manuscripts, galleys, videotapes, audiotapes, and page proofs associated with some of DeVincent-Hayess publications: Zambelli: First Family of Fireworks, Jacobs Fire, Thy Brothers Reaper, 22 Friar Street, The Last of the Wallendas, Troublesome Grammar, and some unpublished works. There is also research material, including photographs and postcards, related to her books on local histories, Ocean City, Rehoboth Beach, Wallops Island, and Chincoteague and Assateague Islands. The collection is unprocessed, but a preliminary inventory is available.
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Dryad Press Records, 1966-2010. 15.75 linear feet.
Location: Literature and Rare Books
Dryad Press had its origins in Dryad magazine, a literary journal co-founded by Merrill Leffler and Neil Lehrman in 1967 in the Washington, D.C., area. In 1974, the press published the first book bearing its imprint and has since published over fifty works, primarily volumes of poetry, which often have Jewish themes or subjects. Many of the authors published by Dryad are associated with the state of Maryland, by birth, education, or current residence. Much of the collection consists of correspondence with authors as well as with individuals and institutions involved in the publication and promotion of literary works. Major correspondents include Rod Jellema, Neil Lehrman, Myra Sklarew, and Paul Zimmer. Additionally, the collection includes manuscripts, proofs, printers' specifications, mock-ups, paste-ups, bluelines, galleys, and typescripts; photographs, slides, and negatives; reviews, articles, and clippings; brochures, flyers, and posters; financial statements, bills, invoices, receipts, and address lists; as well as copies of the actual publications of the press.
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Harold Dudley papers, 1944-1971. 2.00 linear feet.
Location: Literature and Rare Books
Harold Dudley (1896-1970) was a poet, author, and founder of the Washington Pilgrimage, later known as Religious Heritage of America. The organization actively promoted the Judeo-Christian heritage of the United States. Dudley was instrumental in lobbying Congress to add "under God" to the official text of the Pledge of Allegiance. He also wrote The Populist Movement, American Women in Public Life, This New America, Thoughts of Love and You, a volume of poetry to his wife; and the music to "Lead My America," a patriotic anthem. The collection consists of biographical materials documenting Dudley's life, as well as selected poems and other of Dudley's publications.
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Roland Flint papers, 1930s-2003. 36.5 linear feet.
Location: Literature and Rare Books
Roland Flint (1934-2001), poet and professor, was born on a small potato farm in Park River, North Dakota. Flint learned about hardship at an early age when his family lost its farm during the Great Depression. After a failed first attempt at college, Flint enrolled in the Marines and served in post-war Korea. It was during his military service that he decided to give college a second chance, and, when he returned to the United States, he enrolled at the University of North Dakota where he received a B.A. in 1958. Flint continued his education at Marquette University, where he completed a masters degree (1960), and the University of Minnesota--the topic of his 1968 doctoral dissertation was Theodore Roethke. In 1968, Flint joined the Georgetown University (Washington, DC) faculty where he taught English literature and creative writing until his retirement in 1997. During his career, Flint authored six collections of poetry, contributed poems to numerous national periodicals including the Atlantic Monthly and served as poet laureate of Maryland from 1995 until 2000. The collection includes letters, serials, speeches, monographs, notes for courses, notes for readings, photographs, newspaper clippings, drafts of poems, poetry readings on audio and video tape, and unpublished works. Additional correspondence and publication materials for Say It and And Morning can be found in the Dryad Press Records in the University of Maryland Libraries. The collection is unprocessed, but a preliminary inventory is available.
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Jesse Glass papers, 1836-2011. 79.5 linear feet.
Location: Literature and Rare Books
Jesse Glass, Jr., (1954- ), a writer, artist, and editor, is Professor of American literature and history and of comparative literature at Meikai University in Chiba, Japan. Raised outside Westminster, Maryland, he holds degrees from Western Maryland College (B.A., 1979), Johns Hopkins University (M.A., 1980), and the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (Ph.D., 1988). He was closely associated with avant-garde periodicals, Goethe's Notes (1976-1980), Cream City Review(1982-1988), and Die Young (1991-1996). After moving to Japan in 1992, he became involved with the Abiko Quarterly. In 1998 he established Ahadada Books, which publishes both online and in print. Published works of his poetry include The Passion of Phineas Gage & Selected Poems (2006), The Life and Death of Peter Stubbe (1995) and Lexical Obelisk (1983, 1990, 1996). He has also written on the history and folklore of Carroll County, Maryland, in The Witness: Slavery in 19th century Carroll County, Maryland (2004), Carroll County Newspaper Wars: Know-Nothings, Alms House Scandals and the Death of a Civil-War Editor (2004), and Ghosts and Legends of Carroll County (1982; revised, 1998). His papers include correspondence with such notable poets as Cid Corman, Leo Connellan, Robert Peters, Rod Summers, David Ray, and Armand Schwerner. Also in the collection are photographs, artwork, clippings, background material for books, visual and sound poetry, monographs, serials, chapbooks, manuscripts and poetry publications documenting the careers of Glass and of others. The collection includes both English and Japanese language materials and documents Glass's interest in Japanese poetry and folklore.
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Barbara Goldberg Papers, 1982-2010. 7 linear feet.
Location: Literature and Rare Books
Barbara Goldberg (1943- ) is a poet, translator, editor, author of feature articles and speeches, and educator, who lives in Chevy Chase, Maryland. Raised in Forest Hills, New York, she holds degrees from Mount Holyoke College (B.A., 1963), Columbia University (M.Ed., 1970), and American University (M.F.A., 1985). She is the author of four volumes of poetry: The Royal Baker's Daughter (2008); Marvelous Pursuits (1995), Cautionary Tales (1990), and Berta Broadfoot and Pepin the Short: A Merovingian Romance (1986), three of which have been translated into Hebrew. The Fire Stays in Red: Poems by Ronny Someck was translated by Goldberg and the Israeli poet Moshe Dor (2002). In addition, Goldberg and Dor edited two anthologies of Hebrew poetry in translation: After the First Rain: Israeli Poems on War and Peace (1998) and The Stones Remember: Native Israeli Poetry (l991). Goldberg edited The First Yes: Poems About Communicating (1996) and co-edited Open Door: Selected Poems from Poet Lore, 1980-1996 (1996). The recipient of numerous awards, Goldberg's poetry has been published in Poetry, the Paris Review, the Gettysburg Review, and the Harvard Review and her translations in the American Poetry Review. In 1999, she served as Poet-in-Residence for Howard County, Maryland. She has been a fellow at Yaddo, the MacDowell Colony, and the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts. She formerly served as editor of Poet Lore magazine and as senior speechwriter at AARP. Her papers include copies of her full-length books of poetry in English and Hebrew as well as copies of those she edited or translated. There are also copies of the books and serial publications to which Goldberg contributed. The correspondence with individuals and organizations documents her writing career. Additional materials in the collection include manuscripts, page proofs, notes, research materials, publicity, audio and video recordings, and photographs.
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Leacy-Naylor Green-Leach papers, 1877-1936. 1.50 linear feet.
Location: Literature and Rare Books
Poet and editor Leacy Naylor Green-Leach was born in Culpepper County, Virginia, in 1862. She was educated in private schools in Virginia until she was enrolled in Hellmuth Ladies College in London, Ontario, from which she graduated with honors at age sixteen. Green-Leach was the great-great-granddaughter of George Mason, one of the authors of the Bill of Rights. Her literary activities include the founding and editing of a Baltimore-based literary magazine called The Circle, which ran from 1923 until 1938; also in 1923, Green-Leach established the Baltimore literary group, the American Poetry Circle. Spanning the dates between 1877 and 1936, the Green-Leach papers consist of manuscripts, publications, correspondence, memorabilia, art work, and photographs.
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Arthur J. Gutman Collection of Menckeniana, 1882-2006. 7.75 linear feet.
Location: Literature and Rare Books
Arthur J. Gutman was born in 1911. A native Baltimorean, he graduated from Baltimore City College High School in 1928 and then attended the University of Baltimore. From 1979-1999, Mr. Gutman held the position of president of the Mencken Society, an organization founded to encourage the reading of and to pursue research into the writings of Henry L. Mencken. The Arthur J. Gutman collection contains books, clippings, letters, manuscripts, newsletters, pamphlets, and photographs related to both H.L. Mencken and to the Mencken Society. A large portion of the collection consists of first editions of H.L. Mencken's works as well as a number of the most significant secondary works on the writer. The collection contains a considerable amount of correspondence between Gutman and noted Mencken scholars, manuscripts of works on Mencken, and a nearly complete series of Mencken Society newsletters. There are also a number of rare pieces of Mencken's writing that appeared in pamphlet form, as well as some original Mencken correspondence. The entire collection spans the period from 1906-2000 with the majority of the materials falling between 1979-1999.
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Jack Hoffenberg papers, 1944-1977. 12.5 linear feet.
Location: Literature and Rare Books
Jack Hoffenberg (1906-1977) was a novelist and advertising executive in Washington, D.C., and Baltimore, Maryland. In World War II, he served in the U. S. Marine Corps and the U. S. Army. He published eleven novels, including A Thunder at Dawn and Sow Not in Anger. The collection consists of manuscripts, galley proofs, notes, and background materials for novels; correspondence; clippings; publicity; lecture announcements; art work; awards; and photographs. Significant correspondents represented include editors at Avon Books and E.P. Dutton and Co.; Marie Wilderson; Clyde Robert Bulla; Heber Ladner; Paul Monash; Leon Uris; Gwen Bristow; and Adolph A. Kroch.
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Roy Hoopes papers, 1941-2007. 104.5 linear feet.
Location: Literature and Rare Books
Roy Hoopes (1922- ), author, journalist, photographer, and editor was born in Salt Lake City, Utah. However, he grew up in Washington, DC, where his family moved when he was four. After active duty in the Naval Reserves in WWII, he completed his M.A. in 1948 at George Washington University, where he had previously completed his A.B. in 1943. Thereafter he edited and wrote for various magazines such as National Geographic Magazine, Playboy, Modern Maturity, and Maryland, for which he wrote a regular series of articles on Maryland writers. In addition, Hoopes wrote a weekly newspaper column on current events for the Berkshire (MA) Eagle under the pseudonym Peter Potomac from 1957 to 1977. Hoopes was the author of more than thirty books. He was the official biographer of James M. Cain and Ralph Ingersoll as well as co-author of the biography of Mormon apostle Rudger Clawson, of whom he is a descendent. He has written works of fiction such as Our Man in Washington as well as many non-fiction books including When the Stars Went to War, Americans Remember the Home Front and The Peace Corps Experience. Hoopes took up photography in 1969 and provided his own photographs for his books and for many articles. This collection includes drafts of books and magazine articles, research for both published and unpublished articles and books, photographs, serials, correspondence, and original artwork by political cartoonists Richard M. Powers and Herblock. The collection is unprocessed, but a preliminary inventory is available.
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Faith Reyher Jackson papers, 1918-2009. 26 linear feet.
Location: Literature and Rare Books
Author, educator, dancer/choreographer and master gardener Faith Reyher Jackson was born in New York City in 1919 to author Ferdinand Reyher (1890-1967) and author and women's rights activist Rebecca Hourwich Reyher (1898-1985). Jackson attended Bennington College in Bennington, Vermont, where she studied under Martha Hill and Martha Graham, graduating with a degree in dance and the arts in 1939. Jackson pioneered a program in dance education at the Academy of the Washington Ballet, where she served as the headmistress from 1964 until her retirement in 1978. Upon her retirement, Jackson devoted considerable time to her gardening efforts, earning her the title of master gardener. Jackson's journalistic career includes positions as the beauty editor of the New York Post from 1945 to 1946 and book editor of the Miami Herald from 1948 to 1950, and she has written for a number of publications, including Dance Magazine, Home & Garden, Mid-Atlantic Country, and American Horticulturist. Her major publications include both fiction and nonfiction, beginning with a scholarly biography of landscape architect William Lyman Phillips, Pioneer of Tropical Landscape Architecture: William Lyman Phillips in Florida, published in 1997 by the University Press of Florida. Jacksons fiction includes Meadow fugue and Descant (2002), for which she was awarded the Washington Writers Award, and her most recent publication, Stone's Throw (2009). The collection documents Jacksons literary and journalistic activities, as well as major gardening projects. Material includes correspondence, manuscripts, architectural drawings, photographs, publications, and clippings.
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Mollee Coppel Kruger papers, 1934-2010. 24.50 linear feet.
Location: Literature and Rare Books
Mollee Coppel Kruger (b. 1929) is a Maryland poet, journalist, playwright, and humorist. She attended the University of Maryland, College Park, from 1946 to 1950 and received her degree in Education. From 1967 to 1983, she authored a weekly poetry column, entitled Unholy Writ, which was syndicated nationally in several Jewish periodicals. Kruger has also published six poetry collections under the Maryben Books imprint. Kruger's papers include correspondence, drafts, notes, scrapbooks, photographs, newspaper and magazine clippings, published materials, video tapes, and memorabilia. Notable correspondents in the collection include Cynthia Ozick and Joseph Brodsky. Of particular interest are Kruger's bi-weekly letters home during her time as a student at the University of Maryland. An unpublished guide to this collection is available.
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Louise Malloy papers, 1894-1944. 2.00 linear feet.
Location: Literature and Rare Books
Louise Malloy (1858-1947) was the first newspaperwoman in Baltimore, Maryland, and a social and civic crusader. Her efforts led to the establishment of Juvenile Court in Baltimore and also resulted in improvements in the Fire Department. At the Baltimore American, she specialized in women's interests, did editorial and feature work, was dramatic editor for many years, and wrote a daily humor column entitled "Josh Wink." Her literary work included short stories, poems, articles, essays, and several plays, including "A Woman of War," written with General Felix Agnus, and "The Free Willer," for which she received a prize from the Eastern Shore Society of Maryland. Her papers consist of manuscripts of plays, poems, short stories, articles, and miscellaneous personal records documenting her life and literary career.
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Maryland Folklore Archives, 1944-1999. 141 linear feet.
Location: Literature and Rare Books
The Maryland Folklore Archives include materials collected and created by students of Maryland institutions of higher education. The subjects are not confined to the state of Maryland. The collection includes student papers; photographic prints, slides, and negatives; audio recordings; notecards; and realia. There are preliminary inventories for these holdings.
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Mary Carter Roberts papers, 1940-1977. 11.25 linear feet.
Location: Literature and Rare Books
Mary Carter Roberts (1899-1979) was a journalist and novelist. She was book review editor for the Washington Star, travel writer in the Maryland Department of Economic Development, and member of the Maryland Department of Information and the St. Mary's City Commission. She published two novels: The Abbot Sisters and Little Brother Fate. Her papers consist of correspondence; drafts of novels, stories, and articles; book and theatrical reviews; and reports, clippings, diaries, photographs, and memorabilia documenting her life and career. Significant correspondents represented in the collection include Anne Craine and the St. Mary's City Commission.
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Records of SCOP Publications, Inc., 1974-2002. 12.75 linear feet.
Location: Literature and Rare Books
Sound and Color of Poetry (SCOP) Publications (1978-2002) was a non-profit, literary press based in College Park, Maryland. SCOP Publications subsisted mostly on grants and contributions. Its better known publications include American Classic, the Car Poems (1984) and Laurels (1998), a publication documenting the biographies of female Poets Laureate. This collection includes correspondence; work papers; financial records; research materials; publicity materials; drafts and manuscripts of Laurels; copies of many of its published books and photographs. This collection is unprocessed, but a preliminary inventory is available.
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Myra Sklarew papers, 1858-2008. 15 linear feet.
Location: Literature and Rare Books
Myra Sklarew (1934- ), professor of literature and author of poetry, fiction, and nonfiction essays, was born in Baltimore, Maryland. The Myra Sklarew papers date from 1858 to 2008 (bulk dates 1970-2008) and include materials that Sklarew created and accumulated during her lifetime, materials about her life and her writings, and the creative output of others that was inspired by Sklarew. The materials include correspondence; manuscripts and drafts of published Sklarew literary works; copies of Sklarew's monographs; serial publications containing works by and about Sklarew; monographs and manuscripts written by other individuals; and subject files on various topics relating to Sklarew's work.
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Naomi Duff Smith papers, 1928-1859. 0.25 linear feet.
Location: Literature and Rare Books
Naomi Duff Smith (1902-1973) was a poet, author of short stories and radio scripts, and owner of a Baltimore, Maryland, public relations firm. Her collection consists of poems, short stories, correspondence, and awards documenting her literary output and business and civic achievements. Significant correspondents represented in the collection include Lizette Woodworth Reese, R. P. Harriss, Millard E. Tydings, Amy Winslow, Alan P. Hoblitzell, E. Paul Mason, Joseph R. Byrnes, Emory J. Niles, William D. MacMillan, and Hugo R. Hoffman.
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Reed Whittemore papers, c. 1913-1985. 26 linear feet.
Location: University of Maryland
Reed Whittemore (b. 1919) is a poet and emeritus professor of English at the University of Maryland, where he taught from 1967 to 1984. He also served twice as the Poetry Consultant for the Library of Congress. The author of a major biography of William Carlos Williams, he has also written numerous volumes of poems and essays. Whittemore's papers include correspondence, manuscripts, drafts, notes, galleys, proofs, scrapbooks, diaries, published materials, newspaper and magazine clippings, audiotapes, and photographs documenting his life, literary work, and teaching. Significant correspondents represented in the collection include Arthur Mizener and John Pauker. An addendum to the collection--consisting of correspondence, publications, press releases, and work papers--is available; it is described in a preliminary inventory.