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Found in 10 Collections and/or records:

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Gustav Davidson Papers

Identifier: MSS84137
Abstract

Poet, writer, publisher, and secretary of the Poetry Society of America. Primarily writings and correspondence concerning Davidson's work in poetry, publishing, and research on angels.

Dates 1909-1992; Majority of material found within ( 1931-1971)
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Lillian Everts Papers

Identifier: MSS20057
Abstract

Poet. Correspondence, biographical material, clippings, photocopies, invitations, advertisements, scripts, and printed matter relating to Everts's career in poetry.

Dates 1933-1956; Majority of material found within ( 1949-1956)
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Shirley Jackson Papers

Identifier: MSS52522
Abstract

Author. Correspondence, diaries, journals, and other papers pertaining primarily to Jackson's writings. Includes manuscripts, notes, and outlines relating chiefly to the development of Jackson's short stories as well as to her supernatural tales and to her stories of contemporary domestic life.

Dates 1932-1991; Majority of material found within 1932-1965
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Archibald MacLeish Papers

Identifier: MSS30932
Abstract Poet, playwright, government official, and Librarian of Congress. Papers include correspondence reflecting MacLeish's relations with friends, literary colleagues, and government associates; notebooks (1919-1940s) containing drafts of poetry and prose; manuscript drafts of plays and radio broadcasts, and speeches, including those written for Franklin D. Roosevelt, Edward R. Stettinius, and Harry S. Truman; and notes and manuscripts for classroom lectures on modern poetry given by MacLeish at...
Dates 1907-1981; Majority of material found within 1925-1970
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Merrill Moore Papers

Identifier: MSS33373
Abstract

Psychiatrist and poet. Diaries, correspondence, notebooks, biographical material, family papers, genealogical records, literary papers, scrapbooks, printed matter, and other papers relating to Moore's career as a psychiatrist and poet.

Dates 1904-1979; Majority of material found within 1928-1957
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James Whitcomb Riley Papers

Identifier: MSS83909
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Author and poet, of Indianapolis, Indiana; sometimes known as the "Hoosier Poet." Correspondence and manuscript and typescript poems. Includes a drawing by Riley of his friend, Bill Nye.

Dates 1883-1915
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Muriel Rukeyser Papers

Identifier: MSS38505
Abstract Poet and biographer. Part I contains correspondence, diaries, appointment books, drafts, notes and notebooks, typescripts, proofs, production material, printed matter, and miscellaneous items relating to Rukeyser's literary contributions in the fields of biography, poetry, and translation, her public speeches and classroom lectures, and her commitment to social protest in support of human rights. Part II supplements the material in Part I and includes holograph drafts and typescripts,...
Dates 1844-1986; Majority of material found within 1930-1979
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William Orton Tewson Papers

Identifier: MSS3199
Abstract

Editor and literary critic. Primarily a list of contributors and responses from authors, poets, and journalists to Tewson's query, "Do you care what the critics say about you?" posed in the Literary Review of the New York Evening Post in 1926.

Dates 1923-1926; Majority of material found within ( 1926)
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Untermeyer-Frost Collection

Identifier: MSS84950
Abstract

Letters from Robert Frost to Untermeyer concerning poetry, Frost’s philosophy, and their views and interests, together with photographs, published writings, and other material by and about Frost, including galley proofs of The Letters of Robert Frost to Louis Untermeyer (1963).

Dates 1913-1964
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John Hall Wheelock Papers

Identifier: MSS45252
Abstract

Poet and editor. Correspondence; drafts of poems, speeches, and articles; and miscellany relating largely to Wheelock's poetry.

Dates 1910-circa 2000; Majority of material found within 1954-1978