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1. Bernard Malamud papers, 1930-1989

   13,000 items. 77 containers. 30.6 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Author. Part I contains correspondence, drafts, memoranda, manuscripts, notes and outlines, legal and financial records, printed matter, and other papers relating to Malamud's life and work as a novelist and short story writer, including his relations with editors, literary agents, and publishers, his work on theatrical and motion picture adaptations, his defense of free speech, and his support of the artistic community. Part II supplements the topics and files in Part I and also includes notes and outlines for classroom lectures given by Malamud at Bennington College, Bennington, Vermont, and drafts and notes for public lectures and readings.

2. Muriel Rukeyser papers, 1844-1986

   30,000 items. 88 containers plus 6 oversize. 38.8 linear feet. 7 microfilm reels. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   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, outlines, notes and notebooks, trial lines, research material, and other items relating to Rukeyser's poetry and writings, in particular The Orgy, The Speed of Darkness, The Traces of Thomas Hariot, and her translations of Gunnar Ekelöf, Selected Poems of Gunnar Ekelöf, and Octavio Paz, Selected Poems of Octavio Paz.

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