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1. John Updike papers, 1962-1969

   166 items . 7 containers. 2.6 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Novelist, short story writer, and poet. Correspondence, galley proofs, plate proof, photographs, typescripts, notes, book covers, and poems. Included are drafts and other material for his novels The Centaur, Of the Farm, and The Poorhouse Fair, as well as poems, many of which were published in the New Yorker.

2. Harper's magazine records, 1847-1983

   255,000 items. 701 containers. 290 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Editorial, production, and business records including correspondence, reports, drafts of articles, and galleys for monthly issues of Harper's Magazine, a compendium of social commentary, news, history, criticism, poetry and fiction.

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3. Stanley Edgar Hyman papers, 1932-1978

   14,000 items. 47 containers. 18.6 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Literary critic and educator. Correspondence, memoranda, journal, manuscripts of articles, book reviews, and books, research material, notes, reports, and other papers relating to Hyman's career as literary critic, book reviewer, and professor of language, literature, and the history of myth and ritual at Bennington College, Bennington, Vermont. Of special interest are files pertaining to his book review column published in the New Leader and letters written to Hyman by his wife, Shirley Jackson, and by his friend and mentor, Kenneth Burke.

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4. Philip Roth papers, 1938-2001

   25,000 items. 255 containers plus 5 oversize. 107 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

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   Author. Correspondence, drafts, galleys, notes, interviews, play scripts, clippings, and photographs documenting Roth's literary career.

5. Daniel Hoffman papers, 1918-2012

   43,400 items. 124 containers. 49.6 linear feet. 1 microfilm reel. 152 digital files (380.92 MB). -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Poet, literary critic, and Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress. Correspondence, drafts of poems and books, reference files, and personal papers documenting Hoffman's life and work as a poet and scholar.

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