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1. Thomas Mallon papers, 1880-2023

   81,200 items. 234 containers plus 2 oversize. 93 linear feet. 236 digital files (97.17 GB). -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Author, columnist, literary critic, and teacher. Correspondence, diaries, clippings, articles, outlines, drafts, publication files, research files, photographs, and memorabilia related to his literary career, including as a professor at Vassar College, a literary editor with Gentlemen's Quarterly (GQ), and author of more than fifteen books. Material in digital formats include audio and video recordings of interviews, lectures, and other speaking engagements, and limited research materials.

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2. Louis Simpson papers, 1922-2011

   66,000 items. 212 containers plus 1 oversize. 84.6 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Pulitzer Prize winning poet and author. Correspondence, working drafts of various poems and writings, administrative material regarding publishing and publications, reviews, translations, interviews, memorabilia, and subject files related to Simpson's career as an author and professor.

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   Some or all content stored offsite.

3. Marquis James papers, 1914-1955

   14,000 items. 48 containers. 19 linear feet. 1 microfilm reel. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Author. Diary, correspondence, book material, literary and biographical articles, radio scripts and plays, legal and financial papers, clippings, printed matter, photographs, and other papers relating mainly to James’s work as a biographer.

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4. 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.