New York: 1940-1954. Letter. Collection of 6 typed letters, mostly on 8-1/2" x 11" sheets including Columbia University stationery, totaling 11 pages to philosopher Philip B. Rice who served as associate editor of THE KENYON REVIEW from its founding in 1939 until he died in 1956. Subject matter mostly concerns.....
n.d. Manuscript. Handwritten ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT by Baraka consisting of 4 yellow legal-sized sheets written on rectos only for an essay on Mid-Century African-American Literary and Social History. A partial manuscript, possibly unpublished. Present here are pages numbered 3, 4, 5, and 6. Baraka discusses Harlem Renaissance authors and black social.....
[1982]. Manuscript. Handwritten ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT by Baraka consisting of 4 yellow legal-sized sheets written on rectos only for his short story "Norman's Date." A partial manuscript of this story which first appeared in PLAYBOY in 1982 and later collected in Baraka's 2006 book of short stories TALES OF THE OUT.....
Hamilton [Bermuda]: 21 January 1910. Letter. A fine four-page handwritten letter on bifolium mourning stationery SIGNED "S. L. C." to his biographer, Albert Bigelow Paine, mentioning the death of his daughter Jean less than a month earlier. In full: "Thanks for your letter, and for its contenting news of the.....
n.d. Letter. Two AUTOGRAPH LETTERS SIGNED (ALSs) by the Cuban-born French Parnassian poet. One letter is to prolific French poet Léon Séché and mentions the philosopher/statesman Jules Simon. The other is addressed to Andre and is likely to French poet André Theuriet who received the prix Vitet from the Académie.....
Paris: 1968 & 1969. Letter. Two TYPED LETTERS SIGNED to child psychiatrist Robert Mellon about his son's progress and education as well as mentioning several of his books that Jones is sending to Mellon after signing them including FROM HERE TO ETERNITY and THE THIN RED LINE. Also included is.....
1940s. Manuscript. A collection of 16 MANUSCRIPT poems, all unsigned and undated but for two dated "16? November 1945," written in pencil on 14 8-1/2" x 11" sheets and one smaller sheet; housed in a custom quarter morocco clamshell box. Four of the poems appear in THE COLLECTED POEMS OF.....
1970s-1980s. Letter. A large archive of material sent by Al Purdy to Alan Abrams from the 1970s to the early 1980s consisting of over 175 pieces including over 150 SIGNED letters--nearly all typed, several with more than one page, and most envelopes present, 6 SIGNED hand-written postcards, 25 SIGNED typed.....
6 December 1994. Letter. One page on University of Virginia letterhead (5-1/2" x 8-1/2")" thanking the recipient for a book and letting him know he is unable to fulfill his request for a manuscript poem: “…the draft is in a book and is not detachable. It is a 300 page.....
2 April 1994. Letter. One page on Boston University letterhead (5-1/2" x 8-1/2")" responding to a request to send a manuscript poem to him: “In relation to your request that I write out a poem for your collection, I would be happy to comply if it appeared that your interest.....
[Tangier, Morocco]: 1986-87. Letter. Archive of 8 items, SIGNED letters and a document, plus a snapshot photograph of Bowles and 8 envelopes typed or hand-addressed by Bowles. All of the letters are on 8-1/2” x 11” onionskin paper except for the handwritten postcard, and are addressed to publisher Tim Hinterding.....
1961-1967. Letter. Includes 6 AUTOGRAPH LETTERS SIGNED (“John Steinbeck,” “John,” or “JS”), 1 TYPED LETTER SIGNED (“John”), and a partial AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED (“John”), all to Willard Bascom regarding Project Mohole and other matters, 11 pages total, various sizes and papers, from Barbados, Singapore, and New York, 15 February 1961.....
1888 - 1912. Letter. The three letters by Howell total 7 pages and are SIGNED "W. D. Howells" and include two hand-addressed envelopes and a cabinet card albumen photograph (4-1/4" x 5-7/8") by Reynolds Photograph Co. These letters, as well as the later letters by Mildred Howells, are addressed to.....
n.p. n.d. [after 1925]. Letter. A two-page AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED "Colette" written in French on both sides of one 8-1/4" x 10-1/2" piece of blue paper with no salutation and dated simply "Vendredi Soir." ]. Colette writes to an unnamed correspondent about their health and mentioning that she and her.....
1873 - 1887. Letters. Eight AUTOGRAPH LETTERS SIGNED, one as "John Ruskin" and the others the more typical "J Ruskin." All are to Sir William Lawrence Pullar and consist of 13 pages total on his Brantwood, Coniston letterhead. The letters discuss a number of subjects including Adam Smith, the difficulties.....
Danvers, MA: 21 November 1881. Letter. A 1-1/4-page letter on two panels of an 8-5/8" x 6-3/4" sheet folded into quarters to the publisher of the HAVERHILL GAZETTE asking them to stop his newspaper subscription. "As I shall be away much from this place, (as I have been during this.....
Manuscript. Seven 8-5/8" x 13-1/4" smooth-finished sheets (the first page about a third of that size) handwritten by Frances Hodgson Burnett of the ORIGINAL SIGNED MANUSCRIPT of most of her short story "A Little Faun" from her 1892 book GIOVANNI AND THE OTHER: CHILDREN WHO HAVE MADE STORIES, a collection.....
n.d. Manuscript. Six legal-sized watermarked pages (8" x 13") fastened with a clip in the upper left corner; with ink manuscript corrections throughout by Wells, the last page with a long manuscript addition SIGNED by Wells. In this UNPUBLISHED MANUSCRIPT titled “The Need for Strength and Clearness,” Wells argues for.....
[London]: 13 July 1939. Framed Letter. On the bottom blank portion of a typed letter to Shaw regarding finances from Andrew Tomlinson of The Beltane School on the school's stationery (7-1/2" x 10"), Shaw responds in red ink: "I know nothing about these trust funds; but I shall certainly not.....
New York: [17 October]. Letter. A ten-page AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED (ALS) on both sides of five 5-1/2" x 6-3/4" sheets of personal stationery to his mother. In part: "Well, we've moved, though by no means settled -- that part is still to come. But children, cats, furniture, everything are shifted.....
[Boston]: [15] & 19 February [1839]. Manuscript. Two pages on one 3-3/4" x 6-1/8" sheet laid into a larger 5-3/4" x 8-1/2" sheet with printed caption below, housed in a handsome red half morocco clamshell box. A leaf from Nathaniel Hawthorne's 1839 diary, written during his tenure at the Boston.....
[New York]: 1974. Letter. Archive includes a TYPED LETTER SIGNED (TLS) and an AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED (ALS) by Strand, both as "Mark," to a young poet discussing his work situation and the suicidal thoughts of a friend of the young poet, with two envelopes, one hand addressed and SIGNED. In.....
Isle of Wight: 2 June 1863. Letter. One-page AUTOGRAPH LETTER (4-1/4" x 7") SIGNED "A. Tennyson" on the verso to the poet's cousin Clara [Tennyson d'Eyncourt]. A warm, somewhat humorous note, in which Tennyson thanks her for her kindness and ends with praise: “What a beautiful hand you write!” According.....
19 February 1863. Letter. One page on a 5" x 7-7/8" sheet addressed to "Sir" and SIGNED "W. C. Bryant." A remarkable letter in which Bryant lists the names of a number of famous contemporaries. In full: "Enclosed is the photograph [not present] for which you have asked. Parke Godwin.....
Washington DC: 8 April 1903. Letter. Three-page AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED in full to Colonel H. H. Sargent on three panels of one 10" x 7-3/4" sheet of paper folded. "I'm glad to know that you are still desirous of the place in the War College, and want to assure you.....
