Scope and Contents
Dates
- 1952-1960
Creator
Conditions Governing Access
Conditions Governing Use
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Arrangement
Extent
22.32 Linear Feet (54 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Catalog Record
A record for this collection is available in Orbis, the Yale University Library catalog
Persistent URL
Overview
New World Writing (1952-1959)
Processing Information
The collection is comprised of material formerly classed as: Za New World. The collection was arranged and described by library staff in the 1960s or 1970s. Further rehousing, arrangement, and description was carried out in 2010. Folder titles appearing in the contents list below were transcribed from the existing folders. Titles have not been verified against the contents of the folders in all cases.
- American literature -- 20th century
- Auden, W. H. (Wystan Hugh), 1907-1973
- Authors and publishers -- United States
- Baldwin, James, 1924-1987
- Beckett, Samuel, 1906-1989
- Bellow, Saul, 1915-2005
- Borges, Jorge Luis, 1899-1986
- Brecht, Bertolt, 1898-1956
- Cummings, E. E. (Edward Estlin), 1894-1962
- Editors
- Editors -- United States
- Genet, Jean, 1910-1986
- Gide, André, 1869-1951
- Heller, Joseph (Catch-22)
- Ionesco, Eugène, 1912-1994
- Isherwood, Christopher, 1904-1986
- Kerouac, Jack, 1922-1969
- Literature -- Periodicals
- Literature, Modern -- 20th Century
- Little magazines -- United States
- Mailer, Norman, 1923-2007
- New world writing
- O'Connor, Flannery, 1925-1964
- Paz, Octavio, 1914-1998
- Periodicals -- Publishing -- United States
- Picasso, Pablo, 1881-1973
- Porter, Arabel J.
- Rexroth, Kenneth, 1905-1982
- Sinclair, Upton, 1878-1968
- Stevens, Wallace, 1879-1955
- Vidal, Gore, 1925-2012
- Williams, Tennessee, 1911-1983
- Williams, William Carlos, 1883-1963
- Title
- Guide to the New World Writing Records
- Author
- by Andrea Benefiel and Jennifer Meehan
- Date
- 2010
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
Part of the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library Repository
Location
121 Wall Street
New Haven, CT 06511
Opening Hours
Access Information
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