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Joe C. Brown papers

 Collection
Call Number: JWJ MSS 376
Scope and Contents: The papers contain drafts, artwork, correspondence, photographs, and other materials documenting the life of Joe C. Brown. Correspondents include: South African poet and activist Dennis Brutus, Horace R. Cayton, publisher Dudley Randall, musician Phil Cohran, James W. Ivy, editor of The Crisis magazine, Beatrice M. Murphy, Harry Mark Petrakis, Constance Webb, and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference Operation Breadbasket. There is also one autograph manuscript draft of an outgoing...
Dates: 1933-1993

Wesley Brown papers

 Collection
Call Number: JWJ MSS 229
Scope and Contents:

The Wesley Brown papers consists of original and photocopied material related to the writer Wesley Brown. The papers primarily contain the creative writing of Wesley Brown, including novels, plays, poems, short stories, film scripts, correspondence, and reviews related to these writings. The papers also include legal documents related to Wesley Brown’s refusal to be inducted into the armed services in 1972.

Dates: 1967-2017

Robert Sewall Browne and Alice Gray Browne correspondence

 Collection
Call Number: WA MSS S-4422
Abstract:

Letters by or relating to Robert Sewall Browne and wife Alice Gray Browne, circa 1894-1908. Circa 170 letters document Robert Browne's efforts mining gold in Alaska and Yukon Territory--142 of these letters were exchanged between Robert Browne and Alice Gray Browne. 28 letters concern Robert Browne's death in Alaska. Included are 80 letters addressed to Alice Browne and son Carl Gray Browne.

Dates: circa 1894-1951, bulk 1894-1908

Katharine Brush papers

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Call Number: YCAL MSS 463
Abstract:

The Katharine Brush papers consist chiefly of material relating to an unpublished novel by Brush entitled "Lover Come Back". The novel, started in the early 1940s, went through multiple revisions and had a working title of "Story of Sylvia". Materials relating to the work include research files, outlines and synopses, drafts, and supplementary material, such as excerpts, discards, and schedules. The papers also include research files on military topics.

Dates: 1942-1956

Lois Williams Bry collection of Eugene O'Neill, Jr.

 Collection
Call Number: YCAL MSS 125
Abstract:

Letters from Eugene O'Neill, Jr. to Lois Williams Bry, 1925-49; printed versions of O'Neill, Jr.'s articles and reviews, many inscribed to Bry; and subject files (mainly clippings) collected by Bry about O'Neill, Jr., his friends, and his family.

Dates: 1925-1986 1936-1950, bulk 1936-1950

C. D. B. Bryan papers

 Collection
Call Number: YCAL MSS 1103
Scope and Contents:

The C. D. B. Bryan papers, which span from 1976-2000, contain writings, research notes, clippings, interviews, printed material, and other papers by or relating to the life and work of C. D. B. Bryan.

Dates: circa 1976-2000

Gertrude Buckman correspondence

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Call Number: YCAL MSS 379
Abstract:

Letters to Gertrude Buckman from various writers, poets, and editors, including John Berryman, James Laughlin, Adrienne Rich, Kurt Vonnegut, and Robert Penn Warren. Letters date from circa 1944-1997 and include a small amount of letters from unidentified correspondents.

Dates: circa 1944-1997

[Edmund Burke letters]

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Call Number: OSBORN C8
Scope and Contents:

The following finding aid is a complete inventory of the contents of Osborn c8. This list was reformatted from previously existing cataloging.

Dates: 1778-1825

[Correspondence]

 Collection
Call Number: OSBORN D149
Abstract:

Autograph MSS.
Collection of letters and papers relating to the establishment of the Porson and Burney Prizes at Cambridge University [Richard Porson (1759-1808)].

Dates: 1819-1857

Mary Ellen Bute Papers

 Collection
Call Number: GEN MSS 603
Abstract:

Scripts, correspondence and photographs documenting the film productions of Mary Ellen Bute and Ted Nemeth. The films represented in this collection include "Passages from James Joyce's Finnegan's Wake," "Skin of Our Teeth," and "Out of the Cradle Endlessly Rocking."

Dates: 1907-1985

Linda Butler papers

 Collection
Call Number: YCAL MSS 10a
Abstract:

The papers contain correspondence, writings, and a scrapbook concerning Margaret Marshall, the Marshall family, and Constance Mayfield Roarke.

Dates: 1927-1980

Robert Olen Butler papers

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Call Number: YCAL MSS 1146
Content Description:

The Robert Olen Butler Papers, which span from 1786 to 2017, contain writings in the form of drafts, galley proofs, research, and documentation related to his novels, short stories, and non-fiction. The papers also contain correspondence, clippings, ephemera, and photographs related to Butlers's life and work.

Dates: 1786-2017, bulk 1945-2017

Cadell & Davies records

 Collection
Call Number: GEN MSS 510
Abstract:

Correspondence, promissory notes, receipts, and statements of account documenting the publishing and bookselling business of Cadell & Davies. The records include letters from contemporary authors and printers, as well as substantial correspondence with the poet and novelist Charlotte Turner Smith. Other correspondents include Edward Daniel Clarke, George Huntingford, William Magee, Edward Maltby, Isaac Milner, Charles Simeon, and Nathaniel Wraxall.

Dates: 1767-1831

Paul Cadmus papers

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Call Number: GEN MSS 1977
Abstract:

The Paul Cadmus papers, which span from 1812-2019, contain personal papers and files, correspondence, photographs, artwork, papers of others, artwork, address books, printed matter, and other materials that document the life and work of Paul Cadmus.

Dates: 1812-2019

Cadwell family correspondence

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Call Number: WA MSS S-2933
Abstract: Letters to Louie Earl Williams of Buckeye, California, and Reno, Nevada, chiefly from her sister and brother-in-law, Julia Earl Cadwell and Edwin Cadwell, that discuss farm and social life in Crawford County, Iowa, 1870-1893. The collection also includes letters by other family members and friends, including Jennie Ann Huckstep and Ella Jefferson. Many letters are addressed to her parents, Asa Colton Earl and Nancy Weakley Allred Earl. A few letters are written to her husband, William J....
Dates: 1834-circa 1905, bulk 1870-1893

Sid Caesar papers

 Collection
Call Number: YCAL MSS 1245
Content Description:

The bulk of this collection consists of Sid Caesar's copies of scripts from his many television programs and appearances, including Your Show of Shows, Caesar's Hour, Sid Caesar Invites You, The Sid Caesar Show, and others. It also includes related correspondence, screenplays, subject files, and reference materials, as well as recordings of Your Show of Shows and other programs related to Caesar.

Dates: circa 1950-1969

Bill Callison collection of Peace and Freedom Party of California papers

 Collection
Call Number: WA MSS S-4544
Abstract: Professional papers of Bill Callison comprised of correspondence, policy documents, membership lists, memoranda, flyers, promotional material, and newspaper clippings documenting the Peace and Freedom Party of California, 1968-2004, bulk 1974-1995.The material documents the administrative, organizing, and electoral activities of the political party, as well as its approach to local, state, national, and global issues. Most of the collection relates to Alameda County and Contra...
Dates: 1968-2004, bulk 1974-1995

Gladys Campbell papers

 Collection
Call Number: YCAL MSS 251
Abstract:

The Gladys Campbell Papers contain correspondence, writings, and other papers that document the work of the poet Gladys Campbell and other members of the University of Chicago Poetry Club, as well as her relationships with other poets. The papers also contain writings of George Dillon, Charles Bell, Janet Lewis, Maurice Lesemann, Naomi Clark, and Morton Zabel. The papers span the years 1914 to 1995.

Dates: 1914-1995

Kathleen Foster Campbell papers

 Collection
Call Number: YCAL MSS 252
Abstract:

The Kathleen Foster Campbell Papers consist of correspondence, writings and printed materials that document the relationship between Kathleen Foster Campbell and friends from the University of Chicago Poetry Club, as well as her writings and writings of others. The papers span the years 1924 to 1992.

Dates: 1924-1992

Gilbert Cannan papers

 Collection
Call Number: GEN MSS 873
Abstract:

The collection primarily consists of writings by Gilbert Cannan, containing autograph manuscripts of his novels, plays, poetry, and short stories, with some examples of his non-fiction writing, including the manuscript of his work Samuel Butler: a Critical Study. Series I holds the literary manuscripts, while Series II holds a law examination certificate and two photographs of Black Lake Cottage, in Farnham, Surrey, where Cannan lived for a time.

Dates: 1777-1925, bulk 1907-1925