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Benét, William Rose, 1886-1950 4
Berssenbrugge, Mei-mei, 1947- 4
Bloom, Harold, 1930- 4
Gizzi, Peter, 1959- 4
Guest, Barbara, 1920-2006 4
Hollander, John, 1929-2013 4
Lowell, Robert, 1917-1977 4
MacLeish, Archibald, 1892-1982 4
Schuyler, James 4
Shapiro, David, 1947- 4
Williams, William Carlos, 1883-1963 4
Berkson, Bill, 1939-2016 3
Berrigan, Ted, 1934-1983 3
Bishop, Elizabeth, 1911-1979 3
Brooks, Cleanth, 1906-1994 3
Dos Passos, John, 1896-1970 3
Glück, Louise, 1943- 3
Godfrey, John, 1945- 3
Hejinian, Lyn 3
Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967 3
New Directions Publishing 3
Porter, Katherine Anne, 1890-1980 3
Rankine, Claudia, 1963- 3
Stewart, Susan, 1952- 3
Tate, Allen, 1899-1979 3
Teasdale, Sara, 1884-1933 3
Violi, Paul, 1944-2011 3
Waldman, Anne, 1945- 3
Waldrop, Rosmarie, 1935- 3
Warren, Robert Penn, 1905-1989 3
Welish, Marjorie, 1944- 3
Wright, C. D., 1949-2016 3
Yale University. Alumni 3
Academy of American Poets 2
Adams, Léonie, 1899-1988 2
Auden, W. H. (Wystan Hugh), 1907-1973 2
Bacon, Leonard, 1887-1954 2
Bee, Susan 2
Bellamy, Dodie 2
Benét Family 2
Benét, James, 1914- 2
Benét, Laura 2
Benét, S. V. (Stephen Vincent), 1827-1895 2
Berryman, John, 1914-1972 2
Bogan, Louise, 1897-1970 2
Brainard, Joe, 1942-1994 2
Brandt & Brandt 2
Cave Canem (Organization) 2
Cohen, Ira 2
Cole, Peter, 1957- 2
Cowley, Malcolm, 1898-1989 2
Creeley, Robert, 1926-2005 2
Dent, Tory, 1958-2005 2
Derricotte, Toi, 1941- 2
DiPalma, Ray 2
Dickey, James, 1923-1997 2
Doubleday, Doran & Company 2
DuPlessis, Rachel Blau 2
Eliot, T. S. (Thomas Stearns), 1888-1965 2
Elizabeth Press 2
Ellison, Ralph, 1914-1994 2
Eshleman, Clayton 2
Farrar & Rinehart 2
Faulkner, William, 1897-1962 2
Fitzgerald, Robert, 1910-1985 2
Fletcher, John Gould, 1886-1950 2
Gander, Forrest, 1956- 2
Gordon, Caroline, 1895-1981 2
Granary Books, Inc. 2
H. D. (Hilda Doolittle), 1886-1961 2
Heaney, Seamus, 1939-2013 2
Howe, Fanny, 1940- 2
Ignatow, David, 1914-1997 2
Ingalls, Jeremy, 1911-2000 2
Killian, Kevin 2
Kirstein, Lincoln, 1907-1996 2
Koch, Kenneth, 1925-2002 2
Koethe, John, 1945- 2
Lansing, Gerrit 2
Lauterbach, Ann, 1942- 2
Lehman, David, 1948- 2
Levertov, Denise, 1923-1997 2
Lewis, Sinclair, 1885-1951 2
Lost Roads Publishers 2
Macdonald, Dwight, 1906-1982 2
Malanga, Gerard 2
Mayer, Bernadette 2
McClatchy, J. D., 1945-2018 2
Merwin, W. S. (William Stanley), 1927- 2
North, Charles, 1941- 2
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Richard Aaron collection of Ira Cohen

 Collection
Call Number: YCAL MSS 1025
Scope and Contents:

The Richard Aaron Collection of Ira Cohen contains correspondence, writings, artwork, photographs, production files, and other papers by, to, or relating to Ira Cohen's life and work.

Dates: 1946-1996

Léonie Adams and William Troy papers

 Collection
Call Number: YCAL MSS 316
Abstract:

The Léonie Adams and William Troy Papers consist of correspondence, writings, teaching materials, and other papers that document the personal and professional lives of both writers and teachers. The papers span the years 1902 to 1980.

Dates: 1902-1987

Daisy Aldan papers

 Collection
Call Number: YCAL MSS 613
Abstract:

The Daisy Aldan Papers document the work of poet, editor, educator, translator, and filmmaker Daisy Aldan. The papers consist of personal and professional correspondence, drafts of writings, writings of others, notebooks, diaries, teaching material, artwork, audiovisual material, photographs, printed material, and personal papers spanning the years 1919 to 2000.

Dates: 1919-2000

Leonard Bacon papers

 Collection
Call Number: YCAL MSS 487
Abstract: The collection consists of correspondence, writings, printed material and other papers that document the life and work of the poet Leonard Bacon. Correspondence is both professional and personal, and documents Bacon's writing and publishing activities as well as his personal and family relationships. Writings include drafts and proofs for many of his published works including Ulug Beg (1923), Lost Buffalo, and Other Poems (1930), The Furioso (1932), Dream and Action (1934), and...
Dates: 1834-1962, bulk 1897-1962

Mary Barnard papers

 Collection
Call Number: YCAL MSS 524
Abstract: The papers document the life and literary career of Mary Barnard and consist of writings, correspondence, travel papers, diaries, photographs, and audiovisual materials, dating from the 1890s to 2001. Writings include drafts of published and unpublished works, research materials, and notebooks. Correspondence pertains mostly to Barnard's writing career and personal relationships, but also includes family correspondence. Correspondents include Ezra and Dorothy Pound and William Carlos...
Dates: 1890-2001, bulk 1933-2001

Danford Barney papers

 Collection
Call Number: YCAL MSS 466
Abstract: The Danford Barney papers contains correspondence, drafts of writings, photographs, and other material relating to poet and photographer Danford Barney. Correspondence in the collection contains letters from many Yale-affiliated faculty, authors, and collaborators, including Stephen Vincent Benét, William Rose Benét, Henry Seidel Canby, John Farrar, Brian Hooker, Benjamin R. C. Low, William Lyon Phelps, and Thornton Wilder, as well as authors who commented on Barney's work, such as John...
Dates: 1877-1953

Michael Benedikt papers

 Collection
Call Number: YCAL MSS 589
Abstract: Collection contains correspondence, writings, and personal papers documenting the personal and professional life of author Michael Benedikt. Correspondence in the collection consists of letters to Benedikt from authors and artists, editors and publishers, literary agents and organizations, academic institutions, and others dating largely from the late 1950s to early 1980s. Correspondents include Duane Ackerson, Anna Balakian, Alan Brilliant, A. Poulin, Carolee Schneemann, and others....
Dates: 1951-2002

Benét Family Collection

 Collection
Call Number: YCAL MSS 1108
Dates: 1866-1979, bulk 1912-1959

Benét Family Papers

 Collection
Call Number: YCAL MSS 1107
Scope and Contents: The Benét family papers consists of correspondence, manuscripts, and other papers documenting the lives and activities of four generations of the Benét family. Material relating to members of the Rose, Mahon, and Carr families can also be found. The collection spans the years from 1849 to 1994. The defining thread to the collection runs from Brigadier General Stephen Vincent Benét and his wife Laura Amanda (Walker) Benét through their son James Walker Benét and his wife Frances...
Dates: 1836-1994

Stephen Vincent Benét and Rosemary Benét papers

 Collection
Call Number: YCAL MSS 1046
Scope and Contents:

The Stephen Vincent Benét and Rosemary Benét papers consist of correspondence, manuscripts, printed material, and personal and family papers documenting the life and work of American authors Stephen Vincent Benét and Rosemary Benét. The collection spans the years 1829 to 1962, with the bulk of the collection dating from roughly 1910 to 1943.

Collection material is chiefly in English; with some material in French, German, Polish, and Swedish.

Dates: 1829-1962, bulk 1920-1943

William Rose Benét Papers

 Collection
Call Number: YCAL MSS 1100
Scope and Contents:

The William Rose Benét papers consist of correspondence, manuscripts, printed material, and personal and family papers documenting the life and work of American author and editor William Rose Benét. The collection spans the years 1847 to 1957, with the bulk of the collection dating from roughly 1900 to 1950.

Collection material is chiefly in English; with some material in French, Italiana, Russian, and Hebrew.

Dates: 1847-1957, bulk 1920-1950

Gwendolyn Bennett Papers

 Collection
Call Number: JWJ MSS 106
Scope and Contents: The collection provides evidence of the personal and professional life of Gwendolyn Bennett. The papers are comprised of correspondence, writings, and personal papers, which shed light into Bennett’s career as a writer and educator, as well as her private life, particularly her relationship with her parents.Correspondents include Langston Hughes, who accompanied his letters with four poems inscribed to Bennett: “Hotel Boy” (1926), “Stalingrad” (1942), “Goodmorning, Stalingrad”...
Dates: 1918-1976

Charles Bernstein papers

 Collection
Call Number: YCAL MSS 984
Scope and Contents:

The Charles Bernstein papers, which span from 1950-2010s, contain extensive writings, along with other papers, programs, clippings, notebooks, audiovisual materials, and electronic media that document or are related to Bernstein's life and work.

Dates: 1926-2020, 1926-2020

Mei-mei Berssenbrugge papers

 Collection
Call Number: YCAL MSS 1082
Scope and Contents: The collection consists of correspondence, writings, writings of others, personal papers, photographs, printed material, audio recordings, electronic media, and other papers documenting the life and work of poet Mei-mei Berssenbrugge. Correspondence consists of letters from poets, writers, publishers, literary organizations, and others including John Ashbery, Charles Bernstein, Susan Bee, Ray DiPalma, Rachel Blau Duplessis, Ron Padgett, Arthur Sze, and Richard Tuttle. Writings consist of...
Dates: 1955-2015

Besmilr Brigham papers

 Collection
Call Number: YCAL MSS 1260
Abstract:

The Besmilr Brigham papers consists of correspondence, writings, notes and drawings, printed material, personal papers, and audiovisual media documenting the life and work of poet Besmilr Brigham. Materials date from 1931 to 2011, with the bulk dating between 1960 and 1990.

Dates: 1931-2011, bulk 1960s-1990

Coburn Britton papers

 Collection
Call Number: YCAL MSS 650
Abstract: The collection contains correspondence, writings, and personal papers documenting the life and literary activities of American poet and publisher Coburn Britton. The correspondence features a nearly three-decade long exchange between Britton and Jack Sullivan, some of which was compiled and published as Letters from Jack: Sex & Hell in Manhattan and Backwoods Maine (2002). In addition, there are small groups of correspondence with others, including Glenway Wescott, Edward Dahlberg, and...
Dates: 1919-1997

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

Don Byrd papers

 Collection
Call Number: YCAL MSS 967
Scope and Contents: The collection consists of correspondence, sketchbooks, notebooks, photographs, audiovisual materials, and other papers that document the work and social circle of poet Don Byrd. Notable correspondents include Charles Bernstein, Clayton Eshleman, Susan Howe, Gerrit Lansing, Paul Metcalf, and Jed Rasula. Photographs include color and black and white portraits of Byrd and other poets. Audiovisual materials consist of audiorecordings made by Byrd of poets including John Ashbery, Charles...
Dates: 1953-2010

Frederick Mortimer Clapp Papers

 Collection
Call Number: YCAL MSS 435
Abstract: The Frederick Mortimer Clapp Papers consists of personal and professional correspondence, writings, research material, lecture notes, subject files, diaries, and other papers documenting Clapp's activities as an art historian, educator, and poet as well as his personal and professional relationships. Writings include drafts and proofs for Clapp's various collections of verse and other works such as A History of the 17th Aero Squadron (1920) and The Frick Collection : Paintings : Summary...
Dates: 1852-1969, bulk 1906-1969

Ira Cohen papers

 Collection
Call Number: YCAL MSS 625
Abstract: The collection consists of correspondence, writings, notebooks, photographs, artwork, objects, audiovisual materials, and electronic media the document the life and work of Ira Cohen. The papers include materials relating to other writers, artists, and groups including Ronnie Burk, Louise Landes-Levi, the Living Theatre, Gerard Malanga, Petra Vogt, Tom Weigel, various Beat generation writers, and others. Artwork includes mail art, paintings, drawings, screen prints, and posters. Objects...
Dates: 1924-2007