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Violet Trefusis papers
Collection
Call Number: GEN MSS 427
Abstract:
Collection contains correspondence, writings and other materials by or related to Violet Trefusis. The correspondence consists chiefly of approximately 500 letters from Trefusis to John Phillips written in the 1960's. Also included are letters to Trefusis from her mother, Alice Keppel, her sister, Sonia Keppel, and her husband, Denys Trefusis; several governmental departments in France and England concerning Trefusis's re-entry into France after World War II; and her nomination to the...
Dates:
1919-1971
Toba Pato Tucker photographs and papers
Collection
Call Number: WA MSS S-2604
Abstract:
Portraits of individuals from other communities and locales include street portraits of pedestrians in New York City; residents of a drug rehabilitation program at facilities throughout New York State; the people of Heber Springs, Arkansas, the rural town photographed decades earlier by Mike Disfarmer; and African American members of the First Baptist Church of Riverhead, New York. Tucker's commission work includes portraits of individuals, couples, and families. Her personal photography...
Dates:
1950-2015, bulk 1977-2017
Carl Van Vechten Papers
Collection
Call Number: YCAL MSS 1050
Abstract:
The Carl Van Vechten Papers includes correspondence, writings, photographs, scrapbooks and albums, and artwork documenting Carl Van Vechten's activities as a writer, photographer, and patron of the arts.
Dates:
1866-1986
Carl Van Vechten Papers Relating to African American Arts and Letters
Collection
Call Number: JWJ MSS 1050
Abstract:
The Carl Van Vechten Papers Relating to African-American Arts and Letters include correspondence, writings, photographs and artwork documenting Van Vechten’s interest in and involvement with black artists, writers, and social activists.
Dates:
1800-1971
David Wagstaff papers
Collection
Call Number: GEN MSS 415
Abstract:
Collection consists of personal papers and materials collected by David Wagstaff. Included are diaries of Wagstaff's travels from 1907-1921; correspondence, organizational papers, photographs and other materials related to the Ristigouche Salmon Club and the Restigouche Riparian Association; personal papers including catalog cards of Wagstaff's book collection; and materials generally concerning hunting and fishing collected by Wagstaff,including shooting targets, shooting awards,...
Dates:
1824-1950
Edward Lewis Wallant papers
Collection
Call Number: YCAL MSS 606
Abstract:
The collection consists of writings, correspondence, photographs, sketches, and awards that document the career of American author Edward Lewis Wallant. The bulk of the collection consists of drafts and proofs of novels and shorter writings, reviews, and related correspondence with publishers and literary agents. Much of the material post-dates Wallant's death and reflects his wife Joyce Fromkin Wallant's efforts to see his last two novels published and to manage his legacy in light of...
Dates:
circa 1945-1977
Rosanna Warren Papers
Collection
Call Number: YCAL MSS 1611
Scope and Contents:
The Rosanna Warren papers consist of subject files, writings, and personal papers that document Warren's professional and personal activities. The bulk of the papers range in date from Warren's youth to the library's acquisition of the papers in 2022. Correspondents include William Arrowsmith, John Ashbery, Saul Bellow, Harold Bloom, Peter Blume, Cleanth Brooks, D. S. Carne-Ross, Eleanor Clark, Donald Davie, Joan Fitzgerald, Robert Fitzgerald, Louise Glück, Linda Gregerson, Seamus Heaney,...
Dates:
1892-2022, bulk 1960-2022
William Watson collection
Collection
Call Number: GEN MSS 460
Abstract:
Chiefly correspondence, including original letters and typed transcripts to and from William Watson and other letters and transcripts concerning him; and holograph writings by Watson, including a holograph of Wordsworth's Grave and Other Poems, many single poems, and a smaller amount of other poetry collections, prose writings, and music.Also included are personal papers of William Watson; papers of Maureen Pring Watson, including drafts of a biography of her husband; photograph...
Dates:
1867-1952
James L. Weil papers
Collection
Call Number: YCAL MSS 825
Abstract:
The Weil papers contain correspondence, production files and writings, records of the Elizabeth Press, printed and audiovisual materials, and personal papers. The collection is made up of twenty-one separate donations made by Weil from 1983 to 2005. The first several accessions consist exclusively of materials relating to publications by Weil, while later accessions, beginning with the October 1990 Acquisition, consist of larger groups of material including correspondence, production files,...
Dates:
1927-2005
Glenway Wescott papers
Collection
Call Number: YCAL MSS 134
Abstract:
The Glenway Wescott Papers consist of correspondence, journals, notebooks, manuscripts, personal and financial papers, research files,photographs, graphic items, clippings, objects, and audiotapes. The material documents Wescott's life, work, and personal relationships with many noted artists, writers, and performers of the 20th century including his long-time companion, Monroe Wheeler, many of whose papers are included here.Series I, Correspondence, consists of six subseries:...
Dates:
1900-1990
Monroe Wheeler papers
Collection
Call Number: YCAL MSS 136
Abstract:
The Monroe Wheeler Papers consist of correspondence, manuscripts,personal and financial papers, photographs, graphic items, clippings, and objects which document Wheeler's life and work, principally at the Museum of Modern Art.Series I, Correspondence, contains letters found in Monroe Wheeler's archive following the processing of the Glenway Wescott Papers (YCAL MSS 134), which holds the majority of letters to and from Wheeler. Series II. Writings, gathers together material from...
Dates:
1890-1995
Edmund White papers
Collection
Call Number: YCAL MSS 808
Abstract:
Includes personal and professional correspondence, manuscripts, research files, biographical material, financial papers, photographs, slides, audio visual material, ephemera.
Dates:
circa 1905-2016
John Hay Whitney and Betsey Cushing Whitney family papers
Collection
Call Number: MS 1938
Abstract:
The papers consist of correspondence, topical files, writings, legal and financial papers, photographs, scrapbooks, and audiovisual material documenting John Hay Whitney and Betsey Cushing Whitney and their extended family. The papers provide a substantive resource for the study of the private and public lives of the Whitney family, a prominent American family, widely known for its members' engagement in business, public service, government service, publishing, philanthropy, horse racing...
Dates:
1826-2010
Found in:
Manuscripts and Archives
John Greenleaf Whittier Collection
Collection
Call Number: YCAL MSS 986
Scope and Contents:
The John Greenleaf Whittier collection contains correspondence, writings, and other papers by or relating to the nineteenth-century American poet and abolitionist John Greenleaf Whittier. Correspondence consists entirely of autograph letters, signed or initialed. Writings include autograph manuscript drafts or copies of poems and proofs, many also signed or initialed. Other papers include artistic and photographic portraits of Whittier.
Dates:
1831-1942, bulk 1837-1892
Ron Whyte papers
Collection
Call Number: YCAL MSS 670
Abstract:
The papers consist of correspondence, writings, printed material, photographs, audiovisual material, and personal papers that document the life and work of playwright, editor, and activist Ron Whyte (circa 1942-1989). The largest series, Writings, includes drafts and circulating versions of dozens of works of drama and prose by Ron Whyte, including many unproduced plays. The documentation of Whyte's writings also includes material from his time as a student, spanning from high school to...
Dates:
1939-1995
George W. Wilbur family papers
Collection
Call Number: WA MSS S-1611
Abstract:
The George W. Wilbur Family Papers consist of correspondence, case files, financial papers, notebooks, documents, writings, diaries, maps, photographs, and printed material which document the life of George W. Wilbur and his family.
Dates:
1737-1954, bulk 1870-1931
Amos Niven Wilder and Wilder Family Papers
Collection
Call Number: YCAL MSS 1114
Scope and Contents:
The Amos Niven Wilder and Wilder Family papers consist of materials once owned and created by the members of author Thornton Wilder’s family: his parents Amos Parker and Isabella, his brother Amos Niven, his sisters Charlotte, Isabel, and Janet, his extended family members, and his contractual agreements with the Freedman Dramatic Agency, and the Wiggin and Dana law firm.
Dates:
1776-2015
John C. Wilson Papers
Collection
Call Number: YCAL MSS 1127
Abstract:
The John C. Wilson papers consist of scrapbooks, photographs, and other material documenting the life and work of American producer and director John C. Wilson.
Dates:
1898-1978
John C. Wilson Theater Collection on Noel Coward
Collection
Call Number: GEN MSS 608
Abstract:
Collection, including playscripts, production files, and printed materials, documenting the professional collaboration between American theater producer and director John C. Wilson and British playwright Noel Coward.
Dates:
1931-1955
Bernard Wolfe papers
Collection
Call Number: YCAL MSS 831
Abstract:
The collection includes correspondence, writings and research material, photographs, printed material, and personal papers relating to American author Bernard Wolfe. There is correspondence, including incoming and outgoing letters, with family, friends, writers, publishers, editors, and labor organizations. Individual corrrespondents include: Pearl Buck, Marcel Duhamel, Dwight MacDonald, Henry Miller, A. J. Muste, John Crowe Ranson, Harry Ross, and Wolfe's brother Albert; there is a...
Dates:
1920s-1998