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Robert Olen Butler papers

 Collection
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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

LeGrand Cannon collection

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Call Number: YCAL MSS 674
Abstract:

The collection consists of writings and correspondence by or relating to the American novelist LeGrand Cannon. Writings consist of autograph manuscript and typescript drafts of Look to the Mountain, Come Home at Even (also including proofs), and These are Some Stories about Old George Brown. Correspondents include Charles Beecher Hogan, Stephan Stearns, and Donald Wing.

Dates: 1938-circa 1979

Tom Carey papers

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Call Number: YCAL MSS 1210
Abstract:

This collection contains writings, photographs, correspondence, journals and other material created by writer, poet, and vicar, Tom Carey. Correspondence and journals contain content related to writers and artists associated with the first and second generations of the New York School, including James Schuyler, Eileen Myles, and John Ashbery.

Dates: circa 1890s-2000s, bulk circa 1960s-2000s

J. B. Carrington papers

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Call Number: YCAL MSS 666
Abstract: The J. B. Carrington Papers hold correspondence, literary manuscripts, photographs, and research files related to his career as an editor and writer at Scribner's Magazine. Correspondents include authors and artists who contributed work to the magazine, such as Frederick S. Church, James B. Connolly, Kenyon Cox, Andrew Lang, Maxfield Parrish, Frederick Waugh, and N. C. Wyeth, who are represented by letters and literary manuscripts. In addition, Carrington kept financial records on the...
Dates: 1886-1934

Sandi Carroll Papers Relating to Early Productions of August Wilson's Seven Guitars

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Call Number: JWJ MSS 188
Abstract: The papers consist of scripts, notes, rehearsal schedules, venue descriptions and other materials that document the productions of August Wilson’s Seven Guitars in Boston, San Francisco, Los Angeles, and on Broadway in New York City, in 1995-1996. The material also provides a record of how characters and dialogue in the play were changed and developed during these productions. Also included are several corrected proofs of the script as it was being prepared for...
Dates: 1995-1996

Rachel Carson papers addition

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Call Number: YCAL MSS 630
Abstract:

The Rachel Carson Papers Addition contains correspondence, writings, photographs, artwork, ephemera, and printed material of Rachel Carson. The bulk of the material documents Carson's childhood and family.

Dates: 1897-1999

Guide to the Catalog of Photographic Prints of Backdrops for the Motion Picture Industry in California

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Call Number: WA Photos 1340
Abstract:

Catalog of photographic prints of backdrops for the motion picture industry chiefly in California comprised of photographic views of sites in California from approximately 1925 to approximately 1945, with the bulk from approximately 1935.

Dates: approximately 1925 to approximately 1945, bulk approximately 1935

Cave Canem records

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Call Number: JWJ MSS 130
Abstract: The Cave Canem Records contain correspondence (including electronic mail), organizational records, photographs, financial records, computer files, and audiovisual recordings that document the activities of Cave Canem Foundation, Inc. and its founders Toi Derricotte and Cornelius Eady. The organization's governance, fundraising, publicity, and operations are documented as well as its publishing activity, fellowship program, and Legacy Conversations series, which features poets and scholars...
Dates: 1995-2012

Franco Cerutti papers

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Call Number: GEN MSS 1164
Scope and Contents: The papers consist of fifteen typescript volumes of writings by Nicaraguan authors, poets, politicians and others, with autograph manuscript corrections, annotations, and additions by Franco Cerutti. The writings were selected, introduced, and edited by Cerutti and bound according to intended publication series: "Prosadores decimononios de Occidente," "Obras," and "Los liberales doctrinarios de Occidente." Each volume is signed by Cerutti and inscribed "San José [Costa Rica], 1980," and...
Dates: 1970-1993

Zenaida Gutiérrez-Vega collection of José María Chacón y Calvo

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Call Number: GEN MSS 617
Abstract: The collection consists of material created by or relating to José María Chacón y Calvo, which was accumulated by Zenaida Gutiérrez-Vega in the course of her research on the life and work of the Cuban-born literary critic and academic. Material includes original and copies of correspondence received by Chacón y Calvo from various Cuban, Spanish, and Latin American poets and writers; original manuscripts, typescripts, photocopies, and clippings of writings by Chacón y Calvo; an annotated...
Dates: 1793-2007, bulk 1915-2007

Basil Champneys correspondence

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Call Number: GEN MSS 156
Abstract:

Letters received by Basil Champneys from various correspondents including George Du Maurier, R. C. Jebb, A. C. Lyall, Hallam Tennyson, and Francis Warre Cornish. Many letters concern a dinner in 1904 for the Artists' General Benevolent Institution. Also included are manuscript pieces by Coventry Patmore, an autograph sheet, and third-party letters including items to or from Annie Wood Besant, John Fulleylove, and Brooke Foss Westcott.

Dates: 1882-1925

Elizabeth Fuller Chapman papers and films

 Collection
Call Number: YCAL MSS 442
Abstract: The papers and films document the friendships between Elizabeth Fuller Chapman (1893-1980) and several writers and artists, most notably Alice B. Toklas, Gertrude Stein and Thornton Wilder. Letters in Box 1 date from 1932-1976. Printed material in Box 1 includes theater programs, clippings on Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas, and interview notes and transcripts from the filming of the 1970 documentary by Perry Miller Adato, "Gertrude Stein: When You See, Remember Me." The films in Box 2...
Dates: 1932-1976