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Lewis, Sinclair, 1885-1951 5
Porter, Katherine Anne, 1890-1980 5
Tate, Allen, 1899-1979 5
Yale University 5
Ashbery, John, 1927-2017 4
Auden, W. H. (Wystan Hugh), 1907-1973 4
Benét, Rosemary, 1900-1962 4
Bishop, Elizabeth, 1911-1979 4
Dos Passos, John, 1896-1970 4
Fitzgerald, F. Scott (Francis Scott), 1896-1940 4
Fitzgerald, Robert, 1910-1985 4
Hapgood, Hutchins, 1869-1944 4
Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967 4
Lowell, Robert, 1917-1977 4
Luhan, Mabel Dodge, 1879-1962 4
MacLeish, Archibald, 1892-1982 4
Moore, Marianne, 1887-1972 4
Padgett, Ron, 1942- 4
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Warren, Robert Penn, 1905-1989 4
Wilson, Edmund, 1895-1972 4
Adams, Léonie, 1899-1988 3
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Berkson, Bill, 1939-2016 3
Berrigan, Ted, 1934-1983 3
Bloom, Harold, 1930- 3
Bogan, Louise, 1897-1970 3
Bontemps, Arna, 1902-1973 3
Brainard, Joe, 1942-1994 3
Cather, Willa, 1873-1947 3
Clark, Eleanor, 1913-1996 3
Cowley, Malcolm, 1898-1989 3
Cullen, Countee, 1903-1946 3
Ewing, Max 3
Ficke, Arthur Davison, 1883-1945 3
Fitts, Dudley, 1903-1968 3
Howe, Susan, 1937- 3
Jeffers, Robinson, 1887-1962 3
Johnson, James Weldon, 1871-1938 3
Knopf, Alfred A., 1892-1984 3
Koch, Kenneth, 1925-2002 3
Laughlin, James, 1914-1997 3
Marinoff, Fania, 1890-1971 3
McClatchy, J. D., 1945-2018 3
Millay, Edna St. Vincent, 1892-1950 3
O'Neill, Carlotta 3
O'Neill, Eugene, 1888-1953 3
Owen, Maureen, 1943- 3
Picasso, Pablo, 1881-1973 3
Waldman, Anne, 1945- 3
Wescott, Glenway, 1901-1987 3
Wilbur, Richard, 1921-2017 3
Yale University. Alumni 3
Academy of American Poets 2
American Academy of Arts and Letters 2
Anderson, Sherwood, 1876-1941 2
Antheil, George, 1900-1959 2
Babb, James T. (James Tinkham), 1899-1968 2
Bacon, Leonard, 1887-1954 2
Baker, Carlos, 1909-1987 2
Baldwin, James, 1924-1987 2
Barilli, Bruno, 1880-1952 2
Baxter, Glen, 1944- 2
Benét Family 2
Benét, James, 1914- 2
Benét, S. V. (Stephen Vincent), 1827-1895 2
Bernstein, Charles, 1950- 2
Berryman, John, 1914-1972 2
Bishop, John Peale, 1892-1944 2
Blume, Judy (1938) 2
Book-of-the-Month Club 2
Borgatti, Renata 2
Boyce, Neith, 1872-1951 2
Brandt & Brandt 2
Brooks, Cleanth, 1906-1994 2
Brown, Sterling A., 1901-1989 2
Bryher, 1894-1983 2
Buck, Pearl S. (Pearl Sydenstricker), 1892-1973 2
Burns, Edward 2
Canby, Henry Seidel, 1878-1961 2
Cartier-Bresson, Henri, 1908-2004 2
Chigi Saracini, Guido, conte, 1880-1965 2
Cocteau, Jean, 1889-1963 2
Coolidge, Clark, 1939- 2
Cummings, E. E. (Edward Estlin), 1894-1962 2
DeWitt, Miriam Hapgood, 1906-1990 2
Dickey, James, 1923-1997 2
Dillard, Annie 2
Dine, Jim, 1935- 2
Disch, Thomas M., 1940-2008 2
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Charles L. Adams papers

 Collection
Call Number: WA MSS S-2615
Abstract: The collection consists of material created and collected by Charles Adams in the course of his research and teaching activities as a scholar of Frank Waters and a professor of English at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Material includes correspondence; transcripts and sound recordings of interviews with Waters; sound recordings of various seminars, lectures, and talks about Waters; typescripts of writings by and about Waters; photocopies, reprints, and excerpts of published works by...
Dates: 1946-2005, (bulk 1970-2005)

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

Ann Petry manuscripts

 Collection
Call Number: JWJ MSS 206
Scope and Contents: The Ann Petry Manuscripts contains the writings of American author Ann Petry. Writings consist of drafts of Petry’s novels Country Place (1947) and The Street (1946), some with extensive revisions. Some draft pages were written on the back of Negro Women, Incorporated, newsletters and governance documents. Also included are drafts of Petry's review of Margaret Halsey’s Color Blind: A White Woman Looks at the...
Dates: circa 1944-1947

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

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

Jeanne C. Barney papers

 Collection
Call Number: WA MSS S-4483
Scope and Contents: The collection includes correspondence, writings, legal documents, photographs, ephemera, and artwork concerning Jeanne C. Barney, leather culture, and gay rights activism in California, circa 1968-1982. Present are original letters and typescript drafts for Barney’s advice columns, subscription forms and correspondence for the Leather Fraternity, and legal documents concerning Barney’s arrest and trial after the Mark IV raid. Also included are letters from Robert A. Sullivan, who was...
Dates: 1968-1982

Michael Basinski poems and other papers

 Collection
Call Number: YCAL MSS 1242
Content Description:

Collection consists chiefly of visual poems and collages by Basinski, including one collaboration between Basinski and Ginny O'Brien. Other papers include one autograph notebook, with text and drawings, and printed materials announcing work by Basinski.

Dates: circa 1998-2019

Thomas Beer Collection

 Collection
Call Number: YCAL MSS 389
Abstract:

The Thomas Beer Collection contains correspondence between Beer and his publisher Alfred A. Knopf and printed versions of Beer's writings. The Collection also contains reviews of Beer's writings, articles about Beer, original illustrations for Beer's publications, and a photograph of Beer.

Dates: 1919-1947

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

Betty Zane Grosso collection of Zane and Dolly Grey papers

 Collection
Call Number: WA MSS S-2705
Abstract: The collection documents the life and work of the American writer Zane Grey and his wife Dolly Grey, and to some extent the lives of their children. The papers chiefly consist of correspondence between Zane and Dolly Grey from the time they met until his death, circa 1900-1939. Their letters document Zane Grey's frequent travels throughout the American West and in the South Pacific, his career as a writer, their marriage, and the growth of their family. The collection also includes some...
Dates: 1900-1985

Judy Blume papers

 Collection
Call Number: GEN MSS 1481
Abstract:

The Judy Blume papers consist of correspondence, manuscripts, printed material, audiovisual material, computer media, and personal and other papers documenting the life and work of American author Judy Blume.

Dates: 1952-2022

Hal and Barbara Borland papers

 Collection
Call Number: YCAL MSS 570
Abstract:

The Hal and Barbara Dodge Borland Papers contain writings, correspondence, printed material, and personal papers documenting the journalism and literary career of Hal Borland, and the literary career of his wife, Barbara Dodge Borland, spanning the years 1904 to 1990.

Dates: 1904-1990

Joseph Brodsky papers

 Collection
Call Number: GEN MSS 613
Abstract: The Joseph Brodsky Papers document the life and work of Russian-born poet, essayist and Nobel Laureate Joseph Brodsky, with a particular emphasis on the time period of his residence in the United States (1972-1996). The papers consist of correspondence, writings, personal papers (including legal, medical and financial records), audiovisual material, teaching material, student papers, newspaper clippings and printed ephemera, spanning the years 1890-2004, with the bulk of the material dating...
Dates: circa 1890-2004, bulk 1972-1996

Joseph Bruchac papers

 Collection
Call Number: YCAL MSS 740
Abstract: The Joseph Bruchac Papers contain correspondence with family, publishers, and storytelling and literary colleagues; drafts of writings, on paper and computer disks; materials concerning writing workshops taught by Bruchac in prisons; writings of others, including Native American authors; and subject files, photographs, audiocassettes, and videocassettes, many relating to storytelling performances at festivals and schools, or to Native American storytelling and literary organizations,...
Dates: 1959-2016, bulk 1980-2016

Edward Burns collection of Alice B. Toklas and Gertrude Stein papers

 Collection
Call Number: YCAL MSS 1610
Abstract:

The Edward M. Burns collection of Alice B. Toklas and Gertrude Stein papers primarily contains correspondence, writings, realia and print materials collected by Edward M. Burns and relating to the lives and work of Alice B. Toklas, Gertrude Stein, and their associates.

Dates: 1896-2020

Henry Seidel Canby papers

 Collection
Call Number: YCAL MSS 64
Abstract: The Henry Seidel Canby Papers document many aspects of Canby's personal life and professional activities as a writer, editor, and educator. The collection includes correspondence, manuscripts, lecture notes and other course materials. Canby corresponded with educators, literary critics,publishers, writers and other public figures. Correspondents include Sherwood Anderson, Mary Hunter Austin, Stephen Vincent Benét, Robert Seymour Bridges, Willa Cather, Jerome Davis, Walter De La Mare,...
Dates: 1825-1960