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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” (1943),...

Scope and Contents: The collection consists of correspondence, writings, photographs, scrapbooks, personal papers, printed material, and realia relating to the life and work of Marian Cox, spanning the years 1882 to 1972, with the bulk of the materials dating between 1907 and 1963. Papers include correspondence relating chiefly to social engagements, writings by Cox (drafts and printed versions), auction catalogs from Cox's homes in New York and Connecticut, and books inscribed to Cox by their authors. Scrapbooks...

Scope and Contents: The collection includes material created by Mo Willems throughout his career as an animator, illustrator, and author. Materials include writings, artwork, photographs, audiovisual material, electronic media, a drawing table, character merchandise, correspondence and fan mail, including a crocheted pigeon gifted to Willems, personal papers, and other papers by or relating to Mo Willems. Writings contain drafts, notes, notebooks, proofs, scripts, and related printed material, including foreign...