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American literature -- 20th century 286
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Wallace Stevens collection

 Collection
Call Number: YCAL MSS 545
Abstract: The Wallace Stevens collection contains material donated to the library by Wallace Stevens, his daughter Holly Stevens, the Rev. John Curry Gay, and others. The Wallace Stevens gifts include one typed letter signed from Stevens, one manuscript by Stevens, "A Collect of Philosophy," and a bound copy of a score presented to Stevens by Jan Wisse. The Holly Stevens gift consists of a setting draft and galley and page proofs for the Letters of Wallace Stevens (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1966)....
Dates: 1921-1966

Sara Teasdale collection

 Collection
Call Number: YCAL MSS 746
Abstract: Collection contains correspondence, writings, photographs, and other personal papers by or relating to the American poet Sara Teasdale. Correspondence includes several autograph manuscript letters from Teasdale and third-party letters relating to her. Writings include an autograph manuscript diary kept by Teasdale on her first trip to Europe between Feburary and May 1905, six autograph manuscript notebooks, numbered IV through IX, containing poems drafted between 1911 and 1932, and several...
Dates: 1890-1989, bulk 1905-1932

The small pond magazine records

 Collection
Call Number: YCAL MSS 642
Abstract:

The Small Pond Magazine Records contain correspondence, writings, and productions files created in the production of the literary magazine. Correspondence includes letters from contributors to the editor, Napoleon St. Cyr. Writings include works from contributors for review and publication in the magazine. Production files include notes, galleys proofs, photographs, and drawings. The records span the years 1970-1999.

Dates: 1970-1999

James Thurber papers

 Collection
Call Number: YCAL MSS 546
Abstract: The James Thurber papers contain drafts and other material relating to three writing projects. The papers feature material relating to Thurber's biographical memoir The Years With Ross (Boston: Little Brown, 1959), about New Yorker founder and publisher Harold Ross. Materials include research material, correspondence, drafts, and proofs. There are also drafts and fan mail for two children's books, Many Moons (New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1943) and The 13 Clocks (New York: Simon and...
Dates: 1944-1961

Tony Towle papers

 Collection
Call Number: YCAL MSS 745
Abstract: Collection contains correspondence, writings, and other papers documenting the life and literary activities of New York City poet Tony Towle. Towle spent his life in New York City and, after training with Kenneth Koch and Frank O'Hara, was associated with the second generation of the New York School. In addition to Koch and O'Hara, Towle corresponded with numerous poets, artists, and editors based in the city, including John Ashbery, Bill Berkson, Ted Berrigan, Joe Brainard, Rob Hershon,...
Dates: 1960-2017

Alan Trachtenberg Papers

 Collection
Call Number: MS 2129
Abstract: Professional papers of Alan Trachtenberg, 1957-2017, that include texts and related material from conferences, lectures, and symposia, as well as writings, teaching material and course related files, correspondence, other papers and photographs, and audiovisual materials created and compiled by Trachtenberg.Collection materials document a broad range of Trachtenberg's professional activities, including his research on the Brooklyn Bridge, daguerreotypes and photography, and Walt...
Dates: 1957-2017

Paula Vogel papers

 Collection
Call Number: YCAL MSS 972
Scope and Contents:

The collection consists of writings, correspondence, family papers, teaching materials, photographs, posters, awards, audiovisual materials, electronic media, and other papers documenting the life and work of playwright Paula Vogel. Writings include scripts, drafts, production materials, research materials, clippings, and other papers relating to plays by Vogel including Hot and Throbbing, How I Learned to Drive, Civil War Christmas, The Mineola Twins, and others.

Dates: 1949-2013

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

Robert Penn Warren papers

 Collection
Call Number: YCAL MSS 51
Abstract:

The papers consist of drafts of manuscripts and related material, correspondence, photographs, and newspaper clippings documenting Warren's life from his undergraduate years until his death in 1989.

Dates: 1906-1989

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

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

Marjorie Welish papers

 Collection
Call Number: YCAL MSS 433
Abstract:

The Marjorie Welish papers document the life and work of poet, artist, and art critic Marjorie Welish and consist of professional correspondence, drafts of writings, notebooks, research files, course material, teaching notes, printed material, computer media, and audiovisual materials, 1950 to 2019.

Dates: 1950-2019, bulk 1980-2003

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

Edith Wharton collection

 Collection
Call Number: YCAL MSS 42
Abstract:

The Edith Wharton Collection consists of manuscripts, correspondence, photographs, and personal papers relating to the life and career of American author Edith Wharton, as well as letters and research material gathered by Gaillard Lapsley, Percy Lubbock, Oscar Lichtenberg, Georges Markow-Totevy, and Louis Auchincloss.

Dates: 1868-1981 (inclusive)

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

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

Wilder family correspondence

 Collection
Call Number: YCAL MSS 1006
Scope and Contents:

The collection consists of photocopies of letters to and from Thornton Wilder and other members of the Wilder family. The correspondence roughly spans 1910-1975 and the photocopies were likely made between 1990 and 2009. The photocopies were made for members of the Wilder family from materials previously acquired by the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library and other research libraries.

Dates: circa 1990s-2000s

Katharine Buell Wilder family papers

 Collection
Call Number: YCAL MSS 18
Abstract:

The papers contain correspondence, writings, photographs, drawings, scrapbooks, and other material documenting the life of Katharine Buell Wilder and several other members of the Buell, Heinz, Samter, and Wilder families.

Dates: 1764-1996, bulk 1906-1987

Thornton Wilder collection

 Collection
Call Number: YCAL MSS 162
Abstract:

The collection consists of letters, manuscripts and other publication material, and other papers related to Thornton Wilder. Included are extensive letters to his close friends Amy Wertheimer and William Layton; letters of literary advice to Joe Etta Lee Clarke and Hester Pickman; and materials concerning his publicist, Lee Keedick, and his publisher, Harper and Row.

Dates: 1918-1983

Thornton Wilder papers

 Collection
Call Number: YCAL MSS 108
Abstract: The collection consists chiefly of correspondence with family, friends, and literary colleagues; and writings, accompanied by related material. There are smaller amounts of personal papers, printed material, photographs, memorabilia, and audio recordings. The material documents Wilder's life and work, in particular his career as a successful novelist and playwright.Series I, Correspondence, consists of four subseries: Family Correspondence; General Correspondence; First Name Only and...
Dates: 1892-1991, bulk 1935-1975