William Dudley Foulke papers, circa 1470-1952
2,500 items ; 12 containers plus 1 oversize ; 5.2 linear feet -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Lawyer, public official, and author from Indiana. Correspondence, diaries, journals, copybook, speeches, writings, notes, legal papers, clippings, printed material, and other papers, including a late fifteenth century fragment of the Tristram Saga obtained by Arthur Middleton Reeves on a trip to Iceland. The bulk of the collection consists of Foulke's correspondence reflecting his literary...
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John Updike papers, 1962-1969
166 items ; 7 containers ; 2.6 linear feet -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Novelist, short story writer, and poet. Correspondence, galley proofs, plate proof, photographs, typescripts, notes, book covers, and poems. Included are drafts and other material for his novels The Centaur, Of the Farm, and The Poorhouse Fair, as well as poems, many of which were published in the New Yorker.
Eliot Janeway and Elizabeth Janeway papers, 1941-1968
45 items ; 11 containers ; 4.2 linear feet -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Economist Eliot Janeway, and his wife, Elizabeth Janeway, author. Mainly drafts of novels by Elizabeth Janeway, including The Accident, Daisy Kenyon, and The Walsh Girls, and a draft of Eliot Janeway’s The Economics of Crisis: War, Politics, and the Dollar. The Addition contains a 1941 diary and correspondence (1941-1948) of Eliot Janeway relating to the Franklin D. Roosevelt administration and...
Edna St. Vincent Millay collection, 1919-2001
135 items ; 1 container ; .4 linear feet -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Author and poet. Correspondence, literary drafts, photographs, and family papers relating to Millay’s life and literary career.
James M. Cain papers, 1901-1978
30,000 items ; 94 containers ; 36 linear feet -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Author, journalist, and screenwriter. Correspondence, writings, legal and financial records, family papers, printed matter, and other papers relating primarily to Cain's work as a journalist and to his career as a novelist and Hollywood screenwriter.
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Karl Jay Shapiro papers, 1947-1964
100 items ; 4 containers ; 1.6 linear feet -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Poet, editor, and teacher. Drafts, typescripts, proofs, and printed copies of Shapiro's published and unpublished articles, essays, lectures, and writings relating to drafts of his books The Bourgeois Poet and To Abolish Children.
Book-of-the-Month Club records, 1939-1967
15,600 items ; 61 containers ; 24.4 linear feet -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Editorial and publishers’ correspondence and preliminary readers’ reports consisting of book reviews and evaluations relating primarily to books that were submitted by publishing houses for consideration by the Book-of-the-Month Club but were not selected for distribution by the club.
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John Hall Wheelock papers, 1910-circa 2000
450 items ; 4 containers ; 1.6 linear feet -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Poet and editor. Correspondence; drafts of poems, speeches, and articles; and miscellany relating largely to Wheelock's poetry
Hiram Collins Haydn papers, 1874-1978
3,700 items ; 34 containers ; 13.6 linear feet -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Author, editor, publisher, and educator. Correspondence, drafts and galley proofs of writings, scripts, book reviews, speeches, financial and legal records, and other material relating mainly to Haydn's books and writings. The papers also include material related to his work as an editor with Bobbs-Merrill Co., Crown Publishers, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Random House, and Atheneum.
Archibald MacLeish papers, 1907-1981
20,000 items ; 61 containers plus 1 oversize ; 25 linear feet -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Poet, playwright, government official, and Librarian of Congress. Papers include correspondence reflecting MacLeish's relations with friends, literary colleagues, and government associates; notebooks (1919-1940s) containing drafts of poetry and prose; manuscript drafts of plays, speeches and radio broadcasts, and speeches written for Franklin D. Roosevelt, Edward R. Stettinius, and Harry S....