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Robert Wilson papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS-0496
Abstract

Robert A. Wilson (1922-2016) was the fifth owner of the Phoenix Bookshop in Greenwich Village, which he ran until it closed in 1988. The collection consists of materials dating from 1938 to 2006, including correspondence, photographs and copies of Wilson's published writings.

Dates: 1938-2006

Sherwood Anderson postcard

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MS-0222
Scope and Contents The holographic postcard was sent by Sherwood Anderson to Broadus Mitchell (1892-1988), writer, historian, and Professor of Political Economy at The Johns Hopkins University. The postcard was mailed from New York city, April 9, 1934. In a brief message, Anderson expresses thanks to Mitchell and remarks that "we will come to see you later."It is known that Anderson gave a lecture on drama at The Johns Hopkins University in 1933 and apparently was acquainted with Broadus...
Dates: 1934

Sidney Lanier papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS-0007
Abstract

Sidney Clopton Lanier (1842-1881) was an American musician, poet and author. The collection spans the years 1838 to 1998, with the bulk dating from 1838 to 1972. The material consists of correspondence, prose, poetry, lecture and music manuscripts, photographs, memorial information, and newspaper clippings.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1838-1972; 1838-1998

Sidney Offit papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS-0395
Scope and Contents The papers of Sidney Offit relate his career as writer, teacher, and active participant in the literary and civic life of New York City. The collection spans the years 1928-1997 and includes photographs and mementos from his early life in Baltimore, MD to the reviews and accolades for his published volume, Memoir of the Bookie's Son. Series 1: Writings forms the largest part of the collection, and it is in this series where examples of Offit's manuscript writings...
Dates: 1932-1997

Spelman Family papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS-0392
Abstract

The collection consists primarily of writings with additional family papers, photographs, and correspondence. The materials range in date from 1726 to 1972. The content is mostly related to the lives of Leolyn Louise Everett Spelman and Timothy Mather Spelman.

Dates: 1726 - 1972

Stephen Dixon papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS-0236
Abstract

This collection primarily documents the career of author Stephen Dixon and spans from approximately 1950 to 2019. Dixon was born in 1936 in New York City. He taught fiction writing in the Writing Seminars at The Johns Hopkins University and is the author of several novels and short stories.

Dates: approximately 1950-2019

The John Barth collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS-0499
Abstract

The collection includes the papers of John Barth (born 1930), American novelist and short-story writer, who is best-known for his contributions to postmodern literature. The collection spans the years 1930 to 2014 and consists of manuscripts, typescripts, and galley proofs of Barth’s writings; correspondence; reviews; and other professional papers.

Dates: 1930 - 2014

Victoria Lincoln papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS-0313
Abstract

Victoria Lincoln was an American writer of fiction and journalistic articles born in 1904. The papers consist largely of drafts of her many articles, stories, poems, and novels. The collection spans 1833-1986, with the bulk of the material from 1925-1985.

Dates: 1833-1986; Majority of material found within 1925-1985

William Churchill papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS-0225
Abstract William Churchill, philologist, ethnologist, and writer, was born in Brooklyn, N.Y. in 1859. He was appointed United States consul-general to Samoa (1896-1899) where he pursued his interest in philology and ethnology. Churchill also studied African languages and culture but less seriously than those of Polynesia. This collection contains two scrapbooks which Churchill compiled on Africa and the South Pacific, respectively, as well as a written draft of his 1892 book, ...
Dates: 1908-1911

William Cobbett petition

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MS-HUT-018
Scope and Contents

Collection consists of one hand-written petition to the House of Commons, February 15, 1830. The bound manuscript numbers eight pages. Cobbett's address was presented during the end of Tory rule. In the petition, cobbett argued for economic and political reform and the relief in agricultural areas where the farmers were seriously deprived.

Dates: 1830 February 15

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Frary, Richard, 1947- 8
Johns Hopkins University 8
Barth, John, 1930- 3
Dreiser, Theodore, 1871-1945 3
Gilder, Richard Watson, 1844-1909 3
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Gilman, Daniel C. (Daniel Coit), 1831-1908 3
James, Henry, 1843-1916 3
Kipling, Rudyard, 1865-1936 3
Lanier, Sidney, 1842-1881 3
Lovejoy, Arthur O. (Arthur Oncken), 1873-1962 3
Van Vechten, Carl, 1880-1964 3
Wilson, Robert, 1922-2016 3
Aldrich, Thomas Bailey, 1836-1907 2
Boas, George, 1891-1980 2
Bryant, William Cullen, 1794-1878 2
Dos Passos, John, 1896-1970 2
Furness, Horace Howard, 1833-1912 2
Holmes, Oliver Wendell, 1809-1894 2
Howells, William Dean, 1837-1920 2
Johns Hopkins University. Department of English 2
Lanier, Clifford Anderson, 1844-1908 2
Lanier, Mary Day 2
Lathrop, George Parsons, 1851-1898 2
Lee, Robert E. (Robert Edward), 1807-1870 2
Lewis, Sinclair, 1885-1951 2
Lounsbury, Thomas R., 1838-1915 2
Lowell, James Russell, 1819-1891 2
Mabie, Hamilton Wright, 1846-1916 2
Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956 2
Mims, Edwin, 1872-1959 2
Mitchell, Broadus, 1892-1988 2
Mitchell, S. Weir (Silas Weir), 1829-1914 2
Norris, Frank, 1870-1902 2
Poole, Gray Johnson 2
Reese, Lizette Woodworth, 1856-1935 2
Rosecrans, William S. (William Starke), 1819-1898 2
Russell, George William, 1867-1935 2
Sargent, Epes, 1813-1880 2
Seymour, Horatio, 1810-1886 2
Southey, Robert, 1774-1843 2
Starrett, Vincent, 1886-1974 2
Stedman, Edmund Clarence, 1833-1908 2
Stein, Gertrude, 1874-1946 2
Toklas, Alice B. 2
Ward, William Hayes, 1835-1916 2
Wertheim, Stanley 2
Abbott, Benjamin Vaughan, 1830-1890 1
Abbott, Lyman, 1835-1922 1
Adams, Charles Francis, 1835-1915 1
Adams, Charles Kendall, 1835-1902 1
Adamus, Franz, 1867-1948 1
Adler, Betty, 1918-1973 1
Adler, Felix, 1851-1933 1
Aiken, Conrad, 1889-1973 1
Allen, Don Cameron, 1903-1972 1
Allen, Fred H. (Fred Hovey), 1845-1926 1
Allen, James Lane, 1849-1925 1
Allibone, S. Austin (Samuel Austin), 1816-1889 1
American Center of P.E.N. 1
American Philological Association 1
American Philosophical Society 1
Anderson, Rasmus Björn, 1846-1936 1
Anderson, Sherwood, 1876-1941 1
Andrew, John A. (John Albion), 1818-1867 1
Antioch College 1
Aristotle 1
Armstrong, S. C. (Samuel Chapman), 1839-1893 1
Atkinson, Edward, 1827-1905 1
Auerbach, Berthold, 1812-1882 1
August, James A. 1
Austin, Aleine, 1922- 1
Authors Guild Foundation (U.S.) 1
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Badeau, Adam, 1831-1895 1
Baker, Carlos, 1909-1987 1
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Ballou, Maturin Murray, 1820-1895 1
Baltimore Museum of Art 1
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Barnes, Djuna, 1892-1982 1
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Bate, Walter Jackson, 1918-1999 1
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Bauernfeld, Eduard von, 1802-1890 1
Bayard, Thomas F. (Thomas Francis), 1828-1898 1
Beal family (New York) 1
Beaumont, Gustave de, 1802-1866 1
Beauregard, G. T. (Gustave Toutant), 1818-1893 1
Bechstein, Ludwig, 1801-1860 1
Beck, Karl, 1817-1879 1
Becker, Ruth Ann 1
Beerbohm, Max, Sir, 1872-1956 1
Beers, Henry A. (Henry Augustin), 1847-1926 1
Beirne, Francis F., 1890-1972 1
Bell, Alexander Melville, 1819-1905 1
Benét, Stephen Vincent, 1898-1943 1
Benét, William Rose, 1886-1950 1
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