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Authors, American

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Found in 43 Collections and/or Records:

Glenway Wescott collection

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31151030056547]
Identifier: MS-0497
Abstract

Glenway Wescott (1901–1987) was an American poet, novelist, essayist and a figure of the American expatriate literary community in Paris during the 1920s. The collection consists of two notecards, three letters, a photograph, and an article from the New Yorker. Materials range in date from 1945-1967.

Dates: 1945-1967

Grace Hill Turnbull papers

 Collection — 1: [Barcode: 31151030052298]
Identifier: MS-0051
Abstract

Grace Turnbull (1880-1976) was a sculptor, painter, and author. The collection consists of Grace Turnbull's correspondence with British writers dating from 1933-1935.

Dates: 1933-1935

H. L. Mencken collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS-0476
Abstract

This is an artificial collection made up of printed ephemera, letters, and photographs that accompanied books by and about H. L. Mencken.

Dates: 1900-1996

Hart Crane collection

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31151030056539]
Identifier: MS-0468
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of two items: a photograph of Hart Crane, and a press release regarding Paul Mariani's biography of Hart Crane, The Broken Tower. Items in the collection are from 1999.

Dates: 1999

Henry Carrington Lancaster papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS-0083
Abstract

Henry Carrington Lancaster, a scholar and educator in the fields of French literature and history, was born in 1883 in Richmond, Virginia. The collection spans the years 1913-1954 and includes correspondence, a scrapbook, research notes outlining and analyzing the plays of 17th and 18th century French dramatists and the repertoire of the Comedie Francaise, drafts and typescripts, and galley proofs. A large part of the collection is in French.

Dates: 1919-1953

Henry Miller manuscripts

 Collection
Identifier: MS-0498
Abstract

Henry Valentine Miller was an American writer active from the 1950s-1980. The collection contains typescripts of three of Henry Miller's works: "Books in My Life," "Big Sur," and "The Oranges of Hieronymous Bosch," a photocopy of a transcript of Henry Miller's deposition, and a typed letter from Harvery M. Grossman to Henry Miller.

Dates: 1950-1957

Henry Phillips Jr. papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS-0045
Abstract

Henry Phillips, Jr. (1838-1895), was an author, philologist, and numismatist. The collection consists largely of the manuscript writings of the author dating from 1862-1892.

Dates: 1852-1892

James Roberts Gilmore papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS-0037
Abstract

James Roberts Gilmore (1822-1903) was an American author who often used the pseudonym "Edmund Kirke." This collection includes letters collected by Gilmore from significant literary, political, and popular individuals of the 19th century. The letters span the years 1820 to 1903.

Dates: 1898; 1773- approximately1903

James Warley Miles papers

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31151030051944]
Identifier: MS-0178
Scope and Contents Collection consists of literary papers (1947-1895) of the Southern clergyman and author, James Warley Miles. Included are holographic essays, poems, and clippings of his published items from Southern literary magazines. Most of the items are attatched in a loosely bound journal. The writings are mostly on religious or philosophical themes. The journal also contains the beginnings of the philogical dictionary most likely derived from Miles' study of languages during his missionary work in the...
Dates: 1847-1895

James Wilson Poultney papers

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31151030055655]
Identifier: MS-0325
Scope and Contents The collection consists of literary papers and organizational reports of author and Classics professor, James Wilson Poultney. Included are reprints of Dr. Poultney's writings in the American Journal of Philology, minutes and reports from his position as secretary of the American Philological Association, and the holographic manuscript of his published work, The Bronze Tables of Iguvium. There are no personal papers in the collection or material specific to his teaching career at Hopkins....
Dates: 1956-1987