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Judith Moffett Literary Correspondence Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 03-01-exws_moffett
Abstract

Collected correspondence between writer, English professor and translator Dr. Judith Moffett (1942-) and other poets and writers. Over 400 letters, notes, postcards, and cards all addressed to Dr. Moffett covering a period from 1963 to 1996. Includes letters from George Abbe, Isaac Asimov, Peter Beagle Marvin Bell, Wendell Berry, David Bromwich, Paul Engle, Seamus Heaney, Donald Justice, Lisel Mueller, Alicia Ostriker, Grace Schulman, Paul Zelinsky and others.

Dates: 1964-1999; Other: Majority of material found within Bulk 1969-1985; Other: Date acquired: 1998

Katherine M. Briggs Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 03-exws_briggs
Abstract

Papers of British folklorist Katherine M. Briggs (1898-1980). Scholarship on British Isles folklore, Elizabethan and Jacobean literature, children's literature; book, article and play manuscripts and typescripts; correspondence.

Dates: 1805-1980; Other: Majority of material found within Bulk 1958-1980; Other: Date acquired: 2001

Ladislav R. Hanka Book Arts Archive

 Collection
Identifier: 05-exws_hanka
Abstract

Bound and loose prints and artist's archive, which includes sketches, proofs, exhibition booklets, reviews of shows and correspondence between Hanka and other artists, writers, galleries, publishers, etc. Some of the books associated with this archive have been cataloged separately and are searchable via Western Michigan University Libraries online catalog otherwise they appear in this finding aid.

Dates: 1975-2007; Other: Majority of material found within Bulk 1981-1999; Other: Date acquired: 2005-01

Lawrence C. Braceland SJ Papers

 Collection
Identifier: 01-exws_braceland
Abstract

Papers and research materials, including microfilms, of Father Lawrence C. Braceland, SJ, a Canadian translator and scholar of the fathers of Cistercian monasticism.

Dates: 1974-1985; Other: Date acquired: 1995-03-15

M. Basil Pennington OCSO Archive

 Collection
Identifier: 01-exws_mbpennington
Abstract

Papers of Father M. Basil Pennington, OCSO, Trappist  monk who wrote extensively on Catholic contemplative practices and was associated with the Centering Prayer movement at St. Joseph's Abbey in Spencer, Massachusetts. Drafts and typescripts of articles and books, serials and periodicals containing articles by or about Pennington, notes, correspondence, multi-media, also includes genealogical research concerning the Pennington family.

Dates: 1951-2003; Majority of material found within 1964-2000; Other: Date acquired: 12/07/1995

March Street Press Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 05-exws_marchstreet
Abstract

Editorial office archive of March Street Press including correspondence, typescripts, proofs, copyright documents, photographs, cover art and ephemera. Also contains issues of Parting Gifts magazine and copies of books published by the press.

Dates: 1987-2009; Majority of material found within Bulk 1992-2009; Other: Date acquired: 2012

National Costumes of the Mongolian People's Republic Portfolio

 Collection
Identifier: 01-exws_nationalCustomesMongolia
Scope and Contents

The collection includes 100 sheets of drawings made by U. Yadamsuren during his travels across the Mongolian country in the nineteen-fifties. The drawings include traditional summer and winter costumes and accessories from the following Mongolian national groups: Khalka, Buryat, Dorbet, Torgut, Barga, Dariganga, Uzumchin, Bayit, Uryankhaits, Khoton, and Mingat. Included with the set of drawings is a 24 page pamphlet which describes the customes and the history behind the different styles.

Dates: Publication: 1967

Pages from the Past: original leaves from rare books and manuscripts

 Collection
Identifier: 05-exws_pages
Abstract

Primarily individual leaves from European or Near Eastern manuscripts or printed books, but also contains leaves from newspapers, pamphlets, as well as several ancient Near and Middle Eastern artifacts, including a Babylonian cuneiform tablet and cylinder seal.

Dates: 2500 BCE-1894 CE; Other: Majority of material found in Bulk 1500-1800 CE

R. H. C. Davis Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 02-exws_davis
Abstract

Notebooks of R.H.C. Davis (1918-1991), British medieval historian, which contain handwritten research notes, sketches, photos and ephemera relating to medieval architectural and archaeological sites in the United Kingdom, Europe, North Africa and the Near East, taken throughout his entire career.

Dates: 1773-1990; Majority of material found within Bulk 1938-1990; Other: Date acquired: 01/24/2007

Seamus Cooney Black Sparrow Press Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 03-exws_blacksparrow
Abstract Editorial office records of Blacksparrow Press (1966-2003), as well as a collection of nearly every title published by the press in all of their various editions. The books are all cataloged separately and are searchable via Western Michigan Libraries' online catalog. The archival portion of the collection consists primarily of typescripts for books, editors' copies of manuscripts, first proofs, uncorrected page proofs, corrected page proofs, galley proofs, catalogs, screenplays, prospecti...
Dates: 1966-2006; Other: Majority of material found within Bulk 1966-1996; Other: Date acquired: 2001-2004

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Correspondence 19
Authors, American -- 20th century -- Correspondence 8
Poets, American -- 20th century -- Correspondence 7
American poetry -- 20th century 6
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Proofs (Printing) 5
Serial publications 5
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Poetry 4
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American literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism 3
American poetry -- 19th century 3
Authors -- 20th century -- Correspondence 3
Catalogs 3
Cistercians 3
Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.) 3
Graphic arts 3
Graphic design (Typography) 3
Poets, American -- 20th century 3
Postcards 3
Authors, American -- 20th century 2
Bibliographies 2
Book designers--United States 2
Books -- Reviews 2
Calligraphy 2
Children's books -- United States 2
Diaries 2
English poetry -- 20th century 2
English poetry -- History and criticism 2
Illumination of books and manuscripts 2
Illustration of books 2
Obituaries 2
Poets -- 20th century -- Correspondence 2
Printing -- History 2
Printing -- Specimens 2
Spiritual life -- Catholic Church 2
articles 2
drawings (visual works) 2
translations (documents) 2
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Advertisements 1
America, Captain (Fictitious character) -- Comic books, strips, etc. 1
American literature -- 20th century 1
Animated films 1
Architecture -- Middle East 1
Architecture, Medieval -- Europe 1
Architecture, Medieval -- Great Britain 1
Art portfolios 1
Art, Chinese -- Catalogs 1
Artists -- Michigan -- Kalamazoo 1
Arts -- Periodicals 1
Auction catalogs 1
Authors, American -- 21st century 1
Authors, South African -- 20th century 1
Autographs -- Collections 1
Avengers (Fictitious characters) -- Comic books, strips, etc. 1
Batman (Fictitious character) -- Comic books, strips, etc. 1
Beer labels -- Design 1
Beowulf -- Criticism, Textual 1
Book auctions--Catalogs 1
Book design--United States 1
Book industries and trade--United States--20th century 1
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Bookbinding 1
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Bookplates -- Specimens 1
Books 1
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Catholic Church -- Liturgy -- History 1
Catwoman (Fictitious character) -- Comic books, strips, etc. 1
Certificates 1
Chapbooks 1
Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400. Canterbury tales 1
Children's literature -- United States 1
Children's literature, American 1
Children's literature, English 1
Children's periodicals 1
Children's poetry, American 1
Children’s stories, American 1
Christian literature, English (Old) -- Bibliography 1
Church architecture 1
Cistercian glass painting and staining -- France 1
Cistercian monasteries 1
Cistercians -- Liturgy -- Texts 1
College teachers as authors 1
College teaching 1
Comic books, strips, etc. 1
Comic books, strips, etc. -- Graphic novels 1
Commercial art -- Printing 1
Commercial art -- United States -- 20th century 1
Cuneiform tablets--Specimens 1
Detective and mystery stories 1
Devotional exercises 1
Donald Duck (Fictitious character) -- Comic books, strips, etc. 1
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Names
Callan, Edward (Edward Thomas O'Dwyer), 1917-2011 3
Black Sparrow Press 2
Abbaye de Lachalade (Meuse, France) 1
Abbaye de Pontigny 1
Abbaye de la Bénisson-Dieu 1
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Aelfric, Abbot of Eynsham 1
Aelred, of Rievaulx, Saint, 1110-1167 1
Allen, Francis Wilbur 1
Allen, Thomas B. (Thomas Burt), 1928-2004 1
Arion Press 1
Auden, W. H. (Wystan Hugh), 1907-1973 1
Baldwin, Alec, 1958- 1
Bellesorte, Anthony R., approximately 1936- 1
Benson, John Howard, 1901-1956 1
Bergé, Carol, 1928-2006 1
Berlin, Lucia 1
Bixby, Robert, 1952-2012 1
Blackburn, Paul 1
Blake, Trevor 1
Bloodroot Press 1
Boutilier, Nancy, 1961- 1
Bowles, Jane (Bowles, Jane Auer), 1917-1973 1
Bowles, Paul, 1910-1999 1
Boyce, Gray Cowan, 1899-1981 1
Braceland, Lawrence C. 1
Briggs, Katherine Mary 1
Brigham, Besmilr 1
Bromige, David 1
Bukowski, Charles T. 1
Caenegem, R. C. van (Raoul Charles) 1
Cash, Barbara 1
Christensen, Paul, 1943- 1
Christie, Manson & Woods International Inc. 1
Clampitt, Amy 1
Clark, Tom (Thomas Willard), 1941- 1
Club Konrad Haebler‏ 1
Cobbing, Bob, 1920-2002 1
Codrescu, Andrei, 1946- 1
Coleman, Wanda 1
Cook, Ferris 1
Cooney, Seamus 1
Corman, Cid 1
Cossery, Albert, 1913-2008 1
Creeley, Robert, 1926-2005 1
Crews, Judson 1
DC Comics, Inc. 1
Davis, R. H. C. (Ralph Henry Carless), 1918-1991 1
Dawson, Fielding, 1930-2002 1
Di Prima, Diane 1
Dickinson, Emily, 1830-1886 1
Dorn, Edward 1
Dreiser, Theodore, 1871-1945 1
Dunn, Frederick, Dr. 1
Edwards, Paul, 1950- 1
Eigner, Larry, 1927-1996 1
Enslin, Theodore 1
Episcopal Community of St. John the Baptist (Mendham, N.J.) 1
Eshleman, Clayton 1
Estelle Doheny Collection 1
Everson, William, 1912-1994 1
Faas, Ekbert, 1938- 1
Faksimile-Verlag Luzern 1
Fante, John, 1909-1983 1
Field, Edward, 1924- 1
Francis, Lesley Lee, 1931- 1
Frank, Thaisa 1
Freeland, Jane Patricia, 1910-2004 1
Gilbert, of Hoyland 1
Goodman, Paul, 1911-1972 1
Gordimer, Nadine 1
Grossinger, Richard, 1944- 1
Guest, Barbara 1
Hall, Donald, 1928- 1
Hanka, Ladislav 1
Hartenstein, Fred V. 1
Hartley, Marsden, 1877-1943 1
Helms, Alan 1
Higginson, Thomas Wentworth, 1823-1911 1
Hilles, Howard 1
Inman, Will, 1923-2009 1
Irving, Edward Burroughs, 1923- 1
Ives Street Press 1
I︠A︡damsu̇rėn, U̇. (U̇rzhingiĭn), 1905-1986 1
Jaffe, Sherril, 1945- 1
Janus Press 1
Joel Oppenheimer, 1930-1988 1
Jong, Erica 1
Joyce, James, 1882-1941 1
Kat Ran Press 1
Kelly, Robert, 1935- 1
Koller, James 1
Laistner, M. L. W. (Max Ludwig Wolfram), 1890-1959 1
Lally, Michael, 1942- 1
Lawrence, D. H. (David Herbert), 1885-1930 1
Levertov, Denise, 1923-1997 1
Lewis, Wyndham, 1882-1957 1
Lifshin, Lyn 1
Loy, Mina 1
Luthuli, A. J. (Albert John), 1898-1967 1
Lyon, Bryce Dale, 1920- 1
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