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American Women's Poetry Miscellaneous Correspondence and Ephemera Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 03-01-exws_awpcmisc
Abstract

An assortment of individually purchased or donated correspondence and ephemera associated with American women poets or other authors.

Dates: 1865-2002; Majority of material found within Bulk 1904-1994

Besmilr Brigham-Will Inman Correspondence Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 03-01-exws_brigham-inman
Abstract

The majority of this collection is correspondence between American poet Besmilr Brigham and American poet / editor Will Inman between 1977 and 1978. It also includes typescripts and proofs of Brigham's poems and short stories, as well as two photographs.

Dates: 1971-1978; bulk 1977-1978; Other: Date acquired: 1996

Carol Bergé - Judson Crews Correspondence Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 03-01-exws_berge-crews
Abstract Collected correspondence between authors Carol Berge (1928-2006) and Judson Crews (1917-2010) from the late 1970s and mid 1980s. Also contains a few pieces of correspondence between Berge or Crews and other artists, editors, publishers, and friends In addition to the correspondence, the collection contains drafts of both Berge's and Crews' poetry and prose and includes Berge's editor's copy of the manuscript for Crews' book The Clock of Moss. The are also manuscript...
Dates: 1978-1987

Crimilda Pontes Graphic Arts Archive

 Collection
Identifier: 05-exws_pontes
Abstract Archive of the work of graphic designer Crimilda Pontes, concentrated mostly on the period during which she worked for University of Yale Press and Smithsonian Institute. Contains correspondences, obituaries, prayer cards, business cards, photographs, newspapers, newspaper clippings, cards, booklets, enrollment cards, diplomas, travel journals, invitations, calligraphy samples, postcards, event notices, travel budgets, magazines, letterheads, bookplates, sheet music, maps, dust jackets,...
Dates: 1951-1991; Other: Date acquired: 2000-12-14

Denise Levertov-Alan Helms Correspondence Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 03-01-exws_levertov
Abstract

Handwritten correspondence between the twentieth century American poet Denise Levertov (1923 - 1997) and writer / English professor Alan Helms (1937-). Also includes legal document listing Helms as co-trustee of the Denise Levertov Trust.

Dates: 1974-1997; Other: Date acquired: 1995

Edward Callan Collection: Alan Paton Archive

 Collection
Identifier: 03-exws_alanpatonarchive
Abstract

Articles, essays, speeches by South African author and anti-apartheid activist Alan Paton collected by Western Michigan University professor Edward Callan. Also contains correspondence between Callan and Alan Paton, as well as Callan and other notable South African anti-apartheid activists, such as Nadine Gordimer and Albert J. Luthuli.

Dates: 1920-2001; bulk 1922-1994; Other: Date acquired: 12/1996

Edward Callan Collection: W.H. Auden Archive

 Collection
Identifier: 03-exws_audenarchive
Abstract

Articles by or about W.H. Auden collected by Western Michigan University English Professor emeritus Edward Callan, including articles by Callan himself, correspondence, copies of The Griffin (1954-1960), and The Mid-Century Review (1960-1963).

Dates: 1928-1996; Other: Majority of material found within Bulk 1939-1978; Other: Date acquired: 12/1996

Edward Callan Papers and Miscellaneous Authors Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 03-exws_callan
Abstract

Articles on James Joyce and W.B. Yeats, research notes, correspondence, sheet music and ephemera.

Dates: 1903-2000; bulk 1958-1992; Other: Date acquired: 12/1996

Howard Hilles-Corinne Roosevelt Robinson Correspondence Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 03-01-exws_hilles-robinson
Abstract

Correspondence of the poet Howard Hilles and the poet and younger sister of President Theodore Roosevelt, Corinne Roosevelt Robinson. Includes handwritten poems exchanged by the two poets and photographs.

Dates: 1913-1938

Ives Street Press Archive

 Collection
Identifier: 05-exws_ivesstpress
Abstract

Collected papers, samples and other materials of Barbara Cash (1930-1997) printer and designer at Ives St. Press (Connecticut and Maine). The collection contains correspondence with authors and colleagues, designs for broadsides and books, business records of the Ives Street and Cellador Presses, professional association meeting and contest materials, and materials for Cash's MFA thesis on fine presses in New England.

Dates: 1979-2001; Majority of material found within Bulk 1981-1992; Other: Date acquired: 2002-04-10

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Correspondence 19
Authors, American -- 20th century -- Correspondence 8
Poets, American -- 20th century -- Correspondence 7
Letters 5
American poetry -- 20th century 4
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Ephemera 4
Serial publications 4
Typescripts 4
Authors -- 20th century -- Correspondence 3
Poets, American -- 20th century 3
Proofs (Printing) 3
Publishers and publishing 3
Small presses 3
American literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism 2
Book designers--United States 2
Books -- Reviews 2
Catalogs 2
Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.) 2
Obituaries 2
Poetry 2
Poets -- 20th century -- Correspondence 2
Postcards 2
Scrapbooks 2
articles 2
translations (documents) 2
Academic writing 1
Advertisements 1
American literature -- 20th century 1
American poetry -- 19th century 1
Art portfolios 1
Artists -- Michigan -- Kalamazoo 1
Authors, American -- 20th century 1
Authors, South African -- 20th century 1
Beer labels -- Design 1
Bibliographies 1
Book design--United States 1
Book industries and trade--United States--20th century 1
Book jackets 1
Bookbinding 1
Business records 1
Calligraphy 1
Certificates 1
Chapbooks 1
Children's books -- United States 1
Children's literature -- United States 1
Children's literature, English 1
Children's periodicals 1
Cistercians 1
Diaries 1
English poetry -- 20th century 1
English poetry -- History and criticism 1
Etching -- 20th century 1
Etchings 1
Exhibition catalogs 1
Fairies 1
Folklore -- British Isles 1
Graphic arts 1
Graphic design (Typography) 1
Interviews 1
Irish literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism 1
Irish literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism 1
Ives Street Press -- Records and correspondence 1
Labels 1
Letterpress printing 1
Letterpress works 1
Literature -- 20th century 1
Literature -- History and criticism 1
Monastic and religious life -- Early works to 1800 1
Personal correspondence 1
Photocopies 1
Printmakers -- Michigan -- Kalamazoo 1
Prints 1
Private press books -- Specimens 1
Private presses 1
Sermons 1
Short stories 1
Short stories, American 1
Sketches 1
Soldiers -- Germany -- Correspondence 1
South African literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism 1
Toy and movable books 1
World War, 1914-1918 -- Personal narratives, German 1
World War, 1914-1918 -- Pictorial works 1
World War, 1914-1918 -- Poland -- Pictorial works 1
drafts (documents) 1
manuscripts (documents) 1
photograph albums 1
pop-up books 1
scripts (documents) 1
transcripts 1
writings (documents) 1
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Language
English 20
French 1
German 1
Latin 1
 
Names
Callan, Edward (Edward Thomas O'Dwyer), 1917-2011 3
Aelred, of Rievaulx, Saint, 1110-1167 1
Auden, W. H. (Wystan Hugh), 1907-1973 1
Benson, John Howard, 1901-1956 1
Bergé, Carol, 1928-2006 1
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Berlin, Lucia 1
Bixby, Robert, 1952-2012 1
Black Sparrow Press 1
Blackburn, Paul 1
Blake, Trevor 1
Boutilier, Nancy, 1961- 1
Bowles, Jane (Bowles, Jane Auer), 1917-1973 1
Bowles, Paul, 1910-1999 1
Braceland, Lawrence C. 1
Briggs, Katherine Mary 1
Brigham, Besmilr 1
Bromige, David 1
Bukowski, Charles T. 1
Cash, Barbara 1
Christensen, Paul, 1943- 1
Clampitt, Amy 1
Clark, Tom (Thomas Willard), 1941- 1
Codrescu, Andrei, 1946- 1
Coleman, Wanda 1
Cooney, Seamus 1
Corman, Cid 1
Cossery, Albert, 1913-2008 1
Creeley, Robert, 1926-2005 1
Crews, Judson 1
Dawson, Fielding, 1930-2002 1
Di Prima, Diane 1
Dorn, Edward 1
Dreiser, Theodore, 1871-1945 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
Everson, William, 1912-1994 1
Faas, Ekbert, 1938- 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
Hanka, Ladislav 1
Hartley, Marsden, 1877-1943 1
Helms, Alan 1
Higginson, Thomas Wentworth, 1823-1911 1
Hilles, Howard 1
Hohendorn, Paul 1
Inman, Will, 1923-2009 1
Ives Street Press 1
Jaffe, Sherril, 1945- 1
Joel Oppenheimer, 1930-1988 1
Jong, Erica 1
Joyce, James, 1882-1941 1
Kelly, Robert, 1935- 1
Koller, James 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
Malanga, Gerard 1
March Street Press 1
Martin, John 1
Minty, Judith, 1937- 1
Moffett, Judith, 1942- 1
Montale, Eugenio, 1896-1981 1
Morris, Wright, 1910-1998 1
Morrow, Bradford, 1951- 1
Mrabet, Mohammed, 1940- 1
Mudd, Harvey, 1940- 1
Myles, Eileen 1
Oates, Joyce Carol, 1938- 1
Olson, Charles, 1910-1970 1
Oppen, Mary, 1908-1990 1
Owens, Rochelle 1
Palmer, Michael, 1943- 1
Parker, Tyler 1
Paton, Alan 1
Paton, Anne, 1927- 1
Piercy, Marge 1
Pommer, Paul 1
Pommy-Vega, Janine 1
Pontes, Crimilda, 1926-2000 1
Purdy, James, 1914-2009 1
Rakosi, Carl, 1903-2004 1
Reznikoff, Charles, 1894-1976 1
Robinson, Corinne Roosevelt, 1861-1933 1
Roditi, Edouard 1
Sanders, Ed 1
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