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Ainsworth (Nancy) poem
Formal title:
Nancy Ainsworth poem
Extent:
0.01 linear feet (1 folder)
Date range:
2000
Abstract:
This collection consists of one poem, “Card Catalogue,” composed by Nancy Ainsworth during the Sharon Olds Writers Workshop held at the Redwood Library and Athenaeum.
Repository:
Redwood Library and Athenaeum
Collection call no:
RLC.Ms.560
Aldan (Daisy) papers
Formal title:
Daisy Aldan papers
Extent:
1.0 linear foot
Date range:
1960-1987
Abstract:
Daisy Aldan was an accomplished poet, publisher, translator and teacher. The Aldan papers contain manusript poems and translations by Daisy Aldan, photographs, promotional materials, biographical material, and correspondence.
Repository:
John Hay Library
Collection call no:
Ms.85.3
Asimov's (Isaac) Science Fiction Magazine records
Formal title:
Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine records
Extent:
17 linear feet
Date range:
1978-1996 (bulk 1985-1992)
Abstract:
Documents related to the publication of Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine between 1978 and 1996.
Repository:
John Hay Library
Collection call no:
Ms.90.25
Barker (Elsa) papers
Formal title:
Elsa Barker papers
Extent:
2.5 linear feet (2 records center boxes and 1 document-size Hollinger documents case)
Date range:
1900-1954 (bulk 1905-1948)
Abstract:
The collection consists of approximately 1000 items and includes typescripts, shorthand notes, letters, personal and financial papers, and other material relating to her poetry, detective stories and 'automatic writing' series by The Living Dead Man. The correspondence includes three letters from the dancer, Ted Shawn, and one directed to H.L. Koopman, then director of the Brown University Library.
Repository:
John Hay Library, Special Collections
Collection call no:
Ms. 2009.007
Barr (Morris Abner) papers
Formal title:
Morris Abner Barr papers
Extent:
1.0 linear foot
Date range:
1939-1968
Abstract:
Morris Abner Barr was an author, lyricist, and poet whose poems tended towards nature, love, God, friendship, and Barr's own life. A craftsman, Barr wrote about his experience creating stools, gavels, and letter openers from the wood of the Sentry Tree in "Immortalizing the Sentry Tree of George Washington." The collection contains his writings, a scrapbook related to the George Washington Sentry Tree, and correspondence with friends and mentors.
Repository:
John Hay Library
Collection call no:
Ms.97.1
Birss Memorial Lecture Series and Exhibit Materials
Formal title:
Birss Memorial Lecture Series and Exhibit Materials
Extent:
14 box(es)
Date range:
2000-2020
Abstract:
The annual Professor John Howard Birss Memorial Lecture Series at Roger Williams University provides a unique opportunity to study a single text in depth and to investigate why these significant works remain relevant for modern readers.
Repository:
Roger Williams University
Collection call no:
UA 2014.005
Blake (Howard Milton) papers
Formal title:
Howard Milton Blake papers
Extent:
1.75 linear feet (2 legal size clamshell boxes)
Date range:
1930-1950
Abstract:
The Howard Milton Blake papers are comprised of multiple versions of verse and prose written by Blake. The collection was edited before it came to Brown University by Robert Kent and was published under the title "The Island of Self: Poems of Howard Blake" (Boston 1973). The book reproduces almost all of the verse in the collection, but none of the prose; there is, however, a reprint of Blake's preface to his only published book of verse "Prolegomena To Any Future Poetry" (Boston 1936).
Repository:
Brown University Library
Collection call no:
Ms. 78.15
Botta (Anne Charlotte Lynch) Papers
Formal title:
Anne Charlotte Lynch Botta Papers
Extent:
6.5 Linear feet
Date range:
1835-1894
Abstract:
Anne Charlotte Lynch Botta (1815-1891) was a teacher and poet of Providence, Rhode Island and New York City. The collection covers the years 1835-1894 and contains correspondence concerning literary and personal affairs, three manuscripts of her poems, two engraved portraits extracted from a book, and miscellaneous notes.
Repository:
John Hay Library
Collection call no:
Ms.Botta
Brown (Margaret Wise) Papers
Formal title:
Margaret Wise Brown papers
Extent:
24 box(es)
Date range:
1929-1952
Abstract:
The Margaret Wise Brown papers contains correspondence, photographs, manuscripts, poems, songs, stories and essays, books, and many ideas for records, television and radio programs.
Repository:
Westerly Public Library
Collection call no:
MWB01
Brownell (Henry Howard) papers
Formal title:
Henry Howard Brownell Papers
Extent:
0.25 linear feet (22 folders)
Date range:
1828-1871
Abstract:
The Henry Howard Brownell Papers, dating from 1827-1871, include short prose articles and stories in manuscript, poetry manuscripts, verse translations from Homer's
Repository:
John Hay Library
Collection call no:
Ms.78.8

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