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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
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
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
Chapman (Abraham) papers
Formal title:
Abraham Chapman papers
Extent:
10 linear feet
Date range:
1925-1975 (bulk 1955-1975)
Abstract:
Professor of English at University of Wisconsin, Abraham Chapman (1915-1976) published several books on ethnic and minority literature in the United States. This collection includes his research materials from his work on ethnic literature in the United States.
Repository:
Brown University Library
Collection call no:
Ms. 2010.047
Ciardi (John) letters
Formal title:
John Ciardi letters
Extent:
13 items
Date range:
1952-1969
Abstract:
The collection is made up of eleven typed letters signed and one autographed letter signed to Professor William J. Griffin at George Peabody College, Nashville, Tennessee. Most letters are about his writing, with one form letter to Rodger P. Kingston.
Repository:
Brown University Library
Collection call no:
Ms. 88.4
Clark (Geoffrey) papers
Formal title:
Geoffrey Clark papers
Extent:
3 linear feet
Date range:
1976-2000 (bulk 1983-1997)
Abstract:
Literary manuscripts (memoir, short stories, novellas, novels).
Repository:
Roger Williams University
Collection call no:
Geoffrey Clark Papers
Crosby (Harry) papers
Formal title:
Harry Crosby Papers
Extent:
0.25 Linear feet
Date range:
ca. 1919-1955
Abstract:
Harry Crosby (1898-1929) was an American poet and publisher. The Harry Crosby Papers consist of correspondence, notebooks, manuscripts, photographs, legal documents, and a biography.
Repository:
John Hay Library
Collection call no:
Ms.88.3

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