The collection consists of correspondence, manuscript and typed copies of poems, manuscript and typed drafts of the studies of metrics, reading notes, critical notices of Verse, published and unpublished articles about Adelaide Crapsey, photographs and memorabilia.
The collection contains letters to Mr. Miles from artists, composers, singers, authors, journalists, publishers and politicians discussing their current works and future projects in their respective fields. Of special interest are James Ashcroft Noble's letters (53) to Mr. Miles. Mr. Noble, critic and author, describes the corrections that he is making in his articles to be included in The Poets and the Poetry of the Century, vol. VIII, 1892, edited by Mr. Miles. Two poems "Love's Irony" and "The Old Amati" by Frederic Edward Weatherly are included in the collection.
This collection of Tennyson letters, manuscripts, printed material, memorabilia, and portraits was assembled by Rowland L. Collins, professor of English at the University of Rochester from 1967 until his death in 1985. The Department of Rare Books and Special Collections also houses his extensive Tennyson book collection (ZZ 6062).
The collection consists of typescripts and unrevised carbons of 110 poems and prose pieces by Carl Sandburg. A few have hand-written corrections and notations. They were sent by Sandburg over several years to his friend and fellow-poet Dorothy Dudley Harvey (1884-1962). Also included are three letters from Sandburg to Harvey, one letter to her son, Jason Harvey, and four photographs of Sandburg.
The collection consists of correspondence, notebooks, manuscript drafts and typescripts, galley and page proofs of novels and plays, manuscript drafts and tear sheets of essays, writing notebooks, background files, financial records, and documents. Bound proofs have been catalogued and placed with the books. The collection is principally in the order established by MacInnes. The correspondence with his publisher is divided according to the publication to which it pertains, and most of the rest of the correspondence is filed with the manuscript drafts to which it was attached. The presence of correspondence is indicated in the register by an asterisk. The exceptions are letters to and from Elepeth Huxley, and letters from Robert Graves, Sidney Nolan, John Osborne, and Sir John Gielgud, which are indexed and filed at the beginning of the correspondence. Events in MacInnes' life that are documented in the collection are his early years in Brussels, his bankruptcy about 1960, his abortive trip to Africa in 1971 under the auspices of the British Council, and his hospital treatment during his final illness.
The collection contains correspondence, including letters from Thomas Wentworth Higginson and Thomas Starr King concerning her father Frederick L.H. Willis and his suspension from Harvard Divinity School in 1857 for spiritualistic activities. Much of the collection consists of her writings on various literary and historical topics and her poetry.
The collection includes Blunden's letters to other literary figures including Simon Harcourt Nowell-Smith, George Cookson, Bertram Lloyd and Reginald Pound. The letters have been indexed in the manuscript card file.
The Edward Mott Moore Papers includes documents and personal letters addressed to Dr. Moore and members of his family, concerning his medical training, early career as a doctor in Rochester, New York and family life. There is also a copybook with poetry, as well as three day books with clippings mounted over manuscript documents.
The Elizabeth Hollister Frost Papers consist mainly of newspaper reviews of her books of poetry and novels. The papers also include correspondence, material relating to the poem "Revolving June" written by Mrs. Frost for Rochester's centennial in 1934, and biographical material pertaining to Mrs. Frost.
The typescripts of the poems associated with this projected book comprise about one-fourth of the collection, the other three-fourths being other typescripts, manuscript rough drafts, correspondence, clippings, and other memorabilia. Few of the poems exist in only a single copy; the often multiple copies with corrections demonstrate Mrs. Hardy's painstaking attention to her craft. The collection has been arranged so that the poems relating to Signature Upon Rock come first. Copies of other poems are alphabetized by title. Although all of the typescript versions of a particular poem have been placed together in Box 1,.it.is possible that manuscript rough drafts for a few of the poems can be found in Box 2, along with another version of Signature Upon Rock. The main part of the correspondence covers the years from 1933 to 1969, and relates primarily to Mrs. Hardy's poetry, although about twenty personal letters are filed separately in another folder. Two scrapbooks contain clippings and correspondence from 1924 to 1963 and also contain a few poems written and published by Mrs. Hardy before her marriage. A folder of original manuscript material includes letters written by Mrs. Hardy, biographical information on other poets, and lecture notes. A few copies of The Asian Story, a group of poems written shortly before Mrs. Hardy's death, can be found as enclosures in letters written in 1967.
These papers were originally part of A.C. Kendrick Papers, but not processed as part of that collection.
The Frances Angevine Gray Keef Papers consist of two series: Personal Papers and Writings. Personal Papers includes correspondence between Keef and her family as well as several pieces of professional correspondence related to her career as a teacher and writer. This series also includes family photographs, of Keef as well as her immediate family between the late nineteenth century through the mid- twentieth century. The second series, Writings includes several examples of Keef's poetry, as well as essays and articles. This series also contains newspaper reviews and articles about Keef and her work.
The collection consists of four boxes of miscellaneous biographical material from early education through Plutzik's years as a professor at the University of Rochester; four boxes of correspondence; twelve boxes of manuscripts of poetry, published and unpublished; three boxes of manuscripts of critical essays and fiction; eleven boxes of lectures, exams, and miscellaneous material from courses he taught at the University of Rochester; two boxes of material from poetry recitals and public lectures; and two boxes of miscellaneous academic and departmental materials.
This two-volume extra-illustrated version of The Life and Work of Susan B. Anthony contains 38 tipped-in letters and autographs inserted into the book by its author, Ida Husted Harper. She placed them into the book at the appropriate point in the narrative. The material covers the bulk of Anthony's working life. 19 of the letters are addressed to Anthony, and another 3 to Elizabeth Cady Stanton. The letters were evidently in the possession of Harper, who had access to Anthony's correspondence while writing the biography.
The Collection consists of letters written by Lowell and a bound volume entitled The Day of Small Things. The volume contains two of Lowell's poems written in his hand: The Day of Small Things (later published under the title "To William Lloyd Garrison"), and possibly the first and only draft of "Letter from Boston" which describes the Boston Anti-Slavery Bazaar held in December of 1846. Bound with the poems are portraits and manuscript letters of the abolitionists Lowell wrote about in "Letter from Boston": William Lloyd Garrison,, Marie Weston Chapman, Eliza Lee Follen, Edmund Quincy, Wendell Phillips, Parker Pillsbury, Stephen S. Foster, and Abigail Kelley Foster. Also bound in the volume are one letter from Lowell to William Lloyd Garrison and two letters to Frances Jackson Garrison.
The Joan V. Bondurant Papers includes documents relating to Bondurant's life (1918 and 2003). The collection includes documents relating to the non-violence movement and the teachings of Mahatma Gandhi, manuscripts and published articles and books, political and personal papers from her work in India, notes and class lectures from her time at Michigan State University and the University of California Berkeley, personal and professional correspondence, photographs, and unpublished family poetry.
The John Edward Masefield Papers are comprised of one box containing correspondence, poems, essays, and other prose works by John Masefield.
