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Richard Malcolm Weaver Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS.0495
Dates: 1940s - 1960s

Ann and Charles Wells Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS.0817
Dates: multiple

Joe L. Wheeler Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS.0499

Who Speaks for the Negro Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS.0667
Dates: multiple

Jesse Ely Wills Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS.0001
Abstract

This collection contains literary correspondence, poems, and manuscripts of poet and businessman Jesse Ely Wills.

Dates: 1915 - 1977

Matthew Wills Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS.0751
Abstract

This collection contains around 20 items by or about Fugitive poet Ridley Wills, dating from 1919 to 1957.

Dates: 1919 - 1957

William Ridley Wills II Papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS.0510
Dates: multiple

P.G. Wodehouse Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS.1001
Dates: 1926 - 1981

The Wodehouse Society Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS.0976
Dates: 1980 - 2019

H. Bunker Wright Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS.0531
Dates: multiple

Stuart Wright Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS.0533
Abstract

The .63 linear feet collection (2 boxes) contains correspondence between Robert Penn Warren and George Core, as well as correspondence between Robert Penn Warren and Stuart Wright. There is also correspondence from Eleanor Clark to Stuart Wright. Many of the letters refer to the publishing of books, but many are personal in nature. Some of the letters are typed and some handwritten.

Dates: 1896 - 1988

Thomas Daniel Young Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS.0538
Scope and Contents The largest part of the collection consists of Xerox copies and page proofs of Dr. Young’s books: The Literary Correspondence of Donald Davidson and Allen Tate (1974); The New Criticism and After (1977); and Gentleman in a Dustcoat (1976). This section also contains the longhand copy of Dr. Young’s Gentleman in a Dustcoat: A Biography of John Crowe...
Dates: 1970s

Manuel Zapata Olivella Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS.0696
Abstract

This collection contains the papers of Zapata Olivella, noted Afro-Colombian novelist, anthropologist, folklorist, physician and playwright who was known throughout Latin America as the “Dean of Black Hispanic Writers.” The collection provides a unique window on the history and society of Colombia and on people of African descent in the Americas as a whole.

Dates: 1897-2004; bulk circa 1960s-2004

Casimir Douglass Zdanowicz Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS.0539
Abstract

This collection contains 10 letters dated 1880-1889 and an article written by Casimir Douglass Zdanowicz, Jr.

Dates: 1880 - 1889

C. Franklyn Zeek Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS.0540
Scope and Contents

This collection contains six journal articles written by C. Franklyn Zeek. They are arranged in alphabetical order, by title.

Dates: 1942 - 1951

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Moore, Merrill, 1903-1957 --Interviews 1
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Pulitzer Prizes 1
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Hirsch, Sidney Mttron 2
Lytle, Andrew Nelson 2

 

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