Literature

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Here are entered works dealing with literature in general, not limited to aesthetics, philosophy, history or any one aspect.

Found in 117 Collections and/or Records:

Robert Penn Warren Letter

 Collection
Identifier: MSS.0957
Overview This collection contains a letter dated November 23, 1984 from Robert Penn Warren to E. Lowell Robbins about a manuscript by Robbins.
Dates: 1984 November 23
Found in: Vanderbilt University Special Collections / Robert Penn Warren Letter

Robert Penn Warren Photograph Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS.0635
Dates: multiple
Found in: Vanderbilt University Special Collections / Robert Penn Warren Photograph Collection

Richard Malcolm Weaver Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS.0495
Dates: 1940s - 1960s
Found in: Vanderbilt University Special Collections / Richard Malcolm Weaver Papers

Ann and Charles Wells Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS.0817
Dates: multiple
Found in: Vanderbilt University Special Collections / Ann and Charles Wells Collection

Joe L. Wheeler Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS.0499
Dates: undated
Found in: Vanderbilt University Special Collections / Joe L. Wheeler Collection

Who Speaks for the Negro Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS.0667
Dates: multiple
Found in: Vanderbilt University Special Collections / Who Speaks for the Negro Collection

Jesse Ely Wills Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS.0001
Overview This collection contains literary correspondence, poems, and manuscripts of poet and businessman Jesse Ely Wills.
Dates: 1915 - 1977
Found in: Vanderbilt University Special Collections / Jesse Ely Wills Papers

Matthew Wills Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS.0751
Overview This collection contains around 20 items by or about Fugitive poet Ridley Wills, dating from 1919 to 1957.
Dates: 1919 - 1957
Found in: Vanderbilt University Special Collections / Matthew Wills Collection

William Ridley Wills II Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS.0510
Dates: multiple
Found in: Vanderbilt University Special Collections / William Ridley Wills II Papers

P.G. Wodehouse Letters and Photograph Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS.0949
Overview This collection contains photographs and letters to and from author P.G. Wodehouse dated 1882-1974.
Dates: 1882 - 1974
Found in: Vanderbilt University Special Collections / P.G. Wodehouse Letters and Photograph Collection

The Wodehouse Society Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS.0976
Dates: 1980 - 2019
Found in: Vanderbilt University Special Collections / The Wodehouse Society Collection

H. Bunker Wright Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS.0531
Dates: multiple
Found in: Vanderbilt University Special Collections / H. Bunker Wright Collection

Stuart Wright Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS.0533
Overview 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
Found in: Vanderbilt University Special Collections / Stuart Wright Collection

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
Found in: Vanderbilt University Special Collections / Thomas Daniel Young Collection

Manuel Zapata Olivella Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS.0696
Overview 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
Found in: Vanderbilt University Special Collections / Manuel Zapata Olivella Papers

Casimir Douglass Zdanowicz Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS.0539
Overview This collection contains 10 letters dated 1880-1889 and an article written by Casimir Douglass Zdanowicz, Jr.
Dates: 1880 - 1889
Found in: Vanderbilt University Special Collections / Casimir Douglass Zdanowicz Family Papers

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
Found in: Vanderbilt University Special Collections / C. Franklyn Zeek Collection

 

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