Literary Manuscripts
Original letters and documents by writers and artists
E. E. CUMMINGS, Lawd My Hope (1936). Manuscript for a lost poem.
CUMMINGS, Edward Estlin "E. E." (1894-1962). Lawd My Hope, original manuscript, [1936]. 8 ½ x 11 inches. Folding creases, a few cryptic notations in ...
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A revolutionary Tagalog manuscript from the Philippine-American War
Trinidad, Críspulo (1839-1925). Buhay ni Judit. Holograph manuscript, signed by the author and dated 22 September 1899. 16 x 22 cm; 99 pp. written on ...
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Charles COTTON. Signed document (1663). A bond to the creditor who acquired Beresford Hall
Cotton, Charles (1630-1687), Bond for the performance of covenants between Charles Cotton and Joseph Woodhouse, dated August 1, 1663. Parchment, about...
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35 American composers of art songs name their favorite tune
Goodjohn (Wu), Arlouine (1918-2015). An archive of 50 letters plus related materials received from over 35 American art song composers, 1961-1965. Col...
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A Coded film script by Lynn Riggs
Riggs, Lynn (1899-1954) and W. P. Lipscomb (1887-1958). The Garden of Allah: Dialogue Continuity. American Version. [Culver City:] Selznick Internatio...
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A manuscript copy of an influential essay on Moravian folk songs by František Bartoš and Leoš Janáček
Bartoš, František (1837 - 1906) and Leoš Janáček. Několik slov o lidových písních moravských [A few words about Moravian folk songs]. Manuscript,...
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Archive of Rev. James Means of Concord, gadfly of the Transcendentalists
Means, James (1813–1863). Archive of 111 manuscript sermons delivered chiefly at the Trinitarian Church, Concord, 1839–1844, with 7 later sermons, 185...
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Billy Emerson Minstrel show Archive, including his original script
Redmond, William Emerson (“Billy Emerson”) (1846 -- 1902). Billy Emerson’s Joke Book, manuscript, circa 1881. 22 x 18 cm (17 x 8¾ in); 150 pages. Burn...
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Class notes from the first years of the American Academy of Dramatic Arts
Sargent, Franklin Haven (1856 – 1924) and Ida Ellen Serven (1859 – 1928), Pantomime, class notes by Kathryn A. Fischer (1859 – 1939). Manuscript noteb...
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Correspondence and other writings of the author of a working-class literary classic, published in part by the Hogarth Press
Reynolds, Stephen [Sydney] (1881-1919). Letters to Cecil Harmsworth and related correspondence, 1913-1920. A small collection from Harmsworth's files,...
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F. Scott FITZGERALD. The Princeton Bric-A-Brac (1915). His "country club."
FITZGERALD, F. Scott (1896-1940)]. The Princeton Bric-A-Brac, Volume XLI. Philadelphia: E.A. Wright Bank Note Co., 1915. First edition. Gilt embossed ...
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FORENSIC EVIDENCE FOR DR. THORNDYKE: AN R. Austin Freeman Archive
Freeman, R. Austin (1862-1943). An extensive composite archive, literary and biographical, 1902-1963. Housed in two archival boxes, 1.0 linear feet. ...
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