Kazin, Alfred, 1915-1998
Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature | Berg Coll MSS Kazin archive
(95 linear feet); 191 manuscript boxes
Alfred Kazin (1915-1998) was an American literary and cultural critic, essayist and historian. He was one of the most influential of New York intellectuals in the second half of the twentieth century, and belonged to the circle of writers and...
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Alfred Kazin (1915-1998) was an American literary and cultural critic, essayist and historian. He was one of the most influential of New York intellectuals in the second half of the twentieth century, and belonged to the circle of writers and thinkers associated with the Partisan Review. Kazin's best-known work of criticism was On Native Grounds (1942), his seminal study of American prose and fiction of the period 1890-1940, and is also wel-known for his three memoirs, A Walker in the City (1951), Starting Out in the Thirties (1965), and New York Jew (1978). In 1996 he was awarded the first Truman Capote Lifetime Achievement Award in Literary Criticism. As of 2014, the only other award winner was George Steiner. The archive contains typescripts of Kazin's essays, books, unpublished biographical sketches, and lectures; more than 75 personal and literary journals; 13 literary notebooks; personal, literary and financial correspondence; two commonplace notebooks; extensive subject and biography research files (including especially extensive files on Herman Melville, the Civil War, Harriet Beecher Stowe, slavery, and African-American literature); examinations and reading lists for undergraduate courses taught by Kazin; research files on a large number of American literary figures; page proofs; photographs; correspondence from over 60 persons (excluding fan mail), including writers, critics, cultural notables, intimate friends, and family members; and correspondence from Kazin to over 250 recipients, including over 60 letters to Judith Dunford (Kazin's third wife), dating from 1977 to 1982.
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Koch, Kenneth, 1925-2002
Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature | Berg Coll Koch MSS 1932-2007
85 linear feet (206 manuscript boxes)
Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature | Berg Coll MSS Williams, G
4 linear feet (8 manuscript boxes)
Perelman, S. J. (Sidney Joseph), 1904-1979
Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature | Berg Coll MSS Perelman
Perelman writings include carbon typescript of "Around the World in Eighty Days" ; 3 carbon typescript drafts of "Forty-Five Plus" (a.k.a. "Sweet Bye and Bye," the libretto co-written by Al Hirschfeld with dialogue by Ogden Nash and Vernon Duke)...
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Perelman writings include carbon typescript of "Around the World in Eighty Days" ; 3 carbon typescript drafts of "Forty-Five Plus" (a.k.a. "Sweet Bye and Bye," the libretto co-written by Al Hirschfeld with dialogue by Ogden Nash and Vernon Duke) ; ephemera and congratulatory cables related to "The Night Before Christmas.".
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Griffin, John Howard, 1920-1980
Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature | Berg Coll MSS Griffin 1998
8.36 linear feet (40 boxes)
The Howard Griffin papers document the life and work of American journalist and author John Howard Griffin (1920-1980), noted for his writing on racial equality. The collection consists of extensive correspondence, journals, manuscripts,...
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The Howard Griffin papers document the life and work of American journalist and author John Howard Griffin (1920-1980), noted for his writing on racial equality. The collection consists of extensive correspondence, journals, manuscripts, typescripts, essays,scrapbooks, and photographs. The papers provide insight into Griffin's social observation,while offering a glimpse of his life as an activist during the civil rights movement in America.
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Levine, Philip, 1928-2015
Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature | Berg Coll MSS Levine Archive
85 linear feet (169 manuscript boxes)
Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature | Berg Coll Miller, A v. 1-692
692 volumes
Arthur Miller (October 17, 1915 - February 10, 2005) was an American playwright and essayist. The collection consists of Miller's collection of his published plays, books, translations, anthologies, and other publications containing or referencing...
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Arthur Miller (October 17, 1915 - February 10, 2005) was an American playwright and essayist. The collection consists of Miller's collection of his published plays, books, translations, anthologies, and other publications containing or referencing his work in various editions, comprising 692 volumes in total.
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Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature | Berg Backlog200903
Bell, Quentin
Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature | Berg Coll m.b. Bell, Q A.l.s. to Jeffares 1968
86 leaves, + 21 postcards, 3 greeting cards, 2 invitations, 3 clippings, 1 slip and 4 envelopes : illustrations, photographs. portraits ; 7-30 cm
Comprises 48 autograph letters and postcards, signed, from Quentin Bell, to Alexander (Derry) and Jeanne Jeffares (1968-1987); with 15 autograph letters, signed, from Anne Olivier Bell to the Jeffares (1967-2001); and with 13 autograph letters...
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Comprises 48 autograph letters and postcards, signed, from Quentin Bell, to Alexander (Derry) and Jeanne Jeffares (1968-1987); with 15 autograph letters, signed, from Anne Olivier Bell to the Jeffares (1967-2001); and with 13 autograph letters and postcards, signed, from Julian, to the Jeffares (1968-1969); accompanied by clippings and miscellaneous correspondence, chiefly Christmas and birthday cards to the Jeffares, and by 8 autograph letters, signed, from Mott Betts to the Jeffares (1996)..
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Riding, Laura, 1901-1991
Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature | Berg Coll MSS Jackson 1924-1984
(77 manuscript boxes)
Organized into 11 series: Series 1: Works by Laura Riding Jackson; Series 2: Correspondence; Series 3: Diaries; Series 4: Book reviews of Laura Riding Jackson’s works; Series 5: Criticism of Laura Riding Jackson’s works; Series 6: Photographs;...
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Organized into 11 series: Series 1: Works by Laura Riding Jackson; Series 2: Correspondence; Series 3: Diaries; Series 4: Book reviews of Laura Riding Jackson’s works; Series 5: Criticism of Laura Riding Jackson’s works; Series 6: Photographs; Series 7: Documents; Series 8: Awards, bibliographies obituaries; Series 9: Ephemera; Series 10: Clippings; Series 11: Writings by others.
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Burroughs, William S., 1914-1997
Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature | Berg Coll m.b. Burroughs ZC6 P47 1952
13 manuscript boxes
Periodicals from the United Sates, Great Britain, Germany, Italy, Czechoslovakia, Sweden, and Morocco, the great majority of which contain contributions by Burroughs; several containing interviews of him, and several are edited by him; a few with...
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Periodicals from the United Sates, Great Britain, Germany, Italy, Czechoslovakia, Sweden, and Morocco, the great majority of which contain contributions by Burroughs; several containing interviews of him, and several are edited by him; a few with which he had no connection, in the copies present.
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Grogan, Emmett, 1942-1978
Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature | Berg Coll m.b. Grogan E46 1965
2 manuscript boxes
The Emmett Grogan Papers is an archive of manuscripts and typescripts, comprising, articles, manifestos, screenplays, ideas for films, short stories, and poems by Emmett Grogan, accompanied by a group of similar writings by him and others that...
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The Emmett Grogan Papers is an archive of manuscripts and typescripts, comprising, articles, manifestos, screenplays, ideas for films, short stories, and poems by Emmett Grogan, accompanied by a group of similar writings by him and others that appeared in The Digger Papersa collective publication published by the Diggersboth parts of the archive spanning the years 1965-1968. Grogans papers document his journey from a young writer, aspiring filmmaker, and actor with the San Francisco Mime Troupe, to his central role, with Peter Berg, as the Diggers leading theoretician and activist. The archive contains early writings by Grogan from his time in Rome, Dublin, and London, and includes several of his most important Digger manifestos, some of them written with his boyhood friend and fellow New Yorker, Billy Murcott. Much of it bears his autograph annotations and corrections.
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Freidman, Bruce Jay.
Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature | Berg Coll MSS Friedman
30.31 linear feet (145 boxes)
Friedman, Bruce Jay, 1930-2020
Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature | Berg Coll MSS Friedman 1953
49 manuscript boxes
The collection heading provides a starting date of 1953, which represents the earliest document located in the archive. The collection documents Friedman's later plays, novels, short stories and is particularly strong in his later works of...
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The collection heading provides a starting date of 1953, which represents the earliest document located in the archive. The collection documents Friedman's later plays, novels, short stories and is particularly strong in his later works of non-fiction, including many articles and essays. The varied genres of Friedman's writing are represented in the archive as well as incoming and outgoing correspondence, interviews, teaching materials, contracts, permissions, royalty statements, photographs, printed material and some multi-media.
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Auster, Paul, 1947-
Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature | Berg Coll MSS Auster Archive
225 manuscript boxes, (94 linear ft.)
Paul Auster (b. 1947) is a Brooklyn-based novelist, screenplay writer, poet, essayist and translator. The archive comprises material related to the publication of six novels in preparation by Auster during this period; material related to the...
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Paul Auster (b. 1947) is a Brooklyn-based novelist, screenplay writer, poet, essayist and translator. The archive comprises material related to the publication of six novels in preparation by Auster during this period; material related to the publication of five nonfiction monographs; and material related to the production of several films. Also here is material related to the National Public Radio broadcast of The National Story Project. The stories submitted for this project were later collected in I Thought My Father Was God, edited by Auster, and also documented here. Additional material includes drafts of four plays, material related to the composition of two poetry monographs, material related to several works of translation, and a baseball game Auster invented. Material written by others, including creative adaptations and scholarly analysis of his work, is also included here.
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Koch, Kenneth, 1925-2002
Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature | Berg Coll MSS Koch [Text]
112.98 linear feet (269 boxes)
Kenneth Koch was an American poet, playwright, essayist, screenwriter, novelist, and short-story writer. The Kenneth Koch papers document the personal and professional activities of the writer, Kenneth Koch. Holograph and typescript drafts...
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Kenneth Koch was an American poet, playwright, essayist, screenwriter, novelist, and short-story writer. The Kenneth Koch papers document the personal and professional activities of the writer, Kenneth Koch. Holograph and typescript drafts comprise the bulk of the collection. The papers contain holograph manuscripts and typescripts of the author's published and unpublished work (in every genre, including plays, "comics," and games), notes and other material related to the works, Koch's correspondence, photographs, collaborations, material related to his work with children, miscellaneous personal documents, printed material, ephemera, scrapbooks, press cuttings and photocopied reviews of his books, and holograph manuscripts and typescripts of works by other writers (especially Frank O'Hara and John Ashbery). Also included in the papers are 9 boxes of unsorted printed ephemera, and 3 boxes of journals, magazines, and newspapers. The correspondence in the collection is mostly made up of incoming material, of which there are three categories: personal, professional, and fan mail. The personal and professional correspondence is arranged alphabetically by author; within each author's folder letters are arranged by date. Of the personal correspondence and works by others, the most substantial holdings are by "New York School" artists such as Frank O'Hara, John Ashbery, James Schuyler, Larry Rivers, Harry Mathews, Fairfield Porter, and Jane Freilicher. Also noteworthy are letters and works by Koch's former students, Ron Padgett, Frank Lima, Tony Towle, David Shapiro, and Jordan Davis. Also present are publishing contracts and royalty statements for several of Koch's books.
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Burroughs, William S., 1914-1997
Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature | Berg Coll MSS Burroughs Archive
17 linear feet (94 manuscript boxes)
The archive was organized during two periods of activity: by Burroughs in 1965, and then in 1972 by Burroughs, Brion Gysin, and Barry Miles, who divided the manuscripts and typescripts of Burroughs's works and notes into 169 collections of...
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The archive was organized during two periods of activity: by Burroughs in 1965, and then in 1972 by Burroughs, Brion Gysin, and Barry Miles, who divided the manuscripts and typescripts of Burroughs's works and notes into 169 collections of papers which they placed in consecutively numbered folders and portfolios of various sizes, which they called "Folios". Burroughs inscribed headings on the folders and sometimes also affixed collages to their front covers. In addition to manuscripts and typescripts, these folios include correspondence, clippings from magazines, photographs, exercise books, and cut-ups. The material relates to apomorphine, scientology, dreams, biofeedback and to the composition of Burroughs' Dream Diary, Soft Machine, Naked Lunch, The Wild Boys, Dead Fingers Talk, Nova Express, The Revised Boy Scout Manual and the Job
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Southern, Terry
Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature | Berg Coll MSS Southern Archive
95 linear feet (228 manuscript boxes, 1 oversize folder)
Terry Southern (May 1, 1924-October 29, 1995) was an American author, essayist, screenwriter and university lecturer, noted for his satirical style. The Terry Southern archive spans the years 1924 to 1995, with the bulk dated 1955 to 1995. The...
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Terry Southern (May 1, 1924-October 29, 1995) was an American author, essayist, screenwriter and university lecturer, noted for his satirical style. The Terry Southern archive spans the years 1924 to 1995, with the bulk dated 1955 to 1995. The collection consists chiefly of autograph and typescript drafts of Southern's novels, stories, screenplays, television scripts; journals, diaries, and notebooks. Other materials include incoming and outgoing correspondence, photographs, personal and financial papers and documents (including passports, hunting license, mortgage documents, bank statements, and canceled checks), publishing contracts, newspaper clippings, and realia, including his typewriter. Also included in the archive is writing by others, including Peter Beard, William S. Burroughs, Gregory Corso, Jules Feiffer, Bruce J. Friedman, Allen Ginsberg, Henry Green, Southern's biographer Lee Hill, Mason Hoffenberg, Mick Jagger, Jonathan Marquand, George Plimpton, V.S. Pritchett, Larry Rivers, Richard Seaver, Jean Stein, Rip Torn and Alexander Trocchi, papers by his students, and dissertations and papers about his work.
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Carey, Peter, 1943-
Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature | Berg Coll MSS Carey
15 linear feet (31 manuscript boxes)
Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature | Berg Coll MSS Replansky 1928-2011
21 mansucript boxes
Organized into 8 Series: 1. Works by Naomi Replansky; 2. Watercolors by Naomi Replansky; 3. Correspondence; 4. Documents, clippings, and papers about Naomi Replansky; 5. Clippings; 6. Photographs; 7. Original Folders; 8. Correspondence by and to...
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Organized into 8 Series: 1. Works by Naomi Replansky; 2. Watercolors by Naomi Replansky; 3. Correspondence; 4. Documents, clippings, and papers about Naomi Replansky; 5. Clippings; 6. Photographs; 7. Original Folders; 8. Correspondence by and to others, and writing by others.
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Updike, John
Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature | Berg Coll m.b. Updike L67 1976
10 manuscript boxes and one packet of oversize material
For almost 30 years, John Updike maintained a professional and personal relationship with Herb Yellin (1935-2014), proprietor and founder, in 1976, of the Lord John Press. Yellin published fine press editions of many of Updike’s stories...
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For almost 30 years, John Updike maintained a professional and personal relationship with Herb Yellin (1935-2014), proprietor and founder, in 1976, of the Lord John Press. Yellin published fine press editions of many of Updike’s stories and poems. Their professional relationship soon developed into a warm friendship, and Updike even asked Yellin, who was familiar with Los Angeles and Hollywood, to supply and clarify details about the city’s neighborhoods and their socio-economic characteristics and sub-cultures for a fictional work that Updike was writing. Updike’s letters combine the personal, literary, and professional, and reveal his appreciation of Yellin’s careful attention to typographic excellence and book design. Even Updike’s postcards are replete with substantive content, as are the letters. The galleys and proofs, as well as several typescripts, show Updike reworking his material and becoming deeply engaged in typographic and design decisions, as well as the commercial aspects of marketing fine press editions.
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Proulx, Annie
Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature | Berg Coll Proulx MSS 1935-2010
178 linear feet (356 manuscript boxes), 3715 megabytes (2478 computer files)
Annie Proulx is a novelist, short fiction writer, historian, and essayist. She was born in Norwich, Connecticut, in 1935, to Lois Nellie Gill Proulx, a painter and amateur naturalist, and George N. Proulx, the vice-president of a textile mill. Her...
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Annie Proulx is a novelist, short fiction writer, historian, and essayist. She was born in Norwich, Connecticut, in 1935, to Lois Nellie Gill Proulx, a painter and amateur naturalist, and George N. Proulx, the vice-president of a textile mill. Her first collection of short fiction, Heart Songs and Other Stories, was published in 1988. In 1990, she completed her debut novel, Postcards, for which she won the 1993 PEN / Faulkner Award for Fiction. Her second novel, The Shipping News, won the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Award, the Irish Times International Fiction Prize, and the Heartland Award for Fiction. Accordion Crimes, her third novel, was published in 1996. In 1997, she was awarded the Dos Passos Prize for Literature. In 1998, her story “Brokeback Mountain” won the National Magazine Award, The New Yorker Award for fiction, and the O. Henry Prize. It was adapted, in 2005, for a Paramount Pictures film by Larry McMurtry and Dianna Ossana, and was directed by Ang Lee. Her second collection of short fiction, Close Range: Wyoming Stories, was published in 1999; the lead story, “The Half-Skinned Steer,” was selected by John Updike for the Best American Stories of the Century (1999). In 2000, Proulx’s short story collection Close Range: Wyoming Stories won The New Yorker Award for fiction. Her fourth novel, That Old Ace in the Hole, was published in 2002. This was followed by two collections of short stories: Bad Dirt: Wyoming Stories 2 (2004) and Fine Just the Way It Is: Wyoming Stories 3 (2008). In 2008, she also published and edited Red Desert: A History of a Place, a collection of 38 essays of which she wrote 10. Bird Cloud: A Memoir, was published in 2011, and is named for the painstakingly designed and hand-crafted home she had built for herself in Wyoming, on a 640-acre nature preserve through which runs the North Platte River. Organized into 23 series: Series 1: Writings by Annie Proulx ; Series 2: Artwork by Annie Proulx ; Series 3: Correspondence ; Series 4: Research ; Series 5: Other Projects Series 6: Works by Others ; Series 7: Photographs ; Series 8: Genealogical Papers ; Series 9: Personal Records ; Series 10: Address Books and Monthly Planners ; Series 11: Ephemera ; Series 12: Material related to the estate of Lois Gill Proulx ; Series 13: Publisher’s Artwork and Promotional Material ; Series 14: Material Related to Scheduled Literary Events ; Series 15: Awards ; Series 16: Property Records ; Series 17: Publishing and Other Contracts ; Series 18: Miscellaneous Printed ; Series 19: Electronic Records ; Series 20: Audio Cassettes, VHS, DVDs, CDs ; Series 21: Restricted Material ; Series 22: Realia ; Series 23: Financial Papers.
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Metcalf, Paul
Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature | Berg Coll MSS Metcalf
86 manuscript boxes
The archive is organized into 5 series: Series I: Works by Paul Metcalf; Series 2: Correspondence; Series 3: Works about Metcalf; Series 4: Personal Papers (incl. photographs); Series 5: Manuscripts Sent to Metcalf.
Pritchett, V. S. (Victor Sawdon), 1900-1997
Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature | Berg Coll MSS Pritchett
10.66 linear feet (51 boxes)
Gotham Book Mart
Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature | Berg Coll MSS Gotham
185 items
This is a synthetic collection consisting of typescripts, correspondence, a scrapbook, and a photograph of attendees at a reception for Sir Osbert and Edith Sitwell in 1948.