Found 16 collections related to Authors.

Charlotte Yonge (1823-1901) was a prolific 19th century English writer, best known for her romantic novel, The Heir of Redclyffe (1853). The Charlotte Yonge letters, dating from the 1880s to 1900, document her correspondence with various acquaintances in the later years of her life. less

The Bloomsbury Group was an informal group of early twentieth-century English writers, artists, critics, and intellectuals. This collection, dated 1898 to 1950, consists of a selection of letters and invitations written by or to persons associated with this group. The most frequent correspondent is Vita Sackville-West (1892-1962), the writer and lover of Bloomsbury group member Virginia Woolf, and the majority of the collection is made up of letters written in the immediate aftermath of Woolf's suicide. less

Joan Didion (1934-2021) and John Gregory Dunne (1932-2003) were writers closely associated with the New Journalism movement who wrote novels, essays, long-form nonfiction, and screenplays. Didion and Dunne's papers date from the 1840s through 2022 (bulk dates 1950s-2010s) and chronicle their literary and screenwriting careers through correspondence, publishing files, notes for writing projects, photographs, and research files. The papers also include objects from their home lives, certificates and awards, personal and family ephemera, and artwork. less

Charles Dickens (1812-1870) was a British writer, journalist, and social critic. The Charles Dickens tortoiseshell reading glasses, manufactured around 1860, consist of his glasses and a glasses case, as well as a note of attestation by his sister-in-law, Georgina Hogarth. less

Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862) was an American writer, philosopher, and naturalist closely associated with the New England Transcendentalists. The Walden; or, Life in the Woods autograph manuscript fragment, dated circa 1845-1854, consists of a leaf from a working draft. less

Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849) was an American author, poet, and critic. The Edgar Allan Poe autograph letter to A. S. Cummings is dated July 4, 1840. It is included in an autograph album, dating from 1839 to 1872, containing additional letters and signatures from American politicians, historians, clergy, physicians, and writers. less

Ann Sophia Winterbotham Stephens (1810-1886) was an American author and associate editor of the magazine Ladies Companion. She published over twenty-five historical romances and domestic novels. Collection contains correspondence, writings, printed matter, and photograph. Correspondence includes Stephens's letters, 1829-1882, to her daughter; general correspondence, 1830-1847; and letters, 1936-1937, regarding Stephens. Writings consist of manuscripts of poems, novels, dramas, and articles. Also, page proofs, printed materials, and photograph of Stephens. less

Jonathan Ned Katz (1938 - ) is an independent historian, author, LGBTQ rights advocate, teacher, and textile designer. His father, Bernard Katz (1901-1970), an artist and designer who worked in advertising, was an independent historian of African-American history and jazz music. Jonathan Katz's mother, Phyllis Brownstone Katz, was a magazine editor and co-founder of the Jane Street Community Garden. The Jonathan Ned Katz papers reflect his life and career as an historian, author, LGBTQ rights advocate, teacher, and textile designer. They most heavily document Katz's research and writings on LGBTQ history and activism, and encompass his personal life, family, friends, and the LGBTQ liberation movement. The collection also contains the papers of his parents, Bernard Katz and Phyllis Brownstone Katz. less

The Agnes de Mille photographs, dating from the 1860s to the 1980s, chronicle her professional career as a dancer, choreographer, director, writer, and arts advocate. The photographs also recount de Mille's personal life and the members of the de Mille, George, Prude, and Foy families. less