Found 11 collections related to Authors.

The W. H. Auden and Chester Kallman letters to Irving and Anne Weiss, dating from the 1940s to 2000, consist primarily of handwritten and typed letters and poems, as well as photographs exchanged between the couples from the 1940s to the 1970s. The collection also contains some posthumous newspaper clippings, dating from the 1970s to 2000, about Auden and Kallman's relationship. less

Helen Weaver (1931-2021) was a literary translator, author, and astrologer. The Helen Weaver papers include research files, correspondence, and manuscripts related to the publication of her book The Awakener: A Memoir of Kerouac and the Fifties. The book describes Weaver's brief romantic relationship with Jack Kerouac, and friendships with Allen Ginsberg and Lenny Bruce. less

David Robert Plante (born 1940) is an American novelist, memorist, poet, and diarist currently residing in Lucca, Italy. The David Plante papers, dated from 1940 to 2022, chronicle Plante's daily life and creative works. The collection holds address books, correspondence, datebooks, diaries, drawings, ephemera, notes, photographs, poems, and printed matter. less

Thornton Wilder (1897-1975) was an American novelist and playwright. This collection, dated 1928 to 1974, consists of letters, postcards, and telegrams written by Wilder to his friend Ann Baumer, secretary Eleanor Murphy, and various other recipients. The majority of the correspondence chronicles Wilder's social life as he was working on his final books, The Eighth Day and Theophilus North. 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

A.A. Milne (1882-1956) was an English writer best known for his children's stories and poems featuring the fictional teddy bear Winnie-the-Pooh. This collection, dating from 1927 to 1928, contains unbound page proofs and maquettes for the final two Winnie-the-Pooh books, Now We Are Six and The House at Pooh Corner, both published by Methuen & Co. and featuring illustrations by E.H. Shepard. There are also six letters from Milne and Shepard to publisher Frederick Muller at Methuen that reveal their collaborative process. less

Samuel Langhorne Clemens (1835-1910) was an American writer, humorist, and literary and social critic who wrote under the pseudonym Mark Twain. Olivia Susan "Susy" Clemens (1872-1896) was Samuel Clemens's eldest daughter. "In Memory of Olivia Susan Clemens, 1872-1896" consists of a biographical autograph manuscript by Samuel Clemens about Susy Clemens and an envelope. less

Virginia Woolf (1882-1941) was an English writer closely associated with the 20th-century modernist movement. Her letter to her future brother-in-law Clive Bell, dated circa November 10, 1906, discusses arranging a visit between Bell and her sister Vanessa Stephen as well as the health of her older brother Julian Thoby Stephen. less