Found 26 collections related to Authors.

William Targ (1907-1999) was an American author and editor, and the publisher of Targ Editions. His wife Roslyn Targ (died 2017) was a literary agent whose clients included American novelist Henry Roth (1906-1995), known for his autobiographical works Call It Sleep and the multi-volume Mercy of a Rude Stream. The William Targ papers concerning Henry Roth, 1971-1983, contain Roth's correspondence with the Targs (13 items), and Roth's typescript early drafts of portions of Mercy of a Rude Stream, sent to William Targ for his input as editor and friend. It appears that much of the narrative corresponds to episodes in Requiem for Harlem, the fourth volume of Mercy of a Rude Stream. Roth's letters, postcards, and notes, written from Albuquerque, New Mexico chiefly to William Targ, discuss his writing and health, with mention of family news. There is one note from William Targ to Roth dated 1979 December 26. The collection also includes a cancelled check in payment for the typescript final draft of Call It Sleep, and two typed notes signed by William Targ, one identifying the Call It Sleep typescript, the other listing Henry Roth materials owned by Targ and his wife. less

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

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

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

James Fenimore Cooper (1789-1851) was an American novelist, essayist, and writer of historical works. This collection contains three holograph letters, dating from 1827 to 1836, that describe Cooper's life in Paris, France; views of naval affairs; and the writing and publishing of The Prairie (1827) and The Red Rover (1827). less

Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849) was an American writer, poet, and critic best known for his Gothic horror short stories, such as "The Tell-Tale Heart," and poems, including "The Raven." "The Rationale of Verse," dated circa 1846, consists of one page of thirty-four lines of poetics. 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

John Irving (1942-), an American-Canadian writer, who is known for his novels and their subsequent film adaptations, notably The World According to Garp (1978) and The Cider House Rules (1985). His personal letters to editor, writer, and film executive Rusty Unger, dating from 1980 to 1986, offer insights into his family life, professional work, and romantic relationship with Unger. 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

Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849) was an American writer, poet, and critic best known for his Gothic horror short stories, such as "The Tell-Tale Heart," and poems, including "The Raven." "To Zante," dated November 6, 1840, consists of an autograph manuscript that is part of a letter. less

Charles Dickens (1812-1870) was a British writer, journalist, and social critic. The Charles Dickens letter to Edward Moxon, dated November 17, 1842, discusses finding Edgar Allan Poe a British publisher for Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque. 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

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

Bruce Jay Friedman (1930-2020) was an American novelist, short story writer, screenwriter, and playwright who pioneered black comedy as a literary genre in the United States. The Josh Alan Friedman collection on Bruce Jay Friedman, dating from 2018 to 2021 and compiled by Friedman's son, contains several of Friedman's writings, including short story notes from the final two years of his life. The collection also includes obituaries and remembrances of Bruce Jay Friedman in the weeks following his death. 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

Richard Adams (1920-2016) was an English novelist best known for his anthropomorphic tale about rabbits Watership Down (1972). His letter to Rex Collings, dated October 8, 1970, discusses possible titles for Watership Down as well as the map that was included in the first edition. 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

Jhumpa Lahiri (born 1967) is a British-American author and translator best known for her short story collections, novels, and nonfiction work that focuses on identity, cultural belonging, and how language interacts with both concepts. Lahiri's papers date from 1967 to 2023, and chronicle her creative process and literary career through correspondence, handwritten and typescript drafts, publishing files, research materials, and publicity materials. The papers also include education and teaching materials, certificates and awards, and artwork. less