Found 12 collections related to Manuscripts (documents)

Jack Kerouac (1922-1969) was an American Beat novelist, essayist, and poet. The collection consists of an autograph manuscript (1 leaf) containing Jack Kerouac's notes or journal entry entitled "Áu Revoir a l'Art .... Period 394," dated Nov. 16, 1944. The entry begins "I wrote close to half a million words since 1939, when I first began to write." It goes on to describe his recent literary output, and his thoughts on art and the quest for "self-ultimacy." On the other side of the lined sheet, printed as graph paper, Kerouac has charted a numerical grid for "Periods of My Life," Mar. 12, 1922 - Dec. 31, 1946, noting "Death" as period 432, and "Now" as period 394 less

Bernard Shaw, born George Bernard Shaw, was an Irish writer of novels, plays, poems, short stories, and literary criticism. The item is a manuscript copy of George Bernard Shaw's letter to the editor of The Times of London, dated February 2, 1909, published on February 5, 1909. Shaw responds to a letter published in The Times on January 29, 1909 by English writer H.W. Mallock. Mallock had criticized remarks on income inequality made by Keir Hardie, M.P. at a Labour Party conference in Portsmouth, England on January 27th, as reported by the press. Shaw defended Hardie and questioned Mallock's knowledge of socialism and political economy in general, initiating an exchange of letters in the newspapers. The manuscript, in an unknown hand, is accompanied by an undated typed transcript of the item (3 pages), and a small half-tone photographic portrait of Shaw 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

William Cullen Bryant (1794-1878) was an American poet, journalist, and editor. His autograph manuscript, dated circa the 1860s, contains a complete signed two-page autograph manuscript of his poem "Not Yet." The collection also includes two portrait engravings of Bryant and an engraving of Byrant's house in Roslyn, New York bound in a red levant morocco binding by Strikeman dating up to around 1900. 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

May Sarton (1912-1995) was a Belgian-American poet and writer. Her personal correspondence to Huldah Sharp (1915-2000), daughter of a prominent Nashville family, dates from 1975 to 1994 and chronicles their romantic relationship; their domestic lives; and their travels together and separately in the later years of Sarton's life. The collection also reveals Sarton's professional life through typescripts and letters, especially her extensive teaching, reading, and lecture schedule. less