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Vivian Gornick (born 1935) is an American feminist critic, author, and memoirist who is known for her involvement with the second-wave feminist movement while reporting for The Village Voice. Her papers, dated 1965 to 2021, detail her writing process and published output after leaving the Voice, with an emphasis on her book projects. The collection holds typed and handwritten drafts, research files, reviews, correspondence, and interviews. less

George Plimpton was a journalist, author, and editor who is best known as the founding editor-in-chief of the Paris Review, and for his participatory sports writing. Plimpton's papers date from 1902 to 2008, and document his literary career, forays into film and television, public appearances, and his personal history. The collection contains manuscripts, notes, and research from most of Plimpton's published works, as well as correspondence, photographs, and biographical files from throughout his life. 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