Found 6 collections related to Memoirs

Susannah McCorkle (1946-2001) was an important American jazz / pop singer as well as a talented writer. Her papers consist of her writings, correspondence, business and personal papers, scores, concert programs, clippings, publicity material, photographs and books. less

Edward Alfred Allworth (1920-2016), a specialist on ethnic minority populations in former Soviet Central Asia, was a professor of Turco-Soviet Studies in the Middle Eastern and Asian Languages and Cultures Department at Columbia University. The Edward Allworth papers, spanning 1934 to 2012, document his interest in and research on ethnic minority groups and the question of nationality in Soviet Central Asia and on the Soviet conflict in Afghanistan, as well as the drama and theater of Central Asian cultures. Populations represented in the collection are Crimean Tatars, Uzbeks, Tajiks and Bukharan Jews. The collection contains correspondence, writings, interview transcripts, research notes, citations, statistical analyses, photographs, biographical scrapbooks, printed matter, artifacts, and oral history and audio recordings. They also hold a small file of personal papers and a memoir. less

The Year of Magical Thinking is a play adapted from the memoir of the same name by by American author Joan Didion (1934-2021). Didion was a writer associated with the New Journalism movement. This script is an early draft of the play, given by Didion to her nephew, Tony Dunne, along with a handwritten note. less

Paul Auster (1947-2023) was an American writer, poet, filmmaker, and translator whose work often touched on themes of coincidence, chance, memory, and solitude. Notable works include the novels The New York Trilogy, Moon Palace, and 4 3 2 1; the memoir The Invention of Solitude; and the films Smoke and Blue in the Face. The Paul Auster papers date from 1963 to 2022 and contain all aspects of Auster's professional work, including typescript and holograph drafts, notebooks, correspondence, audio and moving image recordings, clippings, and ephemera. less

The Maya Angelou papers documents the literary career and personal life of poet and memoirist Maya Angelou (1928-2014) through her writings of autobiographies, essays, and poetry and children's books. The collection holds correspondence, manuscripts, computer generated typescripts, galleys, notes, financial and legal documents, and printed matter. less