Found 61 collections related to Poets

Elizabeth Fries Ellet (1818-1877) was an American writer, historian and poet. She is remembered as the first writer to record the lives of women who contributed to the American Revolutionary War. The papers consist predominantly of letters written between 1838-1858, and additional undated letters. Letters are both personal and professional in nature, with many relating to her work on The Women of the American Revolution. Also included is a draft or alternate version of her poem Sodus Bay, and undated notes relating to publications less

The Carol Baron research papers on Stefan Wolpe document Baron's research toward a never-completed biography of the composer. The papers hold correspondence from Wolpe, interview transcripts, notes, photographs, score and lecture manuscripts, clippings, and concert programs. less

Mary Nash (1884-1976) was an American stage and film actress most famous for playing Katharine Hepburn's mother in The Philadelphia Story (1940). Her sister Florence Nash (1888-1950) was an American actress, comedienne, and writer. The Mary and Florence Nash papers contain correspondence, photographs, writings, scripts and other production files, scrapbooks, scores, and personal ephemera. less

The collection consists mainly of letters, generally social in nature, from American poet and satirist Fitz-Greene Halleck to various parties including his sister, Maria, and newspaper editor and politician Theophilus Carey Callicot. Also present are circular letters from 1868 soliciting friends, family, and associates for letters from Halleck to be published in a memorial volume. Manuscript material includes holographs of several poems. Engravings and autographs of Halleck are also present less

Jane Dransfield (1875-1957) was a playwright, poet, and lecturer on theater. The Jane Dransfield papers (1892-1957) document the creation, publication, production, and reception of her work, especially her plays. The papers also document her work as a lecturer, her study of drama, and her professional relationships. The collection holds correspondence, clippings, programs, promotional materials, scripts, poetry, articles, drafts, and notes. less

Gwendolen Haste (1889-1979) was an American poet. She wrote poems and short stories, worked in public relations at the General Foods Corporation from 1926 to 1954, and was active in the Poetry Society of America. She won the Nation Poetry Prize in 1922. Collection consists of correspondence, writings, materials pertaining to Haste's work at General Foods, photographs, and printed matter. Correspondence concerns her work and personal and family matters. Writings include published and unpublished poems, short stories, reminiscences, 1908 and 1912 diaries she kept at the University of Chicago, travel journals, and literary notebooks. General Foods materials contain memoranda, drafts of newsletter Haste edited, and lectures. Also, photographs of Haste and her relatives, and biographical information. less

The Robert Underwood Johnson papers document Johnson's personal and professional life from 1875 until his death in 1937. Johnson, born in 1853, served on the staff of The Century Magazine until 1913, eventually rising to the position of editor in chief. He also served as the American Ambassador to Italy from 1920-1921, and was active in the causes of nature conservation and copyright law. The papers contain personal correspondence and writings, and also document the activities of the American Copyright League, of which Johnson was secretary, between the years 1880-1929. less

The Sedgwick family lived in Stockbridge, Mass. Collection consists of letters, writings, photographs, and printed matter. Letters, 1849-1855, are from Theodore Sedgwick to his son, Arthur G. Sedgwick. Writings include album of poetry, 1812-1847, by Susan Sedgwick; memoir of Theodore Sedgwick, 1865; Libby Prison (Richmond, Va.) Civil War diary, 1864, and account of journey to Caracas, Venezuela, in 1885, both kept by Arthur G. Sedgwick; and reviews and articles, ca. 1869-1899, he wrote. Also, photographs of family and of trip to Caracas. less

Joel Barlow (1754-1812) was an American poet, businessman, and diplomat. The collection consists of miscellaneous autograph material, transcripts and printed matter reflecting Joel Barlow's personal, business and literary affairs, and his diplomatic post as U.S. Minister to France, 1812. Present are three letters by Barlow to various recipients regarding personal and literary matters, 1788-1807; a letter to Mr. Fitzgerald, a merchant in Alexandria, Va.,regarding the Scioto Land Company, 1790; Barlow's autograph translation of an agreement employing Etienne Sulpice Hallet with the Scioto Land Company, 1790; and two documents signed as U.S. Minister Plenipotentiary to France dated 28 Feb. 1812 and 13 Aug. 1812. Also, a printed decree giving Barlow the title and rights of French citizenship, 23 Feb. 1793; two engraved portraits, one with a clipped autograph receipt dated 1779; a signed check, 1811; and a binding cover with signed fly leaf. Transcripts include Barlow's correspondence regarding the purchase of wine for the Scioto Company, 1789-1790; a Bible inscription for his sister Huldah, 1805; a letter to his brother Jacob, 1809; and a photostat copy of a letter to H.P. Dering, 1809. With clippings of material by and about Barlow from periodical literature, auction catalogs and newspapers, 1787-1936. less

Collection consists of correspondence, writings of Robbins and others, personal and legal papers, photographs, sketches, and printed matter. Correspondence, 1911-1953, concerns literary, theatrical and translating work as well as personal matters. Robbins's writings, 1910s-1940s, make up the bulk of the collection and include manuscripts and typescripts of his articles, plays, poems, stories, and parts of novels, and his translations of writings of other authors in Yiddish and Russian. Also, family papers and documents, photographs, sketches, and programs and printed materials from theaters with which Robbins was affiliated. less

Harold Edward Pickett (1947-1988) was a gay rights activist, journalist, poet,and editor. In 1980 he founded New York City News, a newsmagazine for the gay and lesbian community, and was editor/publisher until it ceased publication in 1985. The collection consists of correspondence, writings, subject files, files of Pickett and James B. Ferguson, photographs, realia, and printed matter. less

James Turcotte (1945-1993) was an American art gallery owner and tax advisor who began writing in the late 1960s. At first he wrote fiction and free verse reflecting his experiences as a gay man, father, drug user, and resident of Los Angeles and New York. After being diagnosed with AIDS in 1988, his writings were primarily poetic and journalistic observations of his life. Collection consists of Turcotte's writings, sketches, photographs, and videocassette produced by Turcotte. Turcotte's writings, 1969-1992, include poetry, fiction and journals, some illustrated with sketches. Also, sketchbooks, 1975-1986, by Turcotte; photographs; and videocassette he produced at Gay Men's Health Crisis in 1991 containing poetry readings and commentary by writers with AIDS. less

Emma Catherine Manley Embury (1806-1863) was an American poet and novelist who was a frequent contributor, under the pen-name Ianthe, to popular periodicals. Collection consists of correspondence, writings, financial and legal papers, notebooks and albums, photographs, and printed matter related to Embury and her family. Writings include poetry and prose with original manuscript of Guido, A Tale and Other Poems. Also, family papers such as deeds and real estate records; correspondence and notebooks concerning the distribution of Embury's poetry; cookbook; photographs; and clippings. less

Edgar Allan Poe was an American author, poet, and critic. The collection contains a holograph manuscript of the poem "Eulalie," a roll manuscript of "Thou Art the Man," fragments of extracts of periodical criticism, an undated fragment on Coleridge as plagiarist, and a draft to L.A. Godey for Harnden & Co., 1846. In addition to Poe manuscripts, the collection contains eleven letters from George W. Eveleth to Poe, 1845-1849, artifacts, printed reproductions, facsimiles, and descriptions of Poe documents, and related printed material. less

Edward J. Eustace (1897-1971) was an American poet, playwright and screenwriter for the Fox Film Corporation. Collection consists of correspondence, writings, drawings, photographs, and printed matter. Correspondence, 1920-1971, is with Eustace's associates at Fox, family and friends. Writings include typescript and printed versions of his plays and poems; several typescript versions of Eustace's play, "King of the Mountain," ca. 1934-1949, with prefaces to the 1948 and 1955 editions, and related correspondence, 1945-1951; notes and sketches; and diary, 1891-1893. Other materials are drawings, miscellaneous notes, photographs, financial records, and printed matter. Also, typescript and printed poems of his aunt Sarah Eustace. less

Elias Lieberman (1883-1969), educator and poet, was born in Russia but emigrated to the U.S. as a child. He worked in the New York City school system as a teacher, principal and associate superintendent of schools. His published works included books of poetry and articles and stories on the life of immigrants in American society. He also was editor of Puck, 1916, and literary editor of The American Hebrew, 1916-1932. Collection consists of correspondence, writings, teaching and student records, financial papers, photographs, phonograph recording, scrapbooks, and printed matter pertaining to Lieberman's activities as poet, writer and teacher. Correspondence, ca. 1910-1970, is letters from readers of his works, from colleagues, and from editors and publishers. Writings include scripts of published poems, 1912-1968; unpublished poems; a play; and a few articles and short stories; notebooks; and diaries, 1909-1915, 1921-1969. Other materials include memorabilia of his teaching career; his papers as a public school and college student; financial records; memoranda books, 1937-1966; and printed matter such as scrapbooks of clippings, periodicals containing his poems, and copies of his books. Also, photographs, phonograph recording of Lieberman reading his poems, and academic diplomas. less

Langdon Elwyn Mitchell (1862-1935), American poet and playwright, used the pseudonym John Philip Varley. His best-known plays were Becky Sharp (1899) and The New York Idea (1906). He taught playwriting at the University of Pennsylvania from 1928 to 1930. His father was S. Weir Mitchell, neurologist and author. Collection consists primarily of manuscripts and typescripts of poems written by Mitchell from 1884 to 1915. Also, manuscript notes for his writings and some personal correspondence, 1888-1933. less

Collection consists of correspondence, accounts, law papers, receipts, genealogical sketches, obituaries, and other papers of Samuel Jones (1734-1819) and of the Jones and related families of Long Island, N.Y., and New York City. Includes accounts, 1743-1767, of Cornelius Turck; papers, 1773-1787, concerning the estate of Elbert Haring of New York; biographical sketches of Rev. John Youngs and his descendants; and articles and poems of James M. Burtis. Other persons represented include David Jones, Elbert Haring Jones and his wife, Margery Fleet Youngs Jones, and Samuel Jones (1770-1853). Correspondents include Aaron Burr, John Jay, James Kent, and Philip Schuyler. less

Collection consists of Brooks's correspondence, some copies, relating to her work and to personal matters, and poems including manuscript of Zophiël with revisions and comments. Correspondents include W.B. Force, Rufus Griswold, Fitz-Greene Halleck, Robert Southey, George Ticknor, and E. P. Whipple. less

Lillian Everts (1910-1960) was a New York poet and writer (real name Lillian Epstein Levine). She conducted poetry workshops at the New York Public Library. Collection consists of Everts's correspondence with poets, editors, publishers, writers' organizations, friends, and family members; copies of writings by Everts and others; and articles about Everts. less

Julia Elizabeth Dunn (1851-1887) was a music teacher and poet of Boston, Mass. Collection consists of letters to Dunn from author Eugene Field, her classmate at Knox College in Galesburg, Illinois; and letters, 1871-1882, from Dunn's German music teachers and others. Also, letters and cards to her sister Sara A. Dunn; original manuscript of Percy MacKaye's poem "With A Rose"; stanzas by Mary Medbery MacKaye; and newsclippings and other materials relating to Percy MacKaye and Eugene Field. less

Kenneth Koch was an American poet, playwright, essayist, screenwriter, novelist, and short-story writer. The Kenneth Koch papers document the personal and professional activities of the writer, Kenneth Koch. Holograph and typescript drafts comprise the bulk of the collection. The papers contain holograph manuscripts and typescripts of the author's published and unpublished work (in every genre, including plays, "comics," and games), notes and other material related to the works, Koch's correspondence, photographs, collaborations, material related to his work with children, miscellaneous personal documents, printed material, ephemera, scrapbooks, press cuttings and photocopied reviews of his books, and holograph manuscripts and typescripts of works by other writers (especially Frank O'Hara and John Ashbery). Also included in the papers are 9 boxes of unsorted printed ephemera, and 3 boxes of journals, magazines, and newspapers. The correspondence in the collection is mostly made up of incoming material, of which there are three categories: personal, professional, and fan mail. The personal and professional correspondence is arranged alphabetically by author; within each author's folder letters are arranged by date. Of the personal correspondence and works by others, the most substantial holdings are by "New York School" artists such as Frank O'Hara, John Ashbery, James Schuyler, Larry Rivers, Harry Mathews, Fairfield Porter, and Jane Freilicher. Also noteworthy are letters and works by Koch's former students, Ron Padgett, Frank Lima, Tony Towle, David Shapiro, and Jordan Davis. Also present are publishing contracts and royalty statements for several of Koch's books. less

John Webb (1768-1840) was a weaver and poet. Typescript copy of his recollections of his ancestry back to 1674; letters to his family and friends; accounts of his travels in England; and comments on contemporary English life, particularly in London after 1832, where he set up his own weaving business. less

Aaron Cohen (1936?-1989) was an American dancer, actor, stage manager, and teacher of stage movement and creative writing. He died of AIDS-related causes in 1989. Collection consists of typescripts and computer print-outs of Cohen's poems, many with autograph annotations or inscriptions to his friend Linda Rogers. Poems are largely Cohen's reflections on his personal life including family relationships and his illness and approaching death. less