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Ziff, Lloyd. Happy birthday N.B.C.C. 1974-1984 ; the National Book Critics Circle tenth anniversary, 1985.

Title: Happy birthday N.B.C.C. 1974-1984 ; the National Book Critics Circle tenth anniversary, 1985.

Notes of congratulations by winners and nominees of the annual NBCC awards for the most distinguished American works of literature. These autograph facsimiles include Alice Adams, Nina Auerbach, W. Jackson Bate, Marshall Berman, Harold Bloom, John Boswell, Douglas Crase, Peter Davison, Morris Dickstein, Joan DIdion, Stanley Elkin, Leslie Epstein, Donald Finkel, Sally Fitzgerald, Paul Fussell, Martin Gardner, Stephen J. Gould, Jorie Graham, Elizabeth Hardwick, Shirley Hazzard, Anthony Hecht, Michael Herr, Seymour M. Hersh, Edward Hoagland, John Irving, Phyllis Janowitz, Fred Kaplan, Justin Kaplan, Maxine Hong Kingston, Jackson Lears, Philip Levine, Ron Loewinsohn, John McPhee, Dumas Malone, Greil Marcus, Edward Mendelson, W.S. Merwin, Toni Morrison, Howard Moss, Barbara Novak, Cynthia Ozick, Walker Percy, Katha Pollitt, John Rockwell, Roger Rosenblatt, Frederick Seidel, Dave Smith, Cathy Song, Ronald Steel, Telford Taylor, Paul Theroux, Virgil Thomson, Barbara W. Tuchman, Anne Tyler, John Updike, Helen Vendler, Alice Walker, William W. Warner, Richard Wilbur, C.K. Williams, Edward O. Wilson, and Larry Woiwode.

ArchivalResource: 1 poster ; 91 x 61 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/754864360 View

Jerome Charyn Papers, 1937-1997

Title: Jerome Charyn Papers 1937-1997

Jerome Charyn was born in the Bronx, New York, in 1937, and since 1963 has published short stories such as: 'On Second Avenue,' and more than twenty novels, the first of which is entitled: 'Once Upon A Droshky.' His reputation as a major writer has been fueled in part by a disregard for the limitations of established literary genres and a unique approach to the historical, romance and detective novel. The Jerome Charyn Papers are comprised of his personal archive from the years: 1937-1997.

ArchivalResource: 42.0 linear feet; (28 boxes)

http://dlib.nyu.edu/findingaids/html/fales/charyn/charyn.html View

McHenry, Mary, 1933-. Mary McHenry Papers, 1933-1996 (1946-1993).

Title: Mary McHenry Papers, 1933-1996 (1946-1993).

McHenry, Mary Williamson Murphy, 1933-; College professor of English. Mount Holyoke College graduate, 1954. Papers contain correspondence, writings and speeches, course records, yearbooks, calendars and planners, subject files, family papers, biographical information, memorabilia, photographs, and a scrapbook. Materials primarily document her academic and social activities as an African-American student and teacher at the Oakwood Friends School, Mount Holyoke College, Columbia University, George Washington University, Howard University, and Federal City College (now the University of the District of Columbia). Correspondence includes letters describing her experiences in a summer program in France in 1950 (when she also visited Ireland) and letters from her first and second husbands, Harry Saunders Murphy, Jr. and Donald F. McHenry. Writings include her proof reading corrections to the manuscript of "The World According to Garp" by John Irving (at that time, a colleague at Mount Holyoke College). Other materials relate to her personal life and to members of the Williamson and McHenry families and their relatives.

ArchivalResource: 26 boxes (11.5 linear ft.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/82164572 View

Carol Muske-Dukes Papers, 1960-2008

Title: Carol Muske-Dukes Papers 1960-2008

ArchivalResource: 20.0 Linear feet

http://www.oac.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/kt6489r81m View

Irving, John, 1942-. Letter to Judith Hendershot. Iowa City, IA. 1974 Aug. 29.

Title: Letter to Judith Hendershot. Iowa City, IA. 1974 Aug. 29.

Concerning an opening at Carother's Community College; acknowledging Hendershot's fan letter.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 p.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122463952 View

Casey, John, 1939-. Papers of John Casey [manuscript], 1954-2002.

Title: Papers of John Casey [manuscript], 1954-2002.

Papers contain manuscripts of short stories and reviews by Casey, a draft of an untitled first novel, 1968; manuscripts sent for review including Alessandro Boffa's "You're an animal, Viscovitz"; correspondence with family, friends, former students and publishers; and miscellaneous material including videocassettes, clippings, awards. Correspondents include (among others) Carl D. Brandt, Frank Conroy, Nancy Hale, John Irving, Carol Brown Janeway, Mary Motley Kalergis, Helen Pancake, Peter Taylor, Paul Theroux, and Kurt Vonnegut.

ArchivalResource: 250 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/647988955 View

Mary McHenry Papers MS 0845., 1933-1996, 1946-1954, 1972-1993

Title: Mary McHenry Papers 1933-1996 1946-1954, 1972-1993

McHenry, Mary Elizabeth Williamson Murphy, 1933-present; college professor of English. Mount Holyoke College graduate, 1954. Mount Holyoke College faculty, 1974-1998. Papers contain correspondence, writings and speeches, course records, yearbooks, calendars and planners, subject files, family papers, biographical information, memorabilia, photographs and scrapbooks. Primarily concerning her academic work and social activities as a student at the Oakwood School and Mount Holyoke College, her teaching career at Mount Holyoke College and her experiences as an African-American student and professor during the 1940s-1990s.

ArchivalResource: 26 boxes; (11.5 linear ft.)

http://asteria.fivecolleges.edu/findaids/mountholyoke/mshm319.html View

Nicholas Delbanco Papers, 1956-2010 (majority within 1966-2000)

Title: Nicholas Delbanco Papers, 1956-2010 (majority within 1966-2000)

Nicholas Delbanco (1942-), came to the University of Michigan in 1985, from Bennington College and Skidmore College, and has served as Director of the MFA Program in Creative Writing and as Robert Frost Collegiate Professor of English Language and Literature.He has also served both as Director and Chair of the Avery Hopwood and Jule Hopwood Awards Program. He has published over twenty-four books (novels, short stories, non-fiction, and textbooks), as well as many essays, reviews, and articles, and edited selected works of his friends and mentors, John Gardner and Bernard Malamud. The Nicholas Delbanco Papers includes correspondence, manuscripts, personal materials, professional records, and clippings. The correspondence is a rich collection of personal and professional letters exchanged over many years with fellow authors, publishers, and literary agents. Several manuscripts in various stages are also included.

ArchivalResource: 47 linear feet (50 boxes)

https://findingaids.lib.umich.edu/catalog/umich-scl-delbanco View

Additional Papers of Alan Cheuse 1961-1988

Title: Additional Papers of Alan Cheuse 1961-1988

This addition to the papers of Alan Cheuse consists of 945 items (10 Hollinger boxes; 3 linear shelf feet), 1961-1988, and includes correspondence; drafts of his novels, The Bohemians , Fall Out of Heaven , and The Grandmothers' Club , and various other short stories, reviews, and articles; newsclippings and printed material; photographs; cassette tape recordings; and topical files.

ArchivalResource: 945 items (10 Hollinger boxes; 3 linear shelf feet)

http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaxtf/view?docId=uva-sc/viu03653.xml View

Tesich, Steve. The world according to Garp : screenplay / according to Steve Tesich ; novel by John Irving.

Title: The world according to Garp : screenplay / according to Steve Tesich ; novel by John Irving. 1980.

ArchivalResource: 139 leaves ; 28 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/422873553 View

Elkin, Stanley, 1930-. Papers, 1955-1983.

Title: Papers, 1955-1983.

Primarily Elkin's literary mss. including plays, film scripts, essays, and stories, with the bulk of the material being mss. and editorial matter relating to his novels, in all stages of drafts from handwritten notes to word processor diskettes; together with extensive general and professional correspondence, mss. by other authors, teaching materials, and his own college literary papers. Correspondents include Doris G. Bargen, John Barth, Raymond Carver, Jerome Charyn, Robert Coover, Daniel Curley, William Gass, Herbert Gold, Daniel Halpern, Lamar Herrin, John Irving, Gordon Lish, Joseph McElroy, Howard Nemerov, Charles Newman, Joyce Carol Oates, Helen Vendler, Geoffrey Wolff, Tobias Wolff, and Hilma Wolitzer.

ArchivalResource: ca. 4340 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/28419449 View

Reiss, James. James Reiss collection 1960-2008.

Title: James Reiss collection 1960-2008.

This collection includes correspondence from colleagues and fellow writers, which offer valuable information on writing and publishing, from finding work and applying for grants to the writing process and getting published. The collection also includes a large amount of correspondence from publishers, whether they were rejecting, accepting, or soliciting work, and offers information on the publishing process. The correspondence also contains letters of a more personal nature, including holiday cards, post cards and letters to and from family. These family letters, covering a range of topics from visits, to health and family disputes, provide insight and background into Reiss's more autobiographical poems. Letters from friends and colleagues sometimes contain a combination of both personal and professional matters. James Reiss's correspondents include Rita Dove, John Irving and Philip Schultz, among many others. The collection also includes correspondence and papers from Reiss's time as a Professor of English at Miami University, and covers a wide range of subjects from class schedules and course loads to setting up and teaching workshops, materials covered in class, and the creation of a Miami University Press poetry series. The bulk of the collection is made up of manuscript materials. As a writer, James Reiss had a specific system for filing his work. Both working copies and final versions of the poems were kept in folders separated by year, ranging from 1969-2007. Many of the poems have the corresponding month and day noted. The poems, both handwritten and typed, were often composed on the back of other poems, student work and even correspondence. The working copies together with the final versions, give valuable insight into Reiss's working style as a writer. Interspersed with the poems are journal entries and notes. Many of these discuss Reiss's writing and feelings, family matters, daily life, publishing and Reiss's career. Also included in the collection is Reiss's line-editing work on the translations from Hebrew of his estranged brother's poetry. The collection contains published material as well. Reviews both written by and about Reiss and articles written by and about Reiss are included within the collection, along with a scrapbook of newspaper clippings collected by Reiss. The collection also includes photographs, consisting of family and friends, colleagues, book and retirement parties, travel, and publicity headshots. The rest of the collection is made up of miscellaneous materials and includes items such as pamphlets from Miami University, financial receipts and paystubs from publishers, announcements, writings by others, the journals of Reiss's mother and father, awards and plaques and even a lock of Reiss's first wife's hair.

ArchivalResource: 17 cubic ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/489216272 View

Irving, John, 1942-. The cider house rules: typescript, n.d.

Title: The cider house rules: typescript, n.d.

Clean typescript, undated. Film was released to theaters in 1999.

ArchivalResource: 1 v. (148 leaves) ; 28 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122517206 View

Parnell, Peter. The cider house rules : part one, typescript, 1998, January.

Title: The cider house rules : part one, typescript, 1998, January.

Typescript, called "Taper Rehearsal Draft," with some revisions; includes notes in ms. by video director.

ArchivalResource: 1 v. (138 leaves) ; 28 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122465317 View

Godwin, Gail. Gail Godwin papers, 1913-2006.

Title: Gail Godwin papers, 1913-2006.

The collection includes literary material, chiefly typescript drafts and stages of proofs, notes, background research, correspondence, and marketing and financial materials related to Godwin's published and unpublished books, book reviews, essays, excerpts, libretti, novellas, and short stories. There are also publicity materials, including correspondence, clippings, texts of speeches, and audiocassettes and videotapes, that document appearances, speaking engagements, honors, awards, interviews, book reviews, and articles about Godwin and her work. Personal materials include correspondence with family members, friends, fans, and other literary figures, including John Irving, Kurt Vonnegut, and Joyce Carol Oates. Family correspondence pertains to members of the Cole, Godwin, Krahenbuhl, Rogers, and Zeigler families, but the bulk documents Godwin's relationships with her mother, Kathleen Cole, and with her grandmother, Edna Rogers Krahenbuhl. Family materials also include research and writings by Kathleen Cole; early writings by Gail Godwin; and personal items belonging to family members. Other materials include writing notebooks; notes on writing and teaching; photographs; research notes; a small amount of family history materials; scholarly writing about Godwin; drawings; materials related to St. Hilda's Press; and writings by others. Dream diaries and journals have been added to the collection beginning with the 2006 addition.

ArchivalResource: ca. 15000 items (51.0 linear ft.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/49338168 View

Casey, John, 1939-. Papers of John Casey [manuscript], 1939-1990.

Title: Papers of John Casey [manuscript], 1939-1990.

The collection contains personal papers including autobiographical materials, college essays, teaching notes and evaluations and students' stories; correspondence with family, friends and other authors; manuscripts of reviews, aritcles, short stories and novels; and sound recordings of readings and interviews, including one about Breece D'J. Pancake.

ArchivalResource: 1700 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/647833718 View

Elkin, Stanley, 1930-1995. Papers, 1943-2013

Title: Stanley Elkin papers. 1943-2013.

The Stanley Elkin papers consist primarily of Elkin's own manuscripts including plays, filmscripts, essays and stories, with the bulk of the material being manuscripts and editorial matter toward novels. Also included is an extensive personal and professional correspondence which includes authors such as John Barth, Robert Coover, William H. Gass, and Howard Nemerov. Additional material comprises correspondence regarding Elkin's literary estate, royalty statements, contracts, audiovisual materials, and some personal artifacts, including Elkin's high school diploma, Bar Mitzvah invitation, and computer.

ArchivalResource: ca. 4340 items (50 boxes) ; 8 x 40 x 27 cm.

https://spokane.wustl.edu:443/record=b1138465~S2 View

Hopwood Awards Collection, 1930-

Title: Hopwood Awards Collection, 1930-

Consists of correspondence relating to the annual University of Michigan student contests in creative literature for the Avery Hopwood and Jule Hopwood Prizes funded by income from the Avery Hopwood bequest.

ArchivalResource: 8, 111 items.

https://search.lib.umich.edu/catalog/record/990039225410106381 View

Irving, John, 1942-. Introduction to a reading by Donald Justice to the Academy of American Poets at The Pierpont Morgan Library : typescript signed : [n.p.], 1982 Dec. 9 [date delivered].

Title: Introduction to a reading by Donald Justice to the Academy of American Poets at The Pierpont Morgan Library : typescript signed : [n.p.], 1982 Dec. 9 [date delivered].

An introduction for Donald Justice, spoken 9 December 1982 to the Academy of American Poets at the Pierpont Morgan Library. "The wonder of Donald Justice is that he has taken such pains to make himself understandable, and that despite the genuine difficulty of his perceptions, he is [the word "is" underlined] understandable; he is clear. Clarity is hard work. Mr. Justice has struggled in order that the reader's struggle be less [the word "less" underlined]. That is a charitable understanding of the tools of literature. The complexities of language have always been tempting to fakes, but while using fully the complexities of his language, Mr. Justice has always demonstrated that the highest purpose of literature is to illuminate those things which are hard, disturbing, painful, moving, and repeat themselves--not to obscure them."

ArchivalResource: 1 item (6 p.) ; 27.8 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/270874945 View

Irving, John, 1942-. The cider house rules : screenplay, 1991 May 6 / by John Irving ; based on his novel The cider house rules.

Title: The cider house rules : screenplay, 1991 May 6 / by John Irving ; based on his novel The cider house rules.

ArchivalResource: 1 v. (130 leaves) ; 28 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/25730448 View

Parnell, Peter. The cider house rules : part two, typescript, 1998, January.

Title: The cider house rules : part two, typescript, 1998, January.

Typescript, called "Taper Rehearsal Draft," with some revision; includes notes in ms. by video director.

ArchivalResource: 1 v. (156 leaves) ; 28 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122579576 View