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Harry Levin papers

Title: Harry Levin papers

Papers of Harry Levin, American literary critic, scholar of modernism and comparative literature, and the Irving Babbitt Professor of Comparative Literature atHarvard University.

ArchivalResource: 41 linear feet (34 boxes)

http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL.Hough:hou01917 View

Alec Wilder papers, 1939-2000

Title: Alec Wilder papers 1939-2000

Alec Wilder (1907-1980), the composer and songwriter, lived at the Algonquin Hotel in New York City for most of his life. He wrote several hundred popular songs, composed sonatas, operas, a concerto, and a ballet, and was the author of one book and co-author of another. The collection contains incoming letters to Alec Wilder from fifty-eight friends and acquaintances (including John Cheever, Harper Lee, S. J. Perelman, and Frank Sinatra), letters from Wilder to his friend and collaborator William Engvick; correspondence between Engvick and Wilder's biographer, Desmond Stone and James Dean's biographer, Val Holley and others; and printed matter concerning Wilder.

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http://archives.nypl.org/mss/3324 View

Wilder, Alec. Alec Wilder papers, 1939-2000.

Title: Alec Wilder papers, 1939-2000.

Collection consists of correspondence and printed matter concerning Wilder.

ArchivalResource: .7 linear foot (2 boxes)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122687178 View

Stewart, Mildred. Oral history interview by Peter B. Howard, 1997 Feb.

Title: Oral history interview by Peter B. Howard, 1997 Feb.

A recollection of her relation with Dorothy Baker, and what she knew of Baker's other intimate relationships.

ArchivalResource: 36 p. and 2 cassette tapes.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/86130393 View

Baker, Dorothy, 1907-1968. Letter to "Camilla, " ca. 1962.

Title: Letter to "Camilla, " ca. 1962.

Discusses Camilla's reaction to the book, as well as that of several other reviewers.

ArchivalResource: 1 p.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122510638 View

Baker, Howard, 1905-1990. Howard Baker papers, [ca.1944-1966].

Title: Howard Baker papers, [ca.1944-1966].

Includes: three letters to Gus Blaisdell, with MS of poem, Ode to the Sea, as enclosure to 1966 letter; mimeographed copy of play, Trio, ca. 1944, by Dorothy and Howard Baker, based on her novel, Trio; mimeographed copy of screenplay, The Other One, by the Bakers, also based on the novel.

ArchivalResource: 1 box (.4 linear ft.).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122545248 View

Dorothy and Howard Baker photograph collection. [graphic].

Title: Dorothy and Howard Baker photograph collection. [graphic]. ca. 1930-ca. 1955.

Includes portraits and snapshots of the Bakers and their children, taken in Paris, California and other locations. Also includes photographs of unidentified typescript pages.

ArchivalResource: 3 folders (ca. 120 photographic prints) and ca. 200 negatives : 5 x 7 in . or smaller.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/706515952 View

Baker, Howard, 1905-1990. Dorothy and Howard Baker papers, 1926-1990.

Title: Dorothy and Howard Baker papers, 1926-1990.

ArchivalResource: 33 linear feet.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122586161 View

Houghton Mifflin Company correspondence, 1881-1981 (inclusive), 1940-1979 (bulk).

Title: Houghton Mifflin Company correspondence, 1881-1981(inclusive), 1940-1979 (bulk).

Editorial correspondence of Houghton Mifflin Company, publishing house ofBoston, Massachusetts.

ArchivalResource: 174 boxes (44 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou00119/catalog View

The papers of Dorothy and Howard Baker, 1926-1990

Title: The papers of Dorothy and Howard Baker, 1926-1990

ArchivalResource: 33 linear ft.

http://www.oac.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/tf0199n45j View

David Park correspondence with Howard and Dorothy Baker, 1937-1952

Title: David Park correspondence with Howard and Dorothy Baker, 1937-1952

The friendship of Howard and Dorothy Baker, Mildred and Bertrand Bronson and Lydia and David Park was intimate, stimulating and youthful. Baker was Yvor Winter's protégé, and a genius. Dorothy was writing or had just published YOUNG MAN WITH A HORN, and had begun to reveal her lesbian inclinations. Bertrand Bronson was a Rhodes scholar and the finest English Litetature intelligence ever at Berkeley. All were Young at this time, and all recombined for a period in Cambridge (early on).

ArchivalResource: 3 folders

http://www.oac.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/ft9m3nb59z View

Park, David, 1911-1960. Letters to Howard and Dorothy Baker, 1937-1952.

Title: Letters to Howard and Dorothy Baker, 1937-1952.

ArchivalResource: 3 folders.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122644506 View

Paterson, John, 1923-,. John Paterson correspondence : Berkeley, Calif., 1961-1962.

Title: John Paterson correspondence : Berkeley, Calif., 1961-1962.

Correspondence related to his role as host of the television show "Books and Authors" that aired on KQED San Francisco, California. Letter topics include responses to appearance requests, program content, funding, and commentary. Also includes a pencil sketch drawing of Paterson by Al Woo.

ArchivalResource: 1 box (0.2 linear feet)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/747651237 View

Baker, Dorothy, 1907-1968. Dorothy Baker manuscripts, 1938-1948.

Title: Dorothy Baker manuscripts, 1938-1948.

Drafts, galley proofs, etc., of her novels, Our Gifted Son, Trio and Young Man with a Horn.

ArchivalResource: 2 boxes.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/214986702 View

Baker, Dorothy, 1907-1968. Reminiscences of Dorothy Dodds Baker : oral history, 1962.

Title: Reminiscences of Dorothy Dodds Baker : oral history, 1962.

Early life; beginnings as writer; reactions to writing and criticism; YOUNG MAN WITH A HORN, TRIO, CASSANDRA AT THE WEDDING; Robert Frost, Robert Penn Warren, Carson McCullers, F.O Matthiessen, May Sarton.

ArchivalResource: Transcript: 146 leaves.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/309730073 View

Baker, Dorothy, 1907-1968. Dorothy Baker papers, 1937-1967.

Title: Dorothy Baker papers, 1937-1967.

Consists of letters from Dorothy Baker to Louise O'Brien Stoll (aka Foran), and Baker typescripts of "Private Lesson," and "The Problems of a Novelist". Also includes clippings, playbills and published magazine stories.

ArchivalResource: 1 box and 1 oversize box (.5 linear ft.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/85015577 View