Information: The first column shows data points from Davison, Peter F. in red. The third column shows data points from Davison, Peter, 1928-2004 in blue. Any data they share in common is displayed as purple boxes in the middle "Shared" column.
After graduating from Harvard, Davison spent a year at Cambridge University on a Fulbright Fellowship. He worked at publishers Harcourt Brace and at Harvard University Press, serving as an assistant to that press's director. In 1966 he joined the Atlantic Monthly Press, remaining there for 29 years, the final 15 as its director. For 30 years he was also poetry editor for Atlantic Monthly, which later merged with Grove Press to become Grove/Atlantic. In the 1980s he joined Houghton Mifflin, where he edited books for his own imprint from 1985 to 1998. From the 1950s forward he was part of a Boston and New England literary milieu that included Robert Lowell, Robert Frost, Anne Sexton, Sylvia Plath, Richard Wilbur, and Donald Hall. In 1963, his first collection of poetry, Breaking of the Day, was selected by Dudley Fitts, for the Yale Younger Poets Prize. He would go on to publish 11 volumes of poetry. His final poetry collection, Breathing Room (2000), received the Massachusetts Book Award. Among the authors Davison edited were Ward Just, Farley Mowat, William Least Heat-Moon, and Robert Coles.
After graduating from Harvard, Davison spent a year at Cambridge University on a Fulbright Fellowship. He worked at publishers Harcourt Brace and at Harvard University Press, serving as an assistant to that press's director. In 1966 he joined the Atlantic Monthly Press, remaining there for 29 years, the final 15 as its director. For 30 years he was also poetry editor for Atlantic Monthly, which later merged with Grove Press to become Grove/Atlantic. In the 1980s he joined Houghton Mifflin, where he edited books for his own imprint from 1985 to 1998. From the 1950s forward he was part of a Boston and New England literary milieu that included Robert Lowell, Robert Frost, Anne Sexton, Sylvia Plath, Richard Wilbur, and Donald Hall. In 1963, his first collection of poetry, Breaking of the Day, was selected by Dudley Fitts, for the Yale Younger Poets Prize. He would go on to publish 11 volumes of poetry. His final poetry collection, Breathing Room (2000), received the Massachusetts Book Award. Among the authors Davison edited were Ward Just, Farley Mowat, William Least Heat-Moon, and Robert Coles.
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Papers, 1961-1990 chiefly of Pancake's literary executor John Casey [manuscript].
Pancake, Breece D'J, d. 1979. Papers, 1961-1990 chiefly of Pancake's literary executor John Casey [manuscript].
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Papers, 1961-1990 chiefly of Pancake's literary executor John Casey [manuscript].
The collection contains typescripts, setting copy, and galley proof of "The stories of Breece D'J Pancake." There are also seven letters or notes from Pancake; letters from Pancake's mother, Helen; letters to Casey concerning his efforts to publish Pancake's stories; and material pertinent to documentary film maker Mark Rance's attempts to secure funding and produce a script based on Pancake's work including screenplay adaptations. Miscellaneous material includes royalty statements, reviews, and photographs.
Pancake, Breece D'J, d. 1979. Papers, 1961-1990 chiefly of Pancake's literary executor John Casey [manuscript].
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Papers, 1966-1996.
Hearon, Shelby, 1931-. Papers, 1966-1996.
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Papers, 1966-1996.
Manuscripts, galley proofs, research materials, notes, correspondence, clippings, photographs, and other printed material highlight Shelby Hearon's writing career. The bulk of the collection consists of research notes, manuscript drafts, and promotional files pertaining to Hearon's books published before 1995. All of her novels between 1968 and 1994, including Armadillo in the Grass, Hug Dancing, Owning Jolene, and Painted Dresses, are represented in this collection. Some titles are more complete than others, and follow the entire creative process from initial notes and drafts to publication and reception. Also found are many of Hearon's short stories, articles, book reviews, as well as manuscript material from Barbara Jordan's co-authored autobiography. The collection also contains Hearon's working files, which trace her literary career as a lecturer, book reviewer, and short story writer. Additionally, Hearon's fellowship grants, speaking tours, and literary friendships are documented in the working files. A highlight of both series is the correspondence between Hearon and her editors Sally Arteseros, Judith Jones, and Thomas A. Stewart, and long-time agent Wendy Weil.
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41 boxes (17.8 linear feet), plus 1 oversize box and 9 galley folders.
Collection of papers on Bitter fame, 1954-1991, (bulk 1986-1990).
Houghton Mifflin Company. Collection of papers on Bitter fame, 1954-1991, (bulk 1986-1990).
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Collection of papers on Bitter fame, 1954-1991, (bulk 1986-1990).
Drafts of Anne Stevenson's biography Bitter fame : a life of Sylvia Plath (Boston, 1989) as well as correspondence and contracts concerning the publication.
Houghton Mifflin Company. Collection of papers on Bitter fame, 1954-1991, (bulk 1986-1990).
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Davison, Peter, 1928-2004
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Anne Sexton Papers, 1912-1996, (bulk 1953-1974).
Sexton, Anne, 1928-1974. Anne Sexton Papers, 1912-1996, (bulk 1953-1974).
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Anne Sexton Papers, 1912-1996, (bulk 1953-1974).
Manuscripts, correspondence, financial records, contracts with her publishers, notes from her presentations, and samples of her students' poetry comprise the bulk of the Anne Sexton Papers, 1912-1996 (bulk 1953-1974). The collection is organized into four series, with materials arranged alphabetically by title or author. The papers thoroughly explore Sexton's writing career from her earliest poems to the materials published after her death. Working copies of all the major collections of verse are included, as are multiple versions of her best known play, Mercy Street. Individual poems demonstrate Sexton's editing methods, as do various published and unpublished short stories. Diaries, interviews, articles, and materials from her many presentations fill out the Works series. Correspondence includes a variety of Sexton's personal and business correspondence. There is a large quantity of correspondence with colleges and institutions requesting readings or Sexton's attendence at various functions, as well as communication between Sexton and magazines, her publishers, fellow poets, students, friends, and family. Of particular note are letters between Sexton and Lois Amos, Michael Bearpark, Saul Bellow, Michael Benedikt, Elizabeth Bishop, Louise Conant, Morton Courier, Dorianne Goetz, Anthony Hecht, Houghton, Mifflin and Company, The Hudson Review, Barbara Kevles, Maxine Kumin, Philip Legler, Robert Lowell, George MacBeth, Jack McCarthy, John Mood, Marianne Moore, The New Yorker, Dennis O'Brien, Tillie Olsen, Oxford University Press, Sylvia Plath, Al Poulin, Alfred Sexton, Dick Sherwood, Robin Skelton, Alice Smith, William Snodgrass, George Starbuck, Brian Sweeney, John Updike, Anne Wilder, and James Wright. The remainder of the material is composed of drafts of other authors' works, fan mail sent to Sexton, school memorabilia, photographs of Sexton and others, a notebook of newspaper clippings about Sexton kept by Alice Smith, a letter from William Wallace Denslow to Arthur Staples in 1912, and a set of page proofs for a German translation of Anne Sexton: A Self-Portrait in Letters, published in 1996. At the time of their acquisition by the Ransom Center, some of the Sexton materials were closed for use. The restrictions were lifted in 2011 and the materials then housed and described as Series IV, Formerly closed materials, were made available. Included in these materials are typescript drafts of early works, correspondence, four journals containing detailed information on Sexton's therapy sessions, and audio tapes of therapy sessions.
Anne Walker Artists' Book Collection MS 114., 1974-2006
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Anne Walker Artists' Book Collection 1974-2006
The collection contains 34 books executed primarily in gouache and pastel by Walker with poetry or lines from various authors living or dead. Poets and writers include Michel Butor, Peter Davison, Emily Dickinson, Edward Kessler, Kenneth Koch, Ron Padgett and Henry David Thoreau. Also included in the collection is correspondence related to the books, exhibition materials, and general publicity on Walker.
Anne Walker Artists' Book Collection MS 114., 1974-2006
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Davison, Peter, 1928-2004
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Anne Sexton Papers 1912-1996 (bulk 1953-1974)
Anne Sexton Papers 122492286., 1912-1996, (bulk 1953-1974)
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Anne Sexton Papers 1912-1996 (bulk 1953-1974)
Manuscripts, correspondence, financialrecords, contracts, notes, and samples of her students' poetry comprise the bulk ofSexton's Papers. The materials thoroughly explore the American poet and playwright'swriting career from her earliest poems to the materials published after her death.Working copies of all the major collections of verse are included, as are multipleversions of her best known play, (1969). Correspondence includes a variety of Sexton's personaland business correspondence. MercyStreet
Alfred Kazin collection of papers, 1933-1990, 1933-1978
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Davison, Peter, 1928-2004
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Anne Walker artists' book collection, 1974-2006.
Walker, Anne. Anne Walker artists' book collection, 1974-2006.
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Anne Walker artists' book collection, 1974-2006.
The collection contains 34 books executed primarily in gouache and pastel by Walker with poetry or lines from various authors living or dead. Poets and writers include Michel Butor, Peter Davison, Emily Dickinson, Edward Kessler, Kenneth Koch, Ron Padgett and Henry David Thoreau. Also included in the collection is correspondence related to the books, exhibition materials, and general publicity on Walker.
Walker, Anne. Anne Walker artists' book collection, 1974-2006.
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Davison, Peter, 1928-2004
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Atlantic Monthly records
Atlantic Monthly Press. Papers.
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Atlantic Monthly records
The Atlantic Monthly Press was founded in 1917 as the publishing division of the Atlantic Monthly Company. The press was originally envisioned by Editor Ellery Sedwick as a vehicle for publishing books based on articles and essays originally printed in the Atlantic Monthly magazine, but struggled in its early years and was eventually acquired as an imprint by Little, Brown and Co. The press was responsible for publishing Katherine Anne Porter's Ship of Fools (1962) and The Never Ending Wrong (1977), and many of the staff members of the press, such as Associate Editor Seymour Lawrence, were friends and confidantes of Porter. The collection consists primarily of correspondence with Katherine Anne Porter, as well as with people and institutions involved with the production and promotion of her work. Also included in the collection are articles and clippings relating to Porter, invoices, and royalty statements.
Davison, Peter Hubert, 1928-. Correspondence, 1975, from Lewis Mumford.
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Davison, Peter, 1928-2004
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Papers, 1941-1994.
Jacobson, Dan. Papers, 1941-1994.
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Papers, 1941-1994.
The Jacobson papers consist of original and carbon copy typescripts, holograph manuscripts, computer printouts, notebooks, correspondence, clippings, galley proofs, page proofs, dust jackets, book reviews and advertisements, offprints, programs, handbills, personal documents, and a sound recording, ranging in date from 1941 to 1994. Most of Jacobson's creative works are represented in the collection. For some works, multiple drafts and corrected proofs reveal Jacobson's revision processes, while published reviews show critical response. Common themes in Jacobson's works include racial problems in South Africa, Judaism, and human consciousness. Many of Jacobson's critical works are also present, as are interviews with and articles about him. Most of the correspondence in the collection is incoming correspondence from publishers, periodicals, and other authors. Among the correspondents are Philip Larkin, Mary McCarthy, and Leonard Woolf. Also of significance are fifty-nine letters from Jacobson's literary agent, Henry Volkening, covering the years 1954-64. Among the few personal items in the collection are correspondence regarding Jacobson's application for the Somerset Maugham Award and correspondence relating to his role as a director of Index on Censorship.
Davison, Peter. Peter Davison papers, circa 1940-2005.
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Davison, Peter, 1928-2004
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Dan Jacobson Papers 1941-92
Dan Jacobson Papers TXRC93-A3., 1941-92
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Dan Jacobson Papers 1941-92
The papers of this South African novelist consist of typescripts, handwritten manuscripts, notebooks, correspondence, clippings, galley and page proofs, dust jackets, book reviews and advertisements, programs and handbills, personal documents, and a sound recording.
Butscher, Edward. Collection of papers on Sylvia Plath, 1918-1976 (bulk 1946-1976).
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Davison, Peter, 1928-2004
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Papers, 1944-1981.
Sissman, L. E., 1928-1976. Papers, 1944-1981.
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Papers, 1944-1981.
The bulk of the collection is manuscripts by Sissman, mostly poems, but also prose including essays, drafts, notes, fragments of stories and novels, and a few speeches. Includes a typescript with annotations, the galley proofs, and the page proofs of Hello, Darkness: The Collected Poems of L.E. Sissman, a posthumous collection selected and arranged by Peter Davison; as well as printer's copies and proofs of his earlier works. Also contains 5 boxes of correspondence, both personal and professional. Correspondents include Anthony Hecht, Howard Moss, Stanley Moss, Edward A. Muir, and Kurt Vonnegut. Most of the letters, which include correspondence with other poets and publishers, and fan mail, pertain to his poetry, but 68 letters to his parents written between 1944 and 1959 discuss his student days at Harvard and early days in advertising. Third party correspondence concerns his poetry. Also a few miscellaneous manuscripts by others and printed copies of his poems.
This collection includes poems, stories, and plays written by Rich as a child; journals, account books, and notebooks; typescripts of later poems and essays; correspondence with parents, friends, publishers, and other writers; various states of her published works from W.W. Norton; published reviews by Rich; and files concerning her own works, teaching and lectures. Papers documenting her involvement in the women's movement cover such topics as international feminism, feminist publishing, motherhood, violence against women, and women in prison. There are issues of poetry magazines and pamphlets containing her poems, small press editions of her work, posters announcing readings and lectures, audiotapes of readings and interviews, and a phonograph record of Rich reading her poetry.
Doorknobs and infinity : Robert Frost as teacher / remarks by Peter Davison.
Davison, Peter. Doorknobs and infinity : Robert Frost as teacher / remarks by Peter Davison.
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Doorknobs and infinity : Robert Frost as teacher / remarks by Peter Davison.
Copy of a typescript of a speech given before a meeting of the National Council of Teachers of English, Nov. 25, 1965, Boston, Mass. Includes cover note by Kathleen Morrison.
Davison, Peter. Office files of The American Poetry Review, 1973-1991.
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Davison, Peter, 1928-2004
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Papers of Michael Ryan [manuscript], 1957-1990.
Ryan, Michael, 1946-. Papers of Michael Ryan [manuscript], 1957-1990.
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Papers of Michael Ryan [manuscript], 1957-1990.
The collection contains manuscripts of articles, poems, and books by Ryan, correspondence, cassettes of poetry readings, printed materials, and papers pertaining to his undergraduate years at Notre Dame. Manuscripts include his books of poetry "God hunger," "In winter, "and "Threats against trees," his thesis "The blind swimmer," numerous articles and lectures concerning poetry, and individual poems and working drafts of poems. There are also manuscripts of short stories, poetry and articles by friends and colleagues seeking literary advice and criticism including Ann Beattie, Stephen Berg, Stephen Dobyns, Norman Dubie, Reginald Gibbons, Gregory Orr, Ellen Bryant Voigt, and Renate Wood. There is correspondence with friends, colleagues, publishers, and other contemporary poets, particularly Stephen Berg, editor of "American poetry review," and "The Southern review" re the T.S. Eliot anniversary issue. In addition the collection contains awards; biographical information; contracts and legal documents; reviews; course evaluations; class papers, examinations and notebooks from Notre Dame; interviews with Stanley Kunitz and Alan Dugan; printed material including periodicals containing Ryan's published poetry; and miscellaneous papers. Correspondents represented by 3 or more letters include Joan Aleshire, Charles Baxter, Ann Beattie, Stephen Berg, Raymond Carver, Peter Davison, Carl Dennis, Stephen Dobyns, Reginald Gibbons, Louise Glück, Allen and Judith Grossman, Donald Hall, Seamus Heaney, Edward Hirsch, Marie Howe, David Huddle, Diane Johnson, Donald R. Justice, Judy Karasik, Stanley Kunitz, Sydney Lea, Thomas Lux, Paul L. Mariani, Gail Mazur, Linda McCarriston, Lisel Mueller and Carol Muske. Also the New Yorker, John Nims, Robert Pinsky, David Rivard, Liz Rosenberg, Ernest E. Sandeen, Grace Schulman, Jason Shinder, Michelle Blake Simons, R.D. Skillings, John Skoyles, Viking Penguin, Inc., Ellen B. Voigt, Theodore R. Weiss, the Whiting Foundation, Geoffrey Wolff, Tobias Wolff, and Renate and William Wood. In addition, over 50 noted poets and authors including Robert Bly and Gregory Orr are represented by single letters.
Ryan, Michael, 1946-. Papers of Michael Ryan [manuscript], 1957-1990.
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Davison, Peter, 1928-2004
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Shelby Hearon Papers 1966-1996
Shelby Hearon Papers TXRC96-A38., 1966-1996
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Shelby Hearon Papers 1966-1996
These papers document Shelby Hearon's extensive literary career through manuscripts, galley proofs, research materials, correspondence and photographs. The collection provides insight into Hearon's work patterns, in particular her research methodology and attention to detail. Correspondence with her agent and editor and their comments on new story ideas and marketing plans provide additional interest.
Letter [1968 July, n.p.] to "Binx" [i.e. Mary Cooley, Ann Arbor]
Walcutt, Sue. Letter [1968 July, n.p.] to "Binx" [i.e. Mary Cooley, Ann Arbor]
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Letter [1968 July, n.p.] to "Binx" [i.e. Mary Cooley, Ann Arbor]
Concerns possible unsympathetic use of Ruth Pitter's recollections of George Orwell in a book by P. Stansky and W. Abrahams [published by Constable, 1972, as The unknown Orwell]
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1 p. Typescript, initialed "S.G."
Walcutt, Sue. Letter [1968 July, n.p.] to "Binx" [i.e. Mary Cooley, Ann Arbor]
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Davison, Peter, 1928-2004
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Papers of John Moffitt [manuscript], 1852-1987, bulk 1906-1987.
Moffitt, John. Papers of John Moffitt [manuscript], 1852-1987, bulk 1906-1987.
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Papers of John Moffitt [manuscript], 1852-1987, bulk 1906-1987.
The collection contains manuscripts of Moffitt's literary work including religious articles, short stories, published and unpublished books, and poetry; manuscripts of articles and poetry by others including poetry submitted to "America"; personal correspondence and correspondence as "America" poetry editor; financial and legal papers, particularly legal papers from the estate of Swami Nikhilananda; photographs of family and friends; appointment calendars; watercolors; repousse artwork by Tom Yanosky; a Chinese rubbing and a Cambodian rubbing from Angkhor Wat; and biographical data including an article on him by Frank Lonergan. Moffitt family papers contain correspondence including World War I letters from two Belgian soldiers; an 1861 diary of Edward Lawrence Witman, 25th Pennsylvania volunteers; a 1906 diary containing artwork of Edith Kelker Moffitt; genealogical materials and dental papers written by John J. Moffitt, senior.
Davison, Peter. Concerto for flute and chamber orchestra / Peter Davison.
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Davison, Peter, 1928-2004
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Happy birthday N.B.C.C. 1974-1984 ; the National Book Critics Circle tenth anniversary, 1985.
Ziff, Lloyd. Happy birthday N.B.C.C. 1974-1984 ; the National Book Critics Circle tenth anniversary, 1985.
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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.
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