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Sexton, Anne, 1928-1974. Anne Sexton Papers, 1912-1996, (bulk 1953-1974).

Title: 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 Individual poems demonstrate Sexton's editing methods, as do various published and unpublished short stories.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.

ArchivalResource: 44 boxes (18.52 linear feet), 12 galley folders, 1 oversize folder.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122492286 View

Tillinghast, Richard. Richard Tillinghast poems, 1969-[197-]

Title: Richard Tillinghast poems, 1969-[197-]

3 poems.

ArchivalResource: 1 portfolio.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/26598353 View

Cheuse, Alan. Papers of Alan Cheuse, 1974-1989.

Title: Papers of Alan Cheuse, 1974-1989.

The collection contains letters to Cheuse chiefly from other writers about their work and his, other authors, and mutual friends. With these are manuscripts of articles, short stories and reviews by Cheuse, the manuscript of his novel "Rabbi Guatemala" later published as "The grandmothers' club", and the page proofs of "Fall out of heaven." There are also some financial papers, research notes, photographs, reviews of three of Cheuse's books, correspondence from publishers concerning his work, and printed miscellany. Manuscripts sent to Cheuse by other authors include "An introduction to Alan Cheuse" by George Garrett. Tapes of Alan Cheuse reading from his works and appearing on a public radio show complete the collection.

ArchivalResource: ca. 1800 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/647824710 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

Wright, Charles, 1935-. Charles Wright papers [manuscript], 2003-2005.

Title: Charles Wright papers [manuscript], 2003-2005.

The collection consists chiefly letters, cards and postcards together with a single poetry notebook containing drafts of poetry. Correspondence is chiefly from fellow poets, fans and colleagues. There are also routine letters discussing professional engagements; poems in magazines and anthologies; publication permissions; poetry contests; and recommendtions and evaluations. Correspondents include Chris Agee, Debra Allbery, Michael Anania, Aaron Baker, Lee Bassett, Bruce Beasley, Marvin Bell, Suzette Bishop, James Brasfield, Christopher Buckley, John Casteen, IV, Jennifer Chang, Michael Chitwood, Tony Crunk, Alan DeNiro, Robert D. Denham, Peter Everwine, Jeffrey Christopher Fallis, David Freed, Joseph Garrison, and Elton Glaser. Also Michael Guista, Cathryn Hankla, Henry Hart, Kevin Hart, Richard Harties, Hugh L. Hennedy, Brian Henry, Gill Holland. Garrett Hongo, Jeannette Hopkins, Mark Jarman, Donald Justice, Edmund Keeley, Philip Levine, James Longenbach, Rupert M. Loydell, Lynne McMahon, Gerard Malanga, David Martin, John McKernan, James McMichael and Sue Ann Mead. Also Warren L. Molton, R. B. Morris, Andrew A. Mulvania, Joseph Parisi, Mike Peterson, W. T. Pfefferle, Robert Pinsky, Donald Platt, Alice Quinn, Bobby C. Rogers, Richard Rand, Lex Runciman, John Rybicki, Mary Ann Samyn, Dave Smith, Katherine Smith, David St. John, Mark Strand, Mary Szybist, and Dorothea Tanning. Also Eleanor Ross Taylor, Richard Tillinghast, Chase Twichell, Helen H. Vendler, Rosanna Warren, Dara Wier, Lisa Williams, Chris Wiman, Jonah Winger, Shannon Worrell, Franz Wright, Edith Wylder and Andrew Zawacki. Misellaneous items include an article "Donald Justice" by Mark Strand and one clipping mentioning Wright. The collection also contains a compact disk "That's how every empire falls" by R. B. Morris as performed at the Laurel Theater, Knoxville, 2003.

ArchivalResource: 450 (ca.) items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/218440832 View

Dickey, James. James Dickey papers, circa 1924-1997 (bulk 1961-1997)

Title: James Dickey papers, circa 1924-1997 (bulk 1961-1997)

The collection consists of personal and literary papers of James Dickey from ca. 1942-1994. The papers include correspondence, manuscripts, personal notebooks, clippings, printed material, photographs, sound recordings, and financial papers. The materials mainly document Dickey's literary career with a few items pertaining to his military service, his teaching career, and his financial affairs. The correspondence includes letters to and from family, friends, and literary associates. Major correspondents include Robert Bly, Donald Hall, Richard Howard, Andrew Lytle, Willie Morris, Howard Nemerov, Theodore Rothke, Dave Smith, Ann Stanford, Richard Tillinghast, and Robert Penn Warren. The literary manuscripts (ca. 1942-1989) consist of numerous drafts of individual poems, multiple drafts of DELIVERANCE and ALNILAM, as well as reviews, essays, and screenplays. The collection also contains manuscripts by other writers sent to Dickey for his remarks.

ArchivalResource: 192 linear ft. (416 boxes, 162 oversized papers (OP), 21 bound volumes (BV), and 1 oversized bound volumes (OBV))

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/173863297 View

Harmon, William, 1938-. William Harmon papers, 1939-2000 (correspondents T-V).

Title: William Harmon papers, 1939-2000 (correspondents T-V).

Correspondents represented in the collection arranged alphabetically by last name.

ArchivalResource: About 10000 items (23.0 linear ft.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/47707398 View