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Gay Wilson Allen Papers, 1801-1988

Title: Gay Wilson Allen Papers, 1801-1988

Gay Wailson Allen (1903-1995) was a university professor, author, and Walt Whitman scholar. Collection consists of correspondence, notebooks, printed material, essays, and other writings, literary manuscripts, scrapbooks, teaching materials, pictures, books, clippings, offprints, periodicals, and sale catalogs. The focus of the collection is Allen's career as an university professor and Walt Whitman scholar. In particular Allen's activities as a professor at New York University and as a lecturer at Nagono, Japan in 1955, are documented. The history of Whitman criticism is an important theme. There is a large amount of research material on Whitman, both of Allen and other literary scholars. These include Evie Allison Allen, Clara Barrus, Charles N. Elliot, Clifton Joseph Furness, Emory Holloway, Peter Mitilineos, Hans Reisiger, and Henry Scholey Saunders. The Correspondence Series contains original correspondence acquired by Allen of Richard Watson Gilder, Alice James, and William James. This series also contains the correspondence of Roger Asselineau, Fredson Bowers, Oscar Cargill, Malcolm Cowley, Charles E. Feinberg, Milton Hindus, Emory Holloway, Sholom Kahn, and Frederik Schyberg. There are no strictly personal papers in the collection.

ArchivalResource: 33 Linear Feet; 5,500 Items

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Nason, Thomas W. (Thomas Willoughby), 1889-1971,. The old manse [graphic] / T. Nason.

Title: The old manse [graphic] / T. Nason. [1931]

Exterior view of the Old Manse in Concord, Mass. The dwelling was built in 1770 by Rev. William Emerson. It was name "The Old Manse" by Sophia and Nathaniel Hawthorne who lived there from 1842 to 1845.

ArchivalResource: 1 print on thin wove paper : wood engraving, b&w ; plate 11 x 10 cm., sheet 16 x 16 cm.

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Papers and designs, 1899-1952.

Title: Papers and designs, 1899-1952.

Original sketches, finished ink drawings, ephemera, and correspondence related to thework of book designer and Harvard University Press advisor Bruce Rogers.

ArchivalResource: 6 boxes(3 linear ft.)

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