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Edouard Roditi was born in Paris, June 6, 1910; he was educated in England at Elstree, Charterhouse, and Balliol, and received a BA from the Univ. of Chicago; he became acquainted with T.S. Eliot, James Joyce, André Breton and other leading literary figures, while living in London, Paris, and Berlin (1929-37); he published the first Surrealist manifesto in English, "The new reality", in the Oxford outlook (1929); while continuing his literary interests, he worked for the US government during WWII for the Office of War Information and also served as an interpreter for the State Department during the San Francisco conference which established the United Nations; published books include Poems for F (1934), Oscar Wilde : a critical study (1947), Dialogues on art (1960), De l'homosexualité (1962), In a lost world (1978), and Thrice chosen (1981); Roditi also held teaching positions at various colleges and universities; in addition to his literary achievements, Roditi was known as a generous and encouraging mentor to young writers; he died in Spain on May 10, 1992.

From the description of Papers, 1910-1992. (University of California, Los Angeles). WorldCat record id: 40357884 Barnes, Joseph, 1907-1970. Conjunctions. Conjunctions. Dillon, Millicent. Ewing, Max, 1903-1934. Fixel, Lawrence. Ford, Charles Henri, 1913- Intercultural Publications, Inc. Jolas, Eugène, 1894-1952. Red Ozier Press. Rexroth, Kenneth, 1905-1982. Smith, William Jay, 1918- Stettheimer, Carrie. Stettheimer, Ettie, 1875-1955. Stettheimer family. Stettheimer family. Stettheimer, Florine, 1871-1944. Van Dyke, Henry. Watson, Steven. Roditi, Edouard. Roditi, Edouard. Roditi, Edouard Roditi, Édouard Roditi, Edouard Roditi, Edouard. Roditi, Edouard. Roditi, Edouard. Roditi, Edouard Roditi, Edouard Roditi, Edouard. Roditi, Edouard. Roditi, Edouard. Roditi, Edouard. Roditi, Edouard. Roditi, Edouard Roditi, Edouard D'Israeli Barnes, Joseph, 1907-1970. Joseph Barnes papers, 1907-1970, 1923-1970. Barnes, Joseph, 1907-1970. Joseph Barnes Papers, 1923-1970 18.5 linear ft. (ca.18,000 items in 40 boxes). English Columbia University. Rare Book and Manuscript Library Intercultural Publications, Inc. Records, 1952-1956. Intercultural Publications, Inc. Laughlin, James, 1914-1997 Carruth, Hayden, 1921-2008. Roditi, Edouard. Schwartz, Delmore, 1913-1966. Records, 1952-1956. ca. 76,000 items. Consists of the financial and administrative records, including corporation files, Ford Foundation documents, dockets, personnel files, and James Laughlin's correspondence files; miscellaneous files including copyright files, project suggestions, commission reports, conference files, publicity and advertising files. English Multiple languages Indiana University Red Ozier Press. Red Ozier Press records, 1971-1986. Red Ozier Press. Bly, Robert. Botnick, Ken. Bowles, Paul, 1910-1999. Bronk, William. Burroughs, William S., 1914-1997. Davenport, Guy. Edson, Russell. Eshleman, Clayton. Ferlinghetti, Lawrence. Ford, Charles Henri. Ginsberg, Allen, 1926-1997. Goyen, William. Hamady, Walter. Miller, Steve, 1950- Roditi, Edouard. Rorem, Ned, 1923- Rummonds, Richard-Gabriel. Wakoski, Diane. Bedouin Press. Red Ozier Press records, 1971-1986. 10.3 linear feet (12 boxes). Collection consists of publication records, correspondence, business records of the Red Ozier Press, records pertaining to printing workshops, zinc printing plates, and papers of Steve Miller and Ken Botnick. New York Public Library System, NYPL Ford, Charles Henri, 1913-. Charles Henri Ford Papers, 1928-1981. Ford, Charles Henri, 1913- Aiken, Conrad, 1889-1973. Blixen, Karen, 1885-1962. Boyle, Kay, 1902-1992. Burk, Ronnie. Burroughs, William S., 1914-1997. Cornell, Joseph. Cremonini, Leonardo, 1925-2010. Cummings, E. E. (Edward Estlin), 1894-1962. Ford, Gertrude. Ginsberg, Allen, 1926-1997. Joans, Ted. Johnson, Ray, 1927-1995. Lamantia, Philip, 1927-2005. Laughlin, James, 1914-1997. Mariño, Carmen. Miller, Henry, 1891-1980. Moore, Marianne, 1887-1972. Roditi, Edouard. Stevens, Wallace, 1879-1955. Van Vechten, Carl, 1880-1964. Windham, Donald. Wolak, Bill. Young, Kathleen Tankersley. Charles Henri Ford Papers, 1928-1981. 29 boxes (12 linear feet) The Charles Henri Ford papers consist of typescript and holograph manuscripts, correspondence, postcards, clippings, photographs, financial documents, contracts, invitations, page proofs, prospectuses, journals, and diaries. The Works series contains examples of Ford's published and unpublished poetry, theatrical work, and prose. His published work includes a typescript fragment of ABC'S and typescripts of THE HALF-THOUGHTS, THE DISTANCES OF PAIN, OM KRISHNA I: SPECIAL EFFECTS, THE OVERTURNED LAKE, SLEEP IN A NEST OF FLAMES, and THE YOUNG AND EVIL. Ford's unpublished work includes typescripts of "The Acts," "Confessions of a Freak," "Denmark Vesey," "I Will Be What I Am," "The Labyrinth," "Let's Get Out of Here," "The Poet," "A Record of Myself," "Thirty Variations," "Unhappy Train," and "A World of Women." There is material from an unpublished issue of View, devoted to theater. The Correspondence series includes both outgoing and incoming correspondence. Significant correspondents include Conrad Aiken, W.H. Auden, Djuna Barnes, Sir Cecil Beaton, Karen Blixen, Paul Bowles, Kay Boyle, Ronnie Burk, William S. Burroughs, Jean Cocteau, Joseph Cornell, Leonardo Cremonini, E.E. Cummings, Leonor Fini, Gertrude Ford, Ruth Ford, Allen Ginsberg, Ted Joans, Ray Johnson, Philip Lamantia, James Laughlin, Mary McCarthy, Gerard Malanga, Carmen Marino, Henry Miller, Marianne Moore, Edouard Roditi, Dame Edith Sitwell, Gertrude Stein, Wallace Stevens, Allen Tate, Pavel Tchelitchew, Parker Tyler, Carl Van Vechten, William Carlos Williams, Donald Windham, Bill Wolak, Kathleen Tankersley Young, and Stark Young. The Miscellaneous series includes correspondence to Charles L. Ford, Gertrude Ford, Pavel Tchelitchew, and Parker Tyler from various correspondents, and manuscripts of works by Djuna Barnes, Marius Bewley, Paul Bowles, Jean Cocteau, Jean Genet, Joe Gould, Ted Joans, Philip Lamantia, Jack Lindsay, Norman Macleod, Gerard Malanga, Howard Nemerov, Dame Edith Sitwell, Parker Tyler, and Kathleen Tankersley Young, as well as miscellaneous notes, architectural plans for a beach house, contracts, a royalty statement, certificates of copyright registration, and materials relating to View. The Journals/Diaries series consists almost exclusively of the journals and diaries of Ford from 1932 until 1967, with a few lacunae in the chronological coverage. They chronicle the literary and artistic communities in New York City and Paris and Ford's own creative ambitions and endeavors. Among the important figures mentioned are Kenneth Anger, W.H. Auden, George Balanchine, Djuna Barnes, Cecil Beaton, Paul Bowles, William Burroughs, John Cage, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Jean Cocteau, Merce Cunningham, Isak Dinesen, Max Ernst, Leonor Fini, Jean Genet, Peggy Guggenheim, Lincoln Kirstein, Mary McCarthy, Gerard Malanga, Ned Rorem, Edith and Osbert Sitwell, Gertrude Stein, Yves Tanguy, Allen Tate, Parker Tyler, Andy Warhol, Orson Welles, William Carlos Williams, and Stark Young. Ford also documents his private life, including his relationships with his sister, the actress Ruth Ford, her husband Zachary Scott, and the painter Pavel Tchelitchew. Ford records his struggles to force himself to work, the difficulties of finding publishers for his work, his experiences in publishing Blues and View, his experimentation in the visual arts, surrealism in the arts, and playwriting. He also chronicles his experiences while living abroad and in the United States, including impressions of Paris, Athens and the Greek islands, Rome and other cities in Italy, New York City, and the American South. There is frank discussion of homosexuality and the experiences of a gay man in the twentieth century. A later accession includes typescript poems by the poets Ronnie Burk and Bill Wolak. English French Italian Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center Dillon, Millicent. Papers, 1905-1990 (bulk 1935-1986). Dillon, Millicent. Ashbery, John. Beauvoir, Simone de, 1908-1986. Bissinger, Karl. Bohning, Elizabeth Stafford (Edrop), 1915- Brown, Andreas. Carver, Raymond. Chace, William M. Charhadi, Driss ben Hamed. Cherifa. Codman, Florence. Copland, Aaron, 1900-1990. Davie, Donald. Dewson, James. Diamond, David, 1915-2005. Fainlight, Ruth. Faulkner, Robert E. F. Fuhs, Claire. Gerofi, Isabelle. Grissman, Carla. Groffsky, Maxine. Grosser, Maurice, 1903-1986. Guggenheim, Peggy, 1898-1979. Gysin, Brion. Halpern, Daniel, 1945- Hamill, Katharine. Hawkes, John. Henry, Rex. Herbert, David, 1927-1996. Highsmith, Patricia, 1921-1995. Hoershelman, Natasha Von. Holman, Libby. Lerman, Leo, 1914- Levy, Miriam Fligelman. Lewis, Dione. McBey, Marguerite. McCarthy, Mary, 1912-1989. McCullers, Carson, 1917-1967. McCullough, Frances Monson, 1939- MacMillan, George. Malin, Irving. Merrill, James Ingram. Miller, Jeffrey, 1943- Mrabet, Mohammed, 1940- Purdy, James. Roditi, Edouard. Rorem, Ned, 1923- Roux, Yvonne. Sager, Gordon. Sillitoe, Alan. Smith, Oliver, 1918- Sorensen, Virginia, 1912-1991. Stevens, Roger L. Stewart, Lawrence D. (Lawrence Delbert), 1926- Temsamany, Mohammed. Thomson, Virgil, 1896-1989. Vidal, Gore, 1925- Vursell, Hal D. Wanklyn, Christopher. Williams, Tennessee, 1911-1983. Wood, Audrey, 1905- Yeager, Ira H., 1900- Farrar, Straus & Giroux. Harper & Row, Publishers. Holt, Rinehart and Winston, inc. National Endowment for the Humanities. Papers, 1905-1990 (bulk 1935-1986). 15 boxes (7.5 linear feet) The collection consists of Millicent Dillon's notebooks, index cards, typescripts, correspondence, photographs, cassette tapes, and clippings, as well as materials by Paul and Jane Bowles she collected, including Jane Bowles's notebooks, typescripts, correspondence, photographs, and legal documents, and Paul Bowles's correspondence and clippings. The collection centers around Dillon's writings about Jane Bowles's life and works. While writing a biography about Jane Bowles, A Little Original Sin: The Life and Works of Jane Bowles, Dillon contacted Jane Bowles's husband, writer-composer Paul Bowles, as well as Jane's relatives, friends, and acquaintances. The resulting correspondence and interview notes are a highlight of the collection. Among the correspondence are 170 letters between Dillon and Paul Bowles from 1976-1990 and one or more letters by Brion Gysin, Patricia Highsmith, Dione Lewis, Miriam Levy, Gordon Sager, Virgil Thomson, and others. Dillon also obtained original letters and photocopies of letters written by Jane Bowles, some of Bowles's notebooks and typescripts, and numerous photographs. Dillon also gathered Jane Bowles's birth and death certificates, as well as other documents relating to Jane Bowles and her family, and was given some of Paul Bowles's correspondence. English French Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center Roditi, Edouard. Edouard Roditi letters : to Steven Watson, 1991 Jul 26-1992 Feb 26. Roditi, Edouard. Edouard Roditi letters : to Steven Watson, 1991 Jul 26-1992 Feb 26. 7 items. Three ALS and four TLS, with four envelopes, written in response to questions regarding Watson's research of Max Ewing. Roditi discusses his memories of Ewing, Ettie, Carrie, and Florine Stettheimer, and other writers and artists in New York City during the 1930s, including discussion of speakeasies, gay nightlife, and other aspects of social life during the Harlem Renaissance. Roditi also responds to questions regarding Watson's Strange Bedfellows: the First American Avant-Garde. Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library Furioso papers, 1938-1951. Furioso papers 1938-1951 Total Boxes: 14 (incl. 2 oversize boxes); Other Storage Formats: 1 portfolio; Linear Feet: 7.01 The Furioso papers consist of correspondence, manuscripts of submissions, editorial board files, and other office files relating to the publishing history of Furioso; a Magazine of Verse (1939-1953). Correspondents include E. E. Cummings, Richard Eberhart, Weldon Kees, Lawrence Olson, Ezra Pound, Peter Viereck, and William Carlos Williams. Manuscripts are primarily typescripts and setting typescripts of submissions to Furioso. The office files include advertising and publicity material, the correspondence and decisions files of the editorial board, and financial documents. Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library Fixel, Lawrence. Lawrence Fixel papers, ca. 1940-[ongoing]. Fixel, Lawrence. McClure, Michael. Gilbert, Jack, 1925- Roditi, Edouard. Lawrence Fixel papers, ca. 1940-[ongoing]. 2 boxes, 11 cartons. Contains typescripts of published and unpublished writings by Fixel, including a novel, parables, poems, and essays, along with some writings by others. Includes Fixel's journals and notebooks, 1950-1985, which contain diary entries, notes to himself, and drafts of his writings and poems. Also includes correspondence between Fixel and various small presses, as well as other poets and authors, including Michael McClure, Jack Gilbert, Edouard Roditi, and others. UC Berkeley Libraries Conjunctions. Records I, 1981-1984. Conjunctions. Bowles, Paul, 1910-1999. Busch, Frederick, 1941-2006. Corman, Cid. Creeley, Robert, 1926-2005. Davenport, Guy. Dorn, Edward. Dowell, Coleman. Duncan, Robert Edward, 1919- Enslin, Theodore. Eshleman, Clayton. Gangemi, Kenneth, 1937- Gass, William H., 1924- Hall, Donald, 1928- Heller, Michael, 1937- Howe, Susan. Howes, Barbara. Irby, Kenneth, 1936- Kenner, Hugh. Laughlin, James, 1914-1997. Lauterbach, Ann, 1942- McClure, Michael. Morrow, Bradford, 1951- Olson, Toby. Perloff, Marjorie. Powe, B. W. (Bruce W.), 1955- Powell, Lawrence Clark, 1906-2001. Purdy, James. Riding, Laura, 1901-1991. Roditi, Edouard. Rakosi, Carl, 1903-2004. Schwerner, Armand. Silliman, Ronald, 1946- Sobin, Gustaf. Sorrentino, Gilbert. Stanford, Ann. Taggart, John, 1942- Tarn, Nathaniel. Tedlock, Barbara. Tinker, Carol, 1940- Waldman, Anne, 1945- Williams, Jonathan, 1929-2008. Records I, 1981-1984. 18 linear ft. Collection includes correspondence, manuscripts and production materials relating to the publication of Conjunctions. Manuscripts (many with corrections) include: copy edited setting manuscripts, first corrected page proofs, rejected proofs, final reproduction proofs, reproductions of proofs, layout designs, editors' setting copy, preliminary type setting, miscellaneous other production materials, rejected authors' manuscripts, proofs of advertising materials, and mock-ups. Also included are cover designs, both published and rejected. Correspondence includes: letters between editor, Bradford Morrow and typesetter as well as miscellaneous correspondence with authors, both published and rejected; correspondence with other writers, agents and publishers; general business correspondence; correspondence with distributors, Library of Congress; announcements, and invitations. Some important correspondents include: Paul Bowles, Frederick Busch, Cid Corman, Robert Creeley, Guy Davenport, Edward Dorn, Coleman Dowell, Robert Duncan, Theodore Enslin, Clayton Eshleman, Kenneth Gangemi, William H. Gass, Donald Hall, Michael Heller, Susan Howe, Barbara Howes, Kenneth Irby, Hugh Kenner, James Laughlin, Ann Lauterbach, Michael McClure, Thomas Meyer, Bradford Morrow, Reno Odlin, Toby Olson, Marjorie Perloff, B.W. Powe, Lawrence Clark Powell, James Purdy, Laura Riding, Edouard Roditi, Carl Rakosi, Armand Schwerner, Ronald Silliman, Gustaf Sobin, Gilbert Sorrentino, Ann Stanford, John Taggart, Nathaniel Tarn, Barbara Tedlock, Carol Tinker, Anne Waldman, Jonathan Williams. Audio tape recorded materials include: interviews between Morrow and others, both published and unpublished; radio interviews on WBAI between Morrow and others; tapes of miscellaneous events. Miscellaneous materials include posters, reviews, and bumper stickers. Also includes 10 volumes of the journal, both paper and hardcover, and miscellaneous books relating to the magazine. State Library of Ohio Jolas, Eugène, 1894-1952. Eugène and Maria Jolas Papers, 1879-1986. Jolas, Eugène, 1894-1952. Eugène and Maria Jolas Papers 31.75 Linear Feet (70 boxes) The Eugène and Maria Jolas Papers consist of manuscripts, letters, photographs, and printed materials relating to the work and lives of the two authors, to their publication, Transition magazine, and to their friend, James Joyce. English French German French German English Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library Conjunctions. Records II, 1985-1987. Conjunctions. Berssenbrugge, Mei-mei, 1947- Busch, Frederick, 1941-2006. Caponegro, Mary, 1956- Carruth, Hayden, 1921-2008. Coolidge, Clark, 1939- Corman, Cid. Davenport, Guy. Dowell, Coleman. Duffy, Bruce. Einzig, Barbara. Enslin, Theodore. Eshleman, Clayton. Foss, Phillip. Gangemi, Kenneth, 1937- Hawkes, John, 1925-1998. Heller, Michael, 1937- Hickman, Leland. Howe, Susan. Howes, Barbara. Irby, Kenneth, 1936- Karl, Frederick Robert, 1927- Lansing, Gerrit. Laughlin, James, 1914-1997. Lauterbach, Ann, 1942- Lessing, Karin. Loewinsohn, Ron. Mac Low, Jackson. Mackey, Nathaniel, 1947- Manley, Roger. McClanahan, Ed. McClure, Michael. Mendes, Guy. Metcalf, Paul C. Morrow, Bradford, 1951- Olson, Toby. Rakosi, Carl, 1903-2004. Riding, Laura, 1901-1991. Roditi, Edouard. Scalapino, Leslie. Schwerner, Armand. Silk, Dennis, 1928- Silliman, Ronald, 1946- Sobin, Gustaf. Sorrentino, Gilbert. Taggart, John, 1942- Tarn, Nathaniel. Tedlock, Barbara. Waldrop, Keith. West, Paul. Williams, Jonathan, 1929-2008. Records II, 1985-1987. 18 linear ft. Collection includes correspondence, manuscripts and production materials relating to the publication of Conjunctions. Manuscripts (many with corrections) include: copy edited printer's setting manuscripts, corrected galleys, second corrected editorial proofs, various other interim copy-edited proofs, final proofs, final reproduction camera-ready mechanicals. Correspondence includes: letters between editors, Bradford Morrow and Jerome Rothenberg, and typesetter. [Special "Ethnopoetics section of Conjunctions No. 6, edited by Jerome Rothenberg]; subscribers, reviewers, etc ... ; numerous unpublished manuscripts; and business correspondence with distributors, advertisers, other publishers, etc. Some of the correspondents include: Mei-mei Berssenbrugge, Frederick Busch, Mary Caponegro, Hayden Carruth, Tom Clark, James Clifford, Peter Cole, Clark Coolidge, Cid Corman, Guy Davenport, Coleman Dowell, Bruce Duffy, Barbara Einzig, Theodore Enslin, Clayton Eshleman, Phillip Foss, Cola Fransen, Gene Frankin, Kenneth Gangemi, John Hawkes, Michael Heller, Leland Hickman, Susan Howe, Barbara Howes, Kenneth Irby, Ronald Johnson, Frederick Robert Karl, Robert Kelly, Gerrit Lansing, James Laughlin, Ann Lauterbach, Karin Lessing, Ron Loewinsohn, Jackson Mac Low, Nathaniel Mackey, Roger Manley, Ed McClanahan, Michael McClure, Guy Mendes, Paul C. Metcalf, Thomas Meyer, Bradford Morrow, Reno Odlin, Toby Olson, Carl Rakosi, Laura Riding, Edouard Roditi, Leslie Scalapino, Armand Schwerner, Dennis Silk, Ronald Silliman, Gustaf Sobin, Gilbert Sorrentino, John Taggart, Nathaniel Tarn, Barbara Tedlock, Keith Waldrop, Rosemarie Waldrop, Paul West, Jonathan Williams. Other materials include photographs, corrected proofs of announcements, flyers, invitations, review materials and various miscellany. State Library of Ohio Smith, William Jay, 1918-. Papers. Smith, William Jay, 1918- Acton, Harold, 1904-1994. Adams, Léonie, 1899-1988. Ashton, Dore. Barzun, Jacques, 1907- Bishop, Elizabeth, 1911-1979. Bogan, Louise, 1897-1970. Bynner, Witter, 1881-1968. Corman, Cid. Cowley, Malcolm, 1898-1989. Cozzens, James Gould, 1903-1978. Creekmore, Hubert, 1907-1966. Cunningham, J. V. (James Vincent), 1911-1985. Deutsch, Babette, 1895-1982. Eberhart, Richard, 1904-2005. Engle, Paul, 1908-1991. Fowlie, Wallace, 1908- Gardner, Isabella. Garrett, George, 1929-2008. Hoffman, Daniel, 1923- Howes, Barbara. Kéry, László. Nemerov, Howard. Porter, Katherine Anne, 1890-1980. Prince, F. T. (Frank Templeton), 1912- Roditi, Edouard. Sjöberg, Leif. Spender, Stephen, 1909-1995. Starkie, Enid. Tate, Allen, 1899-1979. Untermeyer, Louis, 1885-1977. Vajda, Miklós, 1931- Vas, István. Voznesenskiĭ, Andreĭ, 1933-2010. Walcott, Derek. Papers. 1924-1985. ca. 16, 000 items (120 boxes) : ill. ; 8 x 40 x 28 cm. William Jay Smith's papers include manuscripts and editorial matter toward nearly all of his published and unpublished work; correspondence with literary figures dating back to the 1940's, including a substantial group of letters from Russian, Hungarian, and other Eastern European authors; a vast collection of miscellaneous matter relating to specific writing projects, academic work, literary awards panels, travel, family and other personal papers; and material relating to Smith's work as a translator. (Con't.) Correspondents include Harold Acton, Leonie Adams, Dore Ashton, Jacques Barzun, Elizabeth Bishop, Louise Bogan, Witter Bynner, Cid Corman, Malcolm Cowley, James Gould Cozzens, Hubert Creekmore, J.V. Cunningham, Babette Deutsch, Richard Eberhart, Paul Engle, Wallace Fowlie, Isabella Gardner, George Garrett, Daniel Hoffman, Barbara Howes, László Kéry, Howard Nemerov, Katherine Anne Porter, F.T. Prince, Edouard Roditi, Leif Sjoberg, Stephen Spender, Enid Starkie, Allen Tate, Louis Untermeyer, Miklós Vajda, István Vas, Andreĭ Voznesenskiĭ, Derek Walcott, Eudora Welty, Richard Wilbur, Thornton Wilder, Yevgeny Yevtushenko, and others. Washington University in St. Louis, . Roditi, Edouard. Papers, 1910-1992. Roditi, Edouard. Papers, 1910-1992. 173 boxes (86.5 linear ft.)12 oversize boxes.1 oversize folder. Collection consists of material related to the life and career of surrealist author and poet Edouard Roditi. Includes correspondence, original and photocopied manuscripts by Roditi and others, books, periodicals and other printed items by or about Roditi, documents, awards, photographs, memorabilia, and letters regarding family history and biographical information, and books from his library, including many inscribed by artists and writers. Contains correspondence with various artists and literary figures including W.H. Auden, Paul Bowles, T.S. Eliot, Christopher Isherwood, Josef Herman, Ned Rorem, and Oskar Tauschinski. Also includes corrections made by Eliot to early poems ca. 1928-30 written by Roditi. English French University of California, Los Angeles Roditi, Edouard. Correspondence to Chaim Potok, ca. 1970-1989. Roditi, Edouard. Correspondence to Chaim Potok, ca. 1970-1989. 1 item (1 leaf) Request to interview Potok for L'Arche. University of Pennsylvania Library Rexroth, Kenneth, 1905-1982. Kenneth Rexroth papers, 1940-1982 (bulk 1969-1981). Rexroth, Kenneth, 1905-1982. Kenneth Rexroth papers, 1940-1982 (bulk 1969-1981). 16.34 linear ft. (26 boxes) The papers of Kenneth Rexroth, American poet and activist, comprise manuscripts, notes, printed material, publications, correspondence, ephemera, and artwork related to poetry, writing, speaking engagements, and teaching, primarily from the last decade of his life; also included are correspondence, manuscripts, drawings, photographs, and edits compiled by Geoffrey Gardner for a Kenneth Rexroth festschrift published in 1980. University of Southern California, USC Libraries Roditi, Edouard. Edouard Roditi letters : to Steven Watson, 1991 Jul 26-1992 Feb 26. Roditi, Edouard. Edouard Roditi letters : to Steven Watson, 1991 Jul 26-1992 Feb 26. 7 items. Three ALS and four TLS, with four envelopes, written in response to questions regarding Watson's research of Max Ewing. Roditi discusses his memories of Ewing, Ettie, Carrie, and Florine Stettheimer, and other writers and artists in New York City during the 1930s, including discussion of speakeasies, gay nightlife, and other aspects of social life during the Harlem Renaissance. Roditi also responds to questions regarding Watson's Strange Bedfellows: the First American Avant-Garde. Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library Van Dyke, Henry. Papers, 1954- Van Dyke, Henry. Aldridge, John W. Boyle, Kay, 1902-1992. Church, John, of London. Crews, Harry, 1935- Diamond, David, 1915-2005. Farrar, John Chipman, 1896-1974. Fogarty, Robert S. French, Warren G., 1922- Gallup, Donald Clifford, 1913-2000. Gover, Robert, 1929- Hicks, Granville, 1901-1982. Kazin, Alfred, 1915-1998. Kellner, Bruce. Lawrence, Jerome, 1915-2004. McCrindle, Joseph F. MacManus, Patricia. Malcolm, Donald, 1932 -1975. Montagu of Beaulieu, Belinda, Lady. Montagu of Beaulieu, Edward John Barrington Douglas-Scott-Montagu, Baron, 1926- Murdoch, Iris. Neal, Patricia, 1926-2010. Phillips, Robert S. Price, Leontyne. Purdy, James. Robbins, Jerry. Roditi, Edouard. Rorem, Ned, 1923- Schorer, Mark, 1908-1977. Short, Bobby. Starring, Robert J., 1927- Thomson, Virgil, 1896-1989. Van Vechten, Carl, 1880-1964. Vidal, Gore, 1925- Warren, Austin, 1899-1986. Warren, Robert Penn, 1905-1989. Weber, Edward Charles, 1922- Curtis Brown, Ltd. Farrar, Straus & Giroux. Henry Van Dyke papers, 1954-[ca.2009]. 309 items. 14 linear feet (unprocessed papers) Collection contains; friendly and humorous letters to Edward Weber (former longtime curator of the Joseph A. Labadie Collection at Michigan), with news of mutual friends and activities, including teaching and writing; a few letters to R. J. Starring concerning the gift of his papers to the University; and incoming letters from various prominent people in the arts, including J D Diamond, Iris Murdoch, and Bobby Short. Also included are draft manuscripts, most in holograph with extensive revisions, for several of his short stories and novels; a collection of reviews and notices; copies of many of his published works; and 27 photos of Van Dyke and friends. Later additions contain additional correspondence, photographs, some manuscript material, and flyers and programs from musical and theatrical events. Later additions contain: Manuscript drafts, both typed and handwritten, of Van Dyke's stories and unpublished books. The bulk of the manuscripts is in drafts of "Aida," Summer Masquerade," Dead Piano, 34 Gramercy Park" and Cloudy Mirror." Also includes folders of correspondence, including searches for a literary agent, rejection and acceptance letters from various journals. Photo albums featuring him and his family and friends in New York City and traveling abroad. Newspaper clippings for research and obituaries of friends and acquaintances. Family geneaology documents, and tax, insurance, and other financial information. English University of Michigan