Alfred Kazin Papers

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Alfred Kazin Papers

1938-1999

https://archives.nypl.org/brg/22934

The archive comprises manuscripts and typescripts of drafts and publication-related materials of the author’s monographs, essays (most notably on American literature), book reviews, lectures and poetry; the author’s journals from 1938-1990; transcripts of photographs of the author, his family and friends; interviews with the author; datebooks and address books; awards and honors; and financial and medical records. Correspondents include Kazin’s wife, Judith Dunford, as well as many friends in writing, publishing and academia, including Louis Auchincloss, Paul Bowles, Anatole Broyard, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Malcolm Cowley, Francine du Plessix Gray, Louise Erdich, Richard Ford, Robert Giroux, Shirley Hazzard, Edward Hoagland, Stanley Kunitz, Gordon Lish, Norman Mailer, Bernard Malamund, James Merrill, Cynthia Ozick, Philip Roth, Arthur M. Schlesinger, William Styron, Truman Capote and John Updike. The archive also includes a selection of tributes to Kazin written by family and friends.

(95 linear feet); 191 manuscript boxes

eng, Latn

New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division

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SNAC Resource ID: 11665859

New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division

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