Jean Burden Papers 1931-1992

Swenson, May, 1913-1989

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May Swenson (1913-1989) was born in Logan, Utah. Graduated from Utah State University in 1934. Notable author and poet. Became the editor for New Directions Press in 1959. Frequently classified as a nature poet, Swenson received much praise for her descriptions of natural phenomena and her sensory tone. Her chief themes were animal and human behavior, sexuality, death, and the nature of art and perception. From the description of May Swenson papers, 1932-1998. (Utah State University...

Meals for Millions Foundation (Los Angeles, Calif.)

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The Meals for Millions Foundation of Los Angeles was a non-profit organization dedicated to the eradication of hunger in the world through “three-cent meals.” The plan for such a program was formulated by Clifford Clinton (of Clifton cafeterias in Los Angeles), who, with the assistance of Dr. Henry Borsook of Caltech organized the foundation in 1946. The basic product of the foundation, known as Multi-purpose Food, was a tasteless additive that could be mixed with virtually anything....

Moore, Merrill, 1903-1957

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Psychiatrist and poet. From the description of Papers of Merrill Moore, 1904-1979 (bulk 1928-1957). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71131204 Poet and psychiatrist. From the description of Letters of Merrill Moore [manuscript], 1938-1948. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647813332 Biographical Note 1903, Sept. 11 Born, Columbia, Tenn. ...

Shapiro, Karl Jay, 1913-2000

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Poet, editor, and educator. From the description of Karl Jay Shapiro papers, 1947-1964. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70979818 Pulitzer-Prize-winning American poet and author of more than forty volumes of poetry and criticism. From the description of Papers. 1941-1967. (University of Maryland Libraries). WorldCat record id: 34091314 Karl Jay Shapiro was an American poet. He served in the Second World War in the South Pacific and New Guinea. A volume of ...

Morehouse, Kathleen

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Inez, Colette

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Noyes, Sandy

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Sandy Noyes was born in 1941 in New York City and received a B.A from Yale University in 1963. After graduating he earned a living working as a freelance and special interest photographer before teaching photography. Noyes has steadily gained professional recognition and his photography is featured in seven international museum collections including the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City and Bibliotheque Nationale in Paris. Noyes now operates a photography business in Chatham, N.Y. The ...

Howard, Frances Minturn

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Frances Minturn Howard (1905-1995) was an American poet. She spent most of her life in Boston, was published in national periodicals including Virginia Quarterly Review, Saturday Review, The New Yorker and Poetry Magazine. In 1955 the New England Poetry Society awarded her their Golden Rose Award and in 1957 she received the Reynolds Lyric Award. From the guide to the Frances Minturn Howard Papers, circa 1950-1970, (Special Collections Research Center, Syracuse University Libraries) ...

Smith, Hallett Darius, 1907-....

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Barker, Lucy Munro.

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Joost, Nicholas

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Rajagopal, D.

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Snow, Wilbert, 1884-1977

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Fitzell, Lincoln, 1903-1958

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Lincoln "Fitz" Fitzell was a San Francisco Bay Area poet and writer. From the description of Lincoln Fitzell papers, 1928-1958 (bulk 1938-1957). (University of California, Berkeley). WorldCat record id: 215307433 ...

Barker, Eric, 1905-1973

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Nims, John Frederick, 1913-1999

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American poet, editor, and translator. From the description of John Frederick Nims collection of miscellaneous writings and reviews, 1936-1998. (Indiana University). WorldCat record id: 776694600 ...

Schulz, Charles M. (Charles Monroe), 1922-2000

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Charles Schulz was born November 26, 1922, in Minneapolis, MN, and died February 13, 2000, in Santa Rosa, CA. He was an award-winning cartoonist and illustrator, famous for his cartoon strip, 'Peanuts.' Biographical Source: Something About the Author, vols. 10, 118. From the description of Charles Schulz Papers 1962. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 432980498 Charles Schulz was born November 26, 1922, in Minneapolis, MN, and died February 13, 2000,...

Rose, Karen, 1951-

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Bly, Robert

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For details of Robert Bly's biography, see: Robert Bly papers (Mss 81) . From the guide to the Robert Bly Men's Movement series, 1980-1990s, 2001, 2003-2004, 2006, 2009, undated, 1980-1990s, (University of Minnesota Libraries. Literary Manuscripts Collection, Manuscripts Division. [mss]) From the guide to the Robert Bly Plays manuscripts series, 1950s-1990s, undated, (University of Minnesota Libraries. Literary Manuscripts Collection, Manuscripts Division. [mss]) Fr...

May, Rollo

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Biography Rollo Reece May (1909-1994) was a pioneer and popularizer of humanistic psychology best known for applying European existential thought to American psychotherapy. He received a master of divinity degree in 1937 and subsequently spent two years as a Congregationalist minister before deciding to return to school (Columbia University) to study clinical psychology. May was an instructor, a psychotherapist, and author of more than a doze...

Kellogg, Hansen.

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Exman, Eugene.

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Swenson, Karen

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Gullans, Charles B.

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Charles Bennett Gullans (1929-1993), poet and professor of English and creative writing. From the description of Charles B. Gullans papers, 1955-1993. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 85031576 Charles Bennett Gullans was born May 5, 1929 in Minneapolis, MN; BA (1948) and MA (1951), Univ. of Minnesota; Ph. D, Stanford, 1956; asst. professor of English, Univ. of Washington, 1955-61; taught English and creative writing at UCLA from 1961 until his death; founded Symposium Press in...

Akers, Dana Kneeland.

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Kahn, Hannah

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Poet, translator, and poetry review editor for the Miami Herald . Born in New York City. Author of Eve's Daughter (Hurricane House, 1962), Time, Wait (University Presses of Florida, 1983), and co-editor of Wind Child, by Orma Jean Surbey (Olivant Press, 1969). Authored more than 400 poems, published in literary and popular periodicals, including American Scholar, Harpers, Saturday Review, Southwest Review, Ladies' Home Journal, McCall's, and Saturday Evening Post . Winner of awards ...

Stafford, William, 1914-1993

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American poet and teacher. Poet Laureate of Oregon, 1975- From the description of Letter and poems, [1974?]. (University of Oregon Libraries). WorldCat record id: 24944651 William Stafford (1914-1993) was one of the most prolific and important American poets of the last half of the twentieth century. Among his many credentials, Stafford served as consultant in poetry at the Library of Congress, and received the National Book Award for his poetry collection Trave...

Carruth, Hayden, 1921-2008

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Hayden Carruth (1921-2008) was a poet, professor, and a editor. He lived in Johnson, Vermont, during the time of the correspondence. For more information, see the Poetry Foundation biography . From the guide to the Hayden Carruth Letters, 1973-1975, (Special Collections, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Va.) ...

Sagendorph, Robb Hansell

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Flanner, Hildegarde, 1899-1987

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Hildegarde Flanner was an American poet whose works were published in various periodicals and in books illustrated by her husband, Frederick Monhoff. From the description of Papers of Hildegarde Flanner, 1923-1983 (bulk 1923-1953). (Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens). WorldCat record id: 228721108 Flanner was born in Indianapolis and attended Shortridge High School and the University of California. She became a poet of some renown, and also wrote pl...

Miles, Josephine, 1911-1985

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Noted poet, literary scholar and teacher. Member of the faculty of the Dept. of English at the University of California, Berkeley, 1952-1978. From the description of Josephine Miles papers, 1911-1986. (University of California, Berkeley). WorldCat record id: 122514475 American author; d. 1985. From the description of Papers, 1957-1968. (Washington University in St. Louis). WorldCat record id: 26090013 Biography ...

Kretz, Thomas S.

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Sarton, May, 1912-1995

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By Source, Fair use, Link May Sarton (May 3, 1912-July 16, 1995), poet and novelist, was born Elanore Marie Sarton in Wondelgem, Belgium, the daughter of George Sarton, a noted historian of science, and Eleanor Mabel Elwes, an English portrait painter and designer. Sarton moved with her parents to England, and in 1916 the family immigrated to the United States. All three became naturalized Americans in 1924, by which time Sarton's name had been Americanized to Eleanor May. Sart...

West, Cristy.

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Owings, Margaret

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Triem, Eve, 1902-1992

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Eve Triem was born in New York City on November 2, 1902. Triem grew up in San Francisco and attended the University of California at Berkeley. She married Paul Ellsworth Triem, a writer, in 1924 and they moved to Dubuque, Iowa in 1936. They moved to San Francisco in 1956, where they resided until moving to Seattle in 1960. They had two children, Yvonne and Peter. Paul Triem died in 1976. Eve Triem began writing poetry in earnest in 1936. While in Dubuque, Triem studied G...

Flanner, Janet, 1892-1978

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Papers of Janet Flanner (1892-1978) and Natalia Danesi Murray (1901-1994); journalists, writers, and editors. From the description of Papers of Janet Flanner and Natalia Danesi Murray, 1940-1984 (bulk 1944-1975). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71132644 Janet Flanner (1892-1978), who used the pseudonym Genêt, and her companion, Solita Solano (1888-1975), were American journalists, writers, and literary editors, who settled in Paris, France, in 1922. From the desc...

Garrett, Eileen J. (Eileen Jeanette), 1893-1970

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Medium. From the description of Seance records, 1929-1932. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155485763 Trance medium. From the description of Correspondence with Margaret Naumburg, 1933-1938. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 63585665 ...

Bullock, Marie, 1911-1986

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Neumann, Alfred, 1895-1952

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Alfred Neumann left Germany in 1933, moving to Italy and then to France; he emigrated to the U.S. in 1941, settling in California. In 1949 he returned to Florence; he died in Lugano. Katherine Neumann (who signs her letters "Kitty") was Alfred's wife. The Neumanns were good friends of Alma Mahler; she mentions them in her memoir Mein Leben as belonging to the close circle of friends in California with whom she and Franz Werfel socialized. Adolf Klarmann and his wife, Isolde, apparently developed...

Oakes, Maud, 1903-1990

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Liebler, H. B.

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Eberhart, Richard Ghormley, 1904-2005

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Distinguished poet Richard Eberhart was born in Minnesota, and lived an idyllic life until experiencing the twin shocks of family financial crisis and his mother's death; his verse was significantly influenced by these experiences, and he would later cite his mother's death as the moment he became a poet. Eberhart was educated at the University of Minnesota, Dartmouth, Cambridge, and Harvard; he later worked various jobs as a tutor and educator, served in the naval reserve in World War II, and w...

Wilder, Thornton, 1897-1975

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Thornton Wilder (1897-1975), novelist and playwright. From the description of Thornton Wilder collection, 1918-1983. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 82555916 From the description of Thornton Wilder collection, 1918-1983. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702165470 Thornton Wilder was an American playwright, novelist, and essayist. From the description of Thornton Wilder collection of papers, 1926-1975 bulk (1926-1967). (New York Public Library). WorldCat rec...

Borgatta, Isabel Case, 1922-

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Sculptor, educator, and lecturer (New York City). From the description of Isabel Case Borgatta papers, 1939-1978. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122594029 ...

Kornitzer, Bela

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Pedrick, Jean, 1922-

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Jerome, Judson

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Deutsch, Babette, 1895-1982

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Allen Tate was an American poet, essayist, literary critic, novelist, and translator. From the guide to the Allen Tate collection of papers, 1935-1971, (The New York Public Library. Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature.) American author Babette Deutsch published novels, criticism, essays, translations, children's stories, and biography, but is most remembered for her eloquent poetry. Her verse is generally short, exploring artistic or lit...

Zimmer, Paul

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Worthington, Thomas, 1549-1627

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Rollins, Leighton, 1900-

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Writer, lecturer, and producer, Santa Barbara, Calif. From the description of Papers, 1955-1975. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 31182131 ...

Broomell, Myron Henry

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Abbe, George, 1911-1989

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Poet and novelist, George Abbe was born in Connecticut in 1911, has published several novels and volumes of poety, and taught English at a number of New England institutions. Voices in the Square was his first published novel. Abbe died on March 15, 1989. From the description of Papers of George Abbe. (University of Iowa Libraries). WorldCat record id: 228415637 American author; b. George Bancroft Abbe; d. 1989. From the description of George Abbe collection, 191...

Aronin, Ben, 1904-

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Allen, Sara Van Alstyne.

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Braithwaite, William Stanley, 1878-1962

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African American poet, critic, and editor; b. William Stanley Beaumont Braithwaite. From the description of Papers, 1878-1962. (New Jersey Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 70956095 From the description of William Stanley Braithwaite collection, 1899-1939. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70965233 Braithwaite was an African-American poet, literary critic, and editor. He wrote reviews and criticism for the Boston Evening Transcript . From 1913 to 1929 he...

Brasier, Virginia.

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Junkins, Donald, 1931-

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Keith, Joseph Joel

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Joseph Joel Keith was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and moved to Los Angeles, California in the 1920s. He was a member of the Poetry Society of America, president of the Los Angeles, California Branch of the P.E.N., and was managing editor of the Borestone Mountain Poetry Awards. His works include: "Across the Dark" (1964), "Aloha, Polynesia: Hawaiian Poems" (1967), "Durable Fire" (1949), "The Hearth Lit: Poems" (1946), "Inner Pilgrim" (1939), "The Long Nights: Poems" (1944), and "The Proud P...

Hale, Judson D.

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Armour, Anobel, 1908-

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Schevill, James, 1920-2009

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Poet and playwright; professor emeritus of English and former director of the Graduate Program in Creative Writing, Brown University. From the description of Papers, ca. 1945-[ongoing]. (Brown University). WorldCat record id: 549571040 Bern Porter is an artist, writer, physicist, and publisher. His original name is Bernard Harden Porter. From the description of The James Schevill Papers relating to Bern Porter, 1943-1992. (Brown University). WorldCat record id: 1...

Banks, Russell, 1940-....

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Ross, Nancy Wilson, 1901-1986

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American author and noted authority on Asian religion and art. From the description of Papers, 1913-1986. (Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center (HRC); University of Texas at Austin). WorldCat record id: 122349034 ...

Haag, John

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Chambers, John

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Epithet: of Add MS 36052 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001196.0x0002f4 Epithet: witness of Wolley Ch xi.77 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000615.0x0003d7 ...

Cherwinski, Joseph, 1915-

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Robbins, Martin

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Honig, Edwin

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Claytor, Gertrude.

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Kaufman, Mervyn D.

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Jacobsen, Josephine

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De Vries, Peter, 1910-1993

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Peter De Vries was an American writer and editor, affiliated with Poetry and later New Yorker, noted for his wit and technical proficiency. In a series of popular, generally humorous novels, he examines society, morals, and both the charm and limitations of language as a form of communication. From the description of Peter De Vries letters to H.R. Hays, 1942-1943. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 52734424 ...

Wright, Celeste Turner

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Celeste Turner Wright was born in New Brunswick, Canada on March 17, 1906 and moved with her family to Pasadena, California in 1918. She graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles and earned a master's degree and a Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley. Wright, who came to the University Farm (now the University of California, Davis) in 1928, chaired the Division of English (1928-1934), the Division of Languages and Literature (1934-1952), and the Department of English,...

Bond, Harold, 1939-

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Ciletti, Jim.

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Burden, Jean

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Jean Burden (1914- ) is an American poet, essayist, anthologist, teacher and editor. Born in Waukegan, Illinois, she attended the University of Chicago, graduating in 1936. She has been West Coast editor of Faith Today and of Yankee magazine, where she later (1955) took a position as poetry editor. She has published books of poetry and of essays, and her work has appeared in numerous national magazines including Poetry, Atlantic, American Scholar, Trace, Saturday Review, Virginia Qu...

Masters, Marcia Lee

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Nemerov, Howard

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Howard Nemerov was an American educator and author, most widely known for his poetry. His verse could be poignant, philosophical, or witty, and was awarded numerous honors including a Pulitzer Prize. A long-time professor at Washington University in St. Louis, he also published memorable prose, and contributed editorial work or commentary for numerous publications. From the description of Howard Nemerov letter to Louis Untermeyer, 1963 Sept. 5. (Pennsylvania State University Librarie...

Derleth, August, 1909-1971

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August William Derleth, 1909-1971, was an author. Although Derleth's literary strengths are exemplified in his nostalgic writings about the Midwestern prairies, he is best remembered for his "weird" fiction, fantasy, and science fiction works. From the guide to the Derleth mss., 1958-1965, (Lilly Library (Indiana University, Bloomington) http://www.indiana.edu/~liblilly) American author. From the description of Typed letters signed (108) : Sauk City, Wis., to Edw...

Powell, Lawrence Clark, 1906-2001

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Lawrence Clark Powell was a noted writer and librarian. Powell was well-known for his writings on librarianship and the literature of the American Southwest, including books such as Books West Southwest and Southwest Classics. He served as head librarian at UCLA from 1944 to 1961, when he became the founding dean of the UCLA Graduate School of Library Service. After retiring from UCLA, Powell moved to Tucson, Arizona in 1971, where he served as a Professor in Residence at the University of Arizo...

Farber, Norma

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Norma Holzman was born in August of 1909 in Boston, MA. In 1928, at the age of 18, she married Sidney Farber, then a recent Harvard Medical School graduate . Early in their marriage, the Farbers lived in Europe, where Dr. Farber was continuing his studies. When they returned to the United States, Norma enrolled at Wellesley College and received an A. B. in 1931. From there she went on to obtain an M. A. from Radcliffe in 1932. After years of writing poetry for adults, Farber began penning storie...

Untermeyer, Jean Starr, 1886-1970

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Epithet: poet British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000758.0x0001e6 American poet. From the description of The steep ascent : a collection of poems, 1925-1926. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122510507 Jean Starr Untermeyer, poet and wife of poet Louis Untermeyer, was born in 1886 in Zanesville, Ohio. Growing Pains, her first poetry collection, was published in 1918. In 1927, she began work as a t...

Ciardi, John, 1916-1986

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American poet and critic. Winner of Avery and Jule Hopwood Award in poetry, 1939. Professor of English at Harvard, 1946-48, and Rutgers, 1953-61. From the description of Letter, 1980 Feb. 4, Key West, Fla., to Henry F. Pommer, Ripon, Wis. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34364896 Poet, editor, literary critic, lecturer, and journalist. Full name: John Anthony Ciardi. From the description of John Ciardi papers, 1910-1997 (bulk 1960-1985). (Unknown). W...

Morley, Christopher, 1890-1957

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American author and journalist. From the description of Letter to unidentified recipient [manuscript], 1940 October 25. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647810653 Christopher Morley was an American editor, an author, and a Rhodes scholar. Morley was one of the founders of the "Saturday Review of Literature," of which he was an editor from 1924 to 1940. A prolific author, he wrote more than 50 books. His novels include PANASSUS ON WHEELS (1917), THE HAUNTED BOOKS...

Van der Post, Laurens

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Frumkin, Gene

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Gene Frumkin was born in New York in 1928. At age ten, he moved to Los Angeles. He received his B.A. in English from the University of California at Los Angeles in 1950. After graduation, he began writing poetry. In 1966 he began a teaching career at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque, where he taught English and creative writing. Frumkin edited literary magazines in both California and New Mexico. He has authored several books of poetry and edited or co-edited various anthologies of po...

Dayton, Irene, 1922-

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Dillon, George, 1906-1968

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George Dillon was an American poet, editor, and translator. He was born in Florida, raised in the Midwest, and graduted from the University of Chicago. He won the Pulitzer Prize for his collection of poems, The Flowering Stone. He was also the editor of the journal Poetry, and translated Baudelaire's poems from Les Fleurs du Mal in conjunction with Edna St. Vincent Millay. From the description of George Dillon letter to Mr. Townsend, 1932. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). W...

Simpson, Louis, 1923-2012

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Poet and educator. From the description of Papers of Louis Aston Marantz Simpson, 1943-1969. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71060779 Poet, born in British West Indies; has taught at New School of Social Research and University of California, Berkeley. From the description of Photographs of Louis Simpson, [n.d.]. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 34689957 ...

Oliver, Mary, 1935-....

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Pitter, Ruth, 1897-1992

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Poet. From the description of Papers of Ruth Pitter, 1939. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 76960556 Epithet: poet British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000496.0x000349 Ruth Pitter was a British poet and artist. She began writing poetry at an early age, and published numerous volumes, to the delight of her small but loyal following. Her style was traditional, and she was easily overlooked by the pu...

Gould, Jean, 1909-1993

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Biographer; former resident of Toledo, Ohio. From the description of Papers, 1928-1984. (University of Toledo). WorldCat record id: 14147999 ...

Brooks, Gwendolyn, 1917-2000

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African American poet and novelist, who was an important figure in the Black Arts Movement of the 1960s and 1970s. From the description of Of Robert Frost / Gwendolyn Brooks. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79334638 Gwendolyn Elizabeth Brooks was born in Topeka, Kansas, on June 17, 1917 and moved shortly after her birth to Chicago's South Side, where she lived until her death. She authored more than twenty books of poetry, beginning with A Street in Bronzeville (1945), follow...

Hall, Donald, 1928-....

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Hall is an American poet, essayist, and teacher. From the description of Compositions 1962. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 122609338 From the description of Papers, 1956-1965. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 122357326 From the guide to the Donald Hall papers, 1956-1965., (Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University) From the guide to the Compositions, 1962., (Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard Universit...

Riggs, Dionis Coffin

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Scott, Winfield Townley, 1910-1968

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Brown class of 1931. Poet, essayist, literary editor of Providence lJournal, instructor of English at Brown. From the description of Papers, 1921-1966. (Brown University). WorldCat record id: 145430023 Brown class of 1931. From the description of New verse anthology : typescript, 1943. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122418633 Poet; essayist; Literary Editor of the Providence Journal; Instructor of English; Brown Class of 1931. From the descri...

Adler, Carol

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Bunche, Ralph J. (Ralph Johnson), 1904-1971

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Ralph Bunche was Secretary of United Nations. From the description of Letter (typewritten) to Abraham Stavsky, 1967, February 28. (Regent University). WorldCat record id: 49291995 Ralph Johnson Bunche b 1904; educated at University of California, Los Angeles (AB), Harvard University (AM, PhD); Chairman, Dept of Political Science, Howard University, Washington DC, 1928-1950; Director, Trusteeship Department, Unted Nations, 1946-1954; acting UN Mediator on Palestine, 1948-1949...

Macleish, Archibald

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Archibald MacLeish (1892-1982) was an American poet. Kaiser is a professor of comparative literature at Harvard. From the description of Letters to Walter Jacob Kaiser, 1955-1957 and undated. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612367921 MacLeish (1892-1982) was a Pulitzer Prize winning American poet, playwright, teacher, librarian of Congress, and public official. He was also Boylston professor at Harvard (1949-1962). From the description of Scratch : manu...

Funk, Peter, 1921-

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Raymond, Richard C.

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Harlow, Michael

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Miranda, Gary

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Mathewson, William

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Roddan, Brooks.

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Rago, Henry, 1915-1969

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Poet and editor, Henry Anthony Rago was born on October 5, 1915, in Chicago, IL and in 1937 he graduated from DePaul University with a bachelors of law degree; two years later earned a degree in literature from the same school. During World War II, Rago served in the U.S. Army, becoming a first lieutenant and receiving a Bronze Star for his duties. Following the war, he returned to academia where, in 1941 he obtained his Ph.D. from Notre Dame University, graduating magna cum laude. ...

Mayerson, Charlotte, 1927-

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Cousins, Norman

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Biography Cousins was born on June 24, 1915 in Union Hill, New Jersey; attended Teachers College, Columbia University; began working at New York post as the education editor, 1934-35; worked at Current history as book reviewer, literary editor, and managing editor, 1935-40; married Eleanor (Ellen) Kopf in 1939; executive editor (1940-42), and editor-in-chief (1942-71) of Saturday Review Of Literature, later known as Saturday Review; editor of...

Baker, Phyllis

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Dooley, Thomas A. (Thomas Anthony), 1927-1961

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Thomas Anthony Dooley III (January 17, 1927 – January 18, 1961) was an American physician who worked in Southeast Asia at the outset of American involvement in the Vietnam War. While serving as a physician in the United States Navy and afterwards, he became known for his humanitarian and anti-communist political activities up until his early death from cancer. After his death, the public learned that he had been recruited as an intelligence operative by the Central Intelligence Agency, and numer...

Congdon, Kirby

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Bontemps, Arna, 1902-1973

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African-American poet, critic, playwright, novelist, author of children’s books, librarian. From the guide to the Arna Bontemps Papers, 1927-1968, (Special Collections Research Center, Syracuse University Libraries) Teacher in New York, N.Y., and Huntsville, Ala.; head librarian, Fisk University; professor, University of Chicago; curator of James Weldon Johnson Collection and visiting professor of English, Yale University; writer in residence, Fisk University; and author. ...

Kunitz, Stanley, 1905-2006

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American poet Kunitz won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1958 for SELECTED POEMS and held the position of Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress from 1974 to 1976. In 2000 he was named United States Poet Laureate. He has also translated the work of a number of Russian poets. From the description of Atlantic Monthly Press author files of Stanley Kunitz, 1965-1983. (Princeton University Library). WorldCat record id: 177477000 Poet; New York, N.Y. From the...

Carpenter, Margaret Sarah, 1793-1872

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Baskett, Lois R.

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Miller, Sigmund Stephen

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Richardson, Dorothy Lee

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Boggs, W. Arthur.

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Dickey, James.

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American novelist and poet, born and raised in Atlanta, Georgia. His southern roots are clearly evident in his writing. He is the the author of more than 17 books of poetry and 14 books of prose. From the description of Papers, 1954-1970 (inclusive), 1957-1967 (bulk). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155180763 Dickey is an American novelist, poet, essayist and educator. A native of Atlanta, Georgia, Dickey is the author of more than 17 books of poetry and 14 books of prose. ...

Cole, Lucretia.

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Tagliabue, John, 1923-....

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John Tagliabue (1923-2006) was an American poet and playwright. Born in Italy, Tagliabue came with his family to the United States while still a child. He studied English at Columbia University where his fellow students inluded Allen Ginsberg and Jack Kerouac, and over his career received six Fulbright fellowships which he spent in Italy, China, Japan, and Indonesia. He taught for more than 35 years (1953-1989) at Bates College in Lewiston, Maine, where he actively recruited notable poets like D...

O'Hehir, Diana, 1929-....

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Coze, Paul

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Blackwell, Betsy Talbot, 1905-1985

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Betsy Talbot Blackwell (1905-1985) was an editor for several women's fashion magazines. She was an assistant fashion editor at Charm magazine from 1923-1928 before becoming fashion editor at Mademoiselle magazine from its inception in 1935 and then editor-in-chief from 1937-1971. As an editor at Mademoiselle, Blackwell led and changed the industry by altering the magazine's focus to that of the young career woman. She instituted the annual practice of bringing in thirteen college women (includin...

Athill, Diana

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Block, Allan, 1923-2013

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Frank, Nancy (Nancy K.), 1954-

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Jewish immigrant to Seattle, Washington. From the description of Oral history interview with Nancy W. Frank, June 18, 1992. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 50491558 ...

Roseliep, Raymond, 1917-1983

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Watts, Alan, 1915-1973

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Wheelock, John Hall, 1886-1978

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Jack Wheelock was a close friend to Van Wyck Brooks at Harvard, and remained close to both Brookses afterwards. From the description of Correspondence to Eleanor Stimson Brooks, 1907. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 191847885 John Hall Wheelock was an accomplished poet and influential editor at Scribner's for many years. Born on Long Island, he learned a love of poetry from his mother, which continued during his studies at Harvard and the University...

White, Betty, 1924-

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Hallinan, Nancy

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Ames, Evelyn Perkins

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Author and poet Evelyn (Perkins) Ames was born in 1908, the daughter of Henry A. and Olga (Flinch) Perkins. A graduate of Milton Academy in Milton, Mass., in 1925, she studied at Vassar College (1926-1929) before marrying Amyas Ames in 1930. They had four children. She was the author of Only the Loving (1952), My Brother Bird (1954), The Hawk from Heaven (1957), and Dust on a Precipice (1980). She was a member of the Poetry Society of America, Pen and Brush, and New York Women Poets. ...

Stoloff, Carolyn

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Ames, Amyas

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Investment banker, arts administrator. From the description of Reminiscences of Amyas Ames : oral history, 1981. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 309722624 ...