Autograph and typed letters signed (ca. 26) : San Antonio, Texas, etc., to Oscar Mellor, 1953-1956.

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Autograph and typed letters signed (ca. 26) : San Antonio, Texas, etc., to Oscar Mellor, 1953-1956.

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Correspondence, original manuscripts and documents concerning the publishing of Gunn's works, specifically Fighting Terms and The Sense of Movement, by Fantasy Press, Oxford, England.

Several items (2 v.)

Pierpont Morgan Library.

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Gunn, Thom

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Thom Gunn was born in Gravesend, Kent, England, in 1929. His first book of poems, "Fighting Terms," was published in 1954, and Gunn was awarded a creative writing fellowship at Stanford University in the same year. From 1958 to 1966 and 1973 to 1990 he taught at the University of California, Berkeley. He received numerous awards during his life, most notably the MacArthur Fellowship for lifetime achievement in poetry in 1993. Gunn passed away in San Francisco, California, in 2004. Fr...

Fantasy Press.

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Mellor, Oscar,

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Burden, Carter

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Carter Burden (1941-1996) was a progressive New York City Councilman, publisher, and media magnate. He was the son of photographer Shirley Carter Burden. While at Harvard, he majored in English, wrote his senior thesis on Henry Miller, and graduated cum laude with a bachelor of arts degree in 1963. Starting in 1969 he served three terms on the New York City Council. While in office, he served as chairman of the committee on health, lobbied for changes in laws about lead-...