V. R. Lang papers, 1929-1974 (inclusive) 1943-1959 (bulk).

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V. R. Lang papers, 1929-1974 (inclusive) 1943-1959 (bulk).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/612367343

The bulk of the collection is manuscripts by Lang consisting of poems, plays, novels, various drafts, and notes, as well as notebooks with diary entries and drafts of poems and plays. Also contains a few manuscripts by other writers including Djuna Barnes and Frank O'Hara; some personal correspondence of Lang; correspondence of her husband Bradley S. Phillips mostly concerning possible publication of his wife's work after her death; address books; and printed material.

7 boxes (3 linear ft.)

Houghton Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7795272

Houghton Library

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Barnes, Djuna, 1892-1982

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Noted journalist and avant-garde author Djuna Barnes was born in Cornwall-on-Hudson, New York, on June 12, 1892, the second child and only daughter of Wald and Elizabeth Chappell Barnes. Barnes studied art at the Pratt Institute (1912-1913) and at the Art Student's League of New York (1915-1916). In 1913, she began working as a freelance journalist and illustrator for the Brooklyn Daily Eagle and was soon writing and illustrating features and interviews for the New Y...

Lang, V. R., 1924-1956

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Violet Ranney Lang was an American poet, playwright, actress, and a founder of the Poets' Theatre in Cambridge, Mass. From the description of V. R. Lang papers, 1929-1974 (inclusive) 1943-1959 (bulk). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612367343 From the description of V. R. Lang additional papers, 1947-1956. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612199157 Lang was an American poet, playwright, actress, and a founder of the Poets' Theatre in Cambridge,...

Phillips, Bradley Sawyer.

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O'Hara, Frank, 1926-1966

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The inscription is to the author's Harvard roommate Harold Fondren. Edward Gorey was an earlier roommate of O'Hara. From the description of Creation : a Christmas story : typescript, 1949. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612794273 Frank O'Hara was an American art critic, essayist, playwright, and poet. From the description of Frank O'Hara collection of papers, 1955-1966. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122533765 From the guide to...