Raymond Danowski Poetry Library collection, circa 1935-1994.

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Raymond Danowski Poetry Library collection, circa 1935-1994.

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The collection consists of various materials collected by Raymond Danowski as part of the Raymond Danowski Poetry Library. The materials include author files containing manuscripts and typescripts of works, broadcast and film scripts, correspondence, and other materials related to individual authors mainly from the 1960s-1970s. The photograph series primarily contains photographs of many of the authors whose work is represented either in the Author Files series or in the published works contained in the Danowski Poetry Library. The majority of the posters document the 1994 South African election or the 1960s-1970s counterculture.

12 linear ft. (24 boxes, 197 oversized papers (OP), 1 bound volume (BV) and 1 oversized bound volume (OBV))

Emory University. Special Collections and Archives

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Emory University. Special Collections and Archives

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Raymond Danowski Poetry Library (Emory University. General Libraries)

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Danowski, Raymond,

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During a twenty-five year period, Raymond Danowski assembled what is thought to be the largest 20th century poetry library in private hands. Upon its arrival at Emory, it has come to be known as the Raymond Danowski Poetry Library. The Library is a 75,000-volume collection of rare and first editions of modern and contemporary poetry, in addition to literary journals, broadsides, manuscripts, audiovisual materials, and even objects. From the description of Raymond Danowski Poetry Libr...