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Found in 52 Collections and/or Records:
Letters to James Korges
Collection
Identifier: MS 0016
Abstract:
The collection consists of letters written to James Korges in his capacity as editor of ">Critique: Studies in Modern Fiction" by such literary figures as Erskine Caldwell, Dickey, Caroline Gordon, William Goyen, Frederick Manfred, Brian Moore, Anais Nin, Joyce Carol Oates, Ramsey, Tate, and Yvor Winters. Also included are a 1926 Theodore Dreiser letter and a letter written in 1953 by Sean O'Casey to Korges, then a senior at Rice University and editor of the student newspaper, "The Thresher."
Dates:
1926 - 1975
Lois Tompa "Above the Wall" poetry manuscript
Collection
Identifier: MS 0291
Overview
This collection contains a hand-made collected edition of poetry by Lois Tompa called "Above the Wall", dedicated to her husband, Joseph Tompa. The manuscript consists of 35 leaves of mimeograph pages stapled together with the author’s autograph inscription.
Dates:
1966
Lowe Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: MS 588
Overview
The collection consists of the correspondence, papers, and selected
books accumulated and saved by Chuan-Hua Gershom Lowe throughout
his lifetime as student, journalist, Chinese embassy official, librarian,
husband, and father. Lowe was born in China in 1902, earned a
bachelor’s degree at the University of Chicago, lived again in China, in
Burma, in India, in Argentina, in Canada, and again in the U.S., dying
in 1996.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1940 - 1996
Madeleine Alcover Cyrano research materials and Academic papers
Collection
Identifier: MS 0631
Scope and Contents
This collection contains typescripts, proofs, correspondence, microfilm, and notecards of Madeleine Alcover for her critical editions and studies on Cyrano de Bergerac; Cyrano’s family, as well as his writer-friends Charles d’Assoucy, Le Royer de Prades, Henry Le Bret, and others. The collection also contains documents and correspondence related to Alcover's academic career.
Dates:
1957 - 2014
Manuscript of Reuben John Rath's The Provisional Austrian Regime in Lombardy-Venetia
Collection
Identifier: MS 0310
Abstract:
This collection consists of a small amount of correspondence, maps, typographical and proofreading instructions in regard to the publication of Rath's The Provisional Austrian Regime in Lombardy-Venetia, 1814-1815 and two typed drafts of the monograph.
Dates:
1814 - 1815
Marguerite Johnston Barnes Research Materials for Houston, The Unknown City, 1836-1946
Collection
Identifier: MS 0455
Overview
These papers are comprised of the research materials Johnston gathered to write "Houston, The Unknown City," published 1991 by Texas A & M Press. Included amongst these materials are oral histories, newspaper clippings, photocopies of secondary source materials, brochures, newsletters, and photographs either created, gathered, or maintained by Barnes. Dates range from 1830-1991, bulk 1920-1991.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1920 - 1991; 1830-1991
Max Nicholson and Julian Huxley papers
Collection
Identifier: MS 0054
Abstract
The Max Nicholson/Julian Huxley papers consist of correspondence, documents, typescripts, articles, and off-prints (c. 1927-1980s) relating to Nicholson's collaboration with his contemporaries (including Julian Huxley) on projects such as the Idea Systems Group and publication of The Humanist Frame.
Dates:
circa 1927-1980s
Patrick James Nicholson research for Mr. Jim: The Biography of James Smither Abercrombie
Collection
Identifier: MS 0391
Overview
This collection is composed of research materials and manuscripts of Patrick J. Nicholson for his book Mr. Jim: The Biography of James Smither Abercrombie. Included are photocopies of various articles about J.S. Abercrombie, correspondence concerning Nicholson’s research, notes, and typed copies of the manuscript.
Dates:
1846 - 1982
Richard J. Dobson collection
Collection
Identifier: MS 0654
Overview
This collection contains the correspondence, journals, music business files, and audio of Richard Dobson.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1962-2014, dates 1977-1999
Richardson Family papers
Collection
Identifier: MS 0279
Overview
This collection contains letters and literary drafts of Samuel Richardson; letters of his daughter, Anne Richardson, to her sister Martha Richardson Bridgen, and parents, and Sally Crowther Moodie. The collection also includes letters by Elizabeth (Leake) Richardson, Sally Crowther Moodie, and Jane Berthon regarding the Lisbon earthquake (1755); and correspondence from O.B. Kaiser to Samuel Richardson.
Dates:
1714 - 1802