Repository: University of Pennsylvania: Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts / Online Content: Not Available / Subject: Authors / Language: English - Philadelphia Area Archives Search Results

Herman Teerink manuscript notes for the second edition of A Bibliography for the Writings of Jonathan Swift, circa 1940-1961 (inclusive)

Extent:: 0.2 linear feet (1 box)
Abstract:: Herman Teerink (1880-1961) was a Dutch scholar who studied the Irish satirist, Jonathan Swift (1667-1745). This collection contains Teerink's manuscript notes for the revised edition of his 1937, A Bibliography of the Writings in Prose and Verse of Jonathan Swift. The revised edition of this book was published in 1963, after Teerink's death, and was titled, A Bibliography for the Writings of Jonathan Swift.

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Margaret Deland manuscript and draft of Golden Yesterdays, 1935-1936 (inclusive)

Extent:: 0.4 linear feet (1 box)
Abstract:: Margaret Deland (1857-1945) was American novelist and poet. This collection includes the original manuscript and drafts for Deland's final book, Golden Yesterdays, a memoir published in 1941 when she was 84 years old and which follows her early life from her teens through her courtship and relationship with her husband, Lorin Deland.

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A. Edward Newton draft and proofs of Bibliography and Pseudo-Bibliography, 1936 (inclusive)

Extent:: 0.2 linear feet (1 box)
Abstract:: Alfred Edward Newton (1864-1940) was an American author and book collector. He is best known for his 1918 book, Amenities of Book Collecting. He is also credited with having popularized book collecting between 1910 and 1930. This collection contains a typescript draft and printer's proofs for his 1936 book, Bibliography and Pseudo-Bibliography.

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George Aaron Barton Studies in New Testament Christianity manuscript, 1928 (inclusive)

Extent:: 0.2 linear feet (1 box)
Abstract:: Reverend George Aaron Barton (1859-1942) was an author and professor of Semitic languages and the history of religion at the University of Pennsylvania from 1922 until his death. This collection contains an annotated manuscript of Barton's Studies in New Testament Christianity, which was published by the University of Pennsylvania Press in 1928.

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John Louis Haney papers, 1885-1958 (inclusive) 1903-1958 (bulk)

Extent:: 8 linear feet (16 boxes )
Abstract:: This collection contains material related to the professional, academic, and personal life of John Louis Haney (1877-1960), a high school principal, scholar, and book collector. It contains correspondence; research notes on various topics; and manuscript drafts of essays, talks, and radio transcripts, as well as an inventory of his library and journals concerning his undergraduate and graduate education.

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Brandt & Brandt collection of authors' typescripts, circa 1952 (inclusive)

Extent:: 0.2 linear feet (1 box)
Abstract:: Brandt & Brandt Literary Agents, Inc. has been in business since 1913 and still operates today in New York City, as Brandt & Hochman Literary Agents, Inc. The three typescripts in this collection are by authors under contract at Brandt & Brandt: George Harmon Coxe (1901-1984), an American writer of crime fiction (The Crimson Clue); Emily Hahn (1905-1997), an American journalist and author(Love Conquers Nothing: A Glandular History of Civilization); and Josephine Lawrence (1889–1978), an American novelist, journalist, and children's author (Song in the Night). The books represented as typescripts here in this collection were all published in 1952.

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Edwin Pugh letters to C. F. Cazenove, 1903-1915 (inclusive)

Extent:: 0.4 linear_foot (1 box)
Abstract:: Edwin William Pugh (1874-1930), an author known for his works in the style of "the British Cockney School," frequently corresponded with his literary agent, Charles Francis Cazenove (1870-1915). These letters, dating between 1903 and 1915, represent a period of decline in Pugh's literary career; and the letters, postcards, telegraphs, and telegrams in the collection relate not only to the logistics behind the creation and publication of Pugh's fiction, but also to the author's personal struggles, including poverty and poor health.

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Padraic Colum plays, circa 1929-1963 (inclusive)

Extent:: 0.2 linear_foot (1 box)
Abstract:: Padraic Colum (1881-1972) was a poet, playwright, novelist, biographer, and folklorist, known primarily for his collections of myths and folktales for children, his novels Castle Conquer and The Flying Swans, a volume of collected poetry, and several plays. This collection consists of typescript manuscripts of three plays by Padraic Colum: Balloon(circa 1929), Moytura: a play for dancers (circa 1962), and Timbuktu (1957).

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Jeremy Brecher collection of Joseph Eyer material, 1969-1982 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 linear_foot (3 boxes)
Abstract:: Joseph (Joe) Eyer (1944-2017) was a scholar from Philadelphia whose research focused on social causes and health effects of stress. This collection includes Eyer's writings (both published and unpublished) on medicine, mental illness, and socio-economic issues related to stress; course material from his doctoral program in biology at the University of Pennsylvania; and letters to and collaborative engagement with his colleagues, in particular, Jeremy Brecher, Ingrid Waldron, and Peter Sterling. This collection documents the Philadelphia scholars' research on topics including mortality, addiction, suicide, ecology, physiology, and sex.

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Kelly Writers House recordings, 1996-2016 (inclusive)

Extent:: 6 linear feet (6 boxes)
Abstract:: Founded in 1995 by a group of students, faculty, staff and alumni, the Kelly Writers House serves as a center for writers of all kinds from the University of Pennsylvania and the Philadelphia region at large. This collection consists of original recordings of their programs and projects--poetry readings, film screenings, seminars, web magazines, lectures, dinners, radio broadcasts, workshops, art exhibits, and musical performances, the content of which is available at http://writing.upenn.edu/wh/multimedia/medialinks/

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