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Salmon Poetry Ltd. records supplement, 1996-2011 (inclusive) 2000-2011 (bulk)

Extent:
8 linear foot (8 boxes)
Abstract:
The Salmon Poetry Ltd. records supplement contains administrative files and the press's publishing files for books produced between 2000 and 2011. Founded and directed by the American-Irish poet, Jessie Lendennie, Salmon Poetry Ltd. is noted particularly for its publication of poetry and its promotion of women writers. This supplement complements the core archival records of Salmon Publishing, Ltd., which was acquired by the University of Delaware Library in 1998.

Held at: University of Delaware Library Special Collections [Contact Us]

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Robert A. Wilson collection, 1906-2011 (inclusive)

Extent:
11 linear foot (29 boxes)
Abstract:
The Robert A. Wilson collection comprises 9 linear feet of material related to 36 prominent literary figures, previously in the private collection of Robert A. Wilson, the final owner of the Phoenix Book Shop, in New York City (1962-1988).

Held at: University of Delaware Library Special Collections [Contact Us]

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Peter Owen publishing records, 1951-1995 (inclusive)

Extent:
29 linear feet (29 boxes), 12 oversize galley proof, 5 oversize box, and 1 microcassette
Abstract:
Peter Owen publishing records is the publisher’s archive (1950s-1995) of an independent British firm renowned for its international list of major authors and avant garde works. The bulk of the collection consists of the production files of selected works, primarily from the 1980s and 1990s, including edited typescripts, proofs, and other materials documenting the process of turning an author’s manuscript into a finished book.

Held at: University of Delaware Library Special Collections [Contact Us]

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David Louis Posner papers, 1923-1957 (inclusive)

Extent:
1 linear foot
Abstract:
The David Louis Posner Papers span the dates 1923-1957, and consist of one linear foot of photographs, school records, letters, essays, invoices, rare book catalogs, ephemera, and poetry, prose, and play scripts. Though small and clearly incomplete as a record of Posner’s life, the collection provides good biographical and literary content for study of this American poet.

Held at: University of Delaware Library Special Collections [Contact Us]

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Conard-Pyle Company records, 1891-2000 (inclusive)

Extent:
110 linear foot
Abstract:
The Conard-Pyle Company of West Grove, Pennsylvania, was a large horticultural enterprise that specialized in the cultivation and hybridization of roses, best known for its famed Star Roses. The papers chronicle Conard-Pyle's evolution from a small-scale retail business to an influential wholesaler, as well as the financial, legal, and marketing concerns of a major nursery company.

Held at: University of Delaware Library Special Collections [Contact Us]

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Conard-Pyle Company records supplement, 1868-2000 (inclusive) 1910-2000 (bulk)

Extent:
13.3 linear foot (14 boxes)
Abstract:
The Conard-Pyle Company records supplement includes substantial additions to the series in the original collection, as well as records which constitute three new series related to the Atlantic Coast Nurseries, Inc., printed material, and Robert Pyle's professional papers.

Held at: University of Delaware Library Special Collections [Contact Us]

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Bernard McKenna Richard Blanco papers, 2000-circa 2011 (inclusive) 2002-2005 (bulk)

Extent:
.3 linear feet (1 box)
Abstract:
The Bernard McKenna Richard Blanco papers comprises .3 linear feet of typescripts, printed emails, programs, notes, and photographs pertaining to the literary output of Cuban-American poet Richard Blanco (born 1968). The collection was compiled by University of Delaware English professor Bernard McKenna in the course of his longtime friendship with Blanco.

Held at: University of Delaware Library Special Collections [Contact Us]

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Lewis Warsh collection of twentieth-century poetry ephemera, 1962-2012 (inclusive)

Extent:
1 linear foot (3 boxes) and 1 oversize removal
Abstract:
American poet Lewis Warsh (born 1944) compiled this collection of promotional ephemera primarily documenting what is known as the second generation of the New York School. The collection also includes material relating to Warsh's own readings and performances, writing, and publishing ventures.

Held at: University of Delaware Library Special Collections [Contact Us]

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Ray Johnson mail art collection, 1972-2014 (inclusive)

Extent:
.3 linear foot (1 box) and 1 oversize removal
Abstract:
This collection comprises American mail artist Ray Johnson's (1927-1995) letters, collages, and artwork sent to his friend and artist Phyllis Floyd. Also included in the collection are newspaper clippings about Johnson and promotional material for retrospectives of his career.

Held at: University of Delaware Library Special Collections [Contact Us]

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Robert A. Wilson W. H. Auden collection, circa 1930-2007, undated (inclusive) 1950-2000 (bulk)

Extent:
2 linear foot (3 boxes) and 2 oversize folder
Abstract:
W. H. Auden (1907-1973) was an English and American poet, translator, librettist, playwright, and essayist. The Robert A. Wilson W. H. Auden collection comprises Wilson's collected materials created by and related to W. H. Auden. The collection includes manuscript and typescript drafts, proofs, and published versions of Auden's poetry, translations, prose, and dramatic works; programs and promotional ephemera for Auden's readings and events as well as other performances related to the writer; audiovisual recordings of Auden's works; Wilson's and Auden's correspondence with each other and others; Auden's personal ephemera and realia; photographs by and of Auden; critical writings about Auden and catalogs of Audenia; and Chester Kallman's personal papers.

Held at: University of Delaware Library Special Collections [Contact Us]

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