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(5.2 Cubic Feet)The papers of M.H. Spielmann, a scholar of Shakespeare portraiture at the beginning of the 20th century. Collection contains correspondence with other prominent Shakespeare scholars, manuscript materials, copies of journals, and notebooks.
(1.0 Boxes)This collection consists of 58 letters and postcards written by William MacDonald. Link to catalog record: [url=https://i-share.carli.illinois.edu/uiu/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&v1=1&BBRecID=6572536]https://i-share.carli.illinois.edu/uiu/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&v1=1&BBRecID=6572536[/url]
(0.56 Cubic Feet)This collection contains selected writings by Welsh novelist and essayist Arthur Machen (1863-1947). Included are articles and book reviews authored by Machen that appeared in various 20th-century English, French, and American periodicals, none of which are complete issues. See [u]Administrative/Biographical History[/u] for more information.
(1.0 Items)Provisional record
(1.0 Items)Provisional record
(1.0 Items)Seven letters from John Masefield to Penelope Wheeler, containing remarks on her performance in a production of "The tragedy of Nan" that the author attended; recommendation for a song for a performance of "The tragedy of Nan"; recommendations for a production of "The locked chest"; compliments on another of Wheeler's ...
(0.17 Cubic Feet)This collection contains 25 letters sent by W. Somerset Maugham (1874-1965) to his friend and bibliographer, R. Toole Stott (1910-1982). Topics include various works by Maugham, issues with American publishers, and personal health, among others. The letters are accompanied by manuscript notes on a sheet of paper and two cards, ...
(21.0 Linear Feet)This collection contains 25 letters sent by W. Somerset Maugham (1874-1965) to his friend and bibliographer, R. Toole Stott (1910-1982). Topics include various works by Maugham, issues with American publishers, and personal health, among others. The letters are accompanied by manuscript notes on a sheet of paper and two cards, ...
(13.95 Cubic Feet)This collection contains the papers of William Maxwell (1908-2000), American author and editor of [i]The New Yorker[/i] from 1936-1976. Contents include the manuscripts of published works, reviews, poetry and novels of Maxwell and other writers, as well as newspapers and journal clippings and items from his personal library. Literary and ...
(9.0 Cubic Feet)This collection contains the papers of William Maxwell (1908-2000), American author and editor of [i]The New Yorker[/i] from 1936-1976. Contents include the manuscripts of published works, reviews, poetry and novels of Maxwell and other writers, as well as newspapers and journal clippings and items from his personal library. Literary and ...
(57.0 Cubic Feet)This collection contains the papers of William Maxwell (1908-2000), American author and editor of [i]The New Yorker[/i] from 1936-1976. Contents include the manuscripts of published works, reviews, poetry and novels of Maxwell and other writers, as well as newspapers and journal clippings and items from his personal library. Literary and ...
(3.0 Cubic Feet)Collection of costume jewelry.
(0.5 Linear Feet; 173 items)This collection consists of 173 items, including personal letters by H. G. Wells, letters and records regarding the publication of his works, items related to the film [i]Things to Come[/i], advertisements, drawings, photographs, and books. The items in this collection formed a part of Larry McMurtry's personal collection of H. G. Wells artifacts.
(342.0 Cubic Feet)This collection consists of 173 items, including personal letters by H. G. Wells, letters and records regarding the publication of his works, items related to the film [i]Things to Come[/i], advertisements, drawings, photographs, and books. The items in this collection formed a part of Larry McMurtry's personal collection of H. G. Wells artifacts.
(18.5 Cubic Feet)The Franklin J. Meine Collection contains books, pamphlets, periodicals, correspondence, newspaper clippings, photos, and ephemera that document the work of notable American humorists—particularly Mark Twain—and life on the Mississippi River during the 19th and early 20th centuries. This collection was accumulated over a thirty-year period by Franklin J. Meine (1896-1968), ...
(192.5 Cubic Feet)William Stanley Merwin (1927-2019) was an American poet, translator, essayist, activist, playwright, and conservationist. The W.S. Merwin Papers contain correspondence, manuscripts (poetry, prose, verse-plays, translations, and reviews), proofs, photos, clippings, notebooks, published works, ephemera, and financial and legal records documenting Merwin's life and work from 1943 until his death in ...
(2.1 Cubic Feet)Collection of W. S. Merwin printed materials, from early poems published in journals and his first published book [i]A Mask for Janus[/i], to books Merwin contributed to either as translator, editor, writer of introduction, or blurb writer. Includes uncorrected proofs. Most books are cataloged individually and can be searched under ...
(10.5 Cubic Feet)Little Black Sambo Collection of over 100 items of editions of Helen Bannerman. Collection was given by husband of Mrs. Mimi Kaplan, librarian and professor of children's literature at Governors State University until her death in 1984. The book in its various publications from 1899 to the middle 1950s shows ...
(11.0 Items)Papers of John Mitchel, including nine autographed letters signed, one newspaper clipping, and one black and white photograph of Mitchel. Some individual items in Letters card catalog. Link to catalog record: [url=https://i-share.carli.illinois.edu/uiu/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&v1=1&BBRecID=6569586]https://i-share.carli.illinois.edu/uiu/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&v1=1&BBRecID=6569586[/url]
(42.0 Cubic Feet)Titles in this collection have been individually cataloged and can be searched for in the online catalog under "Modern Poetry Collection (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Library)". The collection is mainly comprised of American and British modern poetry publications, 1930-1980. Former Collection Title: American Poetry Collection.
(0.62 Cubic Feet)This collection contains printed works and broadsides printed at Finial Press in Champaign, Illinois. Select materials were designed by founder Alvin Doyle Moore (1931-2013), a professor in the School of Art and Design at the University of Illinois for over thirty years. These materials supplement a collection of bound volumes that ...
(4.3 Cubic Feet)Materials relating directly and indirectly to Moore's authoritative study of Daniel Defoe and the Defoe period. Includes reprints of articles by John Robert Moore; reprints of articles presented to Moore; manuscript notes by Moore; reprints, typescripts, and facsimiles of works by Defoe.
(8.0 Boxes)The Churchill collection was assembled by London bookseller Harold Mortlake, and consists of editions of virtually everything which Churchill wrote from 1898 till his death in 1965. It was purchased in 1970 and contains many presentation copies, autograph and typed letters, and recordings, as well as biographical works on Churchill, ...
(90.0 Cubic Feet)The Churchill collection was assembled by London bookseller Harold Mortlake, and consists of editions of virtually everything which Churchill wrote from 1898 till his death in 1965. It was purchased in 1970 and contains many presentation copies, autograph and typed letters, and recordings, as well as biographical works on Churchill, ...
(1.0 Items)Rubbing of piece of artwork depicting a mother and child.
(7.5 Cubic Feet)Rubbing of piece of artwork depicting a mother and child.
(321.0 Cubic Feet)Motley is the corporation name of Sophia and Margaret Harris (sisters) and their friend Elizabeth Montgomery Wilmot, who designed sets and costumes from 1932 to 1976 for plays by Shakespeare and modern classics, opera, ballet, and motion pictures. Their designs were used in productions in the West End of London, the Royal Shakespeare Theatre, the English National Opera, and in the United States on Broadway and the Metropolitan Opera in New York City.
(2.0 Boxes)A series of photographic stills of actors from various early and notable films. Link to catalog record: [url=https://i-share-uiu.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01CARLI_UIU/gpjosq/alma99609448712205899]https://i-share-uiu.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01CARLI_UIU/gpjosq/alma99609448712205899[/url]
(0.43 Cubic Feet)The Charles E. Mudie Papers dates from 1816 to 1897. Correspondence in the Mudie Papers comprises the most voluminous resource, with letters sent to and written by Mudie and family members. A wide array of mixed materials include photographs, broadsides, passports and a travel diary from 1859. Topics from the ...
(1.0 Boxes)Arnold Muirhead collected books, pamphlets, and autograph material of the English pamphleteer William Cobbett (1763-1835). Collection also includes correspondence from the Cobbett family. Correspondence is mainly from William Cobbett but also includes letters from Mary, Eleanor, John, James, and William Cobbett Jr. Some individual items cataloged in Letters card catalog.
(6.0 Cubic Feet)Arnold Muirhead collected books, pamphlets, and autograph material of the English pamphleteer William Cobbett (1763-1835). Collection also includes correspondence from the Cobbett family. Correspondence is mainly from William Cobbett but also includes letters from Mary, Eleanor, John, James, and William Cobbett Jr. Some individual items cataloged in Letters card catalog.
(1.0 Items)Pamphlet of "Freedom of Thought Arraigned: Four Year Persecution of MAN! - 19 Year Persecution of Marcus Graham", letter explaining the pamphlet, and original envelope sent to Professor Richard Murphy.