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Authors, American -- 20th century -- Manuscripts

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 4 Records:

Charles Plymell papers

 Collection
Call Number: MS 370
Overview

Correspondence, poetry drafts, photocopies of photographs and other images, and other materials from poet and author Charles Plymell, mostly dating from the mid-1990s.

Dates: 1970s-1990s (bulk 1990s)

Diane Di Prima collection

 Collection
Call Number: MS 71
Overview

The journal is the author's archives, presumably from when she was located in New York City: collection of carbons and drafts of letters, notes, journals, editorial work, etc. Includes much personal material. The two reel to reel tapes are recordings of Di Prima's poetry, and the "absurd" play was written in the round during the fall or winter of 1959 in pencil in several hands (bookseller indicates the play was by "Diane Di Prima, Freddie Herko, and James Waring").

Dates: 1953-1961, 1964?

Literary manuscripts by David Ohle

 Collection
Call Number: PP 9
Overview David Ohle, an alum of the University of Kansas, has written and edited novels, short stories, poetry, and other works of fiction, as well as some non-fiction. Included in this collection is a manuscript of The Whole Moldenke (titled Motorman on publication) and a galley sheet (printer's proof) of a work titled The Moldenke. It also includes manuscripts of The...
Dates: 1970-2010s

Papers of Philip Kimball

 Collection
Call Number: MS 243
Overview This collection consists of papers of fiction writer and poet Philip Kimball (1941-2014), best known for his novels Harvesting Ballads (1984) and Liar’s Moon (1999). The papers contain correspondence with fellow writers, critics, and translators, such as Roberta Bienvenu, George Garrett, Hortense Spillers, and Breon Mitchell, as well as with family members and friends. Also present are drafts and typescripts for Harvesting Ballads, Liar’s Moon, The Dirt of Other...
Dates: 1956 - 2001