Authors -- Letters and papers
Found in 58 Collections and/or Records:
Samuel T. Wiley (1850-1905) Papers
Seamus Heaney, Author, Manuscript of "Sweeney Astray"
Photocopy of manuscript of Seamus Heaney's "Sweeney Astray".
Thomas Dunn English, Author, Manuscript and Letter
Tom Kromer (1906-1969) Papers
Correspondence of Tom Kromer, a Huntington, West Virginia, native, and his sister Emogene relating to Tom's "depression novel" WAITING FOR NOTHING, published in 1935. Also included are copies of three published reviews of the book, a chronology of Tom's life, and a photograph of Tom which was published in the first edition of the book.
Valerie Nieman Papers
Virgil Anson Lewis, Historian, Papers
Waitman T. Barbe (1864-1925) Papers
William Henry Edwards (1822-1909) Papers
Typescript copy of William Henry Edwards' Autobiographical Notes. Edwards was a naturalist from Coalburgh, W. Va. And is best known for his three volume "The Butterflies of North America" (1879-1897). Earlier he had published "Voyage up the Amazon" (1847).
The manuscript contains typed copies of letters from Alfred R. Wallace, H. W. Bates, Theodore L. Mead, Prof. D. J. Ansted, Richard V. Murray, Louis Agassis, Samuel W. Scudder, Addison Ballard, and Dwight W. Marsh.