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American literature -- 20th century

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

John Bennett Shaw Collection of Printed Ephemera for Modern Authors

 Collection
Identifier: EPH 5015
Abstract

Collection consists of programs, playbills, proof copy, publication announcements, press releases, and other ephemera. The authors in the collection are primarily 20th-century British and American writers. The collection also includes many single-issue journals, quite frequently the place where a story or poem was first published.

Dates: 1897-1986; Majority of material found in 1900-1970s

Richard Sullivan Papers

 Fonds
Identifier: SUL
Scope and Content Journals (1932-1981); correspondence (1930-1981) with Harry Sylvester, John T. Frederick, Leo L. Ward, CSC, and others; financial records (1873-1981); manuscripts of his novels (1941-1978), books of short fiction and non-fiction (1950-1951), short stories (1930-1979), plays (1930-1940), poetry (1929-1971), and book reviews (1945-1981); class record books (1936-1976); class and lecture notes (1940-1959); subject files (1940-1962); phonograph records of his radio programs "Notre Dame Authors"...
Dates: 1873-1981 (bulk 1930-1981).

Robert Creeley Ephemera

 Collection
Identifier: EPH 5009
Abstract

A collection of non-book material, much of it printed ephemera, acquired with the University's purchase of the 6000-volume personal library of the American poet Robert Creeley. The collection includes printed mailings and other announcements, periodical issues, broadsides, and posters, as well as photographs, photocopied texts of various kinds, and a small manuscript component.

Dates: 1951-2005

Robert Creeley Letters to Sarah Creeley

 Collection
Identifier: MSN/MN 3007
Abstract

A small collection of around 30 manuscript items preserved by Sarah Creeley, daughter of the American poet Robert Creeley. Most are short personal letters or cards directed to Sarah by her father in the 1990s.

Dates: 1973-2005; Majority of material found in 1993-2005