Contains the book manuscripts of novelist Robert Girardi. Includes many unpublished manuscripts of novels, novellas, and short stories, as well as screenplay scripts.
The collection documents the career of author Jack Womack and contains correspondence, manuscripts, articles, and ephemera. It also includes correspondence and manuscripts by science fiction author William Gibson.
One printed reproduction of a portrait drawing of John Henry Newman by George Richmond and one short handwritten letter by Newman, dated 1877.
The John J. Ryan Papers include correspondence received by Ryan, some poems and short pieces, and the MSS of two novellas.
The Shusaku Endo papers include manuscript drafts of Endo's novels "The Samurai" and "Scandal," a short story draft, and an as-yet unidentified draft. Evident in the manuscripts are Endo's corrections and notations, the additions and revisions he occasionally taped to existing manuscripts, and the work of his secretary to transcribe a clean version of the draft for later review.
A segment of the archives of the London-based international association of poets, essayists and novelists, known as PEN. Comprised of correspondence, manuscripts and some photographs. Includes files regarding contacts with some 40 London embassies; material about the annual PEN Congress which failed to take place in Iran in 1963; and manuscript submissions for a short story contest (circa 1961).
This collection is currently unprocessed and access to it may therefore be limited. Researchers are advised to contact the Booth Family Center for Special Collections for more information on access to this collection.
Research materials concerning a Syrian Arabic-English dictionary.
The Merton-Pauker Collection consists mainly of correspondence between Merton and Pauker and between Pauker and those interested in buying Merton's prints. There are seven personal letters from Merton and three mimeographed letters which Merton sent out to friends at Lent, Easter, and Christmas, 1967. Many of the letters also discuss Pauker's work as a poet, especially "Excellency," a sequence of poems, published in 1967.
