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American Literature ephemera
Collection
Identifier: 6045
Abstract
Collection consists of various literature publications, journals, posters and broadsides, articles, and other publications, related to 20th century American writers.
Dates:
Majority of material found within c.1910s-1990s
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Lawrence Lipton papers
Collection
Identifier: 0159
Abstract
The Lawrence Lipton papers, 1883-2009 (bulk 1950-1975), consist of correspondence, interviews, manuscripts, typescripts, audio recordings, clippings, periodicals, photographs, motion pictures, and ephemera, created and collected by Beat Generation chronicler, novelist, and poet, Lawrence Lipton. The collection documents Lipton's prolific work as a novelist, poet, and columnist through typescripts and manuscripts of his works; correspondence between Lipton and members of the Beats, including...
Dates:
1883 - 2009; Majority of material found within 1950 - 1975
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Willard Morse collection on Ambrose Bierce
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 0136
Abstract
Book reviews, journal and newspaper articles (originals and photostats) by and about Ambrose Bierce, journalist and author of The Devil's Dictionary and Tales of Soldiers & Civilians (1891). Willard S. Morse (1856-1935) was a mining executive in the West and Mexico. He was later made a director and member of the executive committee of the American Smelter Securities Company, Chilean Exploration Company, and Braden Copper Company. After retiring, Morse devoted much of this time to the...
Dates:
1870s-1930s
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Willard Morse collection on Edgar Lee Masters
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 0139
Abstract
Book reviews, journal and newspaper (originals and photostats) by and about Edgar Lee Masters, and an extensive type- and handwritten bibliography of Morse's holdings on on Masters, author of the Spoon River Anthology. Willard S. Morse (1856-1935) was a mining executive in the West and Mexico. He was later made a director and member of the executive committee of the American Smelter Securities Company, Chilean Exploration Company, and Braden Copper Company. After retiring, Morse devoted...
Dates:
1914 - 1935
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Willard Morse collection on Henry Van Dyke
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 0142
Abstract
Book reviews, journal and newspaper (originals and photostats) articles by and about Henry Van Dyke, and a typewritten bibliography on Van Dyke (1852-1933), minister and author of popular Christmas sermons, essays, and short stories. Willard S. Morse (1856-1935) was a mining executive in the West and Mexico. He was later made a director and member of the executive committee of the American Smelter Securities Company, Chilean Exploration Company, and Braden Copper Company. After retiring,...
Dates:
1880s-1930s
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Willard Morse collection on Sinclair Lewis
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 0138
Abstract
Book reviews, journal and newspaper (originals and photostats) articles by and about Sinclair Lewis, and an extensive type- and handwritten catalog of Morse's holdings on Lewis, author and novelist, who was the first American to win the Nobel Prize for Literature. Willard S. Morse (1856-1935) was a mining executive in the West and Mexico. He was later made a director and member of the executive committee of the American Smelter Securities Company, Chilean Exploration Company, and Braden...
Dates:
1907 - 1952
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Willard Morse collection on Thomas Nelson Page
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 0140
Abstract
Book reviews, journal and newspaper (originals and photostats) articles by and about Thomas Nelson Page, and a typewritten bibliography of works by and about Page, author of short stories, novels, essays, and poetry, who is best known for his role as literary spokesman for the glories of the Old South in such works as In Ole Virginia. Willard S. Morse (1856-1935) was a mining executive in the West and Mexico. He was later made a director and member of the executive committee of the...
Dates:
1887 - 1935
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Willard Morse collection on Vincent Starrett
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 0141
Abstract
Book reviews, journal and newspaper (originals and photostats) articles by and about Vincent Starrett, and a typewritten bibliography on Starrett (1886-1974), the author of mysteries and horror stories of the "Chicago Renaissance." Willard S. Morse (1856-1935) was a mining executive in the West and Mexico. He was later made a director and member of the executive committee of the American Smelter Securities Company, Chilean Exploration Company, and Braden Copper Company. After retiring,...
Dates:
1916 - 1934
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Willard Morse collection on William Dean Howells
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 0137
Abstract
Book reviews and periodical appearances (originals or photostats), and an extensive typewritten catalog of Morse's holdings on William Dean Howells, author, editor, and critic, who was widely acknowledged during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries as the "Dean of American Letters." Willard S. Morse (1856-1935) was a mining executive in the West and Mexico. He was later made a director and member of the executive committee of the American Smelter Securities Company, Chilean...
Dates:
1860 - 1933
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Carol Muske-Dukes papers
Collection
Identifier: 0349
Abstract
The Carol Muske-Dukes papers consist of the literary works, academic files, and personal papers, photographs, and correspondence of Carol Muske-Dukes, California poet laureate and USC professor of creative writing. The materials cover the period from early 1957 to 2023.
Dates:
1957 - 2023
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections