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American literature -- 20th century -- Archival resources

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 23 Collections and/or Records:

American Literature audio collection

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31275056490940]
Identifier: 6236
Abstract

Spoken word recordings by Archibald MacLeish, T.S. Eliot, Carl Sandburg, Kenneth Rexroth, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, and Allen Ginsberg.

Dates: circa 1930s-1970s
Found in: USC Libraries Special Collections

American literature broadsides collection

 Collection
Identifier: 6134
Abstract

This collection includes some of the broadsides and examples of fine press and letterpress printing collected by USC Libraries Special Collections for its American Literature Collection.

Dates: 1923 - 2018
Found in: USC Libraries Special Collections

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

American Literature pamphlets and printed ephemera

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 6053
Abstract

This collection consists of 20th century American Literature pamphlets, catalogs, and printed ephemera.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1920s-1980s
Found in: USC Libraries Special Collections

R. L. Barth papers

 Collection
Identifier: 0161
Abstract The R. L. Barth papers consist of manuscripts, paste-ups, chapbooks, and file copies of small press poetry published by the Robert L. Barth Press from the time of its founding in 1981 until the press ceased in the early 2000s. The collection also includes Barth's correspondence with poets Turner Cassity, Dick Davis, John Finlay, Charles Gullans, X. J. Kennedy, Janet Lewis, Timothy Steele, and Wesley Trimpi. Notable among the correspondence is a file of letters from Barth to Timothy Steele,...
Dates: 1981 - 2022
Found in: USC Libraries Special Collections

Charles Bukowski papers

 Collection
Identifier: 0155
Abstract

The collection includes Charles Bukowski's (1920-1994) original poetry and short stories, along with drafts of Women, Factotum, Ham on Rye, Post Office, and Barfly; screenplays based on Bukowski's fiction; periodical appearances; tape recordings; and ephemera.

Dates: 1957-1994
Found in: USC Libraries Special Collections

Cadmus Editions records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 0131
Abstract Publisher's archives for the following Cadmus titles: A Short Guide to the High Places (Tom Clark, 1981) The Great Naropa Poetry Wars (Tom Clark, 1980) Nights We Put the Rock Together (Clayton Eshleman, 1980) Vision of the Fathers of Lescaux (Clayton Eshleman, 1983) Yellow Lola (Ed Dorn, 1981) Pillow Book of Carol Tinker (Carol Tinker, 1980) Tennessee Williams in Tangiers (Mohamed Choukri, 1979)* Disasters of War (Leighton Rollins, 1981) Early Routines (William Burroughs, 1981)...
Dates: 1979 - 1981
Found in: USC Libraries Special Collections

Rupert Hughes papers

 Collection
Identifier: 0173
Abstract

Collection consists of subject files, typescripts, correspondence, published articles and personal memorabilia of American novelist, biographer, screenwriter, and musicologist Rupert Hughes (1872-1956).

Dates: 1895 - 1954
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

Robert Lowry papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 0149
Abstract

Typescripts and galleys of various books by American journalist, editor, and novelist Robert Lowry (1919-1994).

Dates: 1939 - 1976
Found in: USC Libraries Special Collections
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