Ackerman, Forrest J

Papers of the American science fiction author, editor, agent, collector and fan. Biographical material, Ackerman Agency records, correspondence, Famous Monsters files, fanzines, financial material, legal material, memorabilia, Perry Rhodan files, photographs, printed material, recordings of varous types, and writings by Ackerman, his wife Wendayne, and others

Allan, Lewis, 1903-1986.

Typescript for a play, "Song of Freedom," by the author of the poem and song "Strange Fruit."

Andrews, Mary Raymond Shipman, d. 1936.

Papers of the American author, dramatist, novelist, poet, and short story writer. Collection includes typescript and holograph writings, including book manuscripts, essays, plays, poems, short stories, and notebooks. Also, some family material, such as writings, clippings, memorabilia, a scrapbook, and correspondence, including letters from Theodore Roosevelt to Judge and Mrs. Andrews.

Arno, May.

Correspondence, manuscripts, subject files, photographs, published material of the American poet.

Baraka, Amiri, 1934-2014.

Papers of the African-American author, music critic, novelist, playwright, poet, and social activist. Baraka was also editor of Yugen, a literary magazine, and co-editor, with Diane Di Prima, of The floating bear. Correspondence (1958-1965); Baraka's typescript and published writings, including articles, book manuscripts, book and music reviews, essays, playscripts, and poems; and Yugen records, including manuscripts and page proofs. Yugen manuscripts include those of John Ashbery, Paul Blackburn, Robin Blaser, Bruce Boyd, William Burroughs, Paul Carroll, Gregory Corso, Robert Creeley, Edward Dahlberg, Diane Di Prima, Edward Dorn, Larry Eigner, Allen Ginsberg, Barbara Guest, Stephen Jonas, Jack Kerouac, Kenneth Koch, Philip Lamantia, Ron Loewinsohn, Walter Lowenfels, Michael McClure, Edward Marshall, David Meltzer, Frank O'Hara, Charles Olson, Joel Oppenheimer, Stuart Perkoff, Gary Snyder, Gilbert Sorrentino, George Stanley, Philip Whalen, John Wieners, and William Carlos Williams.

Begley, Ed,1901-1970.

Papers of the American character actor of stage, screen, radio and television. Files, letters, photographs, telegrams, news clippings, scripts for radio, film, television and theatre. Of particular interest are the scripts, which document more than twenty years (roughly the mid-1940s through the mid-1960s) of drama in four different media, and the news clippings which describe the career of the American actor through these years.

Berg, Gertrude, 1899-1966.

Papers of the American Jewish radio and television actress; author, producer of The Goldbergs. Correspondence, clippings, and other material in scrapbooks; radio and television scripts for productions of The Goldbergs, House of Glass, Mrs. G. Goes to College, etc.; interviews and articles about Gertrude Berg.

Bogner, Norman, 1935-

Papers of the American novelist, author. Includes writings (drafts, manuscripts, and galleys of novels, plays and screen plays), and memorabilia.

Bontemps, Arna, 1902-1973.

Correspondence, manuscript plays, stories, songs, speeches, and book manuscripts and galley proofs.

Brossard, Chandler, 1922-1993.

Papers of the American novelist, playwright, editor, and teacher. Correspondence and memorabilia as well as manuscripts, drafts, typescripts, and production material for Brossard's numerous novels, short stories, essays and plays. Correspondents include Alice Adams, Donald Allen, Malcolm Bradbury, Kent Carroll, Noam Chomsky, Wheeler Dixon, Guy Daniels, Joe Flaherty, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, John Clellon Holmes, Seymour Krim, James Laughlin, Ron Padgett, Charles Plymell, William Shawn, Gilbert Sorrentino, and others.

Bullins, Ed

Typscripts of various plays, published and unpublished.

Chicago Repertory Group

Advertisements, correspondence and original scripts from the social theater group

Chodorov, Jerome.

American playwright, director, short story author and librettist. Collection contains manuscripts of plays, screenplays, teleplays, and a few short stories; also a small amount of biographical material, correspondence and ephemera.

Cogswell, Theodore R.

Papers of the American author, science fiction writer, professor. Includes correspondence and writings, including plays, poems, and short stories.

Corwin, Norman, 1910-2011.

Papers of the American author, screenwriter, radio and stage dramatist, director, producer. Collection includes production material, including scripts and phonograph recordings relating to Corwin's work as a writer for stage, screen, and radio (1937-1967); correspondence (1937-1965); articles and speeches.

dal Negro, Leonard.

Poems, plays, miscellaneous writings from the Portuguese Jew and anarchist writer.

Di Prima, Diane.

Papers of the American poet, author, and editor. Correspondence (1960-1971); diaries, playscripts and miscellaneous writings (1948-1966); and original manuscripts by others (Paul Blackburn, Robert Creeley, Ed Dorn, Kirby Doyle, Robert Duncan, Anselm Hollo, Steve Jonas, LeRoi Jones, Allan Kaprow, Kenneth Koch, Joseph LeSueur, Ron Loewinsohn, Clive Matson, David Meltzer, Frank O'Hara, Charles Olson, Stuart Perkoff, Gary Snyder, Norman Solomon, Gilbert Sorrentino, A.B. Spellman, Mike Strong, James Waring, Philip Whalen, Jonathan Williams) submitted for publication in The floating bear.

Edson, Gus, 1901-1966.

Original cartoons from the comic strip Dondi, material related to the film Dondi, scripts, correspondence, clippings and awards.

Ellis, Ralph (soap opera writer)

Scripts, breakdowns, story projections for the daytime television drama Search for Tomorrow.

Federal Theatre Project (U.S.)

Collection of play scripts, bibliographies, photographs, from the United States Work Projects Administration's Federal Theatre Project