Barker, Will.

American author, native of Troy, New York, who wrote a number of books about animals, some for young adults. Collection contains correspondence (1852-1970), business, personal, and family; book manscripts and galleys; genealogical material relating to the Barker family; scrapbooks; memorabilia, including calendars and photographs; and published material, including articles and pamphlets.

Braithwaite, William Stanley, 1878-1962.

Papers of the African-American poet, author, critic. Correspondence, and manuscripts by Braithwaite and others. Notable correspondents include Arna Bontemps, Louis Bromfield, Sterling Brown, Marie Bullock, Witter Bynner, Cass Canfield, Bliss Carman, Bennet Cerf, Katherine Chapin, James Cozzens, Countee Cullen, Gustav Davidson, W.E.B. DuBois, Kimball Flaccus, Robert Frost, Claire and Nina Gerbaulet, Louis Ginsberg, Hermann Hagedorn, Leigh Hanes, Robert Hillyer, John Holmes, Langston Hughes, Georgia Johnson, MacKinlay Kantor, Joseph Joel Keith, Florence Lennon, Benjamin Mays, David McCord, Marianne Moore, Maurice Peloubet, Bliss Perry, Minerva Perry, Helen Channing Pollock, Ruby Altizer Roberts, Paul Robeson, Angelo Schmuller, Lulu Schultz, George S. Schuyler, Delmore Schwartz, Eli Siegel, Jules Siegel, Noble Sissle, Chard Powers Smith, Vladimir Sokoloff, Arthur Spingarn, Jesse Stuart, A.M. Sullivan, May Swenson, Ridgely Torrence, Carl Van Vechten, George Sylvester Viereck, Harold Vinal, Booker T. Washington, Robert C. Weaver, John Hall Wheelock, Margaret Widdemer, William Carlos Williams, and Roscoe Wright.

Claire, William F.

Two copies of Publishing in the West: Alan Swallow, edited by William Claire, along with a collection of material pertaining to the creation and production of the book, including correspondence, manuscripts, galleys, reviews, notes, clippings, etc.

Dapping, William O.

American journalist, editor. Collection includes correspondence, photographs, printed material, scrapbooks, memorabilia.

Dwiggins, W. A. (William Addison), 1880-1956.

Typewritten manuscript for an essay written by Dwiggins and related correspondence.

Howells, William Dean, 1837-1920.

Letters and a manuscript from the American author and novelist

Imes, William Lloyd, 1889-1986.

Papers of the African-American clergyman. Correspondence, writings (including sermons by Imes and his father Benjamin A. Imes), memorabilia (including numerous small scrapbooks), and subject files.

Insley, Will, 1929-2011

Correspondence, clippings, other material of the American sculptor.

Irving, Washington, 1783-1859.

Papers of the American author. Holograph manuscript of 26 leaves from Irving's Life of George Washington (New York : Putnam, 1857. Vol. 4, chap. 37, p. [500]-515), mounted and bound in one volume; 2 letters.

Jenkins, Will, 1896-1975.

Papers of the American author of adventure, detective, Western, and science fiction short stories and novels, most of then written under the name Murray Leinster. Collection includes correspondence with authors, fans, literary agents, periodical editors, and publishers (1920-1967); and typescript and/or published articles, short stories, and books. Notable correspondents include Forrest J. Ackerman, Alonzo Dean Cole, Viola Irene Cooper, Roger Elwood, Harold Hersey, Frederik Pohl, Percy Waxman, and Mort Weisinger.

Lewis, William Dodge, 1870-1960.

Manuscripts of William Lewis' published works and memorabilia

McCaleb, Walter Flavius, 1873-1967.

Papers of the American author. Correspondence, family and business; manuscript essays, plays, poems, short stories, and novels; notebooks; and clippings.

O'Connor, William Van, 1915-1966.

Papers of the American literary critic, editor, educator, author. Collection contains correspondence (1943-1967) and writings (1960-1966). Correspondents include Kingsley Amis, Caroline Gordon, Lewis Mumford, Karl Jay Shapiro, Allen Tate, Lionel Trilling, Robert Penn Warren, and others. Writings include typescripts of books, plays, and an untitled and unfinished collection of literary reminiscences.

Oursler, Will, 1913-1985.

Papers of the American author, journalist, novelist; pseudonyms Gale Gallagher, Nick Marino. Correspondence, research material, manuscript drafts and revisions for essays, plays, stories, novels; and published material, including articles by and about Oursler.

Palmer, Winthrop.

Correspondence, articles, typescripts of the American author, poet and educator.

Phillips, Wilbur C., 1880-

Book ms. for Adventuring for Democracy, published by the Social Unit Press, New York, 1940.

Pribble, Wayne I.

Collection includes the records of Wayne Pribble's companies, Barrier-Pribble and Pribble Plastics Products; mold drawings produced by Barrier-Pribble and Pribble Plastics Products; and drafts and papers related to Pribble and J. Harry DuBois' book, Plastics Mold Engineering.

Price, Willard, 1887-1983.

Autographed books, some manuscripts and correspondence of the Canadian-born American natural historian and author of children's fiction.

Royce, William Hobart, 1878-

Papers of the American author, bibliographer, book collector, founder of the Balzac Society of America. Correspondence (1901-1962) from Marcel Bouteron, Edwin Preston Dargan, Jean Pommier, Stefan Zweig, and others, mostly Balzac collectors and scholars; writings (1905-1962), including articles, and books on Balzac, as well as translations; and material relating to the Balzac Society of America, including its Bulletin (1940-1962) and membership files (1940-1962).

Safire, William, 1929-2009.

Spanning 1941 to 2009, the William Safire Papers comprises research files, notes, incoming correspondence and book manuscripts of the American author and journalist (1929-2009). Reflecting his interest in both politics and lexicography, the collection documents Safire's dual career as political and language columnist for the New York Times and chairman of the Dana Foundation.