Auden, W. H. (Wystan Hugh), 1907-1973

Letters (primarily incoming), either to, by or about Auden. Most are from Saxe Commins, his editor, or other Random House people.

De la Mare, Walter, 1873-1956.

Papers of the English poet, novelist. Collection includes correspondence, including 152 outgoing items written between 1909 and 1956. Several of the letters involve social arrangements, however there are also many references to De la Mare's early career as a writer and his association with various literary figures of the time. Outgoing letters to Margot Asquith, Nancy Astor, Denys Blakelock, Richard Church, Havelock Ellis, Montgomery Evans, Eleanor Farjeon, Ruth Mayhew Head, Mary Elizabeth Hughes, Henry F. Jones, Coulson Kernahan, Paul Lemperly, Ian MacAlister, Henry Nevinson, Conal O'Riordan, Frederic Prokosch, M.R. Ridley, Clement King Shorter, Theodore Spicer-Simson, Jinadasa Viyaya-Tunga, Theresa Whistler, and others.

Collins, Wilkie, 1824-1889

Letter from British novelist Wilkie Collins to American poet Paul Hamilton Hayne.

Cooper, William, 1910-2002

Typescript with corrections by the English author.

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Twelve original drawings for The Heroic Adventures of M. Boudin, bound, with article from Harper's New Monthly Magazine and commentary by Anne Thackeray Ritchie and Gordon N. Ray. Also, one copy of the facsimile edition published in 1980.

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One letter from the English novelist, writing from Boston to "Neighbor Barlow" in Kensington, about his success in the New World.

McFee, William, 1881-1966.

Papers of the British novelist, author. Died 1966. Personal correspondence, signed/inscribed edition of Pilgrims of Adversity, requests for autographed copies of McFee's books, typescript of "On Keeping a Fool at Court," an essay written for Shadowland magazine.

Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965.

The papers of the British statesman and author include four outgoing letters and 1 telegram to Frank Harris concerning a manuscript for publication.