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A collection of letters written to Frederick W. Dupee and George Stade in connection with their work as editors of THE SELECTED LETTERS OF E.E. CUMMINGS, published in 1969. There are letters from numerous friends and associates of Cummings, including Kenneth Burke, Malcolm Cowley, Marion Morehouse Cummings (Mrs. E.E. Cummings), John Dos Passos, Max Eastman, Marianne Moore, and Allen Tate. Also, 24 drawings by E.E. Cummings dating from the 1920 and 1930s.

Letters to Elsa Dorfman from "beat" poets including Allen Ginsberg, Philip Whalen, Frank O'Hara, Edward Field, and Robert Creeley. Included are 14 poems by Elsa Dorfman with critical comments by Allen Ginsberg.

Correspondence, working notes, and drafts used by Dowden (b. ca. 1933) in compiling his work A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF WORKS BY ALLEN GINSBERG. Dowden corresponded with many writers, publishers, editors, and libraries in compiling a comprehensive bibliography of Allen Ginsberg's poetry and prose, published before 1 July 1967. Among the correspondents are Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Allen Ginsberg, John Clellon Holmes, Robert La Vigne, Gerard Malanga, Fernanda Pivano, and Gary Snyder.

Letters and manuscripts by George Sterling, including three personal letters, drafts of four poems, a 15 page typescript of his poem "Yosemite", inscribed to his friend Fenner Hale Web, a 95 page typescript of his verse drama "Lilith", and a bibibliography of Sterlings works by Sterling in 1925. Also includes two sheets signed and addressed by Sterling, 8 photographs of Sterling, and a printed copy of his bookplate.

Correspondence between Gerald Strauss (faculty advisor for Bloomsburg State College student literary magazine) and mid-century American poets, including Robert Bly, Patrick Bowles, John Ciardi, Henri Coulette, William Dickey, Donald Finkel, Thom Gunn, Donald Hall, Michael Hamburger, Robert Huff, Donald Justice, X. J. Kennedy, Philip Levine, Sean Lucy, Howard Moss, Howard Nemerov, David Ray, Alan Stephens, Charles Tomlinson, David Wagoner, Richard Wilbur.