The Barry Miles Papers contains correspondence, manuscripts, photographs, and printed materials concerned with Miles' literary activities in the London counterculture. Included are letters and manuscripts from William S. Burroughs and Allen Ginsberg, among numerous others. This collection also includes material used by Miles in the research and writing of his work Ginsberg: A Biography as well as from his editorship of the annotated edition of Ginsberg's Howl.
Edwidge Danticat (1969-, BC '90) is a Haitian-American writer. Her papers document her writing process, through drafts, research materials, notes, and published works; the reception of her work, through reviews, coverage, interviews, and documentation and recordings of public appearances; and personal and professional milestones, through journals, scrapbooks, and photographs.