The collection consists of manuscripts, typescripts, page proofs, galley proofs, correspondence and original illustrations of early books published by the Dolmen Press, comprising some of the work of about 25 writers. Included among these authors are Austin Clarke, Padraic Colum, Thomas Kinsella, and Richard Murphy. Also included are translations of earlier works in Irish and an edition of one of W. B. Yeats' works.
Dolmen PressThe collection consists of one leaf holograph letter signed to “Madam or Sir” about her works and where to find biographical material information.
Linton, E. Lynn (Elizabeth Lynn), 1822-1898The collection consists firstly, of poetry manuscripts and proofs including "Personae", "Lustra", and "Canzoni and Ripostes"; secondly, a prose manuscript of "That Audience, or the Bugaboo of the Public"; and thirdly, of correspondence to Elkin Mathews (publisher), St. John Adcock, Harry and Caresse Crosby (Black Sun Press), Louis Zukofsky, The British Union of Fascists, T. S. Eliot, Montgomery Belgion, Michael Harald, Clifford Gessler, and others.
Pound, Ezra, 1885-1972The collection consists of Downton's handwritten (photocopied) reminiscences of the Great War, 1914-1918. Also included is "A short account of a pilgrimage made by my wife and myself" in 1928. There are two copies of each. The second copy has a handwritten note to Downton from Reg (Roy) in 1968. The first copy has the stamp of G. Smedley Andrews.
Downton, Geoffrey Murray, 1880-1972The collection consists of letters written by J. M. Barrie to Thomas Lennox Gilmour, mainly concerned with his financial affairs.
Barrie, J. M. (James Matthew), 1860-1937The collection consists of a holograph letter to Sir Theodore Martin on literary and personal matters.
Halliwell-Phillipps, J. O. (James Orchard), 1820-1889The collection consists of letters written by Jack B. Yeats to Sarah Purser (1888-1889) and to a Mr. Quinn, humorous sketches, and a sketchbook for "La La Noo" (1942).
Yeats, Jack Butler, 1871-1957The collection consists 4 typescript poems, signed, from "Mexico City Blues" (113th, 145th, 182nd, and 221st chorus ); 4 pp on 4 leaves.
Kerouac, Jack, 1922-1969The collection consists firstly of letters written to Mullers Ltd. (publishers) concerning the possible publication of several books, and secondly, of an "uncorrected proof", with holograph corrections of "Meetings With Poets" (1968).
Lindsay, Jack, 1900-1990The collection consists of a handwritten letter to Francis Meynell (1891-1975).
Squire, John Collings, Sir, 1884-1958The collection consists of an undated, handwritten letter to Mr. Thornton.
Froude, James Anthony, 1818-1894The collection consists of slides and negatives (6 slides, 18 negatives) of Voyages of James Cook.
Cook, James, 1728-1779The collection consists of a 3 page hls James Hanley to Penllwyn Lynant responding to Lynant about Hanley's book Ebb and Flood.
Hanley, James, 1901-1985The collection consists of a copy of typed letter to Hoffa from Senator John F. Kennedy to Hoffa responding to Hoffa's analysis of Kennedy's labour-management reform bill (#S. 1555), 1p. with copy of typescript "Inaccuracies in Hoffa... Analysis of the Labour-Management Reform Bill," 3pp. Printed copy of Hoffa's analysis of the bill, 2pp. Copy of Tls from Hoffa to Kennedy referring to "labor-baiters" and "union-busting " in context of the bill, 1p. Copy of typed "Response to Senator Kennedy's Defense of the Anti-Labour Provisions of the Kennedy Bill," 26pp. Copy of typed "The Hot Cargo Bank Would Make Every Teamster an Involuntary Strike Breaker," 5pp.
Hoffa, James R. (James Riddle), 1913-The collection consists of Roy Alexander Fowler's copy of the shooting filmscript of L' Eternel Retour (1943). Fowler wrote The Film in France, London: Pendulum Pub. Ltd. (1946).
Cocteau, Jean, 1889-1963The collection consists of pencil and ink sketches (1884-1885) and letters (with illustrations) to Jack Butler Yeats (1918-1922).
Yeats, John Butler, 1839-1922The collection consists of letters written by John Cowper Powys to Alfred Perles and to Henry Miller (about Perles).
Powys, John Cowper, 1872-1963The collection consists of three spiral-bound subject files re Canadian naval operations in the 1950's, inlcuding the Korean War and Mediterranean operations.
Eggenberger, JohnThe collection consists of letters from A.R. Orage, 1933-1934, manuscripts by Armstrong for "Focus" 21, "The Literary Digest", etc. (1945-1970) plus a review, a note, and a mss for "The Poetry Review" by G.S. Fraser, 1950-1952. Also included in the collection are enclosures from "Ten Contemporaries" [1932 & 1933]. These enclosures consist of research material and correspondence: re the publication of the two volumes, and the writers included in them.
Gawsworth, John, 1912-1970The collection consists of a handwritten poem, "The Prodigal Son".
Godfrey, John B.The collection consists of: a holograph postcard signed to George Bullock, Jan. 24, 1944; a 1 page tls to George Bullock, Feb. 1, 1944; a 2 page hls to Marjorie Pollard, Nov. 19, 1931; a 1 page hls to Marjorie Pollard, April 6, 1932, and a 1 page hls to Marjorie Pollard, Nov. 21, 1933.
Murry, John Middleton, 1889-1957The collection consists of a fragment of a handwritten letter to the poet Jean Ingelow (1820-1897). A few lines prior to his signature have been excised.
Ruskin, John, 1819-1900The collection consists of a handwritten letter to G. Lappe(?), a handwritten note, and a prospectus for “Chateaubriand: La Jeunesse de Rene en Bretagne”. All are in French.
Gastard, Joseph, b. 1889The collection consists of two World War II-era colour-stencilled Soviet military posters. 1) German soldiers before and after the siege on Stalingrad. Slogan translates as: "Quality and Quantity/Before these tried to take Moscow and Stalingrad/and/After they tried to take Stalingrad!", 83 X 143 cm. 2) German soldier being crushed beneath a Soviet tank. Slogan translates as: "Death to the German Finnish bandits", 96 X 162 cm
Preuss, KarlThe collection consists of three handwritten letters to Arthur St. John Adcock concerning her reviews of various books. Also included is a letter to Mrs. Smith.
Tynan, Katharine, 1861-1931