LIT. Literature, Biography, Publishing, Book Arts

Correspondence, dated 1808-1888, by British statesman, author, and critic, John Wilson Croker. The letters pertain to government and political affairs and to Croker's editing of the works of Alexander Pope.

John D. MacDonald (1916-1986) was a prolific Florida author of mystery and suspense novels, including the popular Travis McGee series. The collection is comprised of his manuscripts and other writings, personal and professional correspondence, screenplays and adaptations, reviews, family papers, photographs, audiovisual recordings, ephemera, financial records and business correspondence.

The papers of author, editor, and civil rights leader, Lillian Smith, include her manuscripts and short writings, biographical material, and correspondence, business records, and manuscripts for the journal The South Today.

Drafts, proof copies, notes, correspondence, and source material relating to Civil War publications by Richard Harwell.

Correspondence, poems and some prose writings of British poet and poetry magazine editor, Jon Silkin.

Correspondence, legal papers, and other materials pertaining to the trial of Cason vs. Baskin (the Cross Creek Trial) involving author Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings.

Correspondence, poems, and engraved portraits of Thomas Moore of Ireland.

Eight letters from Anna, Comtesse Mathieu de Noailles to Charles Derennes.

Letters written by Jean Cocteau to Madeleine Le Chevrel, Henri Sarguet, and others. Also includes a poem.

Untitled sonnet by Pierre Louÿs.