LIT. Literature, Biography, Publishing, Book Arts

Joseph Ishill was an anarchist, a printer and founder of the Oriole Press. Includes correspondence, photographs, news clippings, serials and publications, woodblocks, and engravings. Also includes collected letters and materials by and about other individuals including John Barnhill, Alexis Fern, Leon Feraru, Voltairine De Cleyre, Dyer D. Lum, William Barrett, Basil Dahl, Peter Darien, Albert Daenens, Maurice Duvalet, Louis Moreau, and John Buckland Wright.

Correspondence, manuscripts, scrapbooks, legal papers, photographs, and other materials created by or related to the author, Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings.

Manuscripts and correspondence of Robert O. Bowen, an author and professor of creative writing.

Journals, manuscripts, correspondence, and miscellaneous materials of author Edgar Block.

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.