LIT. Literature, Biography, Publishing, Book Arts

This collection includes the writings, research, and correspondence of Professor John Seelye. As a scholar of American literature, Seelye wrote academic books as well as fiction. He also served as an editor for the Penguin American Library from 1979-2006. The bulk of this collection consists of correspondence between Seelye and various authors and academics in his capacity as an editor for Penguin.

A collection of research materials and original source materials collected and preserved by John T. Foster Jr. and Sarah Whitmer Foster, especially pertaining to their work on Reconstruction-era Florida and northeast Florida in the 19th century.

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.

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

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.

Poems, a resolution and a letter written by Jules Laforgue.

Typescript of "Old Canoochee Backwoods Sketches" and other manuscripts by author, Julia E. Harn.

Personal correspondence of historian Julien Chandler Yonge and catalogs of his collection of historical materials relating to Florida.

The collection contains the correspondence, manuscript, and other assorted writings of queer activist Kathy Freeperson.

Research materials and interviews by Kevin McCarthy in support of his published books on Florida authors and Greek American communities in Florida.