Subcollections: Literary Manuscripts

Please note that this list does not represent all of the American Fiction collections, but merely those finding aids/guides that have been converted to a digital format. This conversion project is ongoing, so do check back later for additions.  In the meantime, you may also wish to browse a master list of Charvat and Rare Books collections that we are compiling in a spreadsheet, currently sorted by an assigned keyword.  Please use the "find" function in Excel or sort by any category.

See also:
Avant Writing collections
Rare Books and Manuscripts collections

Check the bottom of the page  for Special Projects using some of the collections.

Algren (RARE.CMS.60)
The Nelson Algren Papers

 

Bromfield (RARE.CMS.95)
The Louis Bromfield Collection

Burroughs (RARE.CMS.40)
The William S. Burroughs Papers, acquired 1988

Burroughs (RARE.CMS.85)
Collection of manuscripts for Naked Lunch, The Soft Machine, Nova Express, The Ticket That Exploded, and Exterminator!, 1959-1973

Burroughs (RARE.CMS.87)
The William S. Burroughs Papers, acquired 1997

Burroughs (RARE.CMS.90)
The William S. Burroughs Papers, acquired 1998

Carter (RARE.CMS.192)
The Lin Carter Literary Archive

Carver (RARE.CMS.12)
The Raymond Carver Papers

Creelman (RARE.CMS.19)
The James Creelman Papers

Fuchs, Daniel (RARE.CMS.356)
The Daniel Fuchs Papers

Harper
The Karen Harper Collection

Holmes (RARE.CMS.384)
Charles Holmes Papers, Research on Thurber's The Clocks of Columbus

Huie (RARE.CMS.84)
The William Bradford Huie Collection

Jackson (RARE.CMS.101)
The Roger Jackson, Publisher, Collection

Kinney (RARE.CMS.108)
The Harrison Kinney Archive for James Thurber: His Life and Times

Macaulay Publishers (RARE.CMS.296)
Macaulay Publishers literary contracts

Mitford (RARE.CMS.89)
The Jessica Mitford Collection
  Boxed Materials: Word Document, PDF file
  Audio and Video Tapes: Word Document, PDF file
  Books and Serials: Word Document, PDF file

Mysterious Press (RARE.CMS.383)
Archives and publications of Mysterious Press

Nineteenth Century American Fiction and Poetry
a list of resources

Piatt (RARE.CMS.116)
The Sarah Piatt Collection

Thurber (RARE.CMS.4)
The James Thurber Papers

Vollmann (RARE.CMS.98)
William T. Vollmann Collection, 1980-2000

Vollmann (RARE.CMS.187)
William T. Vollmann Collection, 2003-2004

Vollmann (RARE.CMS.188)
William T. Vollmann Collection, 2004-2005

Vollmann (RARE.CMS.318)
William T. Vollmann Collection, 2001-2007

Vollmann (RARE.CMS.347)
William T. Vollmann Collection, 2008-2010

 

 Special Projects Using American Collections:

Samuel Sullivan Cox's "Journal of a Tour to Europe" (Spec.Rare.73)

Sophia Peabody Hawthorne's Letters to Elizabeth Palmer Peabody (Spec.MMS.138)

A selection of papers from the Valentine Peers collection (Spec.MS.Amer.56)