Manuscripts
1. A Handful of Merry Ballads: ms. title page, table of contents, and list of possible mottoes for fly-leaf. 3 p
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3. Dummy volume for his Poems, with ms. dedication, table of contents; and 2 ms. poems tipped in
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Proverbs in Porcelain: a book of poetry with title page, prologue, table of contents, and epilogue
Manuscripts
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Last Songs from Vagabondia: a collection of 51 poems with title page and table of contents
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A small amount of material is in the hand of Richard Hovey.
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Nicholas, Elizabeth. Death be not proud: title page, table of contents, and pages 42-45 (1958). 1 item
Manuscripts
The following individuals are represented in the collection: R.L. (Robert L.) Barth; Robert Dana (b. 1929); Michael Dana Gioia (b. 1950); Thom Gunn; Donald Rodney Justice (b. 1925); Philip Levine (b. 1928); Robert Mezey; Timothy Reid Steele (b. 1948); Theodore Russell Weiss (b. 1916); and others.
mssCoulette papers
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Pages of notes, points, possible titles, and additions
Manuscripts
The collection is comprised primarily of the manuscripts, correspondence, photographs, and ephemera of Paul Theroux. His works are often semi-autobiographical and are based on his experiences living and traveling around the world. He is noted for his rich, sometimes ironic, description of people and places. The material comprises almost his entire career as a writer and includes multiple drafts of various works from working notebooks to printed galleys. The collection includes novels (1967-2016), short story collections (1972-2014), non-fiction and travel books (1972-2016), and shorter works including reviews, articles, short stories, plays, and lectures (1960-2015); the collection also includes Theroux's working and travel notebooks (1968-2014). The collection also contains professional papers and business correspondence (1963-2015), with publishers, agents, other authors and reader's letters; included in this material are letters from, among others, Eve Auchincloss, Peter De Vries, Margaret Drabble, Nadine Gordimer, Graham Greene, Blanche C. Gregory, Hamish Hamilton Ltd., Houghton Mifflin Company, V.S. Naipaul, Jonathan Raban, Oliver Sacks, Muriel Spark, Stephen Spender, William Styron, and Auberon Waugh. There is also a smaller amount of family material and personal correspondence (1939-2015), with family and friends; this correspondence includes Eugene Theroux, Alexander Theroux, Peter Theroux, Marcel Theroux, Louis Theroux, Anne Theroux, and various other family members. The ephemera consists of photographs, printed material and magazines (1941-1915).
mssTheroux