Washington University Libraries: Department of Special Collections, Modern Literary Manuscripts Collection

WEB SITE:

ADDRESS:

Washington University
Campus Box 1061
One Brookings Drive
St. Louis, MO 63130

TELEPHONE:

(314) 935-5413

FAX NUMBER:

(314) 935-4045

E-MAIL

spec@library.wustl.edu

CONTACT:

John Hodge, Curator, Modern Literature Collection

HOURS:

Mon-Fri, 8:30am-5pm (Closed on university holidays)

ACCESS AND USE:

Access to some collections restricted. No fees. Materials do notcirculate.

SPECIAL SERVICES AVAILABLE:

• Interlibrary loan
• Tours (upon request)
• Audio-visual equipment
• Online public catalogs
• Photographic services
• Educational programs
• Photocopying
• Wheelchair access
• Publications
• Exhibits
• Microfilming
• Speakers' bureau

GENERAL SCOPE AND CONTENTS:

The Manuscripts Division of WU Special Collections is centered on theModern Literature Collection - 19th and 20th century American and British authors - but also encompasses a number of historical, historical autographs and local/regional collections, most, but not all, of a literary cast.

MAJOR COLLECTIONS:

1. Modern Literature Collection (made up of many individual collections): Conrad Aiken, Samuel Beckett, Carol Berge, Elizabeth Bishop, Ivy Compton-Burnett, Edward Dahlberg, Babette Deutsch, James Dickey, Robert Duncan, Stanley Elkin, William Everson, Donald Finkel, Ford Madox Ford, Isabella Gardner, William Gass, Aaron E. Hotchner, Herbert Howarth, Fannie Hurst, Josephine Johnson, Denise Levertov, Robert Linscott, Shepherd Mead, James Merrill, Marianne Moore, John N. Morris, Howard Nemerov, Stevie Smith, William Jay Smith, Muriel Spark, Radcliffe Squires, May Swenson, Jarvis Thurston, Alexander Trocchi, Constance Urdang, Mona van Duyn, David Wagoner, and others.
2. Bixby Historical Autograph Collection.
3. Meissner Historical Autograph Collection.
4. Ancient and Medieval Manuscripts - psalters, books of hours, cuneiform tablets; also encompasses the Throop Papyri Collection.

GUIDES:

1. A Guide to the Modern Literature Collection (1985).
2. A Guide to the Samuel Beckett Papers (1986).
3. Exhibition catalogs published irregularly.
4. Many finding aids available online

(5/2008)

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