Poetry and Literature Collections

Poetry and Literature: Selected Modern Manuscript and Archival Collections

Print versions of finding aids for the following collections are available in the Special Collections Research Center.
Finding aids that have been converted to digital form can be searched in the online finding aids database.

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Mary Aldis. Papers.
Rudolph Altrocchi. Papers. Finding Aid
Edward Scribner Ames. Papers.
Archival Biographical Files. HTML Guide
Archival Photographic Files. HTML Guide
Archival Serials. HTML Guide
Celia and Delia Austrian. Papers.
Saul Bellow. Papers.
Big Table Records [within Paul S. Carroll Papers]
Walter and Carol Blair. Oral History Interview.
Leonard Bloomfield. Papers. Finding Aid
Amy Bonner. Papers.
Percy Boynton. Papers. Finding Aid
Mary Bowen Brainerd. Papers. Finding Aid
Noah S. Brannen. Papers.
Edward Killoran Brown. Papers.
Frieda S. Brown. Papers. Finding Aid
Percy William Bunting. Papers.
Gladys Campbell. Papers.
Frederic Ives Carpenter. Papers.
Paul S. Carroll. Papers.
Chicago Review. Records.
Ronald S. Crane. Papers. Finding Aid
James Vincent Cunningham. Papers.
Zella Allen Dixson. Papers.
Stanley Elkin [David F. Wheeler Collection of Stanley Elkin]
William I. Elliott. Papers.
James T. Farrell. Papers.
Eugene Field. Correspondence.
Eugene Field. Miscellaneous Manuscripts. [Ms. 459]
Eugene Field. The Temptation of Friar Gonsol. [Ms. 228]
General Archival Files. HTML Guide
Thomas Fitzsimmons. Papers.
Free Lunch Records [within Ron C. Offen Papers]
Morgan Gibson. Papers.
Andre Gide. Letters to Francis Viele-Griffin. [Ms. 946]
Robert A. Hall, Jr. Papers. Finding Aid
Harry Hansen. Papers.
William Rainey Harper. Papers. Finding Aid
Robert Herrick. Papers.
James R. Hulbert. Papers. Finding Aid
Maude Phelps McVeigh Hutchins. Collection. Finding Aid
Jeremy Ingalls. Papers.
James Joyce [Burton B. Moyer, Jr. Collection of James Joyce]
Gordon Jennings Laing. Papers.
Ronald Lane Latimer. Papers.
Edwin Herbert Lewis. Papers.
Adaline Lincoln. Papers. Finding Aid
Hedwig L. Loeb. Papers. Finding Aid
Robert Morss Lovett. Papers. Finding Aid
Leza Lowitz. Papers.
LVNG. Records.
William D. MacClintock. Papers. Finding Aid
John Matthews Manly. Papers.
Miscellaenous Manuscripts Collection
Modern Poetry Collection of Miscellaneous Manuscripts
Modern Poetry Photograph Collection
Harriet Monroe. Papers.
Harriet Brainard Moody. Papers.
William Vaughn Moody. Papers.
Burton B. Moyer, Jr. Collection of James Joyce.
William A. Nitze. Papers.
Hoke Norris. Papers. Finding Aid
Ron C. Offen. Papers.
Elder Olson. Papers.
Walter P. Paepcke. Papers. Finding Aid
James Payn. The Cliffords of Clyffe. [Ms. 631]
James Payn. In Peril and Privation. [Ms. 811]
James Payn. The Isle in the Pacific. [Ms. 809]
James Payn. Married Beneath Him. [Ms. 632]
James Payn. Married Beneath Him, et al. [Ms. 812]
James Payn. Mirk Abbey. [Ms. 810]
James Payn. Patient Kitty. [Ms. 808]
James Payn. Stories. [Ms. 630]
Jerome Perzigian Collection of Philip Roth.
Poetry: A Magazine of Verse. Records. 1912-1961.
Edith Rickert. Papers.
Isaac Rosenfeld. Papers.
Philip Roth [Jerome Perzigian Collection of Philip Roth]
Carl Sandburg. Papers.
SARU Press Records [within Drew M. Stroud Papers]
Seven Woods Press. Records.
Paul Shorey. Papers.
George H. Shull. Papers.
Layle Silbert. Papers.
Hi Simons. Papers.
Maurine Smith. Papers.
Israel Solon. Papers.
Richard G. Stern. Papers.
David Stevens. Papers.
Drew M. Stroud (Ryu Makoto). Papers.
Ervin Hanwit Tax. Papers. Finding Aid
Albert A. Tolman. Papers.
University of Chicago. Board of Trustees. Minutes.
University of Chicago. Dept. of English Language and Literature. Records.
University of Chicago. Library. Harriet Monroe Modern Poetry Library. Records.
University of Chicago. Philological Society. Records.
University of Chicago. Presidents' Papers.
University of Chicago. Presidents' Papers. 1889-1925. Finding Aid
University of Chicago. Scandinavian Club. Records. Finding Aid
University of Chicago. Tuesday Club. Records. Finding Aid
Carl Van Vechten Photographs [ff PS 3543.A28Z8A4 Rare]
Verse. Records.
Elizabeth Wallace. Papers.
David F. Wheeler Collection of Stanley Elkin.
Thornton Wilder. Papers.
Morton Dauwen Zabel. Papers.