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mid-page." decoding="async" fetchpriority="high" srcset="https://library.wustl.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Spec_CollectionAreas_FeaturedImage_ModLit_MSS051_III-3_Willie_Masters_Lonesome_Wife_Roughs_17.jpg 2500w, https://library.wustl.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Spec_CollectionAreas_FeaturedImage_ModLit_MSS051_III-3_Willie_Masters_Lonesome_Wife_Roughs_17-300x247.jpg 300w, https://library.wustl.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Spec_CollectionAreas_FeaturedImage_ModLit_MSS051_III-3_Willie_Masters_Lonesome_Wife_Roughs_17-1024x843.jpg 1024w, https://library.wustl.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Spec_CollectionAreas_FeaturedImage_ModLit_MSS051_III-3_Willie_Masters_Lonesome_Wife_Roughs_17-768x632.jpg 768w, https://library.wustl.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Spec_CollectionAreas_FeaturedImage_ModLit_MSS051_III-3_Willie_Masters_Lonesome_Wife_Roughs_17-1536x1264.jpg 1536w, https://library.wustl.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Spec_CollectionAreas_FeaturedImage_ModLit_MSS051_III-3_Willie_Masters_Lonesome_Wife_Roughs_17-2048x1685.jpg 2048w" sizes="(max-width: 2500px) 100vw, 2500px" /> </figure> </header> <div class="collections-subheader"> <div class="collections-subheader__inner"> <div class="collections-subheader__description"><p style="text-align: center">Inaugurated in 1964, the Modern Literature Collection was created as an archive of the work of contemporary English and American writers who were considered critically underappreciated and whose reputations might grow further in the years to come. A committee of five writers associated with WashU met to compile a list of potential acquisitions. Headed by the award-winning poet Mona Van Duyn, this panel recommended and contacted a select group of authors.</p> <p style="text-align: center">Special Collections then set about acquiring manuscript materials, such as personal and editorial correspondence, publishers’ proofs, drafts, and ephemera, that reflected the writers’ compositional processes and provided biographical information. This strategy created a set of unique literary archives that now form the core of the Modern Literature Collection.</p> <p style="text-align: center">The Department complemented this important body of papers with definitive collections of the published work of these authors—appearances in periodicals, first editions, later editions, copies corrected or inscribed by the author, and books containing contributions, translations, biographies, and critical studies—to create a research archive of print material to accompany the manuscripts. In a few cases, Special Collections even collected this printed matter for authors whose papers they could not acquire. The result is a multi-layered and broad-reaching collection that provides scholars with meaningful perspectives on the authors’ lives and work.</p> <p style="text-align: center">The work of forty-six writers, all but two of whom were then currently living, was reflected in the initial Modern Literature Collection. Today, the Collection’s list has grown to more than 175 authors, presses, and journals, with more than 125 represented by manuscript materials. The prescience and commitment of the original panel reaped great rewards, producing a set of printed and manuscript collections that are internationally recognized and accessed by scholars from around the globe.</p> <p style="text-align: center"><a href="https://aspace.wustl.edu/repositories/6" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Search the Modern Literature Collection on ArchivesSpace</a></p> <p style="text-align: center"><a href="https://wustl.box.com/s/0by5n1l9d4uznyxuum7vcovtrq79alg9" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Modern Literature Authors and Entities (PDF)</a></p> <p style="text-align: center"><a href="https://libguides.wustl.edu/modlitauthors" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-gc-link="https://libguides.wustl.edu/modlitauthors">Introductions to selected Modern Literature Collection authors and their collections</a></p> <p style="text-align: center">The letters, notebooks, drafts, and other archival material of writers can provide invaluable insight into the creative process behind literary masterpieces. To help students and other researchers discover these materials, we have compiled introductions to many poets, playwrights, fiction writers, and nonfiction writers (or, in some cases, a combination thereof) for whom we hold major archival collections and/or significant holdings. Contact the Curator of the Modern Literature Collection/Manuscripts <a href="https://library.wustl.edu/directory/?department=&search=joel+minor">Joel Minor</a> for more information.</p> <p style="text-align: center">Visit the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@ModernLitCollection" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Modern Literature Collection YouTube channel</a> to watch archival and event videos.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="archive__content"> <ul id="archive-content-list" class="archive__content-list js-archives-item-list"> <li class="archive__content-list-item"> <article class="single-item single-item--type-special_collection single-item--"> <div class="single-item__categories"> <a class="single-item__category" href="https://library.wustl.edu/collecting-area/modernlit/"> <span>Modern Literature Collection</span> </a> </div> <figure class="single-item__featured-image"> <a href="https://library.wustl.edu/spec/castro-papers/" tabindex="-1"> <img width="1900" height="900" src="https://library.wustl.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Castro-Heading.png" class="attachment- size- wp-post-image" alt="Two women and two men standing in a reception hall." decoding="async" srcset="https://library.wustl.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Castro-Heading.png 1900w, https://library.wustl.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Castro-Heading-300x142.png 300w, https://library.wustl.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Castro-Heading-1024x485.png 1024w, https://library.wustl.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Castro-Heading-768x364.png 768w, https://library.wustl.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Castro-Heading-1536x728.png 1536w, https://library.wustl.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Castro-Heading-1880x890.png 1880w, https://library.wustl.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Castro-Heading-940x445.png 940w" sizes="(max-width: 1900px) 100vw, 1900px" /> </a> </figure> <div class="single-item__content"> <header class="single-item__header"> <a class="single-item__type" href="https://library.wustl.edu/spec/"> <span>Collection</span> </a> <h3 class="single-item__title"> <a href="https://library.wustl.edu/spec/castro-papers/"> <span>Jan Garden Castro Papers</span> </a> </h3> </header> <div class="single-item__excerpt"> Jan Garden Castro's resources in Special Collections consist of the Jan Garden Castro Papers and a collection of materials donated... </div> <a class="single-item__read-more" href="https://library.wustl.edu/spec/castro-papers/"> View Collection <span class="screen-reader-text">about Jan Garden Castro Papers</span> </a> </div> </article> </li> <li class="archive__content-list-item"> <article class="single-item single-item--type-special_collection single-item--"> <div class="single-item__categories"> <a class="single-item__category" href="https://library.wustl.edu/collecting-area/modernlit/"> <span>Modern Literature Collection</span> </a> </div> <figure class="single-item__featured-image"> <a href="https://library.wustl.edu/spec/aaron-coleman-papers/" tabindex="-1"> <img width="1900" height="900" src="https://library.wustl.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/WUL_Spec_AaronColemanPapers_AaronColeman_200230405_AjlaAhmetovic-V3.jpg" class="attachment- size- wp-post-image" alt="A photo of poet Aaron Coleman seated within the Olin Library Special Collections Reading Room." decoding="async" srcset="https://library.wustl.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/WUL_Spec_AaronColemanPapers_AaronColeman_200230405_AjlaAhmetovic-V3.jpg 1900w, https://library.wustl.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/WUL_Spec_AaronColemanPapers_AaronColeman_200230405_AjlaAhmetovic-V3-300x142.jpg 300w, https://library.wustl.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/WUL_Spec_AaronColemanPapers_AaronColeman_200230405_AjlaAhmetovic-V3-1024x485.jpg 1024w, https://library.wustl.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/WUL_Spec_AaronColemanPapers_AaronColeman_200230405_AjlaAhmetovic-V3-768x364.jpg 768w, https://library.wustl.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/WUL_Spec_AaronColemanPapers_AaronColeman_200230405_AjlaAhmetovic-V3-1536x728.jpg 1536w, https://library.wustl.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/WUL_Spec_AaronColemanPapers_AaronColeman_200230405_AjlaAhmetovic-V3-1880x890.jpg 1880w, https://library.wustl.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/WUL_Spec_AaronColemanPapers_AaronColeman_200230405_AjlaAhmetovic-V3-940x445.jpg 940w" sizes="(max-width: 1900px) 100vw, 1900px" /> </a> </figure> <div class="single-item__content"> <header class="single-item__header"> <a class="single-item__type" href="https://library.wustl.edu/spec/"> <span>Collection</span> </a> <h3 class="single-item__title"> <a href="https://library.wustl.edu/spec/aaron-coleman-papers/"> <span>Aaron Coleman Papers</span> </a> </h3> </header> <div class="single-item__excerpt"> The Aaron Coleman Papers demonstrate the author's dedication as both an artist and scholar from 2015 to 2021. </div> <a class="single-item__read-more" href="https://library.wustl.edu/spec/aaron-coleman-papers/"> View Collection <span class="screen-reader-text">about Aaron Coleman Papers</span> </a> </div> </article> </li> <li class="archive__content-list-item"> <article class="single-item single-item--type-special_collection single-item--"> <div class="single-item__categories"> <a class="single-item__category" href="https://library.wustl.edu/collecting-area/dira/"> <span>Dowd Illustration Research Archive</span> </a> <a class="single-item__category" href="https://library.wustl.edu/collecting-area/modernlit/"> <span>Modern Literature Collection</span> </a> </div> <figure class="single-item__featured-image"> <a href="https://library.wustl.edu/spec/johnson-papers/" tabindex="-1"> <img width="2500" height="1000" src="https://library.wustl.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Spec_CharlesJohnson_Header_Box13-TricycleInterview-06.jpg" class="attachment- size- wp-post-image" alt="A photo of Charles Johnson and one of his grandchildren taken in Johnson's office." decoding="async" srcset="https://library.wustl.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Spec_CharlesJohnson_Header_Box13-TricycleInterview-06.jpg 2500w, https://library.wustl.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Spec_CharlesJohnson_Header_Box13-TricycleInterview-06-300x120.jpg 300w, https://library.wustl.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Spec_CharlesJohnson_Header_Box13-TricycleInterview-06-1024x410.jpg 1024w, https://library.wustl.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Spec_CharlesJohnson_Header_Box13-TricycleInterview-06-768x307.jpg 768w, https://library.wustl.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Spec_CharlesJohnson_Header_Box13-TricycleInterview-06-1536x614.jpg 1536w, https://library.wustl.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Spec_CharlesJohnson_Header_Box13-TricycleInterview-06-2048x819.jpg 2048w" sizes="(max-width: 2500px) 100vw, 2500px" /> </a> </figure> <div class="single-item__content"> <header class="single-item__header"> <a class="single-item__type" href="https://library.wustl.edu/spec/"> <span>Collection</span> </a> <h3 class="single-item__title"> <a href="https://library.wustl.edu/spec/johnson-papers/"> <span>Charles Johnson Papers</span> </a> </h3> </header> <div class="single-item__excerpt"> Special Collections recently acquired the Charles Johnson Papers, an archival collection of materials related to the life and work of... </div> <a class="single-item__read-more" href="https://library.wustl.edu/spec/johnson-papers/"> View Collection <span class="screen-reader-text">about Charles Johnson Papers</span> </a> </div> </article> </li> <li class="archive__content-list-item"> <article class="single-item single-item--type-special_collection single-item--"> <div class="single-item__categories"> <a class="single-item__category" href="https://library.wustl.edu/collecting-area/manuscripts/"> <span>Manuscript Collections</span> </a> <a class="single-item__category" href="https://library.wustl.edu/collecting-area/modernlit/"> <span>Modern Literature Collection</span> </a> </div> <figure class="single-item__featured-image"> <a href="https://library.wustl.edu/spec/joywilliams/" tabindex="-1"> <img width="2500" height="1895" src="https://library.wustl.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/MSS158_V_5_Dog_Boat.jpg" class="attachment- size- wp-post-image" alt="Joy Williams wears a collared t-shirt with white shorts and shoulder length hair as she sits in a small rowboat holding herself and her dog, a German Shepherd." decoding="async" srcset="https://library.wustl.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/MSS158_V_5_Dog_Boat.jpg 2500w, https://library.wustl.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/MSS158_V_5_Dog_Boat-300x227.jpg 300w, https://library.wustl.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/MSS158_V_5_Dog_Boat-1024x776.jpg 1024w, https://library.wustl.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/MSS158_V_5_Dog_Boat-768x582.jpg 768w, https://library.wustl.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/MSS158_V_5_Dog_Boat-1536x1164.jpg 1536w, https://library.wustl.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/MSS158_V_5_Dog_Boat-2048x1552.jpg 2048w" sizes="(max-width: 2500px) 100vw, 2500px" /> </a> </figure> <div class="single-item__content"> <header class="single-item__header"> <a class="single-item__type" href="https://library.wustl.edu/spec/"> <span>Collection</span> </a> <h3 class="single-item__title"> <a href="https://library.wustl.edu/spec/joywilliams/"> <span>Joy Williams</span> </a> </h3> </header> <div class="single-item__excerpt"> Described as one of the masters of the contemporary short story, the Joy Williams Collection spans over five decades consists... </div> <a class="single-item__read-more" href="https://library.wustl.edu/spec/joywilliams/"> View Collection <span class="screen-reader-text">about Joy Williams</span> </a> </div> </article> </li> <li class="archive__content-list-item"> <article class="single-item single-item--type-special_collection single-item--"> <div class="single-item__categories"> <a class="single-item__category" href="https://library.wustl.edu/collecting-area/manuscripts/"> <span>Manuscript Collections</span> </a> <a class="single-item__category" href="https://library.wustl.edu/collecting-area/modernlit/"> <span>Modern Literature Collection</span> </a> </div> <figure class="single-item__featured-image"> <a href="https://library.wustl.edu/spec/james-merrill/" tabindex="-1"> <img width="2500" height="1396" src="https://library.wustl.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/MSS083_VI-1-a_620-crop-4.jpg" class="attachment- size- wp-post-image" alt="James Merrill sitting in a button-up beneath a vest in a wallpapered room." decoding="async" srcset="https://library.wustl.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/MSS083_VI-1-a_620-crop-4.jpg 2500w, https://library.wustl.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/MSS083_VI-1-a_620-crop-4-300x168.jpg 300w, https://library.wustl.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/MSS083_VI-1-a_620-crop-4-1024x572.jpg 1024w, https://library.wustl.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/MSS083_VI-1-a_620-crop-4-768x429.jpg 768w, https://library.wustl.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/MSS083_VI-1-a_620-crop-4-1536x858.jpg 1536w, https://library.wustl.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/MSS083_VI-1-a_620-crop-4-2048x1144.jpg 2048w" sizes="(max-width: 2500px) 100vw, 2500px" /> </a> </figure> <div class="single-item__content"> <header class="single-item__header"> <a class="single-item__type" href="https://library.wustl.edu/spec/"> <span>Collection</span> </a> <h3 class="single-item__title"> <a href="https://library.wustl.edu/spec/james-merrill/"> <span>James Merrill</span> </a> </h3> </header> <div class="single-item__excerpt"> The James Merrill Papers consists of drafts, diaries, correspondence, photographs, and more that detail the life of this remarkable poet.... </div> <a class="single-item__read-more" href="https://library.wustl.edu/spec/james-merrill/"> View Collection <span class="screen-reader-text">about James Merrill</span> </a> </div> </article> </li> <li class="archive__content-list-item"> <article class="single-item single-item--type-special_collection single-item--"> <div class="single-item__categories"> <a class="single-item__category" href="https://library.wustl.edu/collecting-area/manuscripts/"> <span>Manuscript Collections</span> </a> <a class="single-item__category" href="https://library.wustl.edu/collecting-area/modernlit/"> <span>Modern Literature Collection</span> </a> </div> <figure class="single-item__featured-image"> <a href="https://library.wustl.edu/spec/ae-hotchner/" tabindex="-1"> <img width="2500" height="1983" src="https://library.wustl.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/MSS056_Series_VI_Box_58_19600119_Hemingway_bust-resized.jpg" class="attachment- size- wp-post-image" alt="Two men inspecting a sculptor's work." decoding="async" srcset="https://library.wustl.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/MSS056_Series_VI_Box_58_19600119_Hemingway_bust-resized.jpg 2500w, https://library.wustl.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/MSS056_Series_VI_Box_58_19600119_Hemingway_bust-resized-300x238.jpg 300w, https://library.wustl.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/MSS056_Series_VI_Box_58_19600119_Hemingway_bust-resized-1024x812.jpg 1024w, https://library.wustl.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/MSS056_Series_VI_Box_58_19600119_Hemingway_bust-resized-768x609.jpg 768w, https://library.wustl.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/MSS056_Series_VI_Box_58_19600119_Hemingway_bust-resized-1536x1218.jpg 1536w, https://library.wustl.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/MSS056_Series_VI_Box_58_19600119_Hemingway_bust-resized-2048x1624.jpg 2048w" sizes="(max-width: 2500px) 100vw, 2500px" /> </a> </figure> <div class="single-item__content"> <header class="single-item__header"> <a class="single-item__type" href="https://library.wustl.edu/spec/"> <span>Collection</span> </a> <h3 class="single-item__title"> <a href="https://library.wustl.edu/spec/ae-hotchner/"> <span>A. E. Hotchner</span> </a> </h3> </header> <div class="single-item__excerpt"> The A. E. Hotchner Papers consist of manuscript, editorial material, scripts for Hemingway adaptations, correspondence, photographs, and other memorabilia. </div> <a class="single-item__read-more" href="https://library.wustl.edu/spec/ae-hotchner/"> View Collection <span class="screen-reader-text">about A. E. Hotchner</span> </a> </div> </article> </li> <li class="archive__content-list-item"> <article class="single-item single-item--type-special_collection single-item--"> <div class="single-item__categories"> <a class="single-item__category" href="https://library.wustl.edu/collecting-area/manuscripts/"> <span>Manuscript Collections</span> </a> <a class="single-item__category" href="https://library.wustl.edu/collecting-area/modernlit/"> <span>Modern Literature Collection</span> </a> </div> <figure class="single-item__featured-image"> <a href="https://library.wustl.edu/spec/eugene-oneill/" tabindex="-1"> <img width="1773" height="2560" src="https://library.wustl.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/MSS160-IV-020-r-PM-scaled.jpg" class="attachment- size- wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://library.wustl.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/MSS160-IV-020-r-PM-scaled.jpg 1773w, https://library.wustl.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/MSS160-IV-020-r-PM-208x300.jpg 208w, https://library.wustl.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/MSS160-IV-020-r-PM-709x1024.jpg 709w, https://library.wustl.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/MSS160-IV-020-r-PM-768x1109.jpg 768w, https://library.wustl.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/MSS160-IV-020-r-PM-1064x1536.jpg 1064w, https://library.wustl.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/MSS160-IV-020-r-PM-1418x2048.jpg 1418w" sizes="(max-width: 1773px) 100vw, 1773px" /> </a> </figure> <div class="single-item__content"> <header class="single-item__header"> <a class="single-item__type" href="https://library.wustl.edu/spec/"> <span>Collection</span> </a> <h3 class="single-item__title"> <a href="https://library.wustl.edu/spec/eugene-oneill/"> <span>Eugene O’Neill</span> </a> </h3> </header> <div class="single-item__excerpt"> Materials related to the life and work of Eugene O’Neill along with first editions of the playwright’s works located in... </div> <a class="single-item__read-more" href="https://library.wustl.edu/spec/eugene-oneill/"> View Collection <span class="screen-reader-text">about Eugene O’Neill</span> </a> </div> </article> </li> <li class="archive__content-list-item"> <article class="single-item single-item--type-special_collection single-item--"> <div class="single-item__categories"> <a class="single-item__category" href="https://library.wustl.edu/collecting-area/manuscripts/"> <span>Manuscript Collections</span> </a> <a class="single-item__category" href="https://library.wustl.edu/collecting-area/modernlit/"> <span>Modern Literature Collection</span> </a> </div> <figure class="single-item__featured-image"> <a href="https://library.wustl.edu/spec/mary-jo-bang/" tabindex="-1"> <img width="2500" height="1458" src="https://library.wustl.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/MSS154-1995-August9-Sept19-001-cropped.jpg" class="attachment- size- wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://library.wustl.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/MSS154-1995-August9-Sept19-001-cropped.jpg 2500w, https://library.wustl.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/MSS154-1995-August9-Sept19-001-cropped-300x175.jpg 300w, https://library.wustl.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/MSS154-1995-August9-Sept19-001-cropped-1024x597.jpg 1024w, https://library.wustl.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/MSS154-1995-August9-Sept19-001-cropped-768x448.jpg 768w, https://library.wustl.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/MSS154-1995-August9-Sept19-001-cropped-1536x896.jpg 1536w, https://library.wustl.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/MSS154-1995-August9-Sept19-001-cropped-2048x1194.jpg 2048w" sizes="(max-width: 2500px) 100vw, 2500px" /> </a> </figure> <div class="single-item__content"> <header class="single-item__header"> <a class="single-item__type" href="https://library.wustl.edu/spec/"> <span>Collection</span> </a> <h3 class="single-item__title"> <a href="https://library.wustl.edu/spec/mary-jo-bang/"> <span>Mary Jo Bang</span> </a> </h3> </header> <div class="single-item__excerpt"> The Mary Jo Bang Papers consists of manuscripts and an assortment of materials relating to the artist's work outside of... </div> <a class="single-item__read-more" href="https://library.wustl.edu/spec/mary-jo-bang/"> View Collection <span class="screen-reader-text">about Mary Jo Bang</span> </a> </div> </article> </li> <li class="archive__content-list-item"> <article class="single-item single-item--type-special_collection single-item--"> <div class="single-item__categories"> <a class="single-item__category" href="https://library.wustl.edu/collecting-area/manuscripts/"> <span>Manuscript Collections</span> </a> <a class="single-item__category" href="https://library.wustl.edu/collecting-area/modernlit/"> <span>Modern Literature Collection</span> </a> </div> <figure class="single-item__featured-image"> <a href="https://library.wustl.edu/spec/mona-van-duyn/" tabindex="-1"> <img width="2500" height="1541" src="https://library.wustl.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/van_duyn_infrontof_bookcase_3_b169_f2768.jpg" class="attachment- size- wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://library.wustl.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/van_duyn_infrontof_bookcase_3_b169_f2768.jpg 2500w, https://library.wustl.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/van_duyn_infrontof_bookcase_3_b169_f2768-300x185.jpg 300w, https://library.wustl.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/van_duyn_infrontof_bookcase_3_b169_f2768-1024x631.jpg 1024w, https://library.wustl.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/van_duyn_infrontof_bookcase_3_b169_f2768-768x473.jpg 768w, https://library.wustl.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/van_duyn_infrontof_bookcase_3_b169_f2768-1536x947.jpg 1536w, https://library.wustl.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/van_duyn_infrontof_bookcase_3_b169_f2768-2048x1262.jpg 2048w" sizes="(max-width: 2500px) 100vw, 2500px" /> </a> </figure> <div class="single-item__content"> <header class="single-item__header"> <a class="single-item__type" href="https://library.wustl.edu/spec/"> <span>Collection</span> </a> <h3 class="single-item__title"> <a href="https://library.wustl.edu/spec/mona-van-duyn/"> <span>Mona Van Duyn</span> </a> </h3> </header> <div class="single-item__excerpt"> Mona Van Duyn was the first woman Poet Laureate of the United States and served as poetry consultant for WashU... </div> <a class="single-item__read-more" href="https://library.wustl.edu/spec/mona-van-duyn/"> View Collection <span class="screen-reader-text">about Mona Van Duyn</span> </a> </div> </article> </li> <li class="archive__content-list-item"> <article class="single-item single-item--type-special_collection single-item--"> <div class="single-item__categories"> <a class="single-item__category" href="https://library.wustl.edu/collecting-area/modernlit/"> <span>Modern Literature Collection</span> </a> </div> <figure class="single-item__featured-image"> <a href="https://library.wustl.edu/spec/may-swenson/" tabindex="-1"> <img width="2500" height="1092" src="https://library.wustl.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Swenson_at_macdowell_colony_1957-crop.jpg" class="attachment- size- wp-post-image" alt="A candid photo of May Swenson as she studies a manuscript in front of a fire." decoding="async" srcset="https://library.wustl.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Swenson_at_macdowell_colony_1957-crop.jpg 2500w, https://library.wustl.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Swenson_at_macdowell_colony_1957-crop-300x131.jpg 300w, https://library.wustl.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Swenson_at_macdowell_colony_1957-crop-1024x447.jpg 1024w, https://library.wustl.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Swenson_at_macdowell_colony_1957-crop-768x335.jpg 768w, https://library.wustl.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Swenson_at_macdowell_colony_1957-crop-1536x671.jpg 1536w, https://library.wustl.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Swenson_at_macdowell_colony_1957-crop-2048x895.jpg 2048w" sizes="(max-width: 2500px) 100vw, 2500px" /> </a> </figure> <div class="single-item__content"> <header class="single-item__header"> <a class="single-item__type" href="https://library.wustl.edu/spec/"> <span>Collection</span> </a> <h3 class="single-item__title"> <a href="https://library.wustl.edu/spec/may-swenson/"> <span>May Swenson</span> </a> </h3> </header> <div class="single-item__excerpt"> The May Swenson Papers contain manuscript and editorial material toward most of her books as well as important personal correspondences... </div> <a class="single-item__read-more" href="https://library.wustl.edu/spec/may-swenson/"> View Collection <span class="screen-reader-text">about May Swenson</span> </a> </div> </article> </li> <li class="archive__content-list-item"> <article class="single-item single-item--type-special_collection single-item--"> <div class="single-item__categories"> <a class="single-item__category" href="https://library.wustl.edu/collecting-area/manuscripts/"> <span>Manuscript Collections</span> </a> <a class="single-item__category" href="https://library.wustl.edu/collecting-area/modernlit/"> <span>Modern Literature Collection</span> </a> </div> <figure class="single-item__featured-image"> <a href="https://library.wustl.edu/spec/william-h-gass/" tabindex="-1"> <img width="2500" height="1233" src="https://library.wustl.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Gass_69_72_11-crop-2.jpg" class="attachment- size- wp-post-image" alt="William H. Gass giving a speech at a podium." decoding="async" srcset="https://library.wustl.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Gass_69_72_11-crop-2.jpg 2500w, https://library.wustl.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Gass_69_72_11-crop-2-300x148.jpg 300w, https://library.wustl.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Gass_69_72_11-crop-2-1024x505.jpg 1024w, https://library.wustl.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Gass_69_72_11-crop-2-768x379.jpg 768w, https://library.wustl.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Gass_69_72_11-crop-2-1536x758.jpg 1536w, https://library.wustl.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Gass_69_72_11-crop-2-2048x1010.jpg 2048w" sizes="(max-width: 2500px) 100vw, 2500px" /> </a> </figure> <div class="single-item__content"> <header class="single-item__header"> <a class="single-item__type" href="https://library.wustl.edu/spec/"> <span>Collection</span> </a> <h3 class="single-item__title"> <a href="https://library.wustl.edu/spec/william-h-gass/"> <span>William H. Gass</span> </a> </h3> </header> <div class="single-item__excerpt"> William H. Gass founded the International Writers Center at WashU; this collection hopes to honor him while highlighting his own... </div> <a class="single-item__read-more" href="https://library.wustl.edu/spec/william-h-gass/"> View Collection <span class="screen-reader-text">about William H. Gass</span> </a> </div> </article> </li> <li class="archive__content-list-item"> <article class="single-item single-item--type-special_collection single-item--"> <div class="single-item__categories"> <a class="single-item__category" href="https://library.wustl.edu/collecting-area/manuscripts/"> <span>Manuscript Collections</span> </a> <a class="single-item__category" href="https://library.wustl.edu/collecting-area/modernlit/"> <span>Modern Literature Collection</span> </a> </div> <figure class="single-item__featured-image"> <a href="https://library.wustl.edu/spec/gaddis/" tabindex="-1"> <img width="2500" height="1385" src="https://library.wustl.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/MSS049_IX_gaddis_in_front_of_julian_schnabel_portrait_b153_f602-crop.jpg" class="attachment- size- wp-post-image" alt="A photo of William Gaddis seated in front of a portrait of the author." decoding="async" srcset="https://library.wustl.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/MSS049_IX_gaddis_in_front_of_julian_schnabel_portrait_b153_f602-crop.jpg 2500w, https://library.wustl.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/MSS049_IX_gaddis_in_front_of_julian_schnabel_portrait_b153_f602-crop-300x166.jpg 300w, https://library.wustl.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/MSS049_IX_gaddis_in_front_of_julian_schnabel_portrait_b153_f602-crop-1024x567.jpg 1024w, https://library.wustl.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/MSS049_IX_gaddis_in_front_of_julian_schnabel_portrait_b153_f602-crop-768x425.jpg 768w, https://library.wustl.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/MSS049_IX_gaddis_in_front_of_julian_schnabel_portrait_b153_f602-crop-1536x851.jpg 1536w, https://library.wustl.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/MSS049_IX_gaddis_in_front_of_julian_schnabel_portrait_b153_f602-crop-2048x1135.jpg 2048w" sizes="(max-width: 2500px) 100vw, 2500px" /> </a> </figure> <div class="single-item__content"> <header class="single-item__header"> <a class="single-item__type" href="https://library.wustl.edu/spec/"> <span>Collection</span> </a> <h3 class="single-item__title"> <a href="https://library.wustl.edu/spec/gaddis/"> <span>William Gaddis</span> </a> </h3> </header> <div class="single-item__excerpt"> Consists largely of the author's own manuscript material and a substantial amount of personal and general correspondence, particularly to editors,... </div> <a class="single-item__read-more" href="https://library.wustl.edu/spec/gaddis/"> View Collection <span class="screen-reader-text">about William Gaddis</span> </a> </div> </article> </li> </ul> </div> <div class="pagination"> <nav class="pagination" role="navigation" aria-label="Pagination Navigation"><span aria-current="page" class="page-numbers current">1</span> <a class="page-numbers" href="https://library.wustl.edu/collecting-area/modernlit/page/2/">2</a> <a class="next page-numbers" href="https://library.wustl.edu/collecting-area/modernlit/page/2/">Next »</a></nav> </div> <div class="collecting-areas"> <div class="collecting-areas__poster"></div> <div class="collecting-areas__content"> <h2 class="collecting-areas__text heading--h1">Collecting Areas</h2> <div class="collecting-area"> <div class="collecting-area__content"> <h3 class="colleting-area__title collecting-areas__text heading-h4">Digital Collections</h3> <p class="collecting-area__description collecting-areas__text">Digital Collections highlight those portions of the Julian Edison Department of Special Collections that have been made or born-digital.</p> </div> <div class="collecting-area__cta cta"> <a class="collecting-area__cta-link collecting-areas__text" href="https://library.wustl.edu/collecting-area/digital-collections/">View Collection <span class="screen-reader-text">Digital Collections</span></a> </div> </div> <div class="collecting-area"> <div class="collecting-area__content"> <h3 class="colleting-area__title collecting-areas__text heading-h4">Dowd Illustration Research Archive</h3> <p class="collecting-area__description collecting-areas__text">The Dowd Illustration Research Archive (formerly Dowd Modern Graphic History Library) at WashU includes original art and printed material from many popular American pictorial graphic culture fields.</p> </div> <div class="collecting-area__cta cta"> <a class="collecting-area__cta-link collecting-areas__text" href="https://library.wustl.edu/collecting-area/dira/">View Collection <span class="screen-reader-text">Dowd Illustration Research Archive</span></a> </div> </div> <div class="collecting-area"> <div class="collecting-area__content"> <h3 class="colleting-area__title collecting-areas__text heading-h4">East Asian Library Special Collections</h3> <p class="collecting-area__description collecting-areas__text">The East Asian Library's special collection includes about 900 volumes of rare and special books, manuscripts, and other materials.</p> </div> <div class="collecting-area__cta cta"> <a class="collecting-area__cta-link collecting-areas__text" href="https://library.wustl.edu/collecting-area/eastasian/">View Collection <span class="screen-reader-text">East Asian Library Special Collections</span></a> </div> </div> <div class="collecting-area"> <div class="collecting-area__content"> <h3 class="colleting-area__title collecting-areas__text heading-h4">Film & Media Archive</h3> <p class="collecting-area__description collecting-areas__text">The Archive is committed to the preservation of documentary film and other media which chronicles America's great political and social movements with a particular emphasis on the African-American experience.</p> </div> <div class="collecting-area__cta cta"> <a class="collecting-area__cta-link collecting-areas__text" href="https://library.wustl.edu/collecting-area/filmandmedia/">View Collection <span class="screen-reader-text">Film & Media Archive</span></a> </div> </div> <div class="collecting-area"> <div class="collecting-area__content"> <h3 class="colleting-area__title collecting-areas__text heading-h4">Kranzberg Art & Architecture Library Special Collections</h3> <p class="collecting-area__description collecting-areas__text">The Art & Architecture Special Collections is a 4,200-volume collection of rare and unique art and design printed materials located at the Kranzberg Art & Architecture Library. The main focus is illustrated books, prints, and photographs from the 18th and 19th centuries and contemporary book design.</p> </div> <div class="collecting-area__cta cta"> <a class="collecting-area__cta-link collecting-areas__text" href="https://library.wustl.edu/collecting-area/artarch/">View Collection <span class="screen-reader-text">Kranzberg Art & Architecture Library Special Collections</span></a> </div> </div> <div class="collecting-area"> <div class="collecting-area__content"> <h3 class="colleting-area__title collecting-areas__text heading-h4">Local History Collections</h3> <p class="collecting-area__description collecting-areas__text">The local history collecting area focuses on the history of St. Louis and the surrounding region.</p> </div> <div class="collecting-area__cta cta"> <a class="collecting-area__cta-link collecting-areas__text" href="https://library.wustl.edu/collecting-area/local-history/">View Collection <span class="screen-reader-text">Local History Collections</span></a> </div> </div> <div class="collecting-area"> <div class="collecting-area__content"> <h3 class="colleting-area__title collecting-areas__text heading-h4">Manuscript Collections</h3> <p class="collecting-area__description collecting-areas__text">WashU Libraries' Julian Edison Department of Special Collections Manuscript collections contain a broad range of materials dating from the 2nd century BC through the present.</p> </div> <div class="collecting-area__cta cta"> <a class="collecting-area__cta-link collecting-areas__text" href="https://library.wustl.edu/collecting-area/manuscripts/">View Collection <span class="screen-reader-text">Manuscript Collections</span></a> </div> </div> <div class="collecting-area"> <div class="collecting-area__content"> <h3 class="colleting-area__title collecting-areas__text heading-h4">Modern Literature Collection</h3> <p class="collecting-area__description collecting-areas__text">The Modern Literature Collection includes more than 175 authors, presses, and journals, more than 125 of which are represented by manuscript materials.</p> </div> <div class="collecting-area__cta cta"> <a class="collecting-area__cta-link collecting-areas__text" href="https://library.wustl.edu/collecting-area/modernlit/">View Collection <span class="screen-reader-text">Modern Literature Collection</span></a> </div> </div> <div class="collecting-area"> <div class="collecting-area__content"> <h3 class="colleting-area__title collecting-areas__text heading-h4">Music Special Collections</h3> <p class="collecting-area__description collecting-areas__text">Special Collections at the Gaylord Music Library include sheet music, manuscripts, rare books, and digital materials.</p> </div> <div class="collecting-area__cta cta"> <a class="collecting-area__cta-link collecting-areas__text" href="https://library.wustl.edu/collecting-area/music-special-collections/">View Collection <span class="screen-reader-text">Music Special Collections</span></a> </div> </div> <div class="collecting-area"> <div class="collecting-area__content"> <h3 class="colleting-area__title collecting-areas__text heading-h4">Rare Book Collections</h3> <p class="collecting-area__description collecting-areas__text">The Rare Book Collections include books from all Special Collection areas. 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