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Typed letter [photocopy] from Stanley Elkin to John Macrae II, March 18, 1982.

Typescript draft of "I Look Out For Ed Wolfe" by Stanley Elkin. Published by Esquire in their September 1962 issue, "I Look Out For Ed Wolfe" was Elkin's first big sale. Collected in Criers and Kibitzers, Kibitzers and Criers.

Invitation for the Elmer Holmes Bost Awards in Arts and Letters, December 4, 1991. Stanley Elkin was presented with a lifetime achievement award.

Maurice English to Isabella Gardner, June 5, 1961. English writes to Gardner to assure her that he will work with her on issues regarding the cover to her new book, "The Looking Glass". He read a copy and he was very impressed by it. He enjoys the…

Typed letter, signed from Maurice English to Isabella Gardner, March 20, 1955.

Maurice English to Isabella Gardner, No Year: May 21. English complements Gardner on her poems. He says that he has read them repeatedly. He does give his critique on a few of her poems and indicates that he has made changes to improve her poem "The…

Howard Moss on Anthony Hecht and May Swenson, Envoy, Number 48. This is an introduction that Howard Moss read to introduce Hecht and Swenson at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York City. The Hecht and Swenson readings occurred on October…

1941 Hi-Life Yearbook from Farmingdale High School featuring William Gaddis.

Transcript of interview by Daniel Farson with William S. Burroughs and Alexander Trocchi for television program "Something to Say," January 6, 1964.

Photocopy of a portion of the Federal Bureau of Investigation's File on William Gaddis, 1951. Gaddis obtained this file under a Freedom of Information and Privacy Act (FOI/PA) request.