Contains 45 Collections and/or Records:
Ada B. Blackburn poem, 1957
Holograph poem “Winter Twilight”
William Blake engraving, 1782
“David Simple,” engraving by William Blake after design by Thomas Stothard based on Sarah Fielding’s The Adventures of David Simple (1744) as one of eight illustrations commissioned for publication in Novelists’ Magazine (1782).
Maxwell Bodenheim poem, undated
Typescript poem "Death”
Temple Bodley letter, 1928
Holograph letter to Judge Alex P. Humphrey regarding their friendship and Bodley’s History of Kentucky (1928).
Hjalmar Hjorth Boyesen papers, 1880-1894
Poems, autographs, and correspondence concerning his poetry, speaking engagements and book purchases.
William Briggs letter, 1698
Letter regarding a consultation with oculist Sir William Reed
Louis Bromfield letter, 1952
Typed letter, signed, to “Vivian” mentioning Herbert T. Cobey’s The Blonde Corinthian (1951)
James Silk Buckingham letters, 1838-1855, bulk: 1853-1855
Holograph letters, most about arrangements for his lectures, and clippings of a review and Silk Buckingham’s obituary. Source: found in a group of manuscripts purchased by Dr. Wayne S. Yenawine at the American Manuscript Society, 1966
Gray Burr poems, undated
Typescript poems: "The Butterfly;" "A Glance at the Album;" and "Sailing, Sailing;” holograph copy of "Sailing, Sailing"