Poetry

Abstract The Hewitt Collection contains personal correspondence between Hewitt and friends, booksellers, and colleagues. The collection also contains clippings of reviews of Hewitt's work, clippings of poems which he thought worthwhile to keep, published accounts of his social and official actions, and two boxes of literary autographs. Additions to the collection include old family books, a fairly complete run of diaries, family photos, correspondence to Arthur and Nina, writings in typescript,...

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The David Budbill papers contain both personal and professional papers of the Vermont poet, author, playwright, and musician.

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The bulk of the collection documents Neiburg's literary works.

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The Hayden Carruth Papers contain correspondence, writings, and various types of personal papers dating from 1897-2009. These materials document Carruth's childhood in Connecticut and New York, his early career in publishing, his work with James Laughlin and New Directions, and his teaching career at Syracuse University. The collection also extensively documents his writing career, primarily as a poet, but also as a critic and essayist.

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I. L. Salomon was an American poet and translator.

Abstract The John Engels papers document the life and work of Vermont poet and professor, John Engels, including hundreds of pieces of personal and professional correspondence, often with literary publications and notable figures in 20th century American poetry and literature like Hayden Carruth, David Huddle, Julia Alvarez, John Irving, Sharon Olds, Ted Hughes, and Louise Gluck. The collection also contains Engels’ writing at all stages of production; grant, fellowship, and residency papers;...

Abstract Dr. Lyman Allen, 1872-1961, served on the faculty of the College of Medicine at the University of Vermont, was professor of Surgery at UVM, chief of Surgery at the Mary Fletcher Hospital, and attending surgeon at the Mary Fletcher, DeGoesbriad Memorial, and Fanny Allen Hospitals. This collections contains a book of typescript poetry, much of it concerning Christmas, a 1950 travel journal, an audio tape of an interview from about 1960, information about his property, a letter regarding his...

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Richard Spear (1737-1788) moved to Shelburne, Vermont, from Braintree, Massachusetts, in the summer of 1783. He died five years later, but his sons Asahel (1778-1849) and Elhanan W. Spear (1782-1869) remained in Shelburne and raised families there. The Spear Family Papers contain an interesting variety of manuscripts from the 1790s to the 1940s.

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The Walter Hard Papers consist of three cartons and one box of manuscripts, newpaper clippings and printed material. Mr. Hard's writings dominate the collection, in the form of clippings of his newspaper columns, drafts of his plays and stories, typescripts and manuscripts of his poems, and different versions of several of his books.