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Marya Zaturenska's Depression Diary 1933-1935, Mary Beth Hinton

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IN THE DEPRESSION-ERA DIARY of the poet Marya Zaturenska (1902-1982), one meets many of the most influential writers and artists ofthe time: there is Archibald MacLeish at a literary tea, Edward Hopper at the Whitney Museum, Dorothy Parker at a political meeting, T. S. Eliot and Herbert Read at dinner in London. Figures from a more distant past often appear in Zaturenska's insightful commentary on the books she is reading. To her diary, now at Syracuse, she also confides her literary hopes and struggles, her exquisite aesthetic perceptions, her maternal feelings, and her overwhelming anxieties about money, health, and the …

Declaration Of Independence: Mary Colum As Autobiographer, Sanford Sternlicht

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I N 1947, ten years before her death at the age of 7I, Mary Catherine Gunning Maguire Colum-Molly to her friends and her husband, the poet-dramatist Padraic Colum-published one ofthe most forthright and powerful protofeminist autobiographies ofthe twentieth century: Life and the Dream, a book that should not be as neglected as it is. What was or is the dream? It was a dream ofmany episodes: the hope ofa free, prosperous, peaceful, united Ireland; the fulfillment ofthe Irish Literary Revival which she so brilliantly chronicles as a participant-witness in the autobiography, and before in her masterwork of literary criticism: From …

Courier, Volume Xxxii, 1997, Syracuse University Library Associates

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Ivan Mestrovic in Syracuse, 1947-1955 / David Tatham, p. 5 -- Declaration of Independence: Mary Colum as Autobiographer / Sanford Sternlicht, p. 25 -- A Charles Jackson Diptych / John W. Crowley, p. 35 -- Of Medusae and Men: On the Life and Observations of Alfred G. Mayor / Lester D. Stephens, p. 65 -- The Wonderful Wizards Behind the Oz Wizard / Susan Wolstenholme, p. 89 -- Dreams and Expectations: The Paris Diary of Albert Brisbane, American Fourierist / Abigail Brisbane, p. 105 -- The Punctator's World: A Discursion, Part X / Gwen G. Robinson, p. 123 -- News …

Marya Zaturenska's Depression Diary, 1931- 1932, Mary Beth Hinton

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Selections from a diary kept by the poet Marya Zaturenska reveal her struggles as a mother, a wife, and an artist during the Great Depression.

"Say! Dis Is Grate Stuff": The Yellow Kid And The Birth Of The American Comics, Richard D. Olson

The Courier

On 12 December 1992, before a gathering of the Syracuse University Library Associates, Professor Olson delivered the keynote address that marked the opening of the University Library's Yellow Kid exhibition. The following is an edited transcript of Olson's talk.

What happened nearly one hundred years ago to give birth to the American comics? Who can we thank for having a colorful Sunday comic section to read every week? My analysis ofthe birth of the American comic strip suggests that it occurred as a result of the interaction of three major factors: (I) the natural evolution of graphic humor, (2) quirks …

An Interview With Barney Rosset, Mary Beth Hinton

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The phenomenon known as Grove Press began in 1952 when Barney Rosset bought the small Manhattan publishing venture. It ended in 1985 when Grove was sold to Ann Getty.

On the sixth floor of Bird Library, in the closed stacks, a huge room with row upon row of tall shelves full of boxes, 775 linear feet of Grove Press archives are preserved. They started arriving here in the early 1960s because, as Barney Rosset explained, Syracuse University asked for them. Kathleen Manwaring, who has tended the Grove archives since 1985, gave me a tour.

There was a whole range of …

Portrait Of A City: Syracuse, The Old Home Town, John A. Williams

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INTRODUCTION BY ROBERT PHILLIPS: This hitherto unpublished portrayal of Syracuse from the perspective of John A. Williams, noted writer and native Syracusan, was written in 1964 for Holiday magazine. The typescript is now part of the John A. Williams Collection in the George Arents Research Library for Special Collections at Syracuse University.

Courier, Volume Xxviii, Number 1, Spring 1993, Syracuse University Library Associates

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An Interview with Barney Rosset, Former Chairman and President of Grove Press / Mary Beth Hinton, p. 3 -- "Say! Dis is Grate Stuff": The Yellow Kid and the Birth of the American Comics / Richard D. Olson, p. 19 -- National Service: A Forty-Three-Year Crusade / Donald J. Eberly, p. 35 -- Hey, Why Don't We Start an External High School Diploma Program? / Patricia King and Mary Beth Hinton, p. 55 -- Portrait of a City: Syracuse, the Old Home Town / John A. Williams, p. 65 -- News of the Syracuse University Library and the Library Associates, …

The Forgotten Brother: Francis William Newman, Victorian Modernist, Kathleen Manwaring

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This article details the life and contributions to literature of the Victorian Era writer Francis William Newman. The article provides insight into his liberal views regarding abolition, women's rights, diet, and nationalization, as well as the tensions and creative differences with his famous brother and Cardinal, John Henry Newman.

Courier, Vol.Xxiii, No.1, Spring 1988, Syracuse University Library Associates

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The Forgotten Brother: Francis William Newman, Victorian Modernist / Kathleen Manwaring, Syracuse University Library, p.3 -- The Joseph Conrad Collection at Syracuse University / J. H. Stape, Visiting Associate Professor of English, Universite de Limoges, p.27 -- The Jean Cocteau Collection: How 'Astonishing'? / Paul J. Archambault, Professor of French, Syracuse University, p.33 -- A Book from the Library of Christoph Scheurl (1481-1542) / Gail P. Hueting, Librarian, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, p. 49 -- James Fenimore Cooper: Young Man to Author / Constantine Evans, Instructor in English, Syracuse University, p.57 -- News of the Syracuse University Library and …

New Stephen Crane Letters In The Schoberlin Collection, Paul Sorrentino, Stanley Wertheim

The Courier

This article recreates several letters written by American novelist Stephen Crane, unique to the Schoberlin Collection. By themselves the letters and inscriptions that are reproduced here do not form a coherent narrative; consequently, brief headnotes and footnotes supply the reader with sufficient detail to understand the context of each document.

Courier, Vol.Xvi, No.2, Summer 1979, Syracuse University Library Associates

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Irene Sargent: Rediscovering a Lost Legend / Cleota Reed Gabriel, p.3 -- Of Collectors, Collections, and Libraries / Frank P. Piskor, p.14 -- A Letter from the Chairman, Syracuse University Library Associates - the Second Twenty-Five Years / Henry S. Bannister, p.25 -- News of the Library and Library Associates, p.27

Courier, Vol.Xvi, No. 3 & 4, Winter 1979, Syracuse University Library Associates

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Archimedes Russell and Nineteenth-Century Syracuse / Evamara Hardin, p.3 -- Bud Fisher - Pioneer Dean of the Comic Artists / Ray Thompson, p.23 -- News of the Library and Library Associates, p.37

Courier, Vol.Ix, No.1, October 1971, Syracuse University Library Associates

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The Modernity of Stephen Crane's Poetry: A Centennial Tribute / Walter Sutton, p.3 -- In Search of Nevil Shute / Jutian Smith, p.8 -- Preliminary Calendar of the Nevil Shute Norway Manuscripts Microfilm / Howard L. Applegate, p.14 -- Harriet Whitney Frishmuth, American Sculptor, p.21 -- The Management of a University Library / Roger H. McDonough, p.36 -- Asa Eastwood and His Diaries, 1806-1870 / Faye Dudden, p.42 -- Open for Research ... Notes on Collections, p.51 -- News of Library Associates, p.54

In Search Of Nevil Shute, Julian Smith

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Because it contains much unpublished autobiographical material and early or variant drafts of his published fiction, the Nevil Shute Norway manuscript collection on microfilm at Syracuse University offers an unusually fine chance to study in depth a popular writer who brought pleasure to millions of readers through a career spanning three decades.

The essence of "Nevil Shute" is found most properly through his novels, not his life; therefore, the major emphasis here is on his fiction. But as his fiction grew out of his experiences and interests in a way not common among popular writers, a brief guide to his …

Courier, Vol.Viii, No.3, April 1971, Syracuse University Library Associates

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Lyman A. Spalding, The Samuel Pepys of Lockport, New York / John Janitz, p.3 -- Juan DeTorquemada and Antorio Alcedo Two Contributions to Hispanic Historiography / Andre Preibish, p.20 -- Financial Problems of a Revolutionary: The Memoir of John Wilkins / Howard L. Applegate, p.28 -- The Folio Society: Handsome Books at Minimal Cost / Susan Rainey, p.35 -- Archives in University Libraries / Robert B. Downs, p.46 -- Dorothy Thompson's Role in Sinclair Lewis' Break with Harcourt, Brace / Helen B. Petrullo, p.50 -- Open for Research ... Notes on Collections, p.59 -- News of the Library and Library …

Financial Problems Of A Revolutionary: The Memoir Of John Wilkins, Howard L. Applegate

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In this article, Howard L. Applegate describes and includes an excerpt of the autobiography of John Wilkins, a shop owner in Pennsylvania during the American Revolution period who became a militia captain. Instead of detailing the colonial militia of the time, Wilkins related how militia members often took on significant financial burdens in order to keep the regiment intact, and lamented the rampant devaluation, inflation and speculation that occurred during this turbulent period in American history.

Courier, No.34, Spring 1970, Syracuse University Library Associates

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Sam Bass at Syracuse, p.3 -- Hiram Smith, p.5 -- A Note about John E. Scopes, p.9 -- A Note about David Claypoole Johnston / David Tatham, p.11 -- Studebaker's First Electric / Howard L. Applegate, p.17 -- No Comment, p.23 -- Man's Best Hope on Earth, p.23 -- Two Tributes to Edward Corsi / John P. Lomenzo, Dean Alfange, p.24 -- The Time is Now, [p.31]

Courier, No.32, Summer 1969, Syracuse University Library Associates

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Robert Frost - 6th June 1957 / The Reverend Canon J. E. Gethyn-Jones, p.1 -- Excerpts, p.8 -- The Front Cover, p.8 -- London Letter, p.13 -- A Staunch Patriot, p.17 -- Swinburne's Nib, p.24 -- Baboon Brains, p.37 -- Syracuse University Library Manual, p.38 -- Desiderata, p.39 -- Now is the Time, p.40