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 Descriptive Summary Kay Boyle collection of papers, 1925-1988 bulk (1952-1986) Boyle, Kay, 1902- Berg Coll MSS Boyle1,137 items The New York Public Library. The Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature
New York, New York
 This is a synthetic collection consisting of typescripts and manuscripts, correspondence, legal documents, and portrait photographs. Subjects Personal Names Baez, Joan. Barnes, Djuna. Caen, Herb, 1916- Chute, Marchette Gaylord, 1909- Cohn, RubyDeutsch, Babette, 1895- Ferlinghetti, Lawrence. Ford, Hugh D., 1925-Franckenstein, Ian. Franckenstein, Joseph. Macleod, Norman, 1906-Mitgang, Herbert. Morgan, Louise. Nemerov, Howard.Shirer, William L. (William Lawrence), 1904- Steloff, Frances, b. 1887. Wong, Shawn, 1949-Young, Lafayette, 1848-1926. Subjects Boyle, Kay, 1902- Boyle, Kay, 1902- -- Portraits Document Types Correspondence Administration Information Source

This is a synthetic collection, created from materials acquired through gift and purchase from various sources.

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Collection is restricted to qualified scholars and researchers through the Office of Special Collections, Room 316

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For permission to publish, contact the Curator, The Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature

 Preferred Citation

[Identification of the item]. The Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature, The New York Public Library.

 Biography

Kay Boyle was an American essayist, novelist, short-story writer, translator, essayist, and translator.

 Scope and Content Note

This is a synthetic collection consisting of typescripts and manuscripts, correspondence, legal documents, and portrait photographs. The manuscripts and typescripts include poems and drafts of poems, essays, and criticism, as well as the carbon typescript of her first novel, "Process." The correspondence includes letters from the author, dating from 1925 to 1985, to Babette Deutsch, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Ian Franckenstein, Herbert Mitgang, Frances Steloff, Louise Morgan Theis, Lafayette Young, and others. Also present are letters, dating from 1944 through 1987, between various individuals, including Ian Franckenstein, Joseph Franckenstein, William Lawrence Shirer, and others relating to the author. There are letters from Joan Baez, Djuna Barnes, Herb Caen, Marchette Gaylord Chute, Ruby Cohn, Babette Deutsch, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Hugh Ford, Norman Macleod, Howard Nemerov, Shawn Hsu Wong, and others, to the author, dating from [1938] to 1986.

Container List Manuscripts and Typescripts Manuscripts and typescripts written by Boyle Manuscript box Among the rushes I say. Holograph draft and typescript of poem n.d. ms. 6 items Manuscript box [Animal poisonings in Frankfurt zoo] Holographs, typescripts, letters and clippings relating to an unpublished article of trial 1949 - 1951 ms. 31 folders

With two notebooks. Clippings in folders 30 and 31

Manuscript box Cat who liked to sleep and another story, The. Two typescripts (copy) [1963] typescripts 11 p.; 5 p.

With 3 TLS, 3 TL (carbons) of related correspondence

Manuscript box [Day my father died I cut my hair, The] Typescript of poem 1964 typescripts 1 p. Manuscript box Declaration for 1955, A. Typescript (carbon) with the author's ms. corrections. Relates to Dylan Thomas n.d. typescripts (emended) 6 p.

With 2 p. of holograph notes

Manuscript box [Essay] Report from lockup. Typescript (carbon) with the author's ms. corrections n.d. typescripts (emended) 1 p.

With: Boyle, Kay. TL (carbon) to Noel Young, July 4, 1976. 1 p.

Manuscript box (Boyle) Essay notes on William March. Typescript 1976 Mar. 8; 1976 May 23 typescripts 8 p.

With: Simmonds, Roy S. 2 ALS, 7 TLS to Kay Boyle, March 10, 1973 - April 18, 1976. 4 folders. In folder 3

Manuscript box Fete-Dieu in Brittany. Sent to Louise Morgan Theis. Typescript n.d. typescripts 8 p. Manuscript box "For Dan on his birthday, April 7, 1979" Typescript (carbon) of poem 1979 Apr. 7 typescripts 1 p.

With: holograph draft and three typescript (carbon) versions with the author's ms. corrections, March 29-April 23, 1979. 1 p. each; Boyle, Kay. TLS (carbon) to Daniel Ellsberg, June 8, 1979. 1 p.

Manuscript box From interview with David Mosher in 1981. Holograph n.d. ms. 2 p. Manuscript box (Boyle) Harry Crosby and his diary. Typescript (photocopy) of essay n.d. typescripts 4 p.

With: Wolff, Geoffrey. 2 TLS to Kay Boyle. Program in creative writing and theatre, Princeton University, Feb. 15, 1973. 1 p.; Prickly mountain, Warren Vt., Feb. 28, 1976. 2 p.

Manuscript box He succumbed to burns. Two holograph drafts of poem with four typescript versions n.d. typescripts 6 items Manuscript box [History of the short story] Typescript (incomplete) with the author's ms. corrections. Wanting p. 1 and 2 n.d. typescripts (emended) 16 p. Manuscript box Introducing Eldridge Cleaver. Typescript essay 1968 Oct. 13 typescripts 2 p. Manuscript box Introduction [to Anita Pollitzer's book] Two typescripts (photocopy) with the author's ms. corrections n.d. typescripts (emended) 8 p.; 18 p. Manuscript box Introduction to the Selected poems of Bob Brown. Typescript (carbon) essay n.d. typescripts 7 p. Manuscript box (Gotham) In: Gotham book mart, New York. We moderns. Folder 9 Note on Peter Neagoe, A. Typescript of contribution to We moderns n.d. typescripts 2 p.

Enclosed in her TLS to Frances Steloff, Oct. 15, 1939, 1 p. with her typewritten list of authors suggested for inclusion in We Moderns, 1 p.; Published in Gotham Book Mart catalog no. 42, New York, 1940

Manuscript box On the run. Typescript (carbon) of incomplete (?) story. Sent to Louise Morgan Theis n.d. typescripts 3 p. Manuscript box Poem dedicated to "Terre des hommes". Typescript (carbon) with the author's ms. Corrections 1966 Dec. 1 typescripts (emended) 2 p. Manuscript box [Poem for Patricia Ellsberg] Draft n.d. ms. 1 p.

Accompanied by: Ellsberg, Patricia. ALS to Kay Boyle, Nov. 15 [n.y.] Greeting card

Manuscript box (Gotham) In her: 11 ALS, 8 TLS, 1 Christmas card to Frances Steloff, 1942-1970. Folder 5. Enclosed in letter of Feb. 9, 1970 Poem of gratitude. Typescript 1958 typescripts 2 p.

Published in Collected poems, Knopf, 1962, p. 7f

Manuscript box [Poems (2)] Holograph drafts on greeting card 1986 May 15 ms. 1 item

Signed.

Manuscript box Port Townsend. Typescript with the author's ms. corrections n.d. typescripts (emended) 1 p.

With another typescript version (carbon) and holograph notes, undated. 1 p. each

Cased Process. Typescript (carbon). Sent to Louise Morgan Theis n.d. typescripts 119 p. Manuscript box [Review of The cross of iron by Willi Heinrich and The train was on time by Heinrich Boll] Two typescripts (carbon) with the author's ms. corrections n.d. typescripts (emended) 6 p.; 7 p.

With TLS from The Nation, signed Robert Hatch, to Kay Boyle, April 3, 1956. 1 p.

Manuscript box [Review of The cypresses believe in God by Jose Maria Gironella] Two copies of typescript (carbon) with the author's ms. corrections n.d. typescripts (emended) 6 p. each

With TLS from Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., signed Herbert Weinstock, to Kay Boyle, May 4, 1955. 1 p.

Manuscript box [Review of The fear makers by Wilfrid Schillin] Typescript (carbon) n.d. typescripts 3 p. Manuscript box [Review of The headland by Carol Brink] Typescript (carbon) n.d. typescripts 3 p.

With press clipping of review as published in Herald Tribune Book Review, Oct. 23, 1955

Manuscript box [Review of They fell from God's hands by Hans Werner Richter; The burnt offering by Albrecht Goes; The revolt of Gunner Asch by Hans Hellmut Kirst] Two copies of typescript (carbon) with the author's ms. corrections n.d. typescripts (emended) 7 p. each

With published version in The Nation, April 14, 1956

Manuscript box [Review of We shall march again by Gerhard Kramer] Two copies of typescript (carbon) with the author's ms. corrections n.d. typescripts (emended) 5 p. each Manuscript box [Speech] Typescript (photocopy). Relates to her imprisonment with Joan Sr., Mimi, and Joan Baez n.d. typescripts 2 p. Manuscript box [Statement] Typescript (carbon). Recommendation for May Dikeman 1974 Jan. 9 typescripts 1 item Manuscript box (Boyle) [Statement for dust jacket of David Arthur Callard's Pretty good for a woman] Typescript (carbon) n.d. typescripts 1 p.

With: Callard, David Arthur. TLS to Kay Boyle, Jan. 20, 1968. 1 p.

Manuscript box (Boyle) Suggested questions to put to John Barth. Typescript (carbon) n.d. typescripts 1 p.

With: Halpern, Daniel. 3 TLS to Kay Boyle, Jan. 26 and Feb. 10, 1971; Oct. 2 [n.y.], 1 p. each

Manuscript box (Boyle) "When I sprinkle the tennis court." Holograph poem n.d. ms. 2 p.

With: Cook, Mrs. Harold S. ALS to Kay Boyle, Nov. 19 [postmarked 1953] 3 p.

Manuscripts and Typescripts related to Boyle Manuscript box (Gotham) In: Gotham book mart, New York. We moderns. Folder 47 Neagoe, Peter. [Kay Boyle] Holograph contribution to We moderns n.d. ms. 1 p.

Enclosed in his ALS to Frances Steloff, Oct. 14, 1939. Published in Gotham Book Mart catalog no. 42, New York, 1940

Manuscript box (Boyle) Peden, William Harwood. The treasure of Being geniuses together. Typescript (photocopy) with ms. corrections by Norman Macleod n.d. typescripts (emended) 8 p.

With his: ALS, 3 TLS to Kay Boyle, Oct. 24, 1975-July 30, 1978. 2 folders. In folder 1

Correspondence Outgoing Correspondence Manuscript box Amirkhanian, Charles. TL to 1971 Nov. 14 corr. out 2 p.

With TLS from Charles Amirkhanian to Kay Boyle, Nov. 23, 1971. 1 p.; TLS from Everett Frost to Kay Boyle, Dec. 7, 1971. 3 p.

Manuscript box Armentrout, Barbara. TL (carbon) to 1977 May 27 corr. out 1 p. Manuscript box Bay Guardian. TLS (carbon) to the editor 1976 May 11 corr. out 1 p. Manuscript box Beasley, Michael. TL (carbon) to 1977 Aug. 26 corr. out 1 p. each

With TLS from Michael Beasley to Kay Boyle, Aug. 4, 1977. 1 p.

Manuscript box Bond, Julian. 2 TL (carbon) to 1970 Apr. 15; 1970 Apr. 17 corr. out 1 p. each

With TLS from Julian Bond to Kay Boyle, April 23, 1970. 1 p.; TLS (photocopy) from Julian Bond to Fay Stender, June 3, 1970. 1 p. Encloses Bond's Introduction to the letters of George Jackson. Typescript (photocopy), June, 1970. 1 p.

Manuscript box Boyle, Katherine Evans. ALS to. Correspondent is Kay Boyle's mothers. Letter is written on three postcards 1952 Jan. 27 corr. out 3 p. Manuscript box Caen, Herb. TLS (carbon), TL (carbon) to 1975 Feb. 26; [n.d.] corr. out 1 p. each

Accompanied by Caen, Herb. 6 TLS to Kay Boyle. [Feb. 27, 1975]-Feb. 16, 1978. 1 p. each

Manuscript box Carnevali, Maria Pia. TLS (photocopy) to 1974 Dec. 11 corr. out 1 p.

Accompanied by: Carnevali, Maria Pia. 2 TLS to Kay Boyle, Feb. 23, 1974. 2 p. and Jan. 1, 1975. 2 p.

Manuscript box Centing, Richard R. 2 TL (carbon) to 1971 Aug. 12; 1972 July 21 corr. out 1 p. each

With ALS, 2 TLS from Richard R. Centing to Kay Boyle, Aug. 3, 1971-March 29, 1972

Manuscript box Cohn, Ruby. TL (carbon) to n.d. corr. out 1 p. Manuscript box Congdon, [--?]. TL (carbon) to 1976 July 5 corr. out 1 p. Manuscript box Cowley, Malcolm. TLS to 1976 Nov. 29 corr. out 1 p. Manuscript box Dennis, Franklin. TL (carbon) to 1977 Mar. 5 corr. out 1 p.

With: Berrigan, Daniel. TLS to Kay Boyle. 1 p.

Manuscript box Deshaies, Arthur. AL (draft) to n.d. corr. out 1 p.

With her Draft of introduction to catalog for Arthur Deshaies' show. Typescript with the author's ms. corrections, undated. 6 p.

Manuscript box Deutsch, Babette. 7 ALS, 4 postcards to 1960 Mar. 1 - 1972 June 3 corr. out 11 letters in 2 folders Manuscript box Doubleday, Nelson. TL (carbon) to. Expression of concern for striking workers in his San Francisco bookshop 1975 Oct. 24 corr. out 1 p. Manuscript box Drinnon, Babette. TL (carbon) to. Circular letter 1975 Aug. 4 corr. out 1 p.

Accompanied by: Drinnon, Richard. 3 TLS to Kay Boyle, Aug. 27, 1975, May 8 and 18, 1976. 1 p. each

Manuscript box (Boyle) Duckett, [Kenneth W.]. TL (carbon) to 1974 Nov. 15 corr. out 1 p.

With Morris library, Southern Illinois university. 2 ALS, 17 TLS to Kay Boyle, March 5, 1971-Dec. 21, 1986. 5 folders

Manuscript box Edelstein, Jerome Melvin. TL (carbon) to 1976 Nov. 13 corr. out 1 leaf Manuscript box Ellsberg, Daniel. TLS (carbon) to 1979 June 8 corr. out 1 p.

Accompanied by her: "For Dan on his birthday, April 7, 1979" Typescript (carbon) of poem. 1 p.; with holograph draft and three typescript (carbon) versions with the author's ms. corrections, March 29-April 23, 1979. 1 p. each

Manuscript box Felton, David. TL (carbon) to 1971 Aug. 17 corr. out 1 p. Manuscript box Ferlinghetti, Lawrence. ALS, 3 TL (carbon) to 1975 Nov. 15 - 1979 Jan. 14 corr. out 4 letters Manuscript box Fitzmaurice, James. TLS (carbon) to 1978 July 3 corr. out 3 p.

Accompanied by: Fitzmaurice, James M. ALS, 2 TLS to Kay Boyle, Sept. 20 and Oct. 5, 1977. 1 p. each; Jan. 28, 1978. 3 p.

Manuscript box Ford, Charles H. Postcard (copy) to [1969] corr. out 1 items Manuscript box Ford, Hugh. TL (copy) to. Relates to Archibald MacLeish 1975 July 18 corr. out 2 p. Manuscript box Franckenstein, Ian. 27 ALS, 4 TLS, card, 2 drafts to 1962 Sept. 19 - 1969 Dec. 6 corr. out 33 letters in 7 folders Manuscript box Friends of Amnesty International, TL (carbon) to the [n.d.] corr. out 1 p. Manuscript box Garry, Charles. ALS (photocopy) to 1977 Feb. 14 corr. out 1 p. Manuscript box Hersey, John. TL (copy) to 1978 May 23 corr. out 2 p. Manuscript box Hoagland, Clayton. ALS to 1968 Oct. 30 corr. out 3 p. Manuscript box Hogan, William. TL (photocopy) to 1971 Feb. 2 corr. out 1 p. Manuscript box Horowitz, Ruth. AL to 1978 Apr. 23 corr. out 1 p.

Accompanied by: Horowitz, Ruth. TLS to Kay Boyle, March 4, 1978. 1 p.; with Horowitz's essay: Thematic uses of style in Kay Boyle's Wedding day. Typescript (photocopy) Jan. 1978. 45 p.

Manuscript box Ingram Merrill Foundation, TL (carbon) to. In response to request by Millicent Dillon 1973 Sept. 22 corr. out 1 p. Manuscript box Internal Revenue Service, TLS (carbon) to. Explanation of refusal to pay the Federal War Tax in protest of Vietnam war 1975 Jan. 29 corr. out 1 p. Manuscript box International Biographical Archives and Dictionary of Central European Archives. TL (carbon) to 1977 Feb. 11 corr. out 1 p.

Accompanied by: Strauss, Herbert A. International biographical archives and dictionary of Central European emigres. 2 TLS to Kay Boyle, Jan. 6, 1977. 1 p. each

Manuscript box Jacobs, Paul. TLS (carbon), TL (draft) to 1975 Sept. 30; 1975 Oct. 5 corr. out 2 p. each Manuscript box (Boyle) [Koch, David V.] ANS to 1979 Jan. 20 corr. out 1 p.

With: Morris Library, Southern Illinois University. 2 ALS, 17 TLS to Kay Boyle, March 5, 1971-Dec. 21, 1986. 5 folders

Manuscript box Koolish, Lynda. TL (carbon) to 1977 Feb. 2 corr. out 2 p.

Accompanied by: Koolish, Lynda. TLS to Kay Boyle, Jan. 18, 1977. 2 p.

Manuscript box Kopp, Quentin. TLS (photocopy) to 1979 Apr. 3 corr. out 1 p.

Includes carbon. Accompanied by: Kopp, Quentin L. TLS to Kay Boyle, March 7, 1979. 1 p.

Manuscript box Levertov, Denise. TL (carbon) to 1979 May 21 corr. out 1 p. Manuscript box [McCormick], Ken. TL (carbon) to 1968 Oct. 19 corr. out 1 p.

With tentative prospectus for college text edition anthology. 9 p.

Manuscript box Macks, Morton. TL (carbon) to 1975 Sept. 18 corr. out 1 p.

With 4 p. of holograph notes relating to Macks

Manuscript box Mandel, William. 2 TL (carbon) to 1974 Feb. 5; 1974 Feb. 18 corr. out 2 p.; 1 p.

With draft 1 p.; Accompanied by: Mandel, William. 4 TLS, postcard to Kay Boyle, Feb. 4, 1974-July 6, 1979

Manuscript box Mitgang, Herbert. 3 ALS to 1956 Apr. 27 - 1963 Feb. 16 corr. out 1 p.; 1 leaf; 1 leaf Manuscript box Muskie, Edmund S.. TL (carbon) to 1969 Aug. 6 corr. out 1 p.

Accompanied by: Muskie, Edmund S. TLS to Kay Boyle, Sept. 3, 1969. 1 p.; and with Peterson, Mrs. Agnes F. TLS to Kay Boyle, Sept. 15, 1969. 1 p.

Manuscript box Nation. 2 TL (carbon) to the editor 1968 Aug. 11; 1979 Nov. 20 corr. out 2 p.; 1 p.

With copy of letter of Aug. 11, 1968; accompanied by Pochoda, Elizabeth. TLS to Kay Boyle, Nov. 26 [1979] 1 p.

Manuscript box New York Review of Books. TL (carbon) to the editor 1977 May 20 corr. out 1 p. Manuscript box New York Times. 2 TL (carbon) to the editor 1967 Mar. 28; 1977 Oct. 29 corr. out 1 p. each Manuscript box Nordstrom, Ursula. TL (carbon) to 1974 June 1 corr. out 1 p. Manuscript box Pantheon Books. TLS (carbon) 1977 Mar. 13 corr. out 1 p.

Also, Pantheon Books. TLS to Kay Boyle, Dec. 15, 1976. 1 p.; With Boyle, Kay. TL (carbon) to The Progressive, May 16, 1977. 1 p. Relates to Louis Terkel

Manuscript box People's world. 2 TL (carbon) to the editor. With emendations in Boyle's hand 1979 June 20; 1979 July 23 corr. out 2 p.; 1 p.

Signed with initials.

Manuscript box Peretz, Marty. TL (carbon) to 1977 Sept. 29 corr. out 1 p. Manuscript box Progressive. TL (carbon) to the editors 1968 Oct. 26 corr. out 2 p.

With drafts in Kay Boyle's hand. 3 p.; Accompanied by: The Progressive. TL, signed Mary Sheridan, Oct. 23, 1968. 1 p.

Manuscript box Riley, M. Lamar. TL (carbon) to 1977 Nov. 28 corr. out 1 p.

Accompanied by: Riley, M. Lamar, Nov. 14, 1977. 1 p. Relates to Janet Flanner

Manuscript box Rosenman, Leonard D. TLS (2 carbons) to 1977 May 18 corr. out 1 p.

With her TL (photocopy) to Hans [--?], May 19, 1977. 3 p.; TLS from Leonard D. Rosenman to Kay Boyle, May 19, 1977. 2 p.

Manuscript box Schneider, Frank. TL (carbon) to 1979 June 4 corr. out 1 p. Manuscript box Shulman, Alix Kates. TL (carbon) to 1978 Feb. 19 corr. out 1 p.

Accompanied by: Shulman, Alix Kates. 2 TLS, postcard to Kay Boyle, Jan. 11-Feb. 14, 1978

Manuscript box Snitow, Alan. TLS (carbon) to 1979 June 19 corr. out 1 p.

Accompanied by: Snitow, Alan. TLS to Kay Boyle, June 27, 1979. 3 p.

Manuscript box (Gotham) In: Gotham book mart, New York. We moderns. Folder 9 Steloff, Frances. TLS to 1939 Oct. 15 corr. out 1 letter

With envelope; encloses her: A note on Peter Neagoe, contribution to Gotham book mart's We moderns catalog, 2 p., and her typewritten list of authors suggested for inclusion in the catalog, 1 p. With TL (carbon) reply

Manuscript box (Gotham) Steloff, Frances. 11 ALS, 8 TLS, 1 Christmas card to 1942 May 7 - 1970 Feb. 9 corr. out 14 letters in 5 folders

With 9 TL (carbon) replies. In folder 5 her: A poem of gratitude. Typescript, dated 1958. 2 p. Enclosed in letter of Feb. 9, 1970

Manuscript box (Gotham) In: [The ten books which have most influenced me] Holograph or typewritten lists by eight authors. Steloff, Frances. TLS to. Includes the writer's list of books which have influenced her 1942 May 21 corr. out 1 p. Manuscript box Stender, Fay. ALS, TL (carbon) to 1968 Sept. 9; 1970 Apr. 15 corr. out 1 p.; 1 p. Manuscript box Theis, Louise Morgan. 7 ALS, 15 TLS, 8 TL to 1925 July 11 - 1950 Oct. 18 corr. out 30 letters in 6 folders Manuscript box Time Magazine. 2 TL (carbon) to the editor 1969 July 16; 1970 Sept. 8 corr. out 1 p. each Manuscript box [Treasury Dept.] U. S. Dept. of the Treasury, ALS to 1985 July 6 corr. out 1 leaf Manuscript box Vail, Apple. TL (carbon) to 1972 Sept. 9 corr. out 3 p.

With holograph draft [fragment] of letter to one of her daughters, undated. 4 p.

Manuscript box Vail, Clover. TL to 1970 Feb. 7 corr. out 2 p.

Accompanied by: Vail, Clover. TLS to Kay Boyle, Jan. 6, 1970. 2 p.

Manuscript box Vail, Kathe. ALS, 2 TL (carbon) to 1971 Feb. 4 - 1976 Mar. 4 corr. out 3 letters Manuscript box Watt and son, A. P. ALS to 1936 Oct. 19 corr. out 2 p.

With carbon of letter from Watt, Oct. 14, 1936

Manuscript box Watts, Max. TL (carbon) to 1973 June 5 corr. out 2 p. Manuscript box Whisman, Frederick J. TL (carbon) to 1977 Feb. 18 corr. out 1 p.

With court summons for jury duty and instructions for prospective jurors. 1 p. each

Manuscript box White, Edmund. TL (photocopy) to 1979 Oct. 13 corr. out 1 p.

Accompanied by: White, Edmund. TLS to Kay Boyle, [n.d.] 1 p.

Manuscript box Windmiller, Marshall. TL (carbon) to 1971 Dec. 6 corr. out 2 p.

Accompanied by: Windmiller, Marshall. TLS to Kay Boyle, Dec. 14, 1971. 2 p.

Manuscript box Witt-Diamant, Ruth. TL to 1958 Feb. 16 corr. out 1 p.

Signed with initials.

Manuscript box Women's international league for peace and freedom, TLS (photocopy) to 1979 June 9 corr. out 2 p.

Accompanied by: Women's international league for peach and freedom. 2 TLS to Kay Boyle, signed Melva L. Mueller, June 5, 1979. 1 p.; signed Marjorie Boehm, June 18, 1979. 1 p.

Manuscript box Young III, Lafayette. Postcard to 1948 Oct. 26 corr. out 1 item

Accompanied by: Young, Lafayette, III. TLS, postcard, and Christmas card to Kay Boyle, June 7, 1972-May 11, 1974

Manuscript box Young, Lafayette. 25 ALS, 3 ANS, 1 TLS, 1 postcard to 1968 Feb. 26 - 1975 Aug. 2 corr. out 30 letters in 6 folders

Manuscript box Young, Noel. TL (carbon) to 1976 July 4 corr. out 1 p.

Accompanied by her: Report from lockup. Typescript (carbon) of essay. 1 p. with ms. corrections in Boyle's hand; accompanied by: Young, Noel. 7 TLS to Kay Boyle. June 18, 1976-June 17, 1986. 1 p. each

Incoming Correspondence Manuscript box Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. TLS to Boyle 1955 May 4 in. corr. 1 p.

Signed Herbert Weinstock With Boyle's [Review of The cypresses believe in God by Jose Maria Gironella] 2 copies of emended typescript (carbon), [n.d.]. 6 p. each

Manuscript box Algren, Nelson. 3 TLS to Boyle 1975 Jan. 10 - 1976 Aug. 28 in. corr. 1 p. each Manuscript box (Boyle) Allen, Donald Merriam. 2 TLS to Boyle 1968 Sept. 9; 1968 Sept. 24 in. corr. 1 p. each Manuscript box Amirkhanian, Charles. TLS to Boyle 1971 Nov. 23 in. corr. 1 p.

With: Boyle, Kay. TL to Charles Amirkhanian, Nov. 14, 1971. 2 p.

Manuscript box (Boyle) Authors league fund, New York. 2 TL to Boyle 1978 July 31; 1978 Aug. 9 in. corr. 1 p. each

Signed Fay W. Glover. With one envelope containing a holograph note by Kay Boyle

Manuscript box (Boyle) Baez, Albert V. 3 ALS, 2 greeting cards to Boyle 1973 June 17 - 1975 Feb. 20 in. corr. 5 letters Manuscript box (Boyle) Baez, Joan. AL, 2 TLS to Boyle. One undated 1975 Dec. 8; 1979 Apr. 24 in. corr. 2 p.; 1 p.; 1 p.

AL signed Tia

Manuscript box Baez, Joan, Sr. 120 ALS, 4 TLS, 51 greeting cards, 3 Christmas cards, 15 postcards, and miscellaneous items to Boyle 1967 Nov. 16 - 1986 Nov. 21 in. corr. 193 letters in 49 folders Manuscript box (Boyle) Bantam Books, Inc., New York. 3 TL to Boyle 1968 Apr. 3 - 1968 June 10 in. corr. 3 letters

Signed Gregory Armstrong

Manuscript box Barnes, Djuna Chapell. Postcard to Boyle 1979 in. corr. 1 item Manuscript box Beasley, Michael. TLS to Boyle 1977 Aug. 4 in. corr. 1 p.

With: Boyle, Kay. TL (carbon) to Michael Beasley, Aug. 26, 1977. 1 p.

Manuscript box (Boyle) Belfrage, Cedric. 3 TLS to Kay Boyle. One undated, one dated Oct. 20 [n.y.] 1968 Dec. 12 in. corr. 1 p. each Manuscript box (Boyle) Bell, Millicent. TLS to Boyle 1975 Oct. 17 in. corr. 1 p. Manuscript box Berrigan, Daniel. TLS to Boyle 1977 Jan. 31 in. corr. 1 p.

Accompanied by: Boyle, Kay. TL (carbon) to Franklin Dennis. 419 Frederick St., San Francisco, Calif., March 5, 1977. 1 p.

Manuscript box Bond, Julian. TLS to Boyle 1970 Apr. 23 in. corr. 1 p.

With: Boyle, Kay. 2 TL (carbon) to Julian Bond, Apr. 15 & 17, 1970. 2 p. each; TLS (photocopy) from Julian Bond to Fay Stender, June 3, 1970. 1 p.; Encloses Bond's intro to the letters of George Jackson, June 1970. 1 p.

Manuscript box (Boyle) Boyle, Hilary. ALS, 5 TLS, 2 cards to Kay Boyle [1985] Oct. 3 - [1986] Nov. 11 in. corr. 8 letters in 2 folders

Manuscript box (Boyle) Boyle, Katherine E. 10 ALS, 3 AL [fragments] to Kay Boyle 1948 Feb. 14 - 1951 Dec. 9 in. corr. 13 letters in 3 folders

With her: ALS to Joan [Detweiler], Dec. 22, 1951. 2 l.; ALS to [--?] Malone, Dec. 17, 1934. 1 l. (in folder 3)

Manuscript box (Boyle) Brandon, William. 4 ALS to Boyle 1968 July 7 - 1986 Feb. 28 in. corr. 4 items Manuscript box (Boyle) Bruccoli, Matthew J. TLS to Boyle 1968 Sept. 17 in. corr. 1 p. Manuscript box (Boyle) Bryant, Dorothy M. TLS to Boyle 1986 Feb. 11 in. corr. 1 leaf

With two newspaper clippings of book reviews

Manuscript box (Boyle) Burton, John L. TLS to Boyle 1980 June 26 in. corr. 1 p.

Encloses press release of the National Endowment for the Arts, June 1980. 1 leaf

Manuscript box Caen, Herb. 6 TLS to Boyle [1975 Feb. 27] - 1978 Feb. 16 in. corr. 1 p. each

With: Boyle, Kay. TLS (carbon), TL (carbon) to Herb Caen. One undated, one dated Feb. 26, 1975. 1 p. each

Manuscript box (Boyle) Callard, David Arthur. TLS to Boyle 1968 Jan. 20 in. corr. 1 p.

Accompanied by: Boyle, Kay. Statement for dust jacket of Callard's Pretty Good for a Woman. Typescript 9carbon), undated. 1 p.

Manuscript box Carnevali, Maria Pia. 2 TLS to Boyle 1974 Feb. 23; 1975 Jan. 1 in. corr. 2 p. each

With: Boyle, Kay. TLS (photocopy) to Maria Pia Carnevali, Dec. 11, 1974. 1 p.

Manuscript box Centing, Richard R. ALS, 2 TLS to Boyle 1971 Aug. 3 - 1972 Mar. 29 in. corr. 3 items

With: Boyle, Kay. 2 TL (carbon) to Richard R. Centing, Aug. 12, 1971; July 21, 1972. 1 p. each

Manuscript box (Boyle) Chin, Frank. 3 TLS to Boyle 1977 Feb. 14 - 1978 Apr. 9 in. corr. 1 p. each Manuscript box Chute, Marchette Gaylord. 10 ALS, 3 TLS, 5 cards, 1 postcard to Boyle 1974 Mar. 27 - 1979 Aug. 14 in. corr. 19 items in 2 folders Manuscript box Chute, Beatrice Joy. 4 TLS, 2 ALS, 2 cards to Boyle 1977 Mar. 7 - 1986 Feb. 22 in. corr. 8 items in 1 folder Manuscript box Ciardi, John. TLS to Boyle 1985 Apr. 25 in. corr. 1 p. Manuscript box (Boyle) Clark, Blair. 2 ALS to Boyle 1986 Sept. 10; 1986 Nov. 22 in. corr. 1 leaf each Manuscript box (Boyle) Codrescu, Andrei. TLS to Boyle 1986 Dec. 11 in. corr. 1 p. Manuscript box (Boyle) Cohn, Arlan. 3 ALS, ANS to Boyle. Writer is Kay Boyle's physician. 1985 July 15 - 1986 Sept. 5 in. corr. 4 items in 1 folder Manuscript box (Boyle) Cohn, Ruby. 12 ALS, 7 TLS, 5 postcards, 5 cards to Boyle. Relates to Samuel Beckett 1973 Dec. 12 - 1986 Sept. 4 in. corr. 29 items in 5 folders Manuscript box (Boyle) Committee for Artistic and Intellectual Freedom in Iran. 2 TL to Boyle 1974 Sept. 12; 1974 Nov. 12 in. corr. 1 p. each

Signed Mohammad Falsafi. With ALS from Robert P. Capistrano to Kay Boyle, Sept. 28, 1979. 1 p. Attached to official letter and statement to members of the Committee to save the Iranian fourteen. Typescript (photocopy), Sept. 25, 1979. 3 p.

Manuscript box (Boyle) Cook, Mrs. Harold S. ALS to Boyle. Postmarked 1953 [1953] Nov. 19 in. corr. 3 p.

Encloses: Boyle, Kay. "When I sprinkle the tennis court." Holograph poem, undated. 2 p.

Manuscript box Cowley, Malcolm. TLS to Boyle 1976 Dec. 1 in. corr. 1 p. Manuscript box (Boyle) Cranston, Alan. TLS to Boyle 1977 May 6 in. corr. 1 p.

Encloses: Bennet, Douglas J., Jr. TL (photocopy) to Alan Cranston. Dept of State, Washington D.C., Apr. 28, 1977. 1 p.

Manuscript box (Boyle) Crews, Frederick C. TLS to Boyle 1986 Dec. 24 in. corr. 1 p. Manuscript box Crosby, Caresse. 2 ALS to Boyle 1968 May 20; 1968 July 20 in. corr. 1 p. each

With ANS to Kay Boyle on TL (carbon) to Rufus King. 1 p.

Manuscript box (Boyle) Crowell-Collier Press, New York. TL to Boyle 1968 Sept. 17 in. corr. 1 p.

Signed Carolyn Trager

Manuscript box (Boyle) Davis, Gwen. 4 TLS to Boyle. One dated undated 1981 Jan. 21 - 1981 June 2 in. corr. 1 p. each Manuscript box (Boyle) Dell Publishing Co., New York. 4 TL to Boyle 1970 Sept. 10 - 1972 May 12 in. corr. 1 p. each

Signed Richard Huett

Manuscript box (Boyle) Dellums, Ronald V. TLS to Boyle 1974 Aug. 27 in. corr. 1 p. Manuscript box (Boyle) del Vayo, J. A. 3 ALS to Boyle [1974] Mar. 20 - [1974] Oct. 22 in. corr. 1 p. each Manuscript box (Boyle) Deshaies, Arthur. 38 ALS, 16 TLS, telegram to Boyle 1960 May 11 - 1962 Aug. 20 in. corr. 55 items in 12 folders Manuscript box (Boyle) Detweiler, Joan. TLS and telegram to Boyle. The writer is Kay Boyle's sister. 1968 Oct. 26; 1952 Jan. 26 in. corr. 2 items Manuscript box (Boyle) Deutch, Stephen. 3 ALS to Boyle 1985 Jan. 29 - 1985 Nov. 13 in. corr. 3 items Manuscript box Deutsch, Babette. 47 TLS, 4 postcards, Christmas card to Boyle 1974 Apr. 22 - 1979 Sept. 21 in. corr. 51 items in 9 folders

In folder 9 her: [Three poems] Typescripts, two signed, undated. 5 p.

Manuscript box (Boyle) d'Heurle, Francois. ALS, 3 TLS to Boyle 1971 Jan. 28 - 1972 Oct. 14 in. corr. 4 items in 1 folder Manuscript box (Boyle) Dingman, Tony. 2 TLS to Boyle. One undated [1977 May 3] in. corr. 2 items

Contains three of his typescript poems

Manuscript box (Boyle) Dollard, Frank. TNS to Boyle [1968] Oct. 7 in. corr. 1 p.

With: San Francisco State College. 2 TL, signed James R. Wilson, to Kay Boyle, Jan. 27 and May 24, 1967. 1 p. each; TL (carbon) from Kay Boyle to Frank Dollard, Oct. 10, 1968. 1 p.; TL (carbon) from Kay Boyle to [--?] Garrity, Apr. 13, 1973. 1 p.

Manuscript box (Boyle) Donatto, Jean M. ALS, 4 cards to Boyle 1985 May 8 - 1986 May 5 in. corr. 5 items Manuscript box (Boyle) Doubleday & Co., New York. 4 TLS to Boyle 1968 Nov. 7 - 1986 Apr. 3 in. corr. 1 p. each Manuscript box (Boyle) Doubleday & Co., New York. TL to Boyle, on which is written a note by Kay Boyle 1978 Jan. 23 in. corr. 1 p.

Signed Hugh O'Neil. With: Reed, Ishmael. 2 postcards to Boyle, Jan. 6, 1976; May 11, 1985

Manuscript box (Boyle) Dragin, Burt. 2 TLS to Boyle 1985 Oct. 24; 1985 Oct. 31 in. corr. 1 p. each Manuscript box (Boyle) Drake, William. TLS to Boyle 1986 Dec. 6 in. corr. 1 p. Manuscript box Drinnon, Richard. 3 TLS to Boyle 1975 Aug. 27 - 1976 May 18 in. corr. 1 p. each

With: Boyle, Kay. TL (carbon) to Richard Drinnon, Aug. 4, 1975. 1 p. Circular letter

Manuscript box (Boyle) Duckles, Madline. TLS to Boyle 1979 July 9 in. corr. 1 p. Manuscript box (Boyle) Duconge, Smith. 2 ALS and postcard to Boyle 1968 Sept. 27; 1968 Dec. 12 in. corr. 3 items Manuscript box (Boyle) Echo Press, New York. 2 TL to Boyle 1978 Jan. 31; 1978 Mar. 7 in. corr. 1 p. each

Signed Susan Dwyer

Manuscript box (Boyle) Einsele, Helga. 4 ALS, 22 TLS to Boyle 1966 Dec. 31 - 1986 Aug. 26 in. corr. 26 items in 3 folders Manuscript box (Boyle) Elkin, Stanley. 2 TLS to Boyle 1985 Dec. 3; 1985 Dec. 23 in. corr. 1 p. each Manuscript box Ellman, Richard. ALS to Boyle 1978 June 29 in. corr. 1 leaf Manuscript box (In: Boyle, Kay. [Poem for Patricia Ellsberg] Draft. 1 p. Ellsberg, Patricia. ALS to Boyle. Greeting card [n.y.] Nov. 15 in. corr. 1 item Manuscript box (Boyle) Ellsberg, Robert. 2 postcards to Boyle [1975 Nov. 17]; 1979 Apr. 16 in. corr. 2 items Manuscript box (Boyle) Faucheraeau, Serge. ALS to Boyle 1976 Oct. 29 in. corr. 1 p. Manuscript box (Boyle) "Faysie". 10 ALS, greeting card to Boyle 1985 May 5 - 1986 Dec. 31 in. corr. 11 items in 2 folders

With: ALS from Tracy [--?] to Boyle, Dec. 8, 1986. 3 p. in folder 2

Manuscript box Ferlinghetti, Lawrence. 5 ALS, TLS, postcard to Boyle 1975 Mar. 19 - 1980 Feb. 25 in. corr. 7 items in 1 folder

Includes his poem: Adieu a Charlot. Broadside inscribed to Kay Boyle. Sample cover for his: Literary San Francisco

Manuscript box (Boyle) Fitterman, Stefan. ALS, TLS to Boyle 1979 Apr. 27; 1979 June 6 in. corr. 2 items Manuscript box Fitzmaurice, James M. ALS, 2 TLS to Boyle 1977 Sept. 20 - 1978 Jan. 28 in. corr. 3 items

With: Boyle, Kay. TLS (carbon) to James Fitzmaurice, July 3, 1978. 3 p.

Manuscript box (Boyle) Flanner, Hildegarde. 2 ALS to Boyle 1985 July 28; 1985 Aug. 12 in. corr. 2 items Manuscript box Ford, Charles Henri. 3 ALS, TLS, 8 postcards to Boyle 1975 Jan. 12 - 1980 Jan. 22 in. corr. 12 items in 3 folders Manuscript box Ford, Hugh. 30 ALS, 6 TLS, 4 cards, postcard, Christmas card to Boyle 1971 July 7 - 1979 Sept. 10 in. corr. 42 items in 9 folders Manuscript box (Boyle) Franckenstein, Anna. ALS, telegram, postcard, Christmas card to Boyle. The writer is Kay Boyle's mother-in-law 1968 July 3 - 1968 Dec. 10 in. corr. 4 items Manuscript box (Boyle) Frazier, Allie. 2 TLS to Boyle 1971 Sept. 9; 1976 Jan. 14 in. corr. 2 p. each Manuscript box (Boyle) Friedan, Betty. TLS to Boyle 1964 Apr. 22 in. corr. 1 p. Manuscript box Frost, Everett. TLS to Boyle 1971 Dec. 7 in. corr. 3 p.

With: Boyle, Kay. TL to Charles Amirkhanian, Nov. 14, 1971. 2 p.

Manuscript box (Boyle) Gale Research Co., Detroit, Michigan. TL to Boyle 1985 Aug. 23 in. corr. 1 p.

Signed Dedria Bryfonski

Manuscript box (Boyle) Gallagher, Tess. TLS to Kay Boyle 1986 Nov. 16 in. corr. 1 leaf Manuscript box (Boyle) Garrod, Michael. 3 ALS, 2 postcards, 2 greeting cards to Boyle 1985 June 10 - 1986 Mar. 30 in. corr. 7 items in 3 folders Manuscript box (Boyle) Geismar, Maxwell David. TLS to Boyle 1975 Jan. 25 in. corr. 1 leaf Manuscript box (Boyle) Glamour Magazine, New York. TL to Boyle 1971 Jan. 14 in. corr. 1 p.

Signed Phyllis Starr

Manuscript box (Boyle) Godine, David R. 5 TLS, 2 postcards to Boyle 1978 Aug. 24 - 1979 Aug. 2 in. corr. 7 items Manuscript box (Boyle) Greene, Felix. 2 TLS to Boyle 1968 Sept. 3; 1968 Sept. 18 in. corr. 1 p. each Manuscript box (Boyle) Groening, Roger. 2 cards, 2 postcards to Boyle 1985 Sept. 24 - 1986 June 5 in. corr. 4 items in 1 folder Manuscript box Grumbach, Doris. 8 ALS, TLS to Boyle 1974 Dec. 4 - 1986 Dec. 30 in. corr. 9 items in 4 folders Manuscript box (Boyle) Gunn, Alan M. F. 3 ALS, 2 TLS, card to Boyle 1974 Dec. 4 - 1986 Dec. 30 in. corr. 6 items in 2 folders Manuscript box (Boyle) Gutekunst, George. 15 TLS, Christmas card to Boyle 1978 Mar. 31 - 1986 Feb. 20 in. corr. 16 items in 4 folders Manuscript box (Boyle) Halpern, Daniel. 3 TLS to Boyle. One dated Oct. 2 [n.y.] 1971 Jan. 26; 1971 Feb. 10 in. corr. 1 p. each

Accompanied by: Boyle, Kay. Suggested questions to put to John Barth. Typescript (carbon), undated. 1 p.

Manuscript box (Boyle) Hamill, Sam. TLS to Boyle 1986 Nov. 18 in. corr. 1 p. Manuscript box (Boyle) Hari, Kenneth. TLS to Boyle 1974 Sept. 27 in. corr. 1 p. Manuscript box (Boyle) Harrison, Barbara Grizzuti. ALS to Boyle 1979 Oct. 23 in. corr. 1 p. Manuscript box (Boyle) Hawkes, John. 2 TLS and a telegram to Boyle 1968 Oct. 28 - 1968 Nov. 21 in. corr. 1 p. each Manuscript box (Boyle) Hayakawa, Samuel Ichiye. TLS to Boyle 1979 May 21 in. corr. 2 p. Manuscript box (Boyle) Herman, Jan. TLS to Boyle 1985 Nov. 19 in. corr. 1 leaf Manuscript box Hersey, John. 4 ALS, TLS to Boyle 1978 June 17 - 1979 Aug. 19 in. corr. 1 p. each Manuscript box (Boyle) Hill, Pati. ALS, 2 TLS to Boyle. One undated [1978 Aug. 23]; 1978 Oct. 27 in. corr. 3 items in 2 folders

Accompanied by her: 6 photocopied garments. Typescript (photocopy) of poem sequence, with photographs (photocopy), unsigned and undated. 12 p. In folder 2

Manuscript box (Boyle) Hoffman, Dustin. TLS to Boyle 1977 Jan. 10 in. corr. 1 p. Manuscript box (Boyle) Hohri, William. 2 ALS to Boyle. One postmarked July 30, 1985 [1985] June 17 in. corr. 1 p. each Manuscript box (Boyle) Hollins College, Hollins College, Va. 2 TLS to Boyle 1969 Jan. 23; 1970 Jan. 20 in. corr. 1 p. each Manuscript box (Boyle) Horizon Press, New York. TL to Boyle 1968 Sept. 13 in. corr. 2 p.

Signed Ben Raeburn

Manuscript box Horowitz, Ruth. TLS to Boyle 1978 Jan. in. corr. 1 p.

With Horowitz's essay, "Thematic uses of style in Kay Boyle's Wedding Day. Typescript (photocopy), Jan. 1978. 45 p.; with: Boyle, Kay. AL to Ruth Horowitz. April 23, 1978. 1 p.

Manuscript box (Boyle) Hugo, Ian. TLS, greenting card to Boyle. Greeting card undated 1975 Sept. 19 in. corr. 2 items Manuscript box (Boyle) Humanitas / International Human Rights Committee. TL to Boyle [ca. 1979 June] in. corr. 2 p.

Signed Ginetta Sagan, Ruth A. Valpey, and Laura Lee Wells. With: TLS (photocopy) from Jane Fonda to Joan Baez, May 30, 1979. 2 p. ; TLS (3 copies) from Stephen B. Young to J. Baez, June 5, 1979. 1 p.; TLS (2 copies) from Irving L. Horowitz to J. Fonda, June 7, 1979. 2 p.; TLS (2 copies) from J. Sager to Baez

Manuscript box (Boyle) Jargon Society, Inc., Highlands, NC. 4 TL to Boyle 1978 Nov. 2 - 1979 May 10 in. corr. 1 p. each

Signed Jonathan Williams

Manuscript box (Boyle) Johnson, Sharon. ALS to Boyle 1974 Nov. 30 in. corr. 1 leaf

With: Tranquilli, Martha. 2 ALS to Boyle, Nov. 10 and Dec. 8, 1974; ALS from V. A. Tranquilli to Boyle, Nov. 19, 1974. 1 p.; and TL, signed Lawrence M. Traylor, to Boyle, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Dec. 24, 1974. 1 p.

Manuscript box (Boyle) Johnston, Denis. ALS to Boyle 1977 Aug. 16 in. corr. 1 p. Manuscript box Jolas, Maria. 4 TLS, 2 postcards to Boyle 1969 July 31 - [1]976 June 9 in. corr. 4 items in 1 folder Manuscript box Josephson, Hannah. TLS to Boyle 1972 Sept. 21 in. corr. 1 leaf Manuscript box (Boyle) Judson, Donald M. 2 ALS to Boyle 1986 Aug. 19; 1986 Nov. 26 in. corr. 2 p. each Manuscript box (Boyle) Kahler, Alice L. ALS, 6 TLS, postcard to Boyle 1972 Feb. 10 - 1979 Jan. [1] in. corr. 7 items in 1 folder Manuscript box (Boyle) Kempner, Robert M. W. 3 ALS, ANS, 4 TLS, TNS, 2 postcards to Boyle 1968 Dec. 13 - 1987 Jan. 30 in. corr. 11 items in 2 folders Manuscript box (Boyle) Kilwein, Maurice A. 3 TLS to Boyle 1986 May 6 - 1986 Nov. 20 in. corr. 1 p. each Manuscript box (Boyle) Knopf, New York. TLS to Boyle 1975 Dec. 19 in. corr. 1 p.

Signed Carol Brown Janeway

Manuscript box Koch, Kenneth. 3 ALS to Boyle [1974] May 28 - 1979 Feb. 27 in. corr. 1 leaf each

Includes Kay Boyle's nomination of Kenneth Koch to the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters

Manuscript box Koolish, Lynda. TLS to Boyle 1977 Jan. 18 in. corr. 2 p.

With: Boyle, Kay. TL (carbon) to Lynda Koolish, Feb. 2, 1977. 2 p.

Manuscript box Kopp, Quentin L. TLS to Boyle 1979 Mar. 7 in. corr. 1 p.

With: Boyle, Kay. TLS (photocopy) to Quentin Kopp, April 3, 1979. 1 p.; includes carbon

Manuscript box (Boyle) Kornford, Anita Clay and John. Christmas card to Boyle 1975 Dec. 16 in. corr. 1 item Manuscript box (Boyle) Kowit, Steve. TLS to Boyle. Date from postmark 1968 Dec. 19 in. corr. 1 p. Manuscript box (Boyle) Krasny, Michael Jay. ALS to Boyle [n.y.] June 15 in. corr. 1 p. Manuscript box (Boyle) Kubly, Herbert. 13 TLS to Boyle 1963 June 19 - 1964 Jan. 1 in. corr. 13 items in 5 folders Manuscript box (Boyle) Kuhn, Yannick. ALS to Boyle. Writer is Kay Boyle's grandchild 1986 Nov. 11 in. corr. 2 leaves Manuscript box (Boyle) La Chapelle, Mary. TLS to Boyle. Relates to La Chapelle's winning the Nelson Algren Award 1986 May 5 in. corr. 2 p. Manuscript box Laughlin, James. ALS, 7 TLS to Boyle 1968 Oct. 16 - 1978 May 10 in. corr. 8 items in 2 folders

With 2 TL (carbon) relating to Wolfgang Borchert's The Outside Man

Manuscript box Lavin, Mary. 4 ALS to Boyle 1976 May 15 - 1976 Aug. 29 in. corr. 1 leaf each Manuscript box (Boyle) Letters, ALS, TLS, etc., from various correspondents, not listed separately, to Boyle 1944 - 1987 in. corr. 319 letters in 27 folders Manuscript box (Boyle) Letters, ALS, TLS, etc., from various publishers and booksellers, not listed separately, to Boyle 1968 Oct. 25 - 1986 Dec. 16 in. corr. 31 letters in 3 folders Manuscript box Levertov, Denise. 3 ALS, TLS to Boyle 1974 Dec. 21 - 1986 Sept. 5 in. corr. 7 p. Manuscript box (Boyle) Levine, Philip. ALS to Boyle [1977] May 19 in. corr. 1 p. Manuscript box (Boyle) Little, Brown and Co., Boston. 4 TL to Boyle 1968 July 3 - 1970 June 15 in. corr. 1 p. each

Signed Harry Sions

Manuscript box (Boyle) Litwak, Leo E. 2 TLS to Boyle 1985 Sept. 9; 1986 Jan. 31 in. corr. 2 items Manuscript box (Boyle) Low-Heywood Thomas School, Stamford, Conn. 2 ALS, TLS to Boyle 1982 Jan. 25 - 1986 July 11 in. corr. 3 items in 1 folder

With TL (carbon) from Kay Boyle to Low-Heywood Thomas school, may 18, 1976. 2 p.

Manuscript box Lowenfels, Walter. 3 TLS to Boyle 1970 June 15 - 1970 July 6 in. corr. 1 p. each

With letter to the editor of The New York Times Book Review, May 3, 1970; with TLS to Kay Boyle from Walter Lowefels' daughter regarding the death of her father

Manuscript box (Boyle) McAlmon, Victoria. 2 ALS to Boyle 1965 Oct. 28 ; 1966 Jan. 10 in. corr. 1 leaf each Manuscript box (Boyle) McCord, Howard. 6 TLS and postcard to Boyle 1986 May 28 - 1986 Dec. 5 in. corr. 7 items in 2 folders Manuscript box (Boyle) MacCurtain, Margaret. 3 ALS, 2 postcards, greeting card to Boyle 1985 Nov. 23 - 1986 June 26 in. corr. 6 items in 2 folders Manuscript box (Boyle) McGuckin, Henry. 2 ALS, Christmas card to Boyle 1971 May 11 - 1985 Nov. in. corr. 3 items in 1 folder Manuscript box (Boyle) McKinley, Hazel. 2 ALS to Boyle 1968 Oct. 8; 1968 Oct. 21 in. corr. 2 items Manuscript box MacLeish, Archibald. 2 ALS to Boyle 1981 July 7; [n.y.] Aug. 4 in. corr. 2 items Manuscript box Macleod, Norman. 24 ALS, 5 TLS, 5 postcards to Boyle 1971 Apr. 4 - 1976 July 9 in. corr. 34 items in 12 folders

Accompanied by: Miller, Arthur. TLS (copy) to Victor P. Dalmas, Jr., Jan. 10, 1975. 1 p.; includes also two poems by Norman Mcleod

Manuscript box (Boyle) MacNiven, Ian. TLS to Boyle 1985 June 27 in. corr. 1 p.

With TLS from Susan MacNiven to Boyle, Oct. 28, 1986. 2 p.

Manuscript box (Boyle) Madden, David. TLS to Boyle 1971 June 28 in. corr. 1 p. Manuscript box Malamud, Bernard. TLS to Boyle 1985 Dec. 4 in. corr. 1 p.

With an acknowledgement of sympathy from his wife, March 29, 1986. 1 leaf

Manuscript box (Boyle) Manchester, William Raymond. TLS to Boyle 1969 Feb. 25 in. corr. 2 p. Manuscript box Mandel, William. 4 TLS, postcard to Boyle 1974 Feb. 4 - 1979 July 6 in. corr. 5 items

With: Boyle, Kay. 2 TL (carbon) to William Mandel, Feb. 5, 1974. 2 p.; with draft, 1 p.; Feb. 18, 1974. 1 p.

Manuscript box (Boyle) Mangione, Jerre Gerlando. ALS, 6 TLS and postcard to Boyle 1968 July 14 - 1986 July 12 in. corr. 8 items in 2 folders Manuscript box (Boyle) Marissael, Grace. 4 ALS, postcard to Boyle. Writer is sister of Robert McAlmon 1968 June 22 - [1975?] Aug. 16 in. corr. 5 items in 1 folder Manuscript box (Boyle) Mayer, Milton Sanford. ALS, postcard to Boyle 1968 July 4; 1969 Jan. 25 in. corr. 2 items Manuscript box (Boyle) Meinke, Peter. TLS to Boyle 1985 Dec. 30 in. corr. 1 p.

With his: A Sonnet Sequence for Christmas (photocopy), signed, [Dec. 30] 1975. 1 p.

Manuscript box (Boyle) Mellen, Joan. 3 TLS to Boyle 1986 Sept. 30 - 1986 Nov. 5 in. corr. 3 items in 2 folders Manuscript box (Boyle) Miles, Josephine. ALS, postcard to Boyle. Postcard dated from postmark [1968] Nov. 1; 1978 Nov. 13 in. corr. 2 items Manuscript box Miller, Arthur. ALS to Boyle [n.d.] in. corr. 1 p. Manuscript box Miller, Henry. 3 ALS, 2 TLS to Boyle 1977 Mar. 14 - 1978 Aug. 20 in. corr. 1 p. each Manuscript box (Boyle) Millett, Kate. Card and postcard to Boyle [1975] Apr. 27; 1978 May 8 in. corr. 2 items Manuscript box (Boyle) Mirikitani, Janice. TLS to Boyle 1979 Jan. 8 in. corr. 1 p.

With typescript of her poem: To the Woman who couldn't cry. Unsigned, Jan. 8, 1979. 2 p.

Manuscript box (Boyle) Monsour, Elizabeth. TLS to Boyle. Relates to the death of Kay Boyle's mother, Katherine 1952 Jan. 31 in. corr. 2 leaves Manuscript box (Boyle) Montgomery, John D. TLS to Boyle 1969 Sept. 5 in. corr. 2 p. Manuscript box Moore, Harry Thornton. ALS to Boyle 1975 May 19 in. corr. 1 p. Manuscript box (Boyle) Morris, ivan. 4 ALS to Boyle 1974 Jan. 21 - 1975 Oct. 31 in. corr. 4 items Manuscript box (Boyle) Morris Library, Southern Illinois University. 2 ALS, 17 TLS to Boyle 1971 Mar. 5 - 1986 Dec. 21 in. corr. 19 items in 5 folders

Accompanied by: Boyle, Kay. TL (carbon) to [Kenneth W.] Duckett, Nov. 15, 1974. 1 p.; Boyle, Kay. ANS to [David V. Koch], Jan. 20, 1979. 1 p.

Manuscript box (Boyle) Murray, Natalia Danesi. ALS to Boyle. Relates to Janet Flanner's Darlinghissima 1985 July 25 in. corr. 1 p.

Accompanied by: Random House Inc., New York. 3 TL, signed by Jonathan Galassi, to Kay Boyle, June 6 - July 29, 1985. 1 p. each

Manuscript box Muskie, Edmund S. TLS to Boyle 1969 Sept. 3 in. corr. 1 p.

With: Boyle, Kay. TL (carbon) to Edmund S. Muski, Aug. 6, 1969. 1 p.

Manuscript box (Boyle) Nation. 5 TLS to Boyle 1972 Apr. 14 - 1973 Mar. 26 in. corr. 5 items in 1 folder Manuscript box (Dahlberg) National Institute of Arts and Letters. Secretarial note to Boyle [n.d.] in. corr. 1 p.

Signed Maggie. With: National Institute of Arts and Letters. Nomination of candidate (photocopy). 1 p.; with marginal note recommending Edward Dahlberg, signed by Kay Boyle

Manuscript box (Boyle) National Institute of Arts and Letters. 2 TL to Boyle 1967 Apr. 14 - 1967 May 4 in. corr. 1 p. each

Signed Felicia Geffen

Manuscript box (Boyle) National Poetry Foundation. TL to Boyle 1985 Sept. 20 in. corr. 1 p.

Signed Burton Hatlen

Manuscript box (Boyle) National Writers Union, New York. TL to Boyle 1986 Jan. 6 in. corr. 1 p.

Signed Andrea Eagan

Manuscript box Nemerov, Howard. 40 TLS to Boyle 1974 Jan. 4 - 1985 Aug. 26 in. corr. 40 items in 8 folders

In folders 6 and 8: Nemerov's two typescripts of poems. 1 p. each

Manuscript box (Boyle) Nerny, Brian. 2 TLS to Boyle 1981 Feb. 11; 1981 Mar. 18 in. corr. 1 p. each Manuscript box (Boyle) New Republic. TL to Boyle 1969 Oct. 6 in. corr. 1 p.

Signed Reed Whittmore

Manuscript box (Boyle) Noakes, Benjamin. ALS, TLS to Boyle. TLS is undated 1985 Nov. 9 in. corr. 1 leaf each Manuscript box (Boyle) Norse, Harold. ALS to Boyle 1976 May 26 in. corr. 1 p. Manuscript box (Boyle) North Point Press, Berkeley, Calif. 3 TLS to Boyle 1985 June 5 - 1986 Aug. 8 in. corr. 3 items in 2 folders Manuscript box (Boyle) Norton (W. W.) & Co., New York. 2 TL to Boyle 1985 May 31; 1985 July 1 in. corr. 2 items

Signed Kathie Nelson. With notes in Kay Boyle's hand on verso of July 1, 1985 letter and on additional scrap paper

Manuscript box (Boyle) Nowlin, William G., Jr. 3 ALS, 2 TLS to Boyle 1977 Sept. 21 - 1986 Sept. 8 in. corr. 5 items in 2 folders Manuscript box (Boyle) O'Connor, Philip F. 2 ALS to Boyle 1985 June 11; 1986 May 23 in. corr. 2 items Manuscript box (Boyle) Pacific Sun Literary Journal. 6 TL to Boyle 1974 Nov. 4 - 1975 Dec. 12 in. corr. 6 items in 2 folders

Signed Linda Ferguson

Manuscript box (Boyle) Padgett, Ron. ALS, postcard to Boyle. Postcard dated from postmark 1986 Apr. 2; 1985 Sept. 10 in. corr. 2 items Manuscript box (Boyle) Paideuma Journal. TL to Boyle 1985 Aug. 1 in. corr. 2 p.

Signed Burton Halten

Manuscript box (Boyle) Painter, Charlotte. ALS, 5 TLS to Boyle 1976 Jan. 24 - 1979 May 29 in. corr. 6 items Manuscript box (Boyle) Paley, Grace. 4 ALS to Boyle [1975 Nov. 10] - [1979 July 12] in. corr. 4 items in 1 folder Manuscript box (Boyle) Palmer, Doug. 4 ALS to Boyle [1974 Jan. 4] - [1974 Nov. 12] in. corr. 1 leaf each Manuscript box Pantheon Books. TLS to Boyle 1976 Dec. 15 in. corr. 1 p.

With: Boyle, Kay. TLS (carbon) to Pantheon Books, March 13, 1977. 1 p.; Boyle, Kay. TL (carbon) to The Progressive, May 16, 1977. 1 p. Related to Louis Terkel

Manuscript box (Boyle) Paterson, Katherine. ALS, 2 TLS to Boyle 1977 Apr. 15 - [1979 May 18] in. corr. 3 items Manuscript box (Boyle) Pearson, Norman Holmes. ALS, 2 Christmas cards to Boyle 1973 Dec. 9 - 1974 Dec. 23 in. corr. 3 items

Manuscript box (Boyle) Peden, William Harwood. ALS, 3 TLS to Boyle 1975 Oct. 24 - 1978 July 30 in. corr. 4 items in 2 folders

Accompanied by his: The treasure of Beging geniuses together. Typescript (photocopy), with ms. Corrections by Norman Macleod, unsigned and undated. 8 p., in folder 1

Manuscript box Peterson, Mrs. Agnes F. TLS to Boyle 1969 Sept. 15 in. corr. 1 p.

With: Boyle, Kay. TL (carbon) to Edmund S. Muskie, Aug. 6, 1969. 1 p.

Manuscript box (Boyle) P.E.N. (International Association of Writers). American Center. ALS, 5 TLS to Boyle 1980 Aug. 25 - 1986 June 3 in. corr. 6 items in 2 folders Manuscript box (Boyle) Pierce, Burton. ALS to Boyle 1944 June 19 in. corr. 6 leaves Manuscript box Pochoda, Elizabeth. TLS to Boyle [1979] Nov. 26 in. corr. 1 p.

With: Boyle, Kay. 2 TL (carbon) to the editor of The Nation, Aug. 11, 1968. 2 p.; Nov. 20, 1979. 1 p.

Manuscript box (Boyle) Pollitzer, Anita. 2 ANS to Boyle 1959 Sept. 30; 1971 Nov. 26 in. corr. 2 items

With: Pollitzer, William Sprott. ALS, TLS to Kay Boyle, June 22, 1986 1 p.; Oct. 12, 1986. 1 p.

Manuscript box (Boyle) Pollitzer, William Sprott. ALS, TLS to Boyle 1986 June 22; 1986 Oct. 12 in. corr. 1 p. each

With 2 ANS from Anita Pollitzer to Boyle, Sept. 30, 1959 and Nov. 26, 1971.

Manuscript box (Boyle) Poor, Anne. 3 ALS to Boyle. One letter undated 1975 Sept. 17; [1975] Oct. 27 in. corr. 3 items

Includes New York Times obituary of her mother, Bessie Breuer. Sept. 25, 1975

Manuscript box (Boyle) Progressive, Madison, Wis. 6 TL to Boyle 1968 June 25 - 1971 Sept. 10 in. corr. 6 items in 2 folders

Signed Morris H. Rubin

Manuscript box Progressive, Madison, Wis. TL to Boyle 1968 Oct. 23 in. corr. 1 p.

Signed Mary Sheridan. With: Boyle, Kay. TL (carbon) to the editors of The Progressive, Oct. 26, 1968. 2 p.

Manuscript box (Boyle) Quinn, Anthony. TLS to Boyle 1974 June 5 in. corr. 1 p. Manuscript box (Boyle) Random House Inc., New York. 3 TL to Boyle 1985 June 6 - 1985 July 29 in. corr. 1 p. each

Signed Jonathan Galassi. With: Murray, Natalia Danesi. ALS to Kay Boyle, July 25, 1985. 1 p.

Manuscript box (Boyle) Rattray, David. 12 TLS to Boyle 1985 Apr. 3 - 1986 Mar. 19 in. corr. 12 items in 4 folders Manuscript box (Boyle) Reed, Ishmael. 2 postcards to Boyle 1976 Jan. 6; 1985 May 11 in. corr. 2 items

Accompanied by: TLS to Kay Boyle from Hugh O'Neil, Doubleday and Co., New York, Jan. 23, 1978. 1 p. On which is written a note by Kay Boyle

Manuscript box (Boyle) Renek, Morris. 8 ALS to Boyle 1985 Mar. 14 - 1986 May 16 in. corr. 8 items in 3 folders Manuscript box Riley, M. Lamar. TLS to Kay Boyle. Relates to Janet Flanner 1977 Nov. 14 in. corr. 1 p.

With: Boyle, Kay. TL (carbon) to M. Lamar Riley, Nov. 28, 1977. 1 p.

Manuscript box (Boyle) Robins, Natalie S. 4 ALS to Boyle 1986 July 24 - 1986 Dec. 18 in. corr. 4 items in 2 folders Manuscript box Rorem, Ned. 2 TLS to Boyle 1978 Nov. 11; 1979 Apr. 24 in. corr. 1 p. each Manuscript box Rosenman, Leonard D. TLS to Boyle 1977 May 19 in. corr. 2 p.

With: Boyle, Kay. TLS (2 carbons) to Leonard D. Rosenman, May 18, 1977. 1 p.; her TL (photocopy) to Hans [--?], May 19, 1977. 3 p.

Manuscript box Rukeyser, Muriel. Postcard to Boyle 1968 Oct. 2 in. corr. 1 item Manuscript box (Boyle) Sales, Grover. TLS to Boyle 1985 Apr. 26 in. corr. 1 p. Manuscript box (Boyle) San Francisco State College. 2 TL to Boyle 1967 Jan. 27; 1967 May 24 in. corr. 1 p. each

Signed James R. Wilson. With: TNS from Frank Dollard to Kay Boyle, Oct. 7 [1968]. 1 p.; TL (carbon) from Kay Boyle to Frank Dollard, Oct. 10, 1968. 1 p.; TL (carbon) from Kay Boyle to [--?] Garrity, April 13, 1973. 1 p.

Manuscript box (Boyle) Sanchez, Sonia. 6 ALS to Boyle 1968 Sept. 18 - 1969 Oct. 26 in. corr. 6 items in 1 folder Manuscript box (Boyle) Schevill, James Erwin. TLS to Boyle 1975 May 23 in. corr. 1 leaf

Accompanied by Schevill's Where we are. Typescript (carbon) of poem, with the author's ms. Notes, undated. 4 p.

Manuscript box (Boyle) Schlesinger, Arthur, Jr. TLS to Boyle 1978 Nov. 1 in. corr. 1 p. Manuscript box (Boyle) Secrest, Meryle. TLS to Boyle 1974 Aug. 25 in. corr. 1 leaf Manuscript box (Boyle) Shapiro, David. TLS to Boyle 1968 July 4 in. corr. 1 p. Manuscript box Shirer, William Lawrence. Als, 9 TLS, 2 postcards, Christmas card to Boyle 1985 May 22 - 1986 Dec. 6 in. corr. 12 items in 4 folders Manuscript box Shulman, Alix Kates. 2 TLS, postcard to Boyle 1978 Jan. 11 - 1978 Feb. 14 in. corr. 3 items

With: Boyle, Kay (carbon) to Alix Kates Shulman, Feb. 19, 1978. 1 p.

Manuscript box (Boyle) Simic, Charles. Postcard to Boyle. Date from postmark 1975 Dec. 16 in. corr. 1 item Manuscript box (Boyle) Simmonds, Roy S. 2 ALS, 7 TLS to Boyle 1973 Mar. 10 - 1976 Apr. 18 in. corr. 9 items in 4 folders

Accompanied by: Kay Boyle's essay notes on William March. Typescript, unsigned, March 8 and May 23, 1976. 8 p. in folder 3

Manuscript box (Boyle) Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY. 2 TLS to Boyle 1977 Feb. 25; 1977 May 26 in. corr. 2 p.; 1 p.

With ANS by Kay Boyle on p. 2 of letter dated Feb. 25

Manuscript box (Boyle) Smoller, Sanford J. 5 TLS to Boyle 1974 Feb. 22; 1974 Oct. 24 in. corr. 5 items in 2 folders

In folder 1: Typescript (photocopy) section of Smoller's manuscript on Robert McAlmon, 6 p.

Manuscript box Snitow, Alan. TLS to Boyle 1979 June 27 in. corr. 3 p.

With: Boyle, Kay. TLS (carbon) to Alan Snitow, June 19, 1979. 1 p.

Manuscript box (Boyle) Spanier, Sandra. 2 TLS to Boyle 1986 Oct. 9; 1986 Dec. 4 in. corr. 2 p. each Manuscript box (Boyle) Square One Productions, Inc., Portland, Or. 3 TL to Boyle 1985 Nov. 1 - 1986 Mar. 29 in. corr. 3 items in 1 folder

Signed Kelley Baker