Research Catalog

Details

Description

1. 86 manuscript boxes; (43 linear ft.)

Summary

1. The archive is organized into 5 series: Series I: Works by Paul Metcalf; Series 2: Correspondence; Series 3: Works about Metcalf; Series 4: Personal Papers (incl. photographs); Series 5: Manuscripts Sent to Metcalf.

Subject

1. Booth, John Wilkes, 1838-1865 -- Fiction
2. Booth, John Wilkes, 1838-1865 -- Portraits
3. Mays, Willie, 1931-2024 -- Poetry
4. Melville, Herman, 1819-1891 -- Fiction
5. Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849 -- Fiction
6. Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849 -- Portraits
7. Assassins -- Fiction
8. Authors -- Fiction
9. Baseball -- Poetry
10. Illinois -- Poetry
11. Illinois -- Description and travel
12. Potomac River Region -- History

Genre/Form

1. American fiction – 20th century.
2. American poetry – 20th century

Call number

1. Berg Coll MSS Metcalf

Language

1. English

Note

1. Paul C. Metcalf (1917-1999), one of America's ablest post-modern literary experimenters, was born in East Milton, Massachusetts. He was the great-grandson of Herman Melville, whose work, and allusions to whom, he would incorporate into his work.

Access (note)

1. Restricted access;

Local note

1. Shelved in BPSE.

Author

1. Metcalf, Paul.

Title

1. Paul Metcalf papers, 1917-1999 (bulk 1970-1999).

Imprint

1. [various places] : 1917-1999.

Access

1. Restricted access; request permission in holding division.

Connect to:

1. Request access to this item in the Berg Collection
2. Finding aid

Research call number

1. Berg Coll MSS Metcalf