Melville Cane papers, 1901-1979

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Series VI. Manuscripts


Subseries VI.1: Miscellaneous



Box 41 Miscellaneous manuscripts and correspondence (1972-1975 gifts)



Box 42 Miscellaneous manuscripts and correspondence (1976 gift)



Box 43 Miscellaneous manuscripts


Series VI.2: Individual



Box 44 All and Sundry


Box 44 Eloquent April



Box 45 Bow Tie


Box 45 Eloquent April


Box 45 First Fire Fly


Box 45 Memories Recaptured


Box 45 Poems to J. Proskauer



Box 46 All and Sundry - correspondence, jacket, 68 items


Box 46 All and Sundry - original ms., typescript, 3 items


Box 46 American Scholar - essay in - correspondence, 31 items


Box 46 American Scholar - essay in - typescript, reprint, 2 items


Box 46 And Pastures New - edited ms., 4 items & complete text


Box 46 And Pastures New - galley proofs, 5 items


Box 46 And Pastures New - ms., galley proof, 4 items



Box 47 Behind Dark Spaces - work sheets, proof, 2 items


Box 47 Behind Dark Spaces - edited ms., rough proof, 2 items


Box 47 Bullet-Hunting - correspondence, 67 items


Box 47 Bullet-Hunting - typescript, proof, 3 items


Box 47 Bullet-Hunting and Other New Poems - corrected ms., page proof, 2 items


Box 47 "Invitation to Learning" - on Swinburne, with Trilling, 2 items


Box 47 January Garden - reviews, correspondence, 39 items


Box 47 January Garden - typescript, galley proof, page proof, 3 items


Box 47 "KTLN Book Reporter" - radio program, Denver, August 1948, 1 item


Box 47 Making a Poem - corrected ms., galley proof, 5 items


Box 47 Making a Poem - correspondence, reviews, 106 items


Box 47 Making a Poem - printer's ms., 1 item



Box 48 Man from Main Street - reviews, correspondence, 22 items


Box 48 Misc. documents - manuscript, 7 items


Box 48 Misc. documents - printed, 14 items


Box 48 Misc. documents - typed, 31 items


Box 48 "New Horizons for Poetry" - correspondence, 94 items


Box 48 "New Horizons for Poetry" - original ms., typescript, 2 items


Box 48 Poems: New and Selected - correspondence, 26 items


Box 48 Poetry Society of America - misc. items, 5 items


Box 48 Poetry Society of Virginia - address, correspondence, 8 items



Box 49 So That It Flower - corrected galley proof, 1 item


Box 49 So That It Flower - corrected galley proof, page proof, jacket & copy, 6 items


Box 49 So That It Flower - correspondence, 50 items


Box 49 So That It Flower - edited ms., galley proof, 4 items


Box 49 So That It Flower - work sheets, 8 items



Box 50 To Build a Fire - correspondence, 86 items


Box 50 To Build a Fire - ms., galley proof, page proof, jacket, 4 items


Box 50 Univ. of Kansas City - Lectures, 8 items


Box 50 Univ. of Kansas City - Lectures - correspondence, clippings, 10 items


Box 50 Univ. of Kansas City Review - "How 'Humbly, Wildly' was Born" - p. copies, 10 items


Box 50 Univ. of Kansas City Review - articles by and about, correspondence, 26 items


Box 50 "Why Ask for Permission?" - correspondence, 11 items


Box 50 A Wider Arc - correspondence, 34 items


Box 50 A Wider Arc - edited ms., 1 item


Box 50 A Wider Arc - reviews, 2 items


Box 50 "Within the Dark" - correspondence, 29 items


Box 50 "Within the Dark" - ms., work sheets, 4 items