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V.I.P. Letters and Autographs, 1928-1978

2 folders
Box 20, Folder 4-5
Two folders of routine correspondence with well-known literary figures, including Edward Albee, Maxwell Aley, Woody Allen, Sherwood Anderson, Sholem Asch, Louis Auchincloss, W. H. Auden, Paul Auster, Saul Bellow, Richard Bennett, Naomi Bliven, Vance Bourjaily, Joy Chute, Joan Crowell, Malcolm Cowley, Friedrich Dürrenmatt, Dorothy Canfield Fisher, Jimmy Carter, John Dos Passos, T. S. Eliot, Allen Ginsberg, Barbara Goldsmith, Nadine Gordimer, Lillian Hellman, John Hersey, Chang Hon-Hai, Langston Hughes, Clifford Irving, John Irving, Edward Kennedy, Robert Lowell, Norman Mailer, Bernard Malamud, Thomas Mann, Somerset Maugham, Carson McCullers, Arthur Miller, Alva Myrdal, Gunnar Myrdal, Anaïs Nin, Grace Paley, Octavio Paz, Katherine Anne Porter, James Purdy, Mario Puzo, Ann Reiss, Elmer Rice, Muriel Rukeyser, Grace Schulman, Harrison Salisbury, Isaac Bashevis Singer, Susan Sontag, Wallace Stegner, John Steinbeck, Adlai E. Stevenson, William Styron, James Thurber, Barbara Tuchman, John Updike, Kurt Vonnegut, Aileen Ward, Robert Penn Warren, Alec Waugh, Eudora Welty, E. B. White, Patrick White, Thornton Wilder, Richard Wright, and Arnold Zweig.
Firestone LibraryManuscripts DivisionP.E.N. American Center Records, 1922-2008 (mostly 1930-1989)Series 2: Membership, 1924-1991
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Subseries 4A: Freedom to Write, 1937-1998

68 boxes
SOME ONLINE CONTENT
This subseries documents P.E.N. American Center's advocacy on behalf of writers censored or persecuted for their political expression. It includes the files of the Freedom to Write Committee and files pertaining to P.E.N. American Center's work with the Writers in Prison Committee of International P.E.N. Founded in 1960 at P.E.N. American Center, the Freedom to Write program advocates for freedom of expression, freedom of the press, and the release of imprisoned writers worldwide. The Writers in Prison Committee of International P.E.N. was established the same year by a group of volunteers at International P.E.N. Although distinct programs, the two program names were used synonymously at P.E.N. American Center to refer to the work of the Freedom to Write Committee. Included are general correspondence concerning the program, case files, and daily logs of Helen Graves, the coordinator of the P.E.N. American Center FTW program from 1986-1988.
Firestone LibraryManuscripts DivisionP.E.N. American Center Records, 1922-2008 (mostly 1930-1989)Series 4: Programs, 1926-2008
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Subseries 4D: Miscellaneous Programs and Events, 1926-2008

34 boxes
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This subseries contains the annual event files of P.E.N. American Center as well as information on various defunct, one-time, or small-scale programs, including questionnaires, advocacy, book fairs, traveling exhibits, panels, radio programs, and readings. The annual files document all events organized by P.E.N., including program events, visits, benefits, parties, and readings. The subseries also includes files on the 1942 author questionnaire, which polled American and European writers on how P.E.N. could be useful during wartime, and 1986 P.E.N. Celebration, a series of eight Sunday evenings through the fall of 1985 at the Booth Theatre, New York held to raise money for the Congress the following January.
Firestone LibraryManuscripts DivisionP.E.N. American Center Records, 1922-2008 (mostly 1930-1989)Series 4: Programs, 1926-2008
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Series 4: Programs, 1926-2008

115 boxes
SOME ONLINE CONTENT
The Programs series documents programs and events organized by P.E.N. American Center. It includes files on the Freedom to Write program, Writers in Prison, the Syndicated Fiction project, as well as miscellaneous programs including exhibits, panels, book fairs, readings, foreign visits, Radio P.E.N., receptions, and others.
Firestone LibraryManuscripts DivisionP.E.N. American Center Records, 1922-2008 (mostly 1930-1989)
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Series 5: Awards, 1930-1994

7 boxes
The Awards series contains records documenting awards and prizes given by P.E.N. American Center, including the Faulkner Foundation Award, the Nelson Algren Award, the Roger Klein Award, the Malamud Award, and the Sheaffer Eaton Award, among others. It includes administrative and financial records, files on finalists, correspondence, and occasional manuscripts.
Firestone LibraryManuscripts DivisionP.E.N. American Center Records, 1922-2008 (mostly 1930-1989)
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Subseries 6B: P.E.N. Refugee Fund, 1938-1959

1 box
The P.E.N. Refugee Fund assisted exiled writers by asking the P.E.N. membership to provide affidavits of support and sponsoring visas on an individual basis. This subseries includes affidavits, case files and correspondence, and specific files on German, Hungarian, and Spanish Refugees. The German file consists of correspondence by Erika and Thomas Mann on behalf of German authors.
Firestone LibraryManuscripts DivisionP.E.N. American Center Records, 1922-2008 (mostly 1930-1989)Series 6: Grants and Financial Aid, 1922-1992
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Series 6: Grants and Financial Aid, 1922-1992

15 boxes
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The Grants and Financial Aid Series documents the efforts of P.E.N. American Center to give financial assistance to writers in need. Major programs represented in this series include the Fund for Intellectual Freedom, the P.E.N. Refugee Fund, the P.E.N. Relief Fund, and the Writers' Emergency Fund. In addition, the series contains files regarding the International P.E.N. Emergency Fund as well as aid programs to Chinese and Latin American writers.
Firestone LibraryManuscripts DivisionP.E.N. American Center Records, 1922-2008 (mostly 1930-1989)
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Series 7: Committees, 1926-1998

18 boxes
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The Committees series consists of the complete file runs of various committees of P.E.N. American Center, including the Dramatic Forms Committee, the International Executive Committee, and the Translation Committee, among others. The files include correspondence, committee rosters, reports, and information about committee activities and finances. The files of the Translation Committee also include the records of the Translation Grant awarded by P.E.N. American Center.
Firestone LibraryManuscripts DivisionP.E.N. American Center Records, 1922-2008 (mostly 1930-1989)
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Subseries 8A: P.E.N. International Congress, 1924-1992

30 boxes
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This subseries consists of files documenting the annual International P.E.N. Congress. It includes programs, agendas, executive meeting minutes, and correspondence. Of special interest are the files of the 1974 meeting in Jerusalem, which was boycotted by a number of delegations following a UNESCO decision to condemn Zionism, prompting Arthur Miller to give a personal statement.
Firestone LibraryManuscripts DivisionP.E.N. American Center Records, 1922-2008 (mostly 1930-1989)Series 8: Conferences, 1924-1992
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Series 8: Conferences, 1924-1992

32 boxes
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The Conferences series documents the P.E.N. International Congresses as well as conferences organized by P.E.N. American Center, including the Life of the Writer Conference, the Near Eastern Literature Conference, the World of Translation Conference, and the Latin American Conference. The files include programs and conference proceedings, registration forms, press releases, agendas and minutes, transcripts, financial information and occasional manuscripts.
Firestone LibraryManuscripts DivisionP.E.N. American Center Records, 1922-2008 (mostly 1930-1989)
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Subseries 9A: International Centers, 1926-1989

3 boxes
The International Centers subseries consists of country files documenting P.E.N. American Center's interactions with P.E.N. centers worldwide. It contains correspondence regarding joint activities and visits to and from international centers. The subseries includes files on the Yiddish Center and the Hebrew P.E.N. Club in New York.
Firestone LibraryManuscripts DivisionP.E.N. American Center Records, 1922-2008 (mostly 1930-1989)Series 9: Centers and Branches, 1926-1991

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