Items

• "The Centaur" drafts

  Three typescript drafts of Swenson's childhood memory poem, frequently anthologized. It was first published in Western Review in 1956, and included in her second poetry collection, A Cage of Spines.
• City of Saint Louis Office of the Mayor Proclamation

  Official proclamation making May 12, 1983 as Stanley Elkin Day in Saint Louis, Missouri.
• Stanley Elkin Teaching

  Photograph slides of Stanley Elkin teaching a WashU class in his living room
• The Muses Are Heard - Contracts and Correspondence

  Contracts and correspondence related to reprinting of Stanley Elkin's essay, "The Muses Are Heard," originally published as “The Muses Are Heard: Dancing in the Heart of the Regional Arts” in Harper’s Magazine (December 1987), then in The Best American Essays 1989.
• Pieces of Soap Copyedited Manuscript

  Title essay in the copyedited manuscript for "Pieces of Soap" book
• Mrs. Ted Bliss - Reviews and Ads

  Clippings of reviews and advertisements and NBCC Award announcement.
• The Rabbi of Lud

  An excerpt from the author's novel "The Rabbi of Lud", published in Chicago volume 35, number 10.
• The Six-Year-Old Man
• The Six-Year-Old Man : A Screenplay - Esquire

  Screenplay for a film which was never made. Published in Esquire volume 70, number 6.
• Author Dr. Stanley Elkin Will Give a Dramatic Reading from "A Bad Man"...His Latest Book

  Poster advertising a reading from "A Bad Man" at Congregation B'nai Amoona in St. Louis, Missouri.
• The Coffee Room - Typescript Drafts

  Multiple drafts of "The Coffee Room" with autograph corrections.
• Stanley Elkin reads from "The Making of Ashendon" and discusses "Greatest Hits"

  An excerpt from Stanley Elkin's appearance on the "Ars Poetica" KWMU radio program. He reads from his novella, "The Making of Ashendon" from his 1973 novella collection, "Searches & Seizures," also in his "Greatest Hits" published in 1980. Elkin talks with host Lorin Cuoco about his (lack of) pleasure in writing and (lack of) sales of "Greatest Hits."
• Stanley Elkin's Greatest Hits - Introduction by Robert Coover

  Typescript photocopy of Robert Coover's introduction to "Stanley Elkin's Greatest Hits".
• Boss of the Bullies - Introduction by John Irving

  Typescript photocopy of John Irvings introduction to "Boss of the Bullies".
• Literary Lions 10th Anniversary Medal

  Metropolitan Museum of Art lion head brooch pendant pinned to a red ribbon and program.
• Why I Live Where I Live [sound recording]

  An excerpt of Elkin reading his essay, "Why I Live Where I Live," on KWMU radio in 1985. The essay was first published in Esquire in 1980, and reprinted in "Pieces of Soap" in 1992.
• The Coffee Room [sound recording]

  In Stanley Elkin's introduction to the 1987 edition of "The Coffee Room" published by Conre Coup Press he wrote: "I undertook to write "The Coffee Room" on commission from National Public Radio ... I have a tape--though there is no good evidence that the show was actually broadcast. KWMU-FM, the local NPR station in St. Louis, produced the play with myself in the role of Leon Mingus in November of 1985".
• John M. Olin Library Portrait Instillation Invitation

  Press release and invitation for the instillation of the portrait of Stanley Elkin by Patrick Schuchard in Olin Library on Washington University’s campus in recognition for his literary accomplishments.
• American Academy of Arts and Letters Ceremonial

  One panoramic photograph (30 inches x 9.25 inches), one photograph (10.75 inches x 13.75 inches), and one seating chart of the 1993 American Academy of Arts and Letters Ceremonial.
• The Revenge of Style

  Poster with a photo of Stanley Elkin and a quote reading "Maybe that's what led me toward revenge -- a writer's revenge, anyway; the revenge, I mean, of style".