Beinecke Library

Larry Kramer Papers

Edmund Wilson Papers A selection of family photographs, three dimensional artifacts, and documents from the personal papers of Edmund Wilson (1895-1972), American literary critic and author.

Kurt Wolff Archive, 1907-1938 Kurt Wolff, a German publisher, established Kurt Wolff Verlag in 1913 and Pantheon Books in 1942. He kept correspondence with authors of the German Expressionist artistic movement including Franz Kafka, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Oskar Kokoschka, Käthe Kollwitz, and others.

World's Fairs and the Landscapes of the Modern Metropolis Posters, photographs, pamphlets, commemorative books, maps, government reports, and a rich array of colorful vintage ephemera covering a century of world expositions.

Yiddish Book Collection of the Russian Avant-Garde Illustrated books depicting the flowering of Yiddish secular culture in Russia between the years 1912-1928.

Olga Rudge Papers The Olga Rudge Papers document the life and activities of the musician Olga Rudge and her fifty-year relationship with the poet Ezra Pound.

Book of Secrets: Alchemy and the European Imagination, 1500-2000 From the 16th century, books of alchemical secrets were published in almost every European language. Explore texts that demonstrate the extraordinary presence of alchemy in European popular culture.