Due to prevalence of personally identifiable information such as Social Security
numbers throughout the collection, advance notice is required for access so that
staff may redact sensitive information before making it available for research.
Begun in 1940 and held annually each year except for two years during World War II,
the Indiana University Writers’ Conference was originally organized by IU English
professor Cecelia H. Hendricks to provide aspiring writers with the opportunity to
learn from and interact with more experienced and often nationally renowned or
award-winning authors.
Throughout its history, Conference Directors such as Ralph Collins, who took over in
1941, Robert Mitchner, and Roger Mitchell, amongst many others, and up until the
current Director, Bob Bledsoe, have reached out over the years to numerous authors,
editors, and literary agents to lead workshops in fiction, nonfiction, and poetry.
Other topics, such as radio scripts and blogging reflected the writing styles and
techniques popular to their day.
Though much of the correspondence within this collection represents failed efforts to
convince well-known authors to present at the Conference, many of staff’s efforts
were successful, bringing a variety of significant literary figures to teach in
Bloomington. As noted by Kurt Vonnegut, a 1964 faculty member, it’s “the most
respectable writers' conference I know.”
Collection is organized into two series, Writers’ files and Administrative files.
This collection is comprised of records from 1940 to 2009 that represent the planning
and administration of the annual Indiana University Writers’ Conference.
The Writers’ files series consists of correspondence between Conference staff and
potential faculty spanning 1940-2004. The series is arranged alphabetically by
surname. Many of the files hold regrets of the author but for those who did agree to
serve conference faculty, the files hold correspondence detailing their plans.
Notable authors with which staff corresponded include Margaret Atwood, Ray Bradbury,
John Steinbeck, and IU alum Don Herold.
The Administrative files series, 1940-2009, is comprised of promotional items such as
newsletters, press releases, posters, and brochures, as well as schedules of events, various
correspondence, and lists of faculty members. Notable within this series is a
detailed and thorough history of the Conference within the file titled “Writers’
Conference History, 1993.”
Additional records such as newsletters, annual reports, bulletins, and publications
may be accessed in the
Archives of Institutional Memory.
Series:
Box 1
Writers’ files, 1940-2004 , undated
Abbey, Edward, 1980-1981
Adams, Leone, 1955-1956
Abádi-Nagy, Zoltán, 1988-1989
Aiken, Conrad, 1940-1944
Ainsworth, Norma, 1974-1975
Aleshire, Joan, 1988-1989
Alessio, Carolyn, 1999
Alexander, Lloyd, 1972-1973
Aley, Maxwell, 1940
Algren, Nelson, 1952
Alpert, Barry, 1976
Anderson, Robert, 1964
Anshaw, Carol, 1998
Apple, Max, 1980-1984
Appleman, M.H., 1976
Arden, John, 1975-1976
Ardizzone, Tony, undated
Ardrey, Robert, 1947
Arthur, Elizabeth, 1986
Ashton, Brad, 1984
Atkinson, Brooks, 1942
Atwood, Margaret, 1978-1985
Auden, W.H., 1946-1950
Axelrod, Steven, 1986
A – Misc. Letters, 1940-1948
Bacon, Peggy, 1957-1958
Baen, James, 1976
Baker, Elliott, 1961-1969
Baldwin, Hanson, 1950
Bambara, Toni Cade, 1984
Baral, Robert, 1963-1966
Barnouw, Erik, 1946-1956
Barnstone, Willis, 1966-1982
Barthelme, Frederick, 1985
Basso, Hamilton, 1940-1961
Batchelor, John Calvin, 1985-1986
Baxter, Charles, 1986
Beattie, Anne, 1980
Beatty, Jerome, 1959-1966
Bell, Marvin, 1989-1990
Bellow, Saul, 1958-1976
Benchley, Nathaniel, 1957-1964
Bendell, Molly, undated
Benedict, Pinckney, undated
Benet, Marjorie Flack, 1950-1951
Benet, Stephen Vincent 1940-1942
Benson, Sally, 1941
Berge, Carol, 1977-1984
Berry, Wendell, 1982-1983
Bertolino, Jim, 1975
Betts, Doris, 1972-1984
Birmingham, Stephen, 1969-1974
Blackmur, R.P., 1947-1950
Blakemore, Barbara, 1959-1975
Bliven, Bruce and Naomi, 1954-1966
Blume, Judy, 1979
Blumenthal, Gertrude, 1950
Bly, Carol, 1983-1985
Bly, Robert, 1979-1980
Bogan, Louise, 1949-1955
Boles, Paul Darcy, 1969-1975
Booth, Philip, 1985
Boruch, Marianne, 1996
Boswell, Robert, 1991-1993
Bovasso, Julie, undated
Bowen, Elizabeth, 1951
Bowman, Cathy, 1996-1998
Bracken, Tom, 1975
Bradbury, Ray, 1958-1961
Bradley, David, 1990
Brady, John, 1973
Brand, Millen, 1948-1949
Brickell, Herschel, 1950
Brinnin, John Malcolm, 1953
Bromfield, Louis, 1942-1956
Broner, E.M., 1981-1984
Brooks, John, 1963
Brown, James Oliver, 1966-1967
Brown, John Mason, 1940-1942
Bruchac, III, Joseph, 1981
Bryan, Sharon, 1989
Burack, A.S., 1973
Burgin, Richard, 1990
Burnett, Whit, 1948-1963
Burns, John Horne, 1948-1974
Burns, Ralph, 1989-1998
B – Misc. Letters, 1941-1971
Cady, Howard, 1968-1975
Cage, John, 1977-1979
Cahill, Tim, 1982-1983
Calisher, Hortense, 1958-1964
Callaway, Nancy, 1999
Campbell, W.S., 1950
Canzoneri, Robert, 1970-1971
Carmer, Carl, 1941-1962
Carr, Pat, 1978
Carruth, Hayden, 1979-1984
Carver, Raymond, 1981-1984
R.V. Cassill, 1981-1985
Cather, Willa, 1940
Cavanah, Frances, 1947-1960
Cecil, Richard, 1986
Chaikin, Miriam, 1969-1973
Chase, Ilka, 1967-1968
Chase, Joan, 1985
Cheever, John, 1962
Cherry, Kelly, 1983-1986
Chute, B.J. (Joy), 1974-1975
Ciardi, John, 1951-1956
Clifford, James, 1956
Clinton, D. (Dewitt), 1981
Cohn, David, 1947
Colby, Jean Poindexter, 1956-1968
Congdon, Don, 1957
Connell, Evan, 1983-1984
Conroy, Pat, 1982
Corwin, Norman, 1945-1950
Costanzo, Gerald, 1998
Coughlan, Robert, 1953-1954
Cousin, Michelle, 1957-1959
Cousins, Norman, 1946
Cox, R. David, 1966-1967
Cozzens, James Gould, 1941-1949
Creighton, Beatrice, 1955
Crichten, Robert, 1967
Cromie, Robert
Cryer, Gretchen, 1971-1972
Box 2
Cummings, E.E., 1951
Cummings, Parke, 1962-1963
C – Misc. Letters, 1941-1965
Daiches, David, 1942-1947
Daniels, Mary, 1975
Danish, Barbara, undated
Dark, Harris Edward, 1974-1976
Davidson, Donald, 1942-1944
Day, Robert, 1980-1981
Delmonte, Helen, 1985
De Regniers, Beatrice Schenk, 1961-1967
Detzer, Karl, 1941-1949
Dew, Robb Forman, undated
Didion, Joan, 1977-1980
Digges, Deborah, 1990
Dillard, Annie, 1984-1985
Distelheim, Rochelle, 1985-1988
Doctorow, E.L., 1976-1977
Dodd, Susan, 1990-1991
Dodd, Wayne, 1985
Donaldson, Ross, 1955
Dos Passos, John, 1946-1956
Dostal, Cy, 1976-1977
Dubie, Norman, 1985
Dubus, Andre, 1983-1986
Dugan, Alan, 1979-1990
Dunlop, Richard, 1970-1974
D – Misc. Letters, 1941-1964
Eberhart, Richard, 1951
Eisenstein, Phyllis, 1977
Elkin, Stanley, 1972-1983
Elledge, Jim, 1995
Elliott, 1962-1965
Ellison, Ralph, 1964
Eimers, Nancy, undated
Elmo, Ann, 1963-1975
Emmanuel, Lynn, 1991
Englund, Ken, undated
Enright, Elizabeth, 1952-1967
Enslin, Theodore, 1977
Ephron, Nora, 1977
Ethridge, Willie Snow, 1962
Eustice, Helen, 1956
E – Misc. Letters, 1951-1965
Falck, Colin, 1983
Farrell, James T., 1945
Fast, Howard, 1947
Faulkner, William, 1946-1949
Fearing, Kenneth, 1947-1948
Finneran, William J., 1963-1972
Finney, Gertrude, 1965-1967
Flanner, Janet, 1966
Fletcher, John Gould, 1940-1942
Ford, Jesse Hill, 1968-1973
Fornes, Maria Irena, 1978
Foster, Malcolm, 1962-1967
Frances, Marjorie, 1975
Frank, Gerold, 1967-1972
Frederick, John T., 1941-1942
Freeman, Jean Todd, 1970-1971
Freeman, Judith, 1992
Friarmood, Elisabeth Hamilton, 1959-1962
Fuller, Muriel, 1950-1951
Furlong, William Barry, 1971
F – Misc. Letters, 1940-1965
Gallagher, Tess, 1985
Garrett, George, 1979-1982
Gass, William, 1969-1982
Gassner, John, 1947-1948
Gegenheimer, Albert, 1983-1984
Gehman, Richard, 1960-1963
Georgakas, Dan, 1976
Gerson, Noel B., 1970-1975
Gerstler, Amy, 1997-1998
Gethers, Peter, 1979-1981
Gibbons, Reginald, 1989-1995
Gibson, Walker, 1957-1967
Glave, Thomas, 2003-2004
Glück, Louise, 1983-1985
Godine, David, 1976-1984
Godwin, Gail, 1980-1983
Goedicke, Patricia, 1984
Gold, Herbert, 1975
Goldstein, Laurence, 1986-1987
Gonzalez, Jr., Arturo F., 1967-1973
Goodman Associates, 1983-1984
Gordon, Caroline, 1950-1955
Gray, Francine, 1977-1983
Graham, Philip, 1984
Green, Paul, 1941-1946
Greenberg, Al, 1985
Greene, Jonathan, 1980
Gregor, Arthur, 1972-1975
Gregory, Horace, 1944-1947
Grice, Julia, 1977
Griffiths, Trevor, 1977
Gross, Martin, 1970
Gubar, Ed, 1978
Guthrie, A.B., 1948-1952
G – Misc. Letters, 1949-1970
Hailey, Arthur, 1966
Hall, Donald, 1989
Halliday, Mark, undated
Hamburger, Philip, 1969-1975
Hampl, Patricia, 1986
Harris, Janet I., 1980
Harris, Mark, 1960-1985
Harrison, Barbara G., 1983-1985
Hartke, Vance, 1963
Hartman, Jan, 1967-1968
Hass, Robert, 1982
Havemann, Ernest, 1964
Havighurst, Walter, 1941-1946
Hawkes, John, 1982-1984
Haydn, Hiram, 1948-1957
Hayes, Joseph, 1966-1972
Hayes, Terrance, 2003-2004
Hazard, James, 1974-1984
Head, Gwen, 1983-1984
Heaney, Seamus, 1985-1986
Hellman, Lillian, 1946-1948
Helprin, Mark, 1984
Henderson, Robert, 1954-1957
Henley, Patricia, 1979 ,
2003-2004
Henry, DeWitt, 1988-1989
Herold, Don, 1946
Hersey, John, 1948-1977
Heyliger, William, 1948
Higdon, Hal, 1965-1974
Hillman, Brenda, 1986
Hillyer, Robert, 1945-1948
Hirsch, Edward, undated
Hoagland, Tony, 1992
Hochman, Sandra, 1972
Hodapp, William, 1955
Hoff, Syd, 1969
Hofstadter, Doug, 1983
Hongo, Garrett, 1987-1988
Hotchner, A.E., 1972-1973
Hougan, Jim, 1977
Howe, W.E., 1940
Hudgins, Andrew, 1988-1989
Hughes, Merritt, 1941
Hughes, Ted, 1977
Box 3
Hugo, Richard, 1976-1982
Hull, Lynda, 1989-1990
Humphries, Rolfe, 1947-1956
Hunnicutt, Ellen, 1987-1988
Hunt, Mabel Leigh, 1948
Hunt, Morton, 1969
H – Misc. Letters, 1941-1971
Ignatow, David, 1978
Inge, William, 1965
Ives, Vernon, 1959
Jackson, James, 1984
Jackson, Margaret Weymouth, 1941-1966
Jackson, Richard, 1990
Jacobsen, Josephine, undated
Janeway, Elizabeth, 1961-1966
Jarman, Mark, undated
Jarrell, Randall, undated
Jarrett, Beverly, 1983-1984
Jauss, Dave, 1986
Jennings, John, 1966
Jensen, Eileen, 1973
Jensen, Laura, 1981
Jensen, Oliver, 1952-1962
Johnson, Josephine, 1946-1965
Jones, Preston, undated
Jones, Richard, 1990
Jones, Rodney, 1998
Joseph Allison, 1998
Joseph, Nannine, 1941
Judson, Clara Ingram, 1960-1966
Justice, Donald, 1982-1985
Kantor, MacKinley, 1941-1966
Katrovas, Richard, 1996-1997
Kaufman, Bel, 1967-1969
Kaufman, Shirley, 1981-1982
Kelly, Brigit Pegeen, 1992-2004
Kemelman, Harry, 1967
Kercheval, Jesse Lee, 1998-1999
Kimball, Philip, undated
Kincaid, Jamaica, 1985-1986
Kingston, Maxine Hong, 1978
Kinnell, Galway, 1979-1985
Kinoy, Ernest, 1959-1960
Kizer, Carolyn, 1980-1985
Knoepfle, John, undated
Koch, Kenneth, 1976
Koenig, Rhoda, 1977
Komunyakaa, Yusef, 1986-1987
Kosinski, Jerzy, 1977-1981
Kostelanetz, Richard, 1976
Kramer, Sydelle, 1978
Krauss, Ruth, 1956-1963
Kroll, Harry Harrison, 1941
Kumin, Maxine, 1981-1985
K – Misc. Letters, 1941-1965
La Cossitt, Henry, 1955-1959
Larsen, Anne, 1983
Lathem, Jean Lee, 1959-1973
Lawrence, Jerome, 1946-1948
Leach, Peter, 1981
Lee, Li-Young, 2004
LeGuin, Ursula, 1975-1985
Leithauser, Brad, 1998
L’Engle, Madeleine, 1965-1975
Lenski, Lois, 1956-1963
Lescher, Robert, 1963-1966
Lesser, Ellen, 1988-1990
Lessing, Doris, 1981
Le Sueur, Meridel, 1947
Levertov, Denise, 1979-1985
Levine, Philip, 1976
Lewis, Naome, 1969
Liebling, A.J., 1949-1950
Lilly, Eli, 1961
Lincoln, Victoria, 1952
Long, Laura, 1950
Lopez, Barry, 1985-1986
Lowell, Robert, 1948-1952
Lowenstein, Barbara, 1978
Luce, Clare Boothe, 1941
Lurie, Alison, 1982
Lux, Thomas, 1993
Lytle, Andrew, 1949
L – Misc. Letters, 1940-1967
MacDonald, John, 1972
Mailer, Norman, 1951-1952
Maltz, Albert, 1945-1947
Mamet, David, 1977-1978
Marchetti, Victor, undated
Marquand, John, 1947-1951
Marshall, Paule, 1985
Martin, George R.R., 1976
Martin, Madelyn Pugh, 1965
Martin, John Bartlow, 1950-1959
Martinez, Manuel Luis, 1998
Martone, Michael, 2003-2004
Mason, Bobbie Ann, 1983-1984
Mason, Miriam E., 1962-1966
Masterson, Peter, 1970
Mathis, Cleopatra, 1987-1988
Matthews, Jack, 1964-1975
Matthews, William, 1991
Matthiessen, Peter, 1981-1982
Maxwell, William, 1946-1957
McCluskey, John, 1980-1998
McCullers, Carson, 1956
McElderry, Margaret, 1956-1959
McGuane, Margaret, 1981-1982
McHugh, Heather, 1991
McKnight, Reginald, 1989-1991
McMeekin, Isabel, 1951-1952
McPhee, John, 1980-1985
McPherson, Sandra, 1986
Medina, Kate, 1977
Meek, Jay, 1997-1998
Meredith, Robert, 1965-1967
Mernit, Susan, 1977
Merwin, W.S., 1980-1981
Metcalf, Paul, 1974-1975
Michaels, Leonard, 1983-1984
Milesko-Pytel, Diana, 1976
Miller, Alyce, 2003-2004
Miller, Arthur, 1947-1952
Miller, M. Hughes, 1959-1967
Miller, Merle, 1950-1951
Mitchell, Roger, 1975-1981
Montag, Tom, 1976
Montgomery, Ruth, 1965-1966
Moore, Brian, 1983
Morrison, Toni, 1977
Mortone, Michael, 1993
Mosel, Tad, 1962-1976
Mowat, Farley, 1981
Munson, Gorham, 1948-1969
Murphy, George, 1985
Murphy, Robert, 1962-1964
Myrer, Anton, 1968-1972
M – Misc. Letters, 1941-1963
Naslund, Sena Jeter, 1986
Nathan, Robert, undated
Naylor, Gloria, 1986
Box 4
Nelson, Antonia, 1992
Nemerov, Howard, 1956
Neugeboren, Jay, 1980
Neville, Emily Cheney, 1971-1982
Neville, Susan, 1985-1995
Newquist, Roy, 1964-1967
Nims, John Frederick, 1948-1949
Nixon, Cornelia, 1988-1996
Noble, Don, 1982-1983
Nolan, Jeannette Covert, 1959-1965
Nolan, Val, 1941-1949
Nordloh, David, 1984
Nordstrom, Ursula, 1956-1963
Norman, Gurney, 1979
Norman, Howard, 1986-1987
Oates, Joyce Carol, 1985
Oboler, Arch, 1948-1949
O’Connor, Edwin, 1957-1958
O’Hara, John, 1947
Oliver, Mary, 1983-1984
Olsen, Jack, 1963-1969
Olsen, William, undated
Ondaatje, Michael, 1983-1984
O’Rourke, William, 1997-1998
O – Misc. Letters, 1947-1959
Padgett, Ron, 1979
Paley, Grace, 1976-1986
Papenhausen, Carol, 1976
Parisi, Joseph, Poetry Magazine, 1983-1988
Parker, James Reid, 1963-1964
Pastan, Linda, 1989
Paterson, Katherine, 1984
Patton, Frances Gray, 1953-1960
Peden, William, 1965-1970
Percy, Walker, 1984
Perillo, Lucia, 1997-1998
Perry, Bernard, 1980
Peters, Bob, 1967
Peterson, Len, 1948
Petrakis, Harry Mark, 1964-1975
Phillips, Jayne Anne, 1982-1984
Pickrel, Paul, 1954
Piercy, Marge, 1977-1986
Plumly, Stanley, 1986
Polking, Kirk, 1964-1974
Polsgrove, Carol, 1984
Poole, William, 1958-1967
Porter, Katherine Anne, 1942-1953
Powell, Dawn, 1963
Powell, Jim, 1980
Powers, J.F., 1952-1954
Prokosch, Frederic, 1941-1946
Quinn, Kerker, 1941
Rabbitt, Tom, 1983
Rabe, David, 1976
Ramsey, Paul, 1979
Ramsey, William, 1962
Ransom, John Crowe, 1940-1950
Rawlings, Marjorie Kinna, 1942-1946
Reed, Ishmael, 1978-1981
Remsberg, Charles and Bonnie, 1972
Revell, Donald, 1991
Reynolds, Paul, 1967-1968
Rice, Elmer, 1946-1947
Rich, Adrienne, 1958-1985
Riggs, Lynn, 1940-1947
Rinaldi, Nicholas, 1981
Rivard, David, 1993
Robbins, Jhan and June, 1965
Robbins, Tom, 1978
Roberts, Edward B., 1955-1957
Roberts, Kenneth, 1944-1946
Robertson, Keith, 1963-1964
Robertson, Mary Elsie, 1987-1988
Robinson, Forrest A., 1978
Robinson, Sally B., 1976
Robison, Mary, 1983
Rodgers, Mary Augusta, 1968-1969
Rodman, Howard, 1960-1962
Rodman, Selden, 1970-1971
Root, William Pitt, undated
Ross, Nancy Wilson, 1959-1964
Rosten, Norman, 1947-1948
Rothenberg, Jerome, 1979-1980
Roueche, Berton, 1962-1963
Rovere, Richard, 1951-1952
Rukeyser, Muriel, 1956-1977
Russ, Joanna, 1977
Rutsala, Vern, 1986
R – Misc. Letters, 1941-1963
Sadoff, Ira, 1992-1993
Salinger, J.D., 1953-1955
Salter, Mary Jo, 1998-1999
Sanders, Scott, 1982-1985
Sandoz, Mari, 1946-1948
Santos, Sherod, 1988-1989
Sayer, Mandy, 1993
Sayers, Frances Clarke, 1948
Schaffner, John, 1963-1969
Schmitt, Gladys, 1961-1962
Schnurr, Eileen, 1984
Schulberg, Budd, 1950-1951
Schwartz, Steven, 1993
Scott, Winfield Townley, 1959
Seager, Allen, 1961
Seaton, Maureen, 2003-2004
Segal, Lore, 1989
Selby, John, 1953-1970
Service, Pam, 1986
Seton, Anya, 1964
Seton, Cynthia Propper, 1981-1982
Shapiro, Karl, 1945-1955
Shaw, Harry, 1949
Shaw, Irwin, 1941-1953
Shaw, Robert J., 1952-1954
Shayon, Robert Lewis, 1951
Shepard, Sam, undated
Shepherd, Jean, 1967
Sherburne, James, 1975
Sherwin, Judith Johnson, 1977
Sherwood, Frances, 1995
Shore, Jane, 1986
Shoup, Barbara, 1996-1998
Sifton, Elisabeth, 1984
Sigal, Clancy, 1977-1982
Silber, Joan, 1986-1996
Silko, Leslie Marmon, 1985
Sissman, L.E., 1972
Skeen, Pamela, 1978
Slaughter, Frank G., 1964
Smiley, Sam, 1968-1986
Smith, Anne Mollegen, 1975
Smith, Dave, 1982-1985
Smith, Lillian, 1949-1950
Smith, Robert Paul, 1964
Smith, S. Stephenson, 1941
Smith, William Jay, 1961
Snyder, Gary, 1975-1981
Snodgrass, W.D., 1982
Snyder, Mary Rennels, 1961-1965
Solt, Mary Ellen, 1979-1980
Solwitz, Shawn, 1997
Sparkes, Boyden, 1945-1946
Box 5
Spencer, Elizabeth, 1970-1973
Spencer, Theodore, 1946-1947
Spender, Stephen, 1948-1949
Spewack, Sam and Bella, 1964
Spurgeon, Dickie, 1983-1984
St. John, David, 1986-1987
Stafford, Jean, 1949
Stafford, William, 1980-1982
Stambler, Peter, 1980
Stanford, Ann, undated
Stanton, Maura, 1981-1993
Stanton, Will, 1970-1972
Stefanile, Felix, 1981
Stegner, Wallace, 1941-1949
Steinbeck, John, 1947
Steingass, David, 1981-1982
Stern, Ed, 1978
Stern, Gerald, 1996 , undated
Stevens, Wallace, 1949
Stewart, Fred Mustard, 1970-1972
Stone, Irving, 1948-1963
Stong, Phil, 1941
Strand, Mark, undated
Strode, Hudson, 1941-1948
Strohm, P., 1980-1983
Stryk, Lucien, 1984
Stuart, Jesse, 1940-1955
Styron, William, 1955-1964
Suckow, Ruth, 1942-1947
Swan, Gladys, 1984-1991
Swann, Brian, 1979-1995
Swann, Roberta, 1988-1995
Swarthout, Glendon, 1958-1966
Swenson, Karen, 1976-1977
Swenson, May, 1977-1978
S – Misc. Letters, 1947-1964
Talese, Gay, Nan A. Talese, Editor, Random House 1971
Tate, Allen, 1949-1950
Taylor, Peter, 1950-1961
Taylor, Robert Lewis, 1960-1968
Terry, Megan, 1976-1977
Terkel, Studs, 1975-1980
Tesich, Steve, 1982
Thom, James Alexander, 1985
Thompson, Jean, 1986-2004
Troy, Judy, 1989
Tillinghast, Richard, 1981
Tribble, Jon, 1998
Trilling, Lionel, 1950
Truesdale, Bill, 1978-1981
Tunis, John R., 1946-1948
Tyler, Anne, 1983
Turco, Lewis, undated
Turner, Alberta, 1981-1982
Twichell, Chase, 1984
T – Misc. Letters, 1964-1976
Ueland, Brenda, 1987
Ullman, James Ramsey, 1956-1957
Urdang, Constance, Donald Finkel, 1981
Van Duyn, Mona, 1983-1984
Van Wert, Bill, 1981
Vivante, Arturo, 1974
Vogel, Paula, undated
Vogelsang, Arthur, 1986-1996
Voigt, Ellen Bryant, 1985-1986
Volkman, Karen, 2003-2004
Vonnegut, Kurt, 1961-1981
V – Misc. Letters, 1941-1954
Wagner, Dave, undated
Wagoner, David, 1959-1983
Wain, John, undated
Wakoski, Diane, 1979-1980
Walker, Alice, 1984
Wallop, (John) Douglass, 1968-1972
Ward, Mary Jane, 1946
Warren, Robert Penn, 1946-1951
Webb, Charles, 1998-1999
Weeks, Edward, 1948-1950
Weidman, Jerome, 1964-1978
Weil, Anne, 1947
Weinberg, Dolores, 1981
Weingarten, Roger, 1987-1990
Weir, Ann Lowry, 1983-1984
Welty, Eudora, 1946-1961
Wescott, Glenway, 1949-1951
Wesker, Arnold, 1975
West, Jessamyn, 1946-1960
Westheimer, David, 1965
Weston, John, 1969
Weyr, Rhoda A., 1976-1980
Wheeler, Harvey, 1963
Whittemore, Reed, 1958-1959
Wilbur, Richard, 1954-1956
Wiegner, Kathleen, 1978-1979
Wilder, Thornton, 1945-1952
Wilk, David, 1979-1981
Willen, Eileen Davis, 1949-1950
Williams, Ben Ames, 1948
Williams, Oscar, 1951-1961
Williams, Tennessee, 1947-1949
Wilson, Lanford, undated
Wilson, Robley, 1979-1986
Wilson, Victoria, 1978-1979
Wilson, William E., 1947-1949
Wodehouse, P.G., 1962
Woiwode, Larry, 1982
Wojahn, David, 1985-1996
Wojciechowska, Maia, 1969-1980
Wolff, Tobias, 1984-1986
Wolitzer, Hilma, 1982-1984
Woods, John, 1976-1981
Wouk, Herman, 1951-1953
Wylie, Laurence, 1958
W – Misc. Letters
Yates, Elizabeth, 1954
Yates, Richard, 1984-1989
Young, Al, 1996-1997
Young, Dean, 1988-1990
Young, Karl, 1977
Young, Marguerite, 1941-1965
Young, Stanley, 1959
Yurick, Sol, 1974-1976
Zacharias, Lee, 1977
Zelazny, Roger, 1976-1977
Zinsser, William K.
Zolotow, Charlotte, 1961-1975
Zolotow, Maurice, 1958-1972
Zwinger, Ann, 1971
Zygas, Egle, 1981