Correspondence: Queens College, undated

The Ann Birstein Papers comprise the literary and personal papers of Ann Birstein. Correspondence from Alfred Kazin to Birstein documents their relationship, and includes original greeting cards, and handwritten and typed letters. The collection also includes correspondence from Birstein and Kazin’s friends and colleagues who included authors, editors, writers, and journalists, documenting their social and literary life and providing anecdotal accounts of notable creative figures. Also included in this collection are multiple drafts of handwritten and typed annotated manuscripts, galley proofs, book jackets, and research notes.

Personal memorabilia include Birstein’s teenage diary, appointment book, photographs, and scrapbook pages of newspaper clippings announcing the release of Birstein’s first novel. Some of these newspaper clippings are printed in Yiddish.