The collection contains writings, printed material, photographs, personal and professional papers, and memorabilia created and collected by American author, poet, and translator David Slavitt. Throughout his career, Slavitt published works of poetry, erotic novels, memoirs, and thrillers, as well as English translations of works from Latin, Greek, Hebrew, Italian, Spanish, French, Old English, and Sanskrit. Also included are correspondence and writings of Slavitt’s family, friends, and colleagues, including Fred Chappell, Kelly Cherry, Greg Delanty, Richard H. W. Dillard, Richard Elman, Brendan Galvin, George Garrett, Dana Gioia, Rachel Hadas, Adrien Stoutenburg, and Henry Taylor.