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Novelists, English -- 20th century.

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 18 Collections and/or Records:

Leslie Poles Hartley correspondence, 1952-1967

 Collection
Identifier: 1973-001
Scope and Contents

Consists of 72 autograph letters and 5 Christmas cards (most accompanied by their envelopes) to friends and colleagues including Ian Hamilton, H. A. Rappaport, Alan Ross, and Roger Senhouse; also included is a cablegram to Hartley from Harvey Curtis Webster. The collection also holds editions of Hartley's books, books to which he contributed, and secondary critical appraisals, and an extensive run of Weekend Review, a journal to which Hartley made regular contributions.

Dates: 1952 - 1967

Margaret Drabble papers, Undated

 File
Identifier: 1976-005
Scope and Contents

Consists of typescript and carbon typescript drafts, as well as working notes, for three novels and the signed offprint of an essay. Included in the collection is a letter from Samuel Epstein to Margaret Drabble, a letter from Margaret Drabble to Gordon Taylor (English Department, University of Tulsa) with an attached note from Taylor to Sid Huttner (Curator, Special Collections, University of Tulsa).

Dates: Undated

Margaret Storm Jameson correspondence, 1941-1979

 Item
Identifier: 1987-002
Scope and Contents

This collection contains letters and greeting cards to Ignace and Madame Legrand, P. Beaumont Wadsworth, and Marjorie Watts between 1941 and 1979.

Dates: 1941 - 1979

Meic Stephens collection of Anna Kavan ephemera, 1943-1971

 Collection
Identifier: 2014-001
Scope and Contents

Letter from Kavan to Rhys Davies; postcard from Kavan to Peter Davies; photo of Kavan; photos of Kavan's country and city residences; letter from Richard Centing to Rhys Davies including sample copy of "Under the Sign of Pisces" for which he was literary editor; "Books and Bookmen" article about Kavan; Theatre Cadair program for "Silverglass", a play by D.J. Britton; 2 Kavan self portraits.

Dates: 1943 - 1971

Olivia Manning papers, 1944-1979

 Collection
Identifier: 1981-003
Scope and Contents

Olivia Manning papers consist of correspondence (handwritten and typed letters and cards from Olivia Manning to Kay Dick (aka Edward Lane) and Kathleen Farrell and one black and white photograph featuring Olivia Manning and Kay Dick at a Heinemann’s garden party, circa 1940s and writinigs (drafts, galley proofs, excised material, and book jacket blurbs).

Dates: 1944 - 1979

Patricia Allan-Burns collection of Eliot Bliss, approximately 1907-1994

 Collection
Identifier: 2011-009
Scope and Contents

Includes proofs and published copies of Bliss's own works, other books from her personal library, correspondence, a manuscript from her mother on a 1907 earthquake, photographs, and ephemera, much of which was used as page markers in her books.

Dates: 1907 - 1994

Paul Scott papers

 Collection
Identifier: 1979-003
Scope and Contents

Consists of over 5700 pieces of correspondence to Scott along with carbon file copies of approximately 6000 letters written by him; manuscripts including Staying On and My Appointment with the Muse; commissioned reader's reports and book reviews; personal items including military records and photographs of Paul Scott and Paul Scott with family and/or colleagues.

Scott was a British novelist and visiting University of Tulsa visiting professor in 1977.

Dates: 1940 - 1978

Stevie Smith papers, 1900-1990

 Collection
Identifier: 1976-012
Scope and Contents This collection is comprised of a major part of of British poet and novelist Stevie Smith's (Florence Margaret Smith) manuscripts and drawings, including 800 sheets of draft poems, some with multiple poem entries; typescript of The Holiday; broadcast scripts, poetry readings, drawings, manuscripts, postcards, notebooks, correspondence and family records and photographs.Also included is the personal library with 90 volumes of her own writing, many of which contain autograph...
Dates: 1924 - 1970