Authors, American -- 20th century
Found in 27 Collections and/or Records:
Elizabeth L. Banks correspondence, 1893-1903
The Elizabeth L. Banks correspondence consists of 46 autograph and typescript letters from the journalist to William Morris Colles of the Author's Syndicate. The content of the correspondence primarily concerns the writing and publishing of her work Autobiography of a Newspaper Girl (London: Metheun, 1902; and Dodd Mead in the United States) and a series of articles entitled In Cap and Apron. Correspondence dates from 1893 to 1903.
Erskine Caldwell Manuscript of “The Fly in the Coffin”, approximately 1936
Erskine Caldwell manuscripts, 1930-1959
The Erskine Caldwell material is an artificial collection composed primarily of printed editions of his work, including such items as God's Little Acre, Tobacco Road, and American Earth. The collection also includes manuscript material for Erskine Caldwell's Gulf Coast Stories and original pen and ink drawings for by Louis Macouillard for Caldwell's When You Think Of Me.
F. Scott Fitzgerald ephemera, 1919-1976
Flannery O'Connor correspondence, 1957-1964
Consists of 8 handwritten and 93 typed letters, most with envelopes, from O'Connor to Cecil Dawkins. Included are a program for the 1963 commencement of Smith College at which O'Connor was awarded a Doctor of Letters degree and a photograph of O'Connor with Thomas Corwin Mendenhall, College President.
Gertrude Stein annotated photographs and ephemera, 1925-1958
Kurt Vonnegut archive, 1968-1972
Consists of photocopy typescripts of two novels: Breakfast of Champions and Slaughterhouse-five; and one play, "Happy Birthday, Wanda June", together with a movie poster for the same. Also included is a photocopy typescript of a screenplay adaptation of Slaughterhouse-five by Stephen Geller, and various promotional material.
Laura (Riding) Jackson papers, 1965-1974
Correspondence and manuscripts of the American poet. Handwritten and carbon copy typescripts.