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Authors, American -- 20th century

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 25 Collections and/or Records:

Erskine Caldwell manuscripts, 1930-1959

 Collection
Identifier: 1971-001
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1930 - 1959; Record Keeping: Accession
Found in: The University of Tulsa, McFarlin Library, Department of Special Collections & University Archives

F. Scott Fitzgerald ephemera, 1919-1976

 File
Identifier: 1976-003
Scope and Contents The ephemera is grouped into five series: Correspondence, Writings, Photographs, Miscellaneous, and Library.The correspondence consists of photocopied and photographically reproduced autograph letters by Fitzgerald and two greeting cards signed by Zelda Fitzgerald.The writings, dating from 1920-1976, include two typescript draft poems attributed to Fitzgerald by S. Donovan Swann, Jr.; a facsimile of an autograph draft of a promotional piece for This Side of Paradise,...
Dates: 1919 - 1976
Found in: The University of Tulsa, McFarlin Library, Department of Special Collections & University Archives

Flannery O'Connor correspondence, 1957-1964

 Collection
Identifier: 1979-001
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1957 - 1964
Found in: The University of Tulsa, McFarlin Library, Department of Special Collections & University Archives

Gertrude Stein annotated photographs and ephemera, 1925-1958

 Collection
Identifier: 1000-005
Scope and Contents Artificially assembled collection consists of 70 annotated snapshots of Gertrude Stein and her friends, Georges Hugnet (poet) and Eugene Berman, taken between 1925-1929, at her summer home in Bilignin near Belley, France. Views include: Berman at work on a painting. Most of the snapshots are 2 1/2 by 2 inches, with a few slightly larger. 20 of the snapshots are annotated by Stein on the versos. Gertrude Stein appears in 31 of these casual snapshots. Others show views of the Stein...
Dates: 1925 - 1958
Found in: The University of Tulsa, McFarlin Library, Department of Special Collections & University Archives

Hugh Douglas Ford archive, 1900-2000

 Collection
Identifier: 2005-003
Dates: 1900 - 2000
Found in: The University of Tulsa, McFarlin Library, Department of Special Collections & University Archives

Kurt Vonnegut archive, 1968-1972

 Collection
Identifier: 1974-006
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1968 - 1972
Found in: The University of Tulsa, McFarlin Library, Department of Special Collections & University Archives

Laura (Riding) Jackson papers, 1965-1974

 Collection
Identifier: 1976-004
Scope and Contents

Correspondence and manuscripts of the American poet. Handwritten and carbon copy typescripts.

Dates: 1965 - 1974
Found in: The University of Tulsa, McFarlin Library, Department of Special Collections & University Archives

LaVere Shoenfelt Anderson collection, 1948-1998

 Collection
Identifier: 1999-001
Scope and Contents The LaVere Shoenfelt Anderson collection consists of correspondence from LaVere Anderson to her friend, Marie Moody. This group of cards and letters consists primarily of anecdotes and remembrances from Mrs. Anderson's past, with personal notes attached and dates from 1987-1998. All other correspondence is from friends and/or colleagues and dates from 1948-1973. Other materials included in the collection consist of articles written by Mrs. Anderson (typescripts, carbon copy typescripts and...
Dates: 1948 - 1998
Found in: The University of Tulsa, McFarlin Library, Department of Special Collections & University Archives

Leonard Tourney papers, 1982-1984

 Collection
Identifier: 1000-027
Scope and Contents

Typescript and proofs of three detective novels set in the medieval period (The Player's Boy is Dead, Low Treason, and Familiar Spirits) written by former TU faculty member.

Dates: 1982 - 1984
Found in: The University of Tulsa, McFarlin Library, Department of Special Collections & University Archives

Lynn Riggs papers

 File
Identifier: 1971-004
Scope and Contents This is an artificial collection bringing together several specific acquisitions of Riggs related materials, with each series denoting a separate accession. In this collection appear correspondence between Riggs, Noel Kaho, Oscar Hammerstein, Oklahoma Governor Raymond Gary, and others. Also included are drafts of a poem, Antique Evening, and plays such as A World Elsewhere. There is also much about Oklahoma! including Riggs' notes for Green Grow the Lilacs, photographs, clippings, and a...
Dates: 1927 - 2002
Found in: The University of Tulsa, McFarlin Library, Department of Special Collections & University Archives

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