Paul Corey began donating his papers to the University of Iowa Libraries in 1940, when he deposited the manuscript of his first novel, Three Miles Square. It was one of the first Iowa Author manuscripts received by the libraries and the director's letter of acknowledgment to Corey stated "we hope it will form the nucleus of a collection of manuscripts." Corey continued to deposit his papers (and those of his wife, poet Ruth Lechlitner) with the libraries throughout his lifetime. His daughter, Anne, made the final gift in 1993, less than one year after his death. The papers of Paul Corey consist of twenty-six linear feet of records dating from 1920 to 1992. They document not only his literary accomplishments, but his personal, political, and environmental interests. The papers are organized into four series: Correspondence, Subject Files, Manuscripts, and Scrapbooks. The Correspondence Series dates from 1920 to 1992 and is arranged chronologically. It includes letters from: Clarence A. Andrews, Buel Griffith Beems, Jack Conroy, Phyllis Crawford, August Derleth, John T. Frederick, Philip Gerber, Granville Hicks, Darrell Huff, Ruth Lechlitner, Frank Luther Mott, and Jerre Mangione. The Subject Files Series is arranged alphabetically. Here can be found biographical material about Corey; information about his European trip taken in 1928 -- 1929; financial records; classroom material relating to his home-building course taught at Napa College; research about mountain lions, etc. The third series is made up of Manuscripts. These are arranged alphabetically within three subseries: A. Articles and book reviews; B. Short stories, plays, movies, and novellas; and C. Books and novels. This series documents Corey's literary career with typescript drafts, research, correspondence, galley proofs, reviews, etc., from his published and unpublished works. The last series contains two Scrapbooks kept by Corey.