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Alberta Powell Graham Papers
Collection
Identifier: msc0615
Abstract
A writer of biographies for children (on Columbus, Clara Barton, Lafayette and LaSalle, among others), Mrs. Graham also published more than 300 songs and Strike Up the Band! (1949), a collection of short biographies of American band musicians. Both her books and songs are represented in her papers.
Dates:
1945-1955
Found in:
University of Iowa Special Collections
Alfred M. Bailey Papers
Collection
Identifier: msc0561
Abstract
Naturalist and writer. Manuscripts of his books and articles, primarily about birds.
Dates:
1949-1955
Found in:
University of Iowa Special Collections
Arthur Carhart Papers
Collection
Identifier: msc0576
Abstract
Author, conservationist, and landscape architect. Manuscripts of some of his books including The National Forests and Timber in Your Life. Typescript drafts, proofs, galleys, outlines, and correspondence are included.
Dates:
1916-1965
Found in:
University of Iowa Special Collections
Barbara S. Yambura Papers
Collection
Identifier: msc0733
Abstract
Drafts of A Change and a Parting, a memoir of growing up in Amana in the 1930s.
Dates:
-
Found in:
University of Iowa Special Collections
Bruce Bliven Papers
Collection
Identifier: msc0566
Abstract
Author, editor of The New Republic 1923-1953, and journalist. Typescript drafts, galleys, and page proofs for two books, Preview of Tomorrow and The World Changers.
Dates:
1952-1965
Found in:
University of Iowa Special Collections
Byron Farwell Papers
Collection
Identifier: msc0502
Abstract
Author and military historian. Primarily manuscripts including various drafts, galleys, and proofs for eleven of his books. Also contains draftof book reviews, short stories, and articles along with some subject files.
Dates:
1955-1989
Found in:
University of Iowa Special Collections
Charles Paul May Papers
Collection
Identifier: msc0656
Scope and Contents
This collection contains notes, source materials, drafts and proofs for two non-fiction books: Bats. (1969) and Stranger in the Storm (Abelard-Schuman, 1972). Original title: Birds Flying High.
Dates:
1969 - 1972
Found in:
University of Iowa Special Collections
Clyde Kluckhohn Papers
Collection
Identifier: msc0640
Abstract
Anthropologist and author. Correspondence, early drafts, galleys, and printer's copies of three of Kluckhohn's early works.
Dates:
1945-1948
Found in:
University of Iowa Special Collections
Cornelia Meigs Papers
Collection
Identifier: msc0658
Abstract
Children's author and Iowa's first Newbery Award winner. This collection consists of a manuscript and various clippings. Iowa Author Mss.
Dates:
1949
Found in:
University of Iowa Special Collections
David Morrell Papers
Collection
Identifier: msc0478
Abstract
Born in Ontario 1943, awarded a PhD in American literature by Pennsylvania State University in 1970, taught at Iowa from 1970 to 1986, retired to write. Perhaps best known for Rambo, the central character of his 1972 novel First Blood, which lead to the Rambo films starring Sylvester Stallone, Morrell has written numerous novels as well as screen- and teleplays. The growing collection of his papers includes video and audio tapes as well as research notes, correspondence, and manuscripts.
Dates:
1974-1999
Found in:
University of Iowa Special Collections
Dorothy M. Johnson Papers
Collection
Identifier: msc0632
Abstract
Editor, novelist and professor of journalism at the University of Montana. Typescript drafts and related correspondence for several short stories and her novel, The Hanging Tree. Also some family correspondence and photographs. Johnson wrote Liberty Valence and A Man Called Horse, both, like The Hanging Tree, made into motion pictures.
Dates:
1896-1958
Found in:
University of Iowa Special Collections
Ellis Parker Butler Papers
Collection
Identifier: msc0575
Abstract
Author and businessman from Iowa , best known for his short story Pigs is Pigs. The papers consist of correspondence to and from Butler about his writing and the Author's League of America . His wife's correspondence is also included.
Dates:
1913-1937
Found in:
University of Iowa Special Collections
Elswyth Thane Papers
Collection
Identifier: msc0707
Abstract
Playwright, biographer and novelist. Holograph notebooks containing first drafts of several historical novels, printer's copies, and correspondence are included. There are audiotapes of her research for Potomac Squire, a book about George Washington.
Dates:
1943-1963
Found in:
University of Iowa Special Collections
Frank Luther Mott Papers
Collection
Identifier: msc0664
Abstract
Journalism professor and dean. Mott is best remembered for his writing on the history of American newspapers. He also wrote numerous stories, plays and novels, and drafts of which are preserved in this collection.
Dates:
1918 - 1963
Found in:
University of Iowa Special Collections
Hartzell Spence Papers
Collection
Identifier: msc0701
Abstract
Born in Clarion, Iowa, Spence graduated from the University of Iowa in 1930. From 1930 to 1941 he was the United Press bureau manager in Des Moines, and saw service during WW II in the Army Air Forces where he was the founder and first editor of Yank, the Army weekly newspaper. After the war, he worked as a free-lance writer, particularly noted for his reporting on religion. He also published several novels, wrote a comic strip (David Crane) and scripts for the weekly radio program, One Foot in...
Dates:
1941-1962; 1950-1962
Found in:
University of Iowa Special Collections
Hazel E. Brown Papers
Collection
Identifier: msc0573
Abstract
Writer and friend of both Grant Wood and Marvin Cone. The collection contains research notes and manuscripts for the book, as well as clippings about Brown herself. Iowa Author Mss.
Dates:
1926-1973
Found in:
University of Iowa Special Collections
Howard Richardson Papers
Collection
Identifier: msc0301
Abstract
Dramatist. Subject files relating to his career and personal life, including dra s, photographs, set designs, etc. Much of the collection relates to his best known play, Dark of the Moon..
Dates:
1923-1987
Found in:
University of Iowa Special Collections
Iowa Authors Manuscripts Collection
Collection
Identifier: msc0869
Abstract
Includes manuscripts, galley proofs, page proofs, dust jackets, and other miscellany associated with publications of many Iowa Authors.
Dates:
1888-1990
Found in:
University of Iowa Special Collections
Iris Murdoch Papers
Collection
Identifier: msc0212
Abstract
British writer and philosopher. Manuscripts for most of her novels, plays, and poetry, primarily handwritten drafts in notebooks.
Dates:
1960-2000
Found in:
University of Iowa Special Collections
Irving Brant Papers
Collection
Identifier: msc0569
Abstract
Writer and journalist. Manuscripts for four of his books, including The Bill of Rights.
Dates:
1962-1972
Found in:
University of Iowa Special Collections
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