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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
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
Edwin L. Sabin Papers
Collection
Identifier: msc0688
Abstract
Novelist. Correspondence, scrapbooks, subject files, preliminary drafts of his writings.
Dates:
1870-1952
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
Eugene L. Burdick Papers
Collection
Identifier: msc0574
Abstract
Author and co-author of such books as The Ugly American and Fail-Safe. This collection contains a manuscript for the book The Blue of Capricorn, and the serialized version of Fail-Safe, as well as clippings relating to Burdick. Iowa Author Ms.
Dates:
1962
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
Frederick Stern Bock Papers
Collection
Identifier: msc0567
Abstract
Poet , Assistant Editor Poetry Fountains of Regardlessness (1961). Correspondence, subject files, and preliminary drafts of his writings.
Dates:
1935-1980
Found in:
University of Iowa Special Collections
Helen B. Ryan papers
Collection
Identifier: IWA1175
Overview
Correspondence of University of Iowa librarian and author Helen B. Ryan, an incomplete manuscript of her book “Endless Rapture,” and other papers.
Dates:
1976 - 2013
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives
Henry Gregor Felsen Papers
Collection
Identifier: msc0601
Abstract
Novelist, story writer and author of children's books, including Hot Rod, a best-seller for 30 years. Correspondence and literary manuscripts.
Dates:
1942-1970
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
J. Hyatt Downing Papers
Collection
Identifier: msc0591
Abstract
Novelist and story writer. Correspondence, subject files, biographical material, and preliminary drafts of his writings.
Dates:
1925-1968
Found in:
University of Iowa Special Collections
James Norman Hall Papers
Collection
Identifier: msc0619
Overview
Manuscripts of some of Hall's poetry, plays, articles, and essays. Also drafts of his book, The Far Lands.
Dates:
1934-1952
Found in:
University of Iowa Special Collections
Jay Sigmund Papers
Collection
Identifier: msc0697
Abstract
Insurance agent, poet, story writer, and lecturer on literature. Preliminary drafts of plays, poetry, an unpublished novel, and correspondence with writers of note.
Dates:
1911 - 1975
Found in:
University of Iowa Special Collections
Jeanette Eyerly Papers
Collection
Identifier: msc0599
Abstract
Author of books for young adults from More Than a Summer Love, (1962), with a special concern for mental health. Correspondence, notes, various drafts, promotional material, etc., of her many books for adolescents.
Dates:
1925-1994
Found in:
University of Iowa Special Collections
John Towner Frederick Papers
Collection
Identifier: msc0513
Abstract
English professor, Iowa author, and founder and editor of The Midland. Correspondence, subject files, business records for The Midland, lectures, and preliminary drafts of writings, etc.
Dates:
1908-1975
Found in:
University of Iowa Special Collections
Julie McDonald Papers
Collection
Identifier: msc0651
Abstract
Newspaper Editor and writer, this collection contains material related to two novels (Amalie's Story, 1970 and Petra, 1978), a play (Eyes of Sky; a Play in Six Scenes) and a biography (Ruth Buxton Sayre: First Lady of the Farms, 1980).
Dates:
1970 - 1990
Found in:
University of Iowa Special Collections
Karlton and William Kelm Papers
Collection
Identifier: msc0637
Abstract
Story writers, novelists and playwrights who did most writing in collaboration. Karlton published two novels: Brother (1936) and The Cherry Bed (1936). Correspondence with noted writers, drafts of plays, short stories, and novels, and material relating to the Dubuque Dia, a literary magazine.
Dates:
1931-1986; 1930-1940
Found in:
University of Iowa Special Collections
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