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Alice French Papers
Collection
Identifier: msc0605
Abstract
One of the most successful women writers of the later 19th century, Octave Thanet's stories and novels celebrated the status quo; she lived much of her life in Davenport, Iowa. Our holdings consist of a holograph draft of her story, The Governor's Prerogative, photographs, photocopies of other stories, and a microfilm of Voice of Nature.
Dates:
1868-1962
Found in:
University of Iowa Special Collections
Charlotte M. Smith Papers, Including the Records of the Tamazunchale Press
Collection
Identifier: msc0457
Abstract
Publisher of miniature books in Newton, Iowa, founded by Charlotte and Thomas Smith. Correspondence, typescripts, proofs, advertising, contracts, etc., have been combined with Charlotte M. Smith's personal papers.
Dates:
1970-2001
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
Duane Bradley Papers
Collection
Identifier: msc0570
Abstract
Manuscripts and related materials for several of Mrs. Bradley's titles, including Electing a President (1963) and Sew It and Wear It (1966).
Dates:
1956-1967
Found in:
University of Iowa Special Collections
Elton Trueblood Papers
Collection
Identifier: msc0710
Scope and Contents
There are no contents, the information for this collection has been moved to the Iowa Author’s Manuscript Collection, MsC0869.
Dates:
-
Found in:
University of Iowa Special Collections
Emlin McClain Papers
Collection
Identifier: msc0035
Abstract
Lawyer, judge, and professor. Personal and business correspondence, diaries, and speeches on painting. Most of the material dates before 1880, while McClain was a law student at the University of Iowa.
Dates:
1869 - 1915
Found in:
University of Iowa Special Collections
George Stimpson Papers
Collection
Identifier: msc0704
Abstract
Journalist, writer, and President of the National Press Club. Manuscripts for four of his informational books. Iowa Author
Dates:
Undated
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
Henry Clay Russell Civil War Letters
Collection
Identifier: msc0546
Abstract
Russell's correspondence to his sister, Mary, of Crawfordsville, Iowa.
Dates:
1861-1902; 1865
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
Iowa Cavalry 1st Regiment Records
Collection
Identifier: msc0014
Abstract
These records consist of copies of orders and invoices reflecting military issues such as posting guards, court marshals, and patrolling guerrillas. Most of the orders were issued from Headquarters of the District of Central Missouri.
Dates:
1861-1862
Found in:
University of Iowa Special Collections
James C. Taylor Papers
Collection
Identifier: msc0708
Scope and Contents
There are no contents, the information for this collection has been moved to the Iowa Author’s Manuscript Collection, MsC0869.
Dates:
1940
Found in:
University of Iowa Special Collections
(Katherine) Eleanor Saltzman Papers
Collection
Identifier: msc0689
Abstract
Iowa regional writer. This collection consists of manuscripts for Ever Tomorrow and Stuart's Hill, and her unpublished novel, Carpthorne; manuscripts and tear sheets of her short stories and poems; as well as correspondence, notes, and clippings. Iowa Author Mss.
Dates:
1933-1945
Found in:
University of Iowa Special Collections
Mary Huiskamp Calhoun
Collection
Identifier: msc0577
Abstract
Well-known children's author. This collection consists of several versions of her manuscript for Magic in the Alley. Iowa Author Ms.
Dates:
1964-1968
Found in:
University of Iowa Special Collections
Paul Engle Papers
Collection
Identifier: msc0514
Abstract
Poet (numerous books from Worn Earth, 1932), editor of the O. Henry Prize Stories, 1954-1959, director of the Iowa Writers' Workshop, 1941-1967, and co-founder and director of the International Writers' Program, 1967-1976 at the University of Iowa. Literary manuscripts, correspondence, subject files, and student works documenting his career as a writer and teacher.
Dates:
1929-1988
Found in:
University of Iowa Special Collections
Robert Bernard Martin Papers
Collection
Identifier: msc0655
Scope and Contents
This collection contains only the manuscript for With Friends Possessed: A Life of Edward Fitzgerald.
Dates:
-
Found in:
University of Iowa Special Collections
Thomas Eyre Booth Papers
Collection
Identifier: msc0361
Scope and Contents
Editor and publisher of the Anamosa Eureka in Anamosa , Iowa . Correspondence, manuscripts, photographs, a scrapbook, and other related papers.
Dates:
1895-1924; 1900-1910
Found in:
University of Iowa Special Collections
Vance Bourjaily Papers
Collection
Identifier: msc0568
Scope and Contents
Novelist and Writers' Workshop instructor. Typescript with notes and revisions of his novel, A Game Men Play (Dial Press, 1980). Iowa Authors Ms.
Dates:
-; 1980
Found in:
University of Iowa Special Collections
Warren Van Dine Papers
Collection
Identifier: msc0711
Abstract
Consists of audio recordings, biographical information, correspondence, and materials relating to Mr. Van Dine's editorial positions with Much Ado and Upward. Also included in this collection are several manuscripts and typescripts of poems, essays, and short stories as well as Mr. Van Dine's memories of his time spent as an undergraduate at the State University of Iowa in the 1920s. Photographs, speeches.
Dates:
1923-1970
Found in:
University of Iowa Special Collections
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