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English literature

 Subject
Subject Source: Lcsh: Library Of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 219 Collections and/or Records:

20th Century Fox Film Scripts Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0302
Abstract

American film producing and distributing corporation. Materials include motion picture screenplays (both American and foreign) and television scripts. The screenplays range from various dra s to dialogue and cutting continuity scripts. Correspondence and general business agreements.

Dates: 1929-1971

Al M. Lee Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0851
Abstract

Graduate of the Writers' Workshop, novelist and poet. This collection contains manuscripts, clippings, a photograph, and correspondence. Correspondents include Hubert Humphrey, Gene McCarthy, John F. Kennedy, Mark Strand, Cleanth Brooks, and Donald Justice among others.

Dates: 1957-1994

Albert J. Cohen Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0126
Abstract

American motion picture and television script writer and producer. Program scripts, department materials, memos, clippings, notes, correspondence, production budgets, and miscellaneous photographs.

Dates: 1948-1961; Majority of material found within 1951-1955

Albert Zugsmith Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0196
Abstract

American motion picture producer, director and writer. Ten script items ranging from shooting schedules to screenplays.

Dates: 1943-1964

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

Alembic Press Archive Records

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0882
Abstract

A significant archive, entire and extant, from one of the most prolific and independent of British fine presses, these documents are a record of the processes of hand printing, publishing, and typecasting undertaken by Claire and David Bolton.

Dates: 1978-2008

Alfred M. Bailey Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0561
Abstract

Naturalist and writer. Manuscripts of his books and articles, primarily about birds.

Dates: 1949-1955

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

Allen Wortman Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0732
Abstract

Editor of the Malvern Leader. Personal and professional correspondence.

Dates: 1918-1990

Amy Clampitt Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0582
Abstract

Poet: Kingfisher (1983), Manhattan: An Elegy (UI Center for the Book, 1990), MacArthur Fellow, 1992, Collected Poems (1997). Correspondence and typescripts of some of her writings.

Dates: 1983-1993

Angus Wilson Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0199
Abstract

Acclaimed British novelist and scholar. Research files, including administrative material, research materials, and corrected typescripts for her 1995 biography of novelist Sir Angus Wilson.

Dates: 1937-2011

Arthur A. Ross Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0127
Abstract

Motion picture and television script writer. Slides, watercolor paintings, scripts, screenplays, short stories and novels by Ross; photographs, three recordings.

Dates: 1942-1965; Majority of material found within 1950-1965

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

Arthur Davison Ficke Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0603
Abstract

Poet and writer born in Davenport, Iowa. Manuscripts include materials for a course in Arthurian legend given at the State University of Iowa 1906-1907, drafts of published poems and stories, and typescripts of unpublished stories and novels.

Dates: 1920-1949

Arthur Francis Allen Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0357
Abstract

Editor of the Sioux City Journal. Primarily correspondence, with speeches, clippings, and a scrapbook on Abraham Lincoln.

Dates: 1913-1949; Majority of material found in 1919-1930

Arthur Wormhoudt Papers

 Collection
Identifier: msc0730
Scope and Contents

There are no contents, the information for this collection has been moved to the Iowa Author’s Manuscript Collection, MsC0869.

Dates: 1950-1960

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: 1962

Barry Kemp Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0495
Abstract

Television writer, producer. Consists of two series, scripts and video cassettes.

Dates: 1982-1997

B.H. Shearer Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0242
Abstract

Newspaperman in Columbus Junction, Iowa. Journals, correspondence, business records, and subject files relating to his life and career as the editor and publisher of the Columbus Gazette and as the publisher of the Iowa Union Farmer. Subject files include topics ranging from the Iowa Union Farmer to the Louisa County Fair.

Dates: 1901-1969

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