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American literature

 Subject
Subject Source: Lcsh: Library Of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 220 Collections and/or Records:

Richard Pike Bissell Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0565
Abstract

Typescript and holograph drafts, galley proofs, editor's notes, source material, etc., documenting the writings of this Dubuque novelist and author of 7 1/2 Cents (1953), the basis of the musical hit, The Pajama Game (1954, filmed 1957).

Dates: 1951-1973

Richard Sherman Papers

 Collection
Identifier: msc0696
Scope and Contents

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

Dates: -

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: -

Robert Blees Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0124
Abstract

Motion picture and television script-writer and producer. Film treatments and screenplays written by Blees and other screenwriters, miscellaneous, memos and articles, film stills, photostats, phonographic recordings from soundtracks.

Dates: 1925-1965

Robert K. Beck Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0394
Abstract

Newspaper publisher in Centerville, Iowa . Correspondence, clippings, speeches, subject files, etc., relating to newspaper publishing, Republican politics, and the Rathbun Dam.

Dates: 1938-1968; Majority of material found within 1966-1968

Roland White Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0725
Abstract

Manuscript for Milo Reno: Farmers Union Pioneer. Iowa Authors

Dates: 1941

Ruth Cromer Weir Manuscripts

 Collection
Identifier: msc0722
Scope and Contents

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

Dates: 1948 - 1968

Ruth Lechlitner Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0474
Abstract

Poet and teacher. Correspondence, subject files, and preliminary drafts of her writings.

Dates: 1919-1988

Sadie Seagrave Papers

 Collection
Identifier: msc0693
Scope and Contents

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

Dates: -

Sean Clark Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0508
Abstract

Scripts for the television program, Early Edition, and drafts of a yet to be produced screenplay.

Dates: 1996-1999

Seymour Krim Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0367
Abstract

Journalist and essayist. Correspondence, typescripts, notes, reviews, published copies, etc. relating to his literary career and his contributions to beat literature and the new journalism movement.

Dates: 1950-2012

Shenandoah Evening Sentinel Records

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0247
Abstract

Journals and ledgers, cash books, subscription lists and inventories.

Dates: 1888-1946

Speidel Newspapers Inc. Records

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0481
Scope and Contents

This collection is made up of weekly reports from the central office to the publisher for Speidel Newspapers Inc.

Dates: 1954-1957

S.S. McClure Limited Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0115
Abstract

Letters with Stone and Kimball publishers.

Dates: 1895-1896

Steven Dow Mossman Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0663
Abstract

Writer born in Cedar Rapids. Collection includes extensive pre-publication materials for Mossman's highly regarded novel, The Stones of Summer (1972) as well as drafts written while a student in the Writer's Workshop.

Dates: 1966 - 1972

Stewart Stern Papers (this collection is currently being re-processed)

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0440
Abstract

American motion picture and television screenwriter. Primarily material documenting his career, with research notebooks, rough dra s and final versions of many of his screen and teleplays, along with photographs from the productions. Also personal material including correspondence and his education and military records.

Dates: 1931-1983

Susan Fulton Welty Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0723
Abstract

Born in Fairfield, Iowa, Welty took degrees at Parsons College and the University of Utah. A teacher most of her life, this collection contains drafts of numerous stories and articles, most on religious subjects.

Dates: 1937-1947

Susan Gearhart Papers

 Collection
Identifier: msc0774
Scope and Contents

There are no contents, the information for this collection has been moved to the Iowa Author’s Manuscript Collection, Msc0869.

Dates: -

The Iowan Records

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0291
Abstract

Magazine published by The Iowan, Inc., Shenandoah, Iowa. Correspondence, manuscripts, page proofs, layouts, advertising and business records, and photos.

Dates: 1952-1971

Theodore F. Koop Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0642
Abstract

Journalist with the Associated Press before WWII, with the National Geographic Society and CBS after 1948. He conceived Face the Nation. Correspondence, subject files, speeches, and preliminary drafts of his works.

Dates: 1940-1976