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Authors, American

 Subject
Subject Source: Lcsh: Library Of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 62 Collections and/or Records:

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

Alfred M. Bailey Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0561
Abstract

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

Dates: 1949-1955

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

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

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

Carolyn Dyer papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0884
Abstract

Professor Emeritus of Journalism at the University of Iowa and Nancy Drew scholar.

Dates: 1905-2016

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

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

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

Edwin L. Sabin Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0688
Abstract

Novelist. Correspondence, scrapbooks, subject files, preliminary drafts of his writings.

Dates: 1870-1952

Eleanor Pownall Simmons Manuscripts

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0698
Abstract

Printmaker and artist, Simmons wrote and illustrated a number of books for children.

Dates: 1960-1970

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

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: -

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

Frank Conroy Manuscripts

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0535
Abstract

Holograph manuscripts of two of Frank Conroy's published books, Stop-time (1967) and Body & Soul (1993).

Dates: 1967-1993

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

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

George M. Sheets Papers

 Collection
Identifier: msc0694
Scope and Contents

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

Dates: -

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

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 Heaven, broadcast on the ABC network, 1944-1945. This collection consists of drafts for numerous articles and stories, including those for The Story of Religion in America, published in Look, 1957-1960.

Dates: 1941-1962; Majority of material found within 1950-1962