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Poets

 Subject
Subject Source: Lcsh: Library Of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 92 Collections and/or Records:

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

Emerson Hough Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0628
Abstract

Journalist, editor of Forest and Stream, and novelist of the West. Includes letterpress book, 1902-1912 and 34 letters 1912-1923 to Mr. and Mrs. Fred Bigelow.

Dates: 1902-1975

Esther Carlson Manuscript

 Collection
Identifier: msc0756
Scope and Contents

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

Dates: 1947-1948

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

Evelyn Harter Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0622
Abstract

Harter was born in Keokuk, Iowa. Completing a BA at the University of Iowa in 1925, she moved to New York City where she shared an apartment for a time with Ruth Suckow. Primarily a typographer and book designer, she worked for publishers such as Cape and Smith, Smith and Haas, and Random House. Her first novel, Dr. Katherine Bell (Doubleday, 1950) is partially set in Iowa City. She gave a corrected typescript and a set of corrected galleys just after the novel was published.

Dates: 1930-1999

Evelyn Nelson papers

 Collection
Identifier: msc0671
Scope and Contents

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

Dates: 1925 - 1939

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

Frank Simpson papers

 Collection
Identifier: msc0699
Scope and Contents

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

Dates: 1944

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 Sylvester Viereck Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0099
Abstract

Poet, novelist, journalist, and publicist for pro-German causes. Correspondence, drafts of magazine articles, photos, clippings of newspaper and magazine articles, typescripts of poems in German and in English, notebooks and pamphlets, a psychiatric report, legal documents, statements in court, and related material.

Dates: 1896-1959

Grace Noll Smith Papers

 Collection
Identifier: msc0700
Scope and Contents

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

Dates: -

Guy Howard Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0629
Abstract

Itinerant preacher and writer. This collection consists of manuscripts from two of his books and various clippings. Iowa Author Mss.

Dates: 1948-1950

Hamlin Garland Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0797
Abstract

Correspondence, four short manuscripts, and photographs make up this small collection for this Iowa author and champion of local color.

Dates: 1892-1940

Helen Harrington papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0476
Abstract

Poet and farm woman from Lamoni, Iowa.

Dates: 1963-1992

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

Hervey White Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0724
Abstract

Novelist (Quicksand, 1900, and others), founder of the artist's colonies Byrdcliffe and Maverick, and editor of The Plowshare and The Wild Hawk. Drafts and typescripts of 24 stories and chapters from an unpublished autobiography.

Dates: 1913-1931

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

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

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