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Writers Archive at Iowa

 Subject
Subject Source: Lc Locally Created

Found in 211 Collections and/or Records:

Bruce Gould Papers

 Collection
Identifier: msc0614
Scope and Contents

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

Dates: 1929-1968

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

Calvin Kentfield Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0639
Abstract

Iowa writer. Manuscript for The Alchemist's Voyage and various clippings and tear sheets. Iowa Author Mss.

Carl Glick Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0611
Abstract

Story writer, playwright and film script writer, author of books for adults and children, Glick is best remembered for his books about the Chinese in America.

Dates: 1915-1971

Carl Van Vechten Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0715
Abstract

23 photographs of Doris Julian, Stephen Van Ophuigsen, Coleman Dowell, Jose Quintero and others; 16 photograph postcards including Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas; 75 photographs of celebrities (lacking no. 18); several drafts and related correspondence for Gertrude Stein: An Epilogue.

Dates: 1939-1960

Carol Gorman Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0612
Abstract

Author of books for young adults and teacher. Preliminary drafts of her writings.

Dates: 1987-1991

Caroline Mabry Christie Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0750
Abstract

Holdings are the manuscript of Silver Heels, a book for children. Iowa Authors Mss.

Dates: -

Carroll Coleman Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0477
Abstract

Proprietor of the Prairie Press and printer. Correspondence, preliminary drafts, galleys and mock-ups for books printed by the Prairie Press, and related business records, advertising, etc.

Dates: 1927-1992; Majority of material found within 1960-1965

Carroll Lane Fenton and Mildred Adams Fenton Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0602
Scope and Contents

A geologist by training and a member of several university faculties, Carroll Fenton published a large number of books on scientific topics for children, most of them with his own illustrations and many co-authored with his wife.

Dates: 1960-1969

Charles O'Neal Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0360
Abstract

American television and motion picture screenwriter and novelist. Father of actor Ryan O'Neal. Screenplays, teleplays, typescripts, correspondence.

Dates: 1938-1982; Majority of material found within 1950-1969

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

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

Charlton Laird Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0646
Abstract

Author who wrote extensively on language. This collection contains the manuscript and correspondence for one of his novels. Iowa Author collection.

Dates: 1951

Clarence W. Moody Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0326
Abstract

Editor and publisher of the Burlington Hawk-Eye, civic leader. Newspaper clippings, correspondence, speeches, etc., concerning the newspaper and the Burlington, IA area, with information on the Great River Road Project of the 1960s.

Dates: 1932-1965; Majority of material found within 1950-1965

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

Conger Reynolds Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0183
Abstract

Journalist, diplomat, and public relations expert. Subject files, correspondence, diaries, scrapbooks, etc. relating to his varied career, from WWI intelligence officer to Chicago Tribune editor in Paris to consulate official to public relations director for Standard Oil.

Dates: 1899-1970

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

Curtis Harnack Papers

 Collection — Box 19
Identifier: MsC0621
Abstract

Assistant Editor (with Paul Engle) Prize Stories 1958-1959. Author of a memoir, We Have All Gone Away (1973), and other books. President of Yaddo, 1981-1987; 1992-1997 President of the School of American Ballet.

Dates: 1927 -; Majority of material found within 1960-1980

Dale Kramer Papers

 Collection
Identifier: msc0644
Scope and Contents

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

Dates: -

Darrell Garwood Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0608
Abstract

Newspaperman and biographer of Grant Wood. This collection contains printer's typescripts with revisions for two of his works, Artist in Iowa: A Life of Grant Wood and Crossroads of America: The Story of Kansas City. Iowa Author Mss.

Dates: Undated