Showing Collections: 101 - 120 of 142
Maxine Finsterwald Papers
Radio scriptwriter (Kaffee Klatch and Playhouse of the Air among others) and playwright (as Maxine Wood). Correspondence, photographs, clippings, scrapbooks, typescripts, etc. Finsterwald, playwright and author, published under the name "Maxine Wood".
Meredith Willson Papers
Writer, musician, composer, and lyricist, best known for The Music Man. Manuscript drafts from his books, a script from The Music Man, and sheet music.
Merle Armitage Papers
Set designer, impresario, co-founder and manager of the Los Angeles Grand Opera Association, president of the American Institute of Graphic Arts, art director of Look and Quick magazines, and book designer. Correspondence, typescripts of Accent on Life and George Gershwin: Man and Legend, and files on other projects.
Merle Miller Papers
Editor at Yank, Time and Harper's, biographer of presidents, script writer, and novelist. Drafts, correspondence, printer's copies, and reviews for four of his books; the materials for The Sure Thing (1953) are extensive.
Miriam Baker Nye papers
Moville, Iowa, farm wife and columnist for the Sioux City Farm Journal Weekly.
Nancy Drew Collection
An ongoing collection of materials related to the 1993 Nancy Drew Conference and Mildred Wirt Benson.
Nancy Veglahn Papers
Author of numerous books for young adults, many on science subjects. Collection includes manuscripts and correspondence about, among other titles, Follow the Golden Goose (1971) and Coils, Magnets and Rings (1976).
National League of American Pen Women, Iowa City Branch records
Local branch, formed in 1963, of group for women writers and artists.
National League of American Pen Women, Quad Cities Branch records
The National League of American Pen Women, Quad Cities Branch was established in 1976 to serve as an outlet for area women writers to communicate. The group organized scholarship competitions for high school student writers.
National League of American Pen Women, Waterloo-Cedar Rapids Branch records
Nellie Booker papers
Newspaper reporter and author of poems and essays. The collection includes scrapbooks and photograph albums.
Oneita Griggs Fisher papers
Newspaper columnist and writer from Washington County, Iowa, who was interested in conservation and historic preservation.
Oscar Hahn Papers
Chilean poet and graduate of the International Writing Program. The collection is comprised of clippings and periodical publications having to do with Hahn and his poetry. Most items are in Spanish.
Osha Gray Davidson Papers
Free-lance journalist and author of Broken Heartland and Under Fire. Correspondence, research notes, and preliminary drafts of his writings.
Papers of Ruth Suckow
This collection is comprised of photographs, letters, paintings, and manuscripts of Ruth Suckow, family, and friends.
Paul Corey Papers
Writer Three Miles Square (1939), environmentalist, and animal activist. Correspondence, subject files, scrapbooks, and preliminary drafts of writings.
Paul Engle Papers
Poet (numerous books from Worn Earth, 1932), editor of the O. Henry Prize Stories, 1954-1959, director of the Iowa Writers' Workshop, 1941-1967, and co-founder and director of the International Writers' Program, 1967-1976 at the University of Iowa. Literary manuscripts, correspondence, subject files, and student works documenting his career as a writer and teacher.
Pedro Lastra Collection of Letters from South American Writers
Chilean essayist and poet. This collection contains over 900 letters to Lastra written by renowned South American writers.
Prentiss Family papers
The family came to Iowa City in 1905 when Henry Prentiss established the Anatomy Department at the State University of Iowa.
Richard Pike Bissell Papers
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).
Filtered By
- Subject: Authors X
Filter Results
Additional filters:
- Repository
- University of Iowa Special Collections 80
- Iowa Women's Archives 60
- University of Iowa Archives 2
- Subject
- Archives (groupings) 87
- Authors 81
- American literature 67
- English literature 66
- Writers Archive at Iowa 65
- Authors, American 62
- 20th century 57
- Iowa 57
- Personal papers 51
- Photographs 49
- Drafts (documents) 48
- Poets 33
- Novelists 32
- Fiction -- Authorship 31
- Correspondence 29
- Journalists 24
- Scrapbooks 23
- Clippings (information artifacts) 22
- Iowa City (Iowa) 20
- Manuscripts (documents) 17
- College students 16
- 2001-2010 15
- American prose literature 15
- Typescripts 15
- Women authors, American 15
- Diaries 14
- Children's books -- Authorship 13
- College teachers 13
- Families 13
- Sound recordings 13
- Speeches 13
- Women authors 13
- 1991-2000 12
- Memoirs 12
- Oral histories 12
- Women 12
- Children's literature 11
- Rural women 11
- Women in journalism 11
- Video recordings 10
- Women in agriculture 10
- American fiction 9
- Des Moines (Iowa) 9
- Teachers 9
- Teaching 9
- Women and literature 9
- Farm life 8
- Farmers 8
- Autobiographies 7
- Artists 6
- Journalism 6
- Middle West 6
- Poets, American 6
- Women and War 6
- World War, 1939-1945 6
- Yearbooks 6
- 1981-1990 5
- African American women 5
- African American women -- Iowa 5
- American poetry 5
- Clergy 5
- Cultural artifacts 5
- Drawings (visual works) 5
- Galley proofs 5
- Historians 5
- Local history 5
- Manuscripts for publication 5
- Twentieth century 5
- Women in education 5
- 1911-1920 4
- Administrative records 4
- Awards 4
- Biographies 4
- Community activists 4
- Creative writing 4
- Dramatists 4
- Feminism 4
- Fiction 4
- First drafts 4
- Girls 4
- Motion picture authorship 4
- Novels 4
- Photocopies 4
- Poetry 4
- Television authorship 4
- Voyages and travels 4
- 1971-1980 3
- African Americans 3
- Alumni and alumnae 3
- Articles 3
- Authors, Latin American 3
- California 3
- Cedar Rapids (Iowa) 3
- Composers 3
- Detective and mystery stories 3
- Editors 3
- Education 3
- Educators 3
- Family papers 3
- Frontier and pioneer life 3 ∧ less
- Language
- English 141
- Spanish; Castilian 2
- Chinese 1
- Finnish 1
- French 1
- Names
- University of Iowa 16
- State University of Iowa 7
- Drake University 3
- Engle, Paul, 1908-1991 3
- Grinnell College 2
- Iowa State University 2
- Keene, Carolyn 2
- Muehl, Lois Baker 2
- Nancy Drew Conference (University of Iowa : 1993) 2
- Wirt, Mildred A. (Mildred Augustine), 1905-2002 2
- Aldrich, Bess Streeter, 1881-1954 1
- Allen family 1
- Allen, George Eugene, 1887-1944 1
- Allen, Hilda Ellyson, 1988- 1
- Allen, Lewis, 1905-1986 1
- Allen, Philip, 1915- 1
- Allen, Sewell E., 1913-1975 1
- Amana Society 1
- American Institute of Graphic Arts 1
- American National Red Cross 1
- American Theological Society 1
- Armitage, Merle 1
- Atwood, Roy Alden 1
- Authors' League of America 1
- Bach, Marcus 1
- Bailey, Alfred M. 1
- Baker, Carl 1
- Baker, Hermione Georgette Allen, 1917- 1
- Barzun, Jacques 1
- Beebe, Lucius Morris, 1902-1966 1
- Beran family 1
- Beran, Janice A. 1
- Bergmann family 1
- Bergmann, Gustav, 1906-1987 1
- Bergmann, Leola Nelson, 1912-2011 1
- Berry, Venise T. 1
- Beth El Jacob Synagogue (Des Moines, Iowa) 1
- Bissell, Bess G., 1908-1970 1
- Bissell, Richard Pike 1
- Blake, William, 1757-1827 1
- Bliven, Bruce 1
- Bliven, Bruce, 1889-1977 1
- Bock, Frederick Stern 1
- Bonham, Catherine 1
- Booker, Nellie, 1918-2002 1
- Bourjaily, Vance 1
- Bourjaily, Vance, 1922-2010 1
- Bowman family 1
- Bowman, Annabelle 1
- Boyd, Susan, 1927- 1
- Boyle, T. Coraghessan 1
- Bradley, Duane 1
- Brant, Irving 1
- Braverman, Rosalie, 1910-2010 1
- Brindley family 1
- Brown, Lewis H. (Lewis Herold), 1894- 1
- Bucey family 1
- Buckley, Irene Coleman, 1904-2006 1
- Bucksbaum, Carolyn 1
- Bunkers, Suzanne L. 1
- Burdick, Eugene 1
- Burdick, Eugene L. 1
- Burgess family 1
- Burgess, Nellie 1
- Butler, Ellis Parker 1
- Calhoun, Mary 1
- Calhoun, Mary Huiskamp 1
- Calkin, Homer L. 1
- Canan, Janine 1
- Carhart, Arthur 1
- Carlson, Esther Elizabeth 1
- Carmack, Patricia Jo 1
- Cassill, R. V. (Ronald Verlin), 1919-2002 1
- Cheever, Lawrence Oakley 1
- Cherry, Kittredge, 1957- 1
- Chicago Theological Seminary 1
- Childs, Lue Prentiss, 1902-1968 1
- Childs, Malissa 1
- Childs, Marquis 1
- Chinese Writers 1
- Clark, Betty Jean, 1920-2005 1
- Clark, Glenn, 1882-1956 1
- Coe College 1
- Colby, Anthony Owen 1
- Collins, Max Allan 1
- Conroy, Frank, 1936-2005 1
- Corey, Paul 1
- Cowles, Gardner, 1861-1946 1
- Crane, Amanda Jean 1
- Crary, Margaret 1
- Cripliver family 1
- Darling, Jay N. (Jay Norwood), 1876-1962 1
- Daughters of the American Revolution. Washington County Chapter (Washington County, Iowa) 1
- Davidson, Osha Gray 1
- Davis, Laura 1
- DeLand family 1
- DeLand, Ida Sherman 1
- DeLand, Mary Lurene Swope, 1896-1978 1
- Denver Museum of Natural History 1
- Des Mond, Lucy 1 ∧ less