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Alice French Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0605
Abstract

One of the most successful women writers of the later 19th century, Octave Thanet's stories and novels celebrated the status quo; she lived much of her life in Davenport, Iowa. Our holdings consist of a holograph draft of her story, The Governor's Prerogative, photographs, photocopies of other stories, and a microfilm of Voice of Nature.

Dates: 1868-1962

Edwin Ford Piper Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0040
Abstract

Piper's notes on Western ballads, with music for some; other folk materials including rhymes, riddles, games, folk sayings, quadrille calls, slang, superstitions, and folk remedies.

Dates: 1929-1941

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

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

Julie McDonald Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0651
Abstract

Newspaper Editor and writer, this collection contains material related to two novels (Amalie's Story, 1970 and Petra, 1978), a play (Eyes of Sky; a Play in Six Scenes) and a biography (Ruth Buxton Sayre: First Lady of the Farms, 1980).

Dates: 1970 - 1990

(Katherine) Eleanor Saltzman Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0689
Abstract

Iowa regional writer. This collection consists of manuscripts for Ever Tomorrow and Stuart's Hill, and her unpublished novel, Carpthorne; manuscripts and tear sheets of her short stories and poems; as well as correspondence, notes, and clippings. Iowa Author Mss.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1933-1945; 1848 - 1945

Martin Yoseloff Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0734
Abstract

Editor and novelist. Manuscripts for nine books, including No Greener Meadows (1946), his first novel.

Dates: 1940-1990

Paul Engle Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0514
Abstract

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.

Dates: 1929-1988

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: -

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

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