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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

David Morrell Papers

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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

Dorothy M. Johnson Papers

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Identifier: msC0632
Abstract

Editor, novelist and professor of journalism at the University of Montana. Typescript drafts and related correspondence for several short stories and her novel, The Hanging Tree. Also some family correspondence and photographs. Johnson wrote Liberty Valence and A Man Called Horse, both, like The Hanging Tree, made into motion pictures.

Dates: 1896-1958

Jeanette Eyerly Papers

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Identifier: MsC0599
Abstract

Author of books for young adults from More Than a Summer Love, (1962), with a special concern for mental health. Correspondence, notes, various drafts, promotional material, etc., of her many books for adolescents.

Dates: 1925-1994

Marcus Bach Papers

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Identifier: MsC0560
Abstract

Religion professor and writer. Early typescript drafts of six of his books, including The Dream Gate and Report to Protestants.

Dates: 1948-1995

Papers of Ruth Suckow

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Identifier: MsC0706
Abstract

This collection is comprised of photographs, letters, paintings, and manuscripts of Ruth Suckow, family, and friends.

Dates: 1887-1988

Richard Pike Bissell Papers

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Identifier: MsC0565
Abstract

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).

Dates: 1951-1973

Seymour Krim Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0367
Abstract

Journalist and essayist. Correspondence, typescripts, notes, reviews, published copies, etc. relating to his literary career and his contributions to beat literature and the new journalism movement.

Dates: 1950-2012

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