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American prose literature

 Subject
Subject Source: Lcsh: Library Of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 46 Collections and/or Records:

Harry F. Olson Papers

 Collection
Identifier: msc0670
Scope and Contents

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

Dates: 1938-1966

Hartzell Spence Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0701
Abstract

Born in Clarion, Iowa, Spence graduated from the University of Iowa in 1930. From 1930 to 1941 he was the United Press bureau manager in Des Moines, and saw service during WW II in the Army Air Forces where he was the founder and first editor of Yank, the Army weekly newspaper. After the war, he worked as a free-lance writer, particularly noted for his reporting on religion. He also published several novels, wrote a comic strip (David Crane) and scripts for the weekly radio program, One Foot in Heaven, broadcast on the ABC network, 1944-1945. This collection consists of drafts for numerous articles and stories, including those for The Story of Religion in America, published in Look, 1957-1960.

Dates: 1941-1962; Majority of material found within 1950-1962

Hazel E. Brown Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0573
Abstract

Writer and friend of both Grant Wood and Marvin Cone. The collection contains research notes and manuscripts for the book, as well as clippings about Brown herself. Iowa Author Mss.

Dates: 1926-1973

Homer Calkin Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0504
Abstract

Historian, archivist, and author. Correspondence files; diaries; memorabilia; scrapbooks dealing with his early life, education, career in the State Department, and work for the Methodist Church.

Dates: 1897-1996

Hubert E. Hoeltje Papers

 Collection
Identifier: msc0740
Scope and Contents

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

Dates: 1957

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

J. Clyde Ryan Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0687
Abstract

Papers of J. Clyde Ryan. Manuscript for A Skeptic Dude in Arizona. 2 folders. Iowa Author Mss.

Dates: Undated

J. Gordon Chamberlin Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0580
Abstract

Teacher, Methodist minister and writer on theological and educational subjects. Correspondence, course materials, sermons and speeches, with materials relating to his many books and articles.

Dates: 1930-2005

James C. Taylor Papers

 Collection
Identifier: msc0708
Scope and Contents

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

Dates: 1940

John H. Powell Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0678
Abstract

Historian. Correspondence and preliminary drafts of his writings. Iowa Author Mss.

Dates: 1935-1974

Laura Hinkley Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0625
Abstract

Writer and biographer of writers. This collection contains manuscripts for two of the author's books, Ladies of Literature and The Stevensons: Louis and Fanny. Iowa Author Mss.

Dates: 1946-1947

"L.E. "Jack" Hunn Papers

 Collection
Identifier: msc0631
Abstract

Coach, story writer and poet. Stories for his grand-children published as Adventures with Grandpa (1988); two unpublished typescripts. This collection has become part of the Iowa Authors Manuscript Collection, MsC869.

Dates: -

Margaret Drabble Research Files

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0931
Abstract

Acclaimed British novelist and scholar. Research files, including administrative material, research materials, and corrected typescripts for her 1995 biography of novelist Sir Angus Wilson.

Dates: 1990-1995

Marion Meade Buster Keaton Research Files

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0512
Abstract

Research material compiled by Meade while writing the biography Buster Keaton Cut to the Case.

Dates: 1895-1997

Mary E. Winchell Papers

 Collection
Identifier: msc0729
Abstract

Manuscript for Home on the Bering Sea with correspondence and clippings. Iowa Author Mss.

Dates: 1950-1952

Mary Ellen Evans Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0598
Abstract

Personal and business correspondence of this Dominican tertiary and editor, this collection also includes manuscripts for two of Evans' published works, as well as some unpublished manuscripts. Iowa Author.

Dates: 1929-1975; Majority of material found within 1950-1970

Mathias M. Hoffmann Papers

 Collection
Identifier: msc0741
Scope and Contents

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

Dates: -

Merle Armitage Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0558
Abstract

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.

Dates: 1932-1965

Nellie Aurner Papers

 Collection
Identifier: msc0784
Scope and Contents

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

Dates: -

Ora Delmer Foster Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0211
Abstract

Congregational minister, lecturer, and professor. Subject files, literary manuscripts, diaries, photographs, and books relating to Foster's life and career.

Dates: 1895-1965