American fiction -- 20th Century
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 12 Collections and/or Records:
Rex Beach papers
Collection
Call Number: WA MSS S-3417
Content Description:
The Rex Beach Papers, which span from 1905-1956, contain correspondence, photographs, printed material, and other papers by or relating to Rex Ellingwood Beach's life and work.
Dates:
1905-08-05-1956
Christopher Cox papers
Collection
Call Number: YCAL MSS 264
Overview:
The Christopher Cox Papers consists of the writings, correspondence files, and personal papers of the editor, author, actor, director, and producer Christopher Cox, and of his partner, the art historian William Olander.
Dates:
1927-1990, bulk 1966-1990
Dial Press records
Collection
Call Number: YCAL MSS 253
Summary:
The Dial Press Records contain publicity files, catalogs, photographs, and other materials that document the workings of this twentieth-century press.
Dates:
1924-1983
Robert Ferro papers
Collection
Call Number: YCAL MSS 322
Overview:
The Robert Ferro Papers consist of personal correspondence and material related to his published and unpublished writings, with a few files of academic and personal papers. The bulk of the collection concerns Ferro's writings, particularly his four novels, which with their semi-autobiographical themes of homosexuality, family, and illness, tell much about his community in the 1970s and 1980s. His earlier writings often refer to his experiences of living in Italy. Ferro also wrote critical...
Dates:
1963-1988
Michael Grumley papers
Collection
Call Number: YCAL MSS 323
Overview:
The Michael Grumley Papers primarily contain his writings and supporting research material, with a small amount of personal correspondence and personal papers. More than half of the collection consists of his creative writings and drawings, spanning his college years through his career as a freelance author, many of which were not published during his lifetime. The collection holds files on Grumley's published work, including his one novel and his four books on the topics of Atlantis,...
Dates:
1910-1988, bulk 1963-1988
Robert McAlmon papers
Collection
Call Number: YCAL MSS 293
Overview:
The Robert McAlmon Papers consist of letters to McAlmon from literary friends, including William Carlos Williams, Ezra Pound, James Joyce, and Gertrude Stein; manuscripts of several of his writings; and a small quantity of photographs and related papers.
Dates:
1916-1980, bulk 1930-1952
Felice Picano papers
Collection
Call Number: YCAL MSS 761
Overview:
The papers contain Felice Picano's writings, journals and diaries, and correspondence with his publishers and his friends, including American author Andrew Holleran.
Dates:
1970-1991
James Purdy papers
Collection
Call Number: YCAL MSS 44
Overview:
The papers document aspects of Purdy's early literary career. Major correspondents include Carl Van Vechten, John Cowper Powys, Edith Sitwell,Paul Bowles, and Gerald Brenan.
Dates:
1944-1973
Robert Penn Warren papers
Collection
Call Number: YCAL MSS 51
Overview:
The papers consist of drafts of manuscripts and related material, correspondence, photographs, and newspaper clippings documenting Warren's life from his undergraduate years until his death in 1989.
Dates:
1906-1989
Glenway Wescott papers
Collection
Call Number: YCAL MSS 134
Overview:
The Glenway Wescott Papers consist of correspondence, journals, notebooks, manuscripts, personal and financial papers, research files,photographs, graphic items, clippings, objects, and audiotapes. The material documents Wescott's life, work, and personal relationships with many noted artists, writers, and performers of the 20th century including his long-time companion, Monroe Wheeler, many of whose papers are included here.Series I, Correspondence, consists of six subseries:...
Dates:
1900-1990
George Whitmore papers
Collection
Call Number: YCAL MSS 274
Overview:
The George Whitmore Papers consists of the literary papers of the poet, playwright, critic, novelist, and freelance writer George Davis Whitmore. The collection primarily contains his writings and supporting research files, though a small amount of professional correspondence and a few personal papers are present.
Dates:
1959-1995, bulk 1967-1989
Thornton Wilder papers
Collection
Call Number: YCAL MSS 108
Overview:
The collection consists chiefly of correspondence with family, friends, and literary colleagues; and writings, accompanied by related material. There are smaller amounts of personal papers, printed material, photographs, memorabilia, and audio recordings. The material documents Wilder's life and work, in particular his career as a successful novelist and playwright.Series I, Correspondence, consists of four subseries: Family Correspondence; General Correspondence; First Name Only and...
Dates:
1892-1991, bulk 1935-1975