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Contains 4 Results:
Douglas H. Thayer files on Summer Fire, circa 1962-2003
File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 3178 Series 1 File 8
Scope and Contents
Contains draft files for the work "Summer Fire" and responses from students who read the work at Spanish Fork High school. Other materials include the version of the story geared toward non-LDS readeres, titled "Fire Season" and notes on publication. Includes letters from publishers to Thayer thanking him for sending copies of the work and describing publication, volumes of BYU Studies reprints containing a review of it, newspaper clippings lauding the work, Thayer’s own notes on the book,...
Dates:
circa 1962-2003
Douglas H. Thayer files on Mr. Wahlquist in Yellowstone, circa 1962-2001
File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 3178 Series 1 File 9
Scope and Contents
Contains draft notes for Thayer's work "Mr. Wahlquist in Yellowstone." Materials pertain to the publication, and include consecutive drafts of the work with author's commentary. Also includes correspondence with publishers and responses. The series also contains the contract with German publisher VerlgasGessellshaftBerg to publish "Mr. Wahlquist in Yellowstone" in German. The stories were translated, but not published. The file contains the contract and the correspondence leading up to...
Dates:
circa 1962-2001
Douglas H. Thayer other essays and works, circa 1962-2003
File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 3178 Series 1 File 18
Scope and Contents
Contains draft notes for Thayer's works, including "The Turtle's Smiles," "Ten Years of Laughter," "Harris," "Kellie," and "The Welcome Home." Other works are included. Materials pertain to the publications, and include drafts of the works and author's commentaries. Also includes correspondence with publishers. Dated circa 1962-2003.
Dates:
circa 1962-2003
Douglas H. Thayer papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 3178
Abstract
The collections consists primarily of manuscripts of Thayer's works, including personal notes, publisher/editor corrections and correspondence, and some public response. Also included are various newspaper and magazine articles featuring the author.
Dates:
approximately 1950-2009