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Manuscripts, American

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 70 Collections and/or Records:

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

The Africanization of America, 1855

 Item — Box 13: Series 2 [Barcode: 31197232550753], Folder: 4
Identifier: Vault MSS 792 Series 2 Sub-Series 6 Item 1
Scope and Contents

Draft of a book written alternately in Thomas L. Kane's and Elizabeth Wood Kane's handwriting, dated 1855. Contains opinions by Kane on African Americans.

Dates: Majority of material found in 1855

The Africanization to America, 1855

 Item — Box 13: Series 2 [Barcode: 31197232550753], Folder: 5
Identifier: Vault MSS 792 Series 2 Sub-Series 6 Item 1
Scope and Contents

Finished manuscript of book written in Elizabeth Wood Kane's handwriting, dated 1855. Contains opinions by Thomas L. Kane on African Americans.

Dates: Majority of material found in 1855

The comer / by John Held, Jr., approximately 1910-1957

 Item — Box 11: Series 3 [Barcode: 31197239134205], Folder: 5
Identifier: MSS 9064 Series 3

The Gods were promiscuous / by John Held, Jr. , approximately 1920-1937

 Item — Box 11: Series 3 [Barcode: 31197239134205], Folder: 17
Identifier: MSS 9064 Series 3

The mysterious customer / by John Held, Jr., approximately 1910-1957

 Item — Box 11: Series 3 [Barcode: 31197239134205], Folder: 16
Identifier: MSS 9064 Series 3

Weir family papers

 Collection — Box 8: [Barcode: 31197232567112]
Identifier: Vault MSS 511
Scope and Contents

Contains the papers of various members of the Weir family, including Robert Walter Weir (1803-1889), John F. Weir (1841-1926), and Julian Alden Weir (1852-1919) and others. Contains correspondence, diaries, scrapbooks, manuscripts, speeches, artwork, clippings, and published material relating to the family, dating from between 1765 to 1952. The bulk of the collection relates to Julian Alden Weir.

Dates: 1765-1952

Winged miracle / by John Held, Jr., approximately 1950-1957

 Item — Box 11: Series 3 [Barcode: 31197239134205], Folder: 3
Identifier: MSS 9064 Series 3

Mary Hale Woolsey papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 2294
Abstract

Contains manuscripts, typescripts, correspondence (business and personal), scrapbooks, published and unpublished music, personal writings and literary works (poems, short stories, etc.) created and collected during Woolsey's career as a writer of adult and children's literature and as a composer of popular music.

Dates: 1910-1969

Zane Grey : a creative man, 1988 April 5

 File — Carton 2: [Barcode: 31197239253088], Folder: 33
Identifier: MSS 8710