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Novelists, American -- Archives

 Subject
Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source

Found in 55 Collections and/or Records:

Grey family property records for California, 1950-1981

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 6081 Series 4 Sub-Series 2
Scope and Contents

Contains property records, agreements, and other material related to property owned by the Grey family in California dating from 1950 to 1981.

Dates: 1950-1981

Grey family real estate records, 1900-1981

 Series
Identifier: MSS 6081 Series 4
Scope and Contents

Contains records for the Grey properties at Lackawaxen, Pennsylvania and Altadena, California including deeds, correspondence, tax records, and other agreements dating from 1900 to 1981.

Dates: 1900-1981

Zane Grey papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 6081
Scope and Contents Papers document Grey's personal life, career as an author, and fishing expeditions as well as materials about his wife Lina "Dolly" Grey and son Romer. It consists of correspondence, photographs, ephemera, and other materials. It includes materials created by Zane Grey Inc., the company built to administer the professional affairs of Zane Grey including financial records, contracts, and other materials pertaining to his career. It also includes substantial correspondence with Grey's agent...
Dates: approximately 1861-1995

Zane Grey papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 8316
Scope and Contents

The Zane Grey papers consist of correspondence, legal records, financial records, manuscripts, photographs, ephemera, and other materials. The papers document Zane Grey's personal life, career as an author, and fishing expeditions as well as materials about his wife Lina "Dolly" Grey and children, Romer, Betty Zane, and Loren dating from approximately 1890 to 1990.

Dates: approximately 1890-1990

Lina Elise Grey papers, 1903-1953

 Series
Identifier: MSS 6081 Series 5
Scope and Contents Contains materials relating personally to Lina Elise Grey including her elementary school license and professional certificate, her passport, a diary, and some newspaper clippings about Betty Zane. It also contains correspondence to her as a grandmother and aunt, correspondence with Bob Davis, Betty Zane Grey Grosso and Zane Grey, Charlie (Charles) Roth, Alvah James, Henrietta Stonestreet, Gus (George) Robinson, Mary Roth, Dorothy McNamara, Lillian Wilhelm Smith, Loren Grey, Margaret Ridge,...
Dates: 1903-1953

Loren Grey papers, 1918-1973

 Series
Identifier: MSS 6081 Series 6
Scope and Contents

Contains correspondence and articles concerning Loren Grey dating from 1918 to 1973.

Dates: 1918-1973

Margaret A. Ingram correspondence and manuscripts, 1937-1968

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 6081 Series 7 Sub-Series 4
Scope and Contents

Contains correspondence, school notes, and story treatments for Margaret A. Ingram. Much of the correspondence is from her relationship with Romer Grey, as well as Ingram family concerns and dates from 1937 to 1968.

Dates: 1937-1968

Photographs of Lillian Wilhelm Smith artwork, approximately 1925-1970

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 6081 Series 10 Sub-Series 7
Scope and Contents

Contains photographs of Lillian Wilhelm Smith and her artwork, predominantly from after Zane Grey's death. It contains photographs of decorative designs and sketches of Native American motifs, the library walls of the Grey home that she decorated, and prints of paintings made by her dating from approximately 1925 to 1970.

Dates: approximately 1925-1970

Romer Grey business records, between 1920 and 1976

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 6081 Series 7 Sub-Series 3
Scope and Contents

Contains correspondence, agreements, outlines, and other material related to Romer Grey's business activities, including Romer Grey Pictures and Romer Grey Inc. dating from between 1920 and 1976.

Dates: between 1920 and 1976

Romer Grey financial records, 1930-1973

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 6081 Series 7 Sub-Series 2
Scope and Contents

Contains receipts, tax returns, invoices, and other financial records related to Romer Grey's work and activities dating from 1930 to 1973.

Dates: 1930-1973