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Women authors, American -- Correspondence

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 34 Collections and/or Records:

Business cards' notes, 1900

 Item — Box 10: [Barcode: 31197233283222], Folder: 19-20
Identifier: Vault MSS 2
Scope and Contents

Handwritten notes on Catt's business cards. She requests that a story and songs will be accepted. Also included is a photocopy of the items.

Dates: 1900

Collection on Louisa May Alcott and family

 Collection — Box 2: [Barcode: 31197239135590]
Identifier: Vault MSS 503
Scope and Contents Contains handwritten and signed letters of Louisa May Alcott and her sister, May Alcott Nieriker, and other family members, friends, and associates. The letters are of both a private and professional nature, and discuss social engagements, familial affairs, writing schedules, and upcoming publications. Also included are two photocopied portraits, a sound recording and transcript of a 1947 radio adaptation of "Little Women," and various other writings by Alcott. Materials dated 1837-1947,...
Dates: Majority of material found within 1837-1947; Majority of material found within 1837-1888

Dorita : a little Maya girl

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 2746
Scope and Contents

Handwritten and typewritten drafts of a story of a little girl. The story is about a real person but seems to have fictional elements in it. Also included are correspondence. Most of these items deal with Rhoads' attempts to get the story published.

Dates: 1939-1967

Byrl Brown Dorland letter and newspaper clippings

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230325125]
Identifier: MSS SC 2578
Scope and Contents

Typewritten and signed letter dated 2 March 1984 and addressed to LeGrand Baker of the Brigham Young University Archives. The item was signed "Aunt Bo." It deals with her life and writing career. Also with the collection are newspaper articles either by or about Dorland. They include a crossword puzzle by her.

Dates: 1957-1984

Ivah Dunklee scrapbook

 File — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197232504214]
Identifier: MSS 254
Scope and Contents

Letters received, photographs, autographs, newspaper clippings, and portraits. The items relate to Dunklee's friends and to her association with prominent American actors, singers, and writers. Many of the letters relate to Dunklee's writing projects.

Dates: 1890-1920

Kate Field letters

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197232489770]
Identifier: MSS 590
Scope and Contents

Photocopies of handwritten letters addressed to Laurence Hutten. Field congratulates Hutton on getting married and writes about her anti-Mormon publications and research.

Dates: 1883-1887

Zenna Henderson letters

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230310374]
Identifier: MSS SC 1251
Scope and Contents

Handwritten and signed letters. The letters are solely with Henderson's publisher, Doubleday, and concerns cover layouts, publicity notifications, and manuscript corrections for the titles "The Anything Box," "Pilgrimage," "The People," and "Holding Wonders."

Dates: 1960-1973

Mary Jameson Judah correspondence

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230309624]
Identifier: MSS SC 1152
Scope and Contents

Handwritten correspondence between Judah and various friends and authors. Most of the items relate to personal matters and questions concerning writing. Correspondents include the writers James Whitcomb Riley (1849-1916) and Henry Blake Fuller (1857-1929).

Dates: 1864-1921

Mary Jameson Judah letters received

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230309483]
Identifier: MSS SC 1170
Scope and Contents Handwritten letters to Judah from her spouse John, Henry B. Fuller, and Blanche Bates. Her husband's letters date from 1879-1880 while he was in the Rocky Mountains investigating mining investments, and discuss personal and business matters. The Fuller letters detail his future writing plans. The Blake Letter describes a theater production in Chicago. Also included are a certificate for five shares of Arena Publishing Company stock owned by Mary Judah and a death announcement for Lew...
Dates: 1879-1919

Letter, 1900

 Item — Box 6: [Barcode: 31197233283180], Folder: 15-16
Identifier: Vault MSS 2
Scope and Contents

Handwritten and signed letter, dated 14 July of an unspecified year, and addressed to "Mr. Walker," probably John Brisben Walker. Bigelow writes about an article she submitted to the "Cosmopolitan" for publication.

Dates: 1900