Women authors, American -- 20th century
Subject
Subject Source: Local Lc
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Jayne Anne Phillips, Author, Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 4571
Scope and Contents
This collection includes manuscripts, correspondence, research notes, photographs, artifacts, and publications of author Jayne Anne Phillips.Box 1 includes original, edited, and published drafts of Jayne Anne Phillips' work, including her books Quiet Dell and MotherKind, the essay Love's Labor's Lost, and drafts of works...
Dates:
ca. 1970s-2022
Louise McNeill, Poet, Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 3201
Overview
Papers of Louise McNeill (Pease), 1911-1993, of Pocahontas County, West Virginia, noted twentieth century Appalachian poet and author, poet laureate of West Virginia from 1979 to 1993, and professor of history and English. Though most well-known for her lyrical poetry about the history and spirit of West Virginia, McNeill also wrote articles, short stories, essays, and her memoirs. Includes biographical materials, letters, writings, poems, photographs, audio-visual materials, artifacts, and...
Dates:
ca. 1861-1865, 1930-1993; Majority of material found within 1970-1993
Margaret Prescott Montague, Author, Letters
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2218
Scope and Contents
Margaret Prescott Montague (1878-1955) of White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia, and Richmond, Virginia, was an American short story writer, novelist, and O. Henry Award winner in the early twentieth century; she penned some of her work under the pseudonym Jane Steger. Approximately thirty letters written by Montague to her friend Maggie McGee document Montague's personal life and literary career. Three letters at the beginning of the collection indicate how the friendship began, when McGee...
Dates:
1936-1945, undated
Maryat Lee, Playwright, Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 3300
Overview
Maryat Lee (1923-1989) was an American playwright and theater director who made important contributions to post-World War II avant-garde theater. She pioneered street theater in Harlem and later founded EcoTheater in West Virginia, a community-based theater project. Materials include reports, newsletters, correspondence, newspaper clippings, photographs, cassette tapes, VHS tapes, posters, manuscripts, notes, scripts, screenplays, published plays, genealogical research, journals, drawings,...
Dates:
1902-1997; Majority of material found within 1951-1989