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Authors, American -- West Virginia

 Subject
Subject Source: Local Lc

Found in 18 Collections and/or Records:

Melville Davisson Post (1871-1930) Papers

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1143
Scope and Contents

These are letters between Post and publishers Edward J. Clode and W. G. Chapman and are concerned with the serial rights to “The Corrector of Destinies.”

Dates: 1909-1926

Melville Davisson Post (1871-1930) Papers

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1635
Scope and Contents

Correspondence of writer Melville Davisson Post with Louis E. Schrader, a Wheeling court reporter who edited, typed, and often forwarded Post's manuscripts to the publisher. These letters are primarily instructions for Schrader and concern Post's legal writings as well as his detective stories.

Dates: 1897; 1909-1915

Meredith Sue Willis, Author, Papers

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 4448
Scope and Contents Papers and manuscript drafts of Meredith Sue Willis, an author from Clarksburg, West Virginia. Willis is known for her fiction based in West Virginia (notably Higher Ground [1981], Only Great Changes [1985], and Trespassers [1997]) and her non-fiction writing guides.Includes:Series 1. Fiction Manuscripts, Drafts, and Other Material (boxes 1-2), 1970-2014 Series 2. Children's Fiction Manuscripts, Drafts, and Other Material (box 2), 1994-1996 Series 3. Non-fiction...
Dates: ca. 1979-2010

Millard Lampell, Author, Papers and Screenplays

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 4278
Scope and Contents Collection of Millard Lampell's personal papers, research notes, photographs, and screenplays. Lampell, a graduate of WVU, wrote numerous pieces for magazines, theater, and television. He was also a founding member of the Appalachian folk band The Almanac Singers with Lee Hays, Pete Seeger, and Woody Guthrie. The photographs and autobiography included in the collection relate to this group. Screenplays include "Hard Travelin'," "The Wall," "Rich Man, Poor Man," and "Dynamite Creek," among...
Dates: 1943-1983

Pearl S. Buck, Author, Literary Manuscripts

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 4052
Overview Literary manuscripts of Pearl S. Buck (1892-1973), an American fiction writer and humanitarian who won the Pulitzer Prize in 1932 and the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1938. She is best known for her novels about peasant life in China. The collection includes the great majority of manuscripts comprising Buck's literary works, including her novels, non-fiction, children's books, and short stories, as well as articles and speeches, among other material. There is also material about Pearl Buck....
Dates: ca. 1923-2014; Majority of material found within ca. 1923-1973

Pearl S. Buck, Author, Papers

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0727
Overview Papers of Pearl S. Buck (1892-1973), an American fiction writer and humanitarian who won the Pulitzer Prize in 1932 and the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1938 for her novels about peasant life in China. Dating chiefly from 1933 to 1966, the collection contains typescript and handwritten drafts of articles, reviews, novels, plays, short stories, and speeches; reference materials; and correspondence that document Pearl Buck's literary, political, and humanitarian activities from 1933 to 1976....
Dates: 1921-2018, undated; Majority of material found within 1933-1966, undated

Perry Mann Newspaper Opinion Articles

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Collection Number: A&M 4294
Scope and Contents Typescript copies and clippings of opinion pieces authored by Perry Mann (1921-2016), a lawyer in Hinton, West Virginia. These pieces appeared in the Charleston Gazette-Mail. Box 1 includes an index listing his pieces chronologically with their titles for the period ca. 1992-2000; there is also biographical information. Box 1; folder 1; Biographical information on Perry Mann; 2018 Box 1; folder 2; Article index of Perry Mann’s newspaper columns; 1992-2000 Box 1;...
Dates: ca. 1980-2018

Tom Kromer (1906-1969) Papers

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2273
Overview

Correspondence of Tom Kromer, a Huntington, West Virginia, native, and his sister Emogene relating to Tom's "depression novel" WAITING FOR NOTHING, published in 1935. Also included are copies of three published reviews of the book, a chronology of Tom's life, and a photograph of Tom which was published in the first edition of the book.

Dates: 1935-1972