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:
circa 1923-2014; Majority of material found within circa 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 and undated; Majority of material found within 1933-1966 and undated
Perry Mann Newspaper Opinion Articles
Collection
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