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Annie Laurie Smith, Papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MS-0303
Scope and Contents
This collection features correspondence, diaries and journals, photographs, newspaper clippings, personal papers, and mementos created by and about Annie Laurie Smith and her family. The majority of the collection is correspondence to and from Annie Laurie Smith and her immediate family. The collection contains letters, postcards, telegrams, greeting cards, and many of the letters included newspaper clippings. This collection of correspondence is interesting not only because of the broad...
Dates:
1825-1996; Majority of material found within 1935-1990
Arthur Paul Papers
Collection
Identifier: APAC-0004
Scope and Contents
The Arthur Paul Papers, 1940-1974, include Paul's journals, correspondence, reports, notes, data, and other material about Afghanistan especially financial matters and economic developments in Afghanistan in the 1960s-1970s. He served the Asia Foundation as an economic advisor to the Royal Government of Afghanistan from 1960-1966. Paul kept a daily diary documenting his travels and work in Afghanistan during this time period, which have been microfilmed and the first seven of the...
Dates:
1940-1974
Belle Hauser Papers
Collection — Box: 2017-020
Identifier: MSS-0104
Content Description
The papers of Belle Hauser (c. 1860s-1950s), a teacher in Pennsylvania, are composed of six diaries, dated 1909 to 1943; eight letters of correspondence, dating from 1937 to 1955; four pages of undated personal writings; and two newspaper clippings, both dated sometime after February 26, 1949.
The diaries contain short sentences describing each day. Hauser used one diary for multiple years, using the same page for each year, adding on below the previous entry. The new entries are dated,...
Dates:
1905-1955
Carl B. Whittlesey Papers
Collection — Box: MISC-09, Folder: MSS-0086
Identifier: MSS-0086
Content Description
The papers of Carl B. Whittlesey include a diary from 1965 and a multi-year diary containing entries from 1968-1970. The collection also includes two pieces of correspondence addressed to Whittlesey when he lived in Joliet, Illinois, in the early 20th century and St. Joseph, Missouri, in 1969.
Dates:
circa 1906-1970
Carl Jonas Papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS-0023
Scope and Contents
The Carl Jonas Papers hold the works of Omaha, Nebraska, novelist Carl S. Jonas. The manuscript portion of the collection includes typed novels and works-in-progress with hand-written corrections, including two versions of a novel entitled The X Family, an incomplete draft of The Deer and the Antelope Play, and three incomplete, untitled novels.New material added 2015-10-29: The papers of Carl Jonas include manuscripts of his...
Dates:
1928-1976
J.K. Marlay Papers
Collection — Box: MISC-09, Folder: MSS-0075
Identifier: MSS-0075
Content Description
The memories of J.K. Marlay of Lincoln, Nebraska of his service in the U.S. Civil War as a Major in the 60th Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry are captured in a journal written in 1896-1897. The collection also includes letters addressed to Marlay's granddaughter Marjorie Noble of Portland, Oregon. The letters were written in 1892 and most were pasted into the journal. Marjorie Noble's name is written inside the journal.
A partial transcript provided by the seller:...
Dates:
1892-1897
John and Eupha Shanly Papers
Collection — Box: 2016-085
Identifier: APAC-0013
Content Description
The papers of John and Eupha Shanly is composed of correspondence, newsletters and notices from the U.S. consulate in Afghanistan, journals or diaries of John Shanly, drafts of books by Eupha Shanly, research material about Afghanistan, news clippings, a few items from a Christian church in Kabul for Americans, a small number of photographs, and other material.
Dates:
1960-1998
Robert and Romaine McIntyre Papers
Collection — Box: 2016-094
Identifier: MSS-0083
Content Description
The papers of Robert McIntyre and Romaine Packard McIntyre include correspondence, diaries, calling cards, and other material created both by the couple and members of their extended family. Many of the letters are from Robert to Romaine or Roma while they were courting. The couple lived in Chicago, but also had connections in other parts of the country including Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Michigan, Nebraska, New York, Colorado, and elsewhere.
The following information and partial...
Dates:
circa 1890-1910
Wanda E. Kathcart Diary
Collection — Box: MISC-10, Folder: MSS-0043
Identifier: MSS-0043
Content Description
Diary of Wanda E. Kathcart, an approximately 20 year old woman from Galesburg, Illinois from May-December 1914. The following description and partial transcription of diary entries and an enclosed letter were provided by the seller:
"Wanda is about 20 years old and a young working girl although I'm not sure just where she is working. One entry she says she's been making 'auto veils.' She seems to be staying at a boarding house because during the fair she has to sleep on the...
Dates:
1914
Weldon Kees, Papers
Collection
Identifier: MS-0559
Scope and Contents
The papers consist of typed manuscripts by Weldon Kees. Nearly all the works in Poems 1947-1954 and many of those in Collected Poems are represented by multiple drafts with annotations. There are also some unpublished materials including poems and a short story, as well as tearsheets of published poems. There are over half a dozen typed play manuscripts and about a dozen songs by Kees, several written with Bob Helm. Other...
Dates:
1993-2008
[Young Woman] Papers, 1942-1944
Collection — Box: MISC-03, Folder: MSS-0057
Identifier: MSS-0057
Content Description
The collection was created by an unidentified young woman and includes her diary with entries from January-July 1942 and six letters from January-February 1944. The diary begins with a brief recap of 1941 and continues to document the author’s interest in securing a civil service position in Washington, D.C. during World War II, working in government positions (including doing indexing) and the Observer newspaper, listening to President Franklin Roosevelt on the radio, and other facets of...
Dates:
1942-1944