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American literature -- Women authors.

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:

Jane Merchant Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS-2150
Abstract

This collection is composed primarily of materials related to Jane Merchant's death on January 3, 1972, including an obituary, an announcement for her funeral, and the text for a eulogy by the Reverend Gordon A. Sterchi. It also contains two letters that Merchant wrote, one of which contains a number of details about her early life, and two photographs of Merchant, one of which show her with her mother and sister Elizabeth.

Dates: 1957-1972

Jane Merchant Literary Manuscripts Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS-0333
Abstract

The Jane Merchant literary manuscript collection contains the copyedited, typewritten manuscripts of eight Merchant publications, both poetry and non-fiction, published by Abingdon Press. Available titles include Blessed Are You, Halfway Up the Sky, The Mercies of God, and Petals of Light.

Dates: 1954 September 7-1968

Kathryn Worth Correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: MS-1440
Abstract

Kathryn Worth wrote nineteen of the letters and cards in this collection to her publicist and friend Helen Fay. In them, she thanks Fay for her work and her kindness, tells stories about her daughter Josephine, and occasionally refers to her books. One letter, dated February 13, 1949, refuses a visit from Fay due to intense spiritual struggle beyond her inherent shyness. The collection also houses a letter from Esther to Fay dated June 22, 1960.

Dates: 1943 April 2-1952 December

Lillian P. Davis Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS-2675
Abstract

The Lillian P. Davis Papers, 1958-1974, consist primarily of manuscript copies of short stories, plays, and books that Davis wrote after her retirement in 1948. Prominently represented are A Member of the Jury, The Tennessee Story, and her unpublished autobiography.

Dates: 1958-1974

Sarah Ricketts Collection of Jane Merchant Material

 Collection
Identifier: MS-2057
Abstract

This collection contains materials collected by Sarah Ricketts while researching and writing A Window on Eternity, the biography of poet Jane Merchant. Spanning the years 1937-1992, the papers include Merchant's voluminous correspondence, excerpts from her diary, and scrapbooks of her published and unpublished poetry. Also included are the various drafts of Ricketts's book.

Dates: 1937-1992

Will Allen Dromgoole Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS-0201
Abstract

This collection houses manuscripts, newspaper clippings, correspondence, journals, photographs, legal agreements, and other materials documenting Will Allen Dromgoole's literary work and family.

Dates: 1831 November 4-1992; Majority of material found within 1866 October 15-1934

Wilma Dykeman and James R. Stokely Jr. Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS-3800
Abstract

The Wilma Dykeman and James R. Stokely Jr. Papers contain personal and family related-material, correspondence, research material, manuscripts, and visual media pertaining to the life and works of author and historian Wilma Dykeman and her husband, poet James R. Stokely Jr. The collection spans 1807-2011 with the bulk of the material dating between 1934 and 2007.

Dates: 1807-2011, undated; Majority of material found within 1934 - 2007