Authors and publishers.
Subject
Subject Source: Fast
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Brandt and Brandt Papers Related to Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
Collection
Identifier: MS Group 246
Abstract
Correspondence of the Brandt and Brandt literary agency pertaining to author Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings.
Dates:
1932-1974
Dodd, Mead Contract Collection
Collection
Identifier: MSS 0338
Abstract
The publisher, Dodd, Mead, and Company, was founded by Moses W. Dodd and John S. Taylor in New York City in 1839 as the firm Taylor and Dodd. Over the years, the firm leadership changed and the name evolved along with it, becoming M. W. Dodd in 1840, Dodd and Mead in 1870, and, finally, Dodd, Mead and Company in 1876. The company ceased operations 1990. The collection consists of publishing contracts and similar agreements, as well as correspondence regarding publishing and negotiating...
Dates:
1872-1984; Majority of material found within 1895-1960
Edgar Hirshberg Collection on John D. MacDonald
Collection
Identifier: MSS 0673
Abstract
Dr. Hirshberg was a professor of English at the University of South Florida. He began editing and contributing to the JDM Bibliophile, a fan publication of John D. MacDonald’s literary works in 1966. The collection includes biographical notes about JDM, drafts and correspondence relating to his work on the JDM Bibliophile, and extensive documentation of the JDM conference. The collection spans 1953 to 1999.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1963 - 1999
Lillian Smith Papers
Collection
Identifier: MS Group 002
Abstract
The papers of author, editor, and civil rights leader, Lillian Smith, include her manuscripts and short writings, biographical material, and correspondence, business records, and manuscripts for the journal The South Today.
Dates:
1915-1972; Majority of material found within 1935-1966