Smyser, George H.

Papers of the Abraham Lincoln collector and scholar. Collection includes correspondence, 1905-1955, of Smyser and his wife; and numerous speeches, 1863-1943, about Abraham Lincoln.

Abell, Alexander G.

American author, biographer; correspondence received by Abell in response to his mail canvassing for subscribers to his Life of John Tyler (1843)

Baldwin, Hanson Weightman, 1903-1991.

Correspondence of the American author and military historian, related to his unpublished biography of Major General John Shirley Wood.

Bowden, Edwin T.

Bowden, American literary historian and biographer. Correspondence, a small amount of writing and memorabilia relating to his bibliography of De Vries, the comic novelist and New Yorker editor.

Chadourne, Marc, 1895-

Papers of the French author, novelist. Includes manuscripts in French of novels and Chadourne's biography of Restif de la Bretonne.

Goldberg, Vicki.

Research files on American photography and photographers, including Margaret Bourke-White.

Green, Norma Kidd.

Collection includes correspondence and writings of the American author, including Iron Eye's Family and A Forgotten Chapter in American Education, as well as her childhood books and books by early American educator Jane Andrews.

Hagedorn, Hermann, 1882-1964

Papers of the American poet, novelist, biographer. Correspondence (1905-1962), with George Pierce Baker, Lucien Price, Alice Ehlers, Albert Schweitzer, Van Wyck Brooks, Reinhold Niebuhr, Jack London, and others; research files on subjects of his biographies: Edwin Arlington Robinson, Theodore Roosevelt, and Schweitzer; manuscripts of writings (1904-1958); and memorabilia (1907-1962), including clippings and photographs.

Hughes, David L., 1873-1935.

Correspondence relating to Teddy Roosevelt's "Rough Riders." Hughes served in the regiment.

Irving, Washington, 1783-1859.

Papers of the American author. Holograph manuscript of 26 leaves from Irving's Life of George Washington (New York : Putnam, 1857. Vol. 4, chap. 37, p. [500]-515), mounted and bound in one volume; 2 letters.

Martin, Robert Bernard.

Papers of the American author, biographer of Edward FitzGerald. Consists of undated typescript manuscript copy of With Friends Possessed: a Life of Edward FitzGerald, including extensive holograph annotations and revisions.

Mayfield, John S., 1904-1983.

Most of the collection relates to John S. Mayfield's, "Eugene O'Neill and the Senator from Texas." Collection contains correspondence between Mayfield and others such as Carlotta O'Neill and O'Neill biographer Louis Sheaffer. Also in the collection are manuscripts, drafts and proofs of Mayfield's work, and printed material about O'Neill.

Sandburg, Carl, 1878-1967.

Three items of outgoing correspondence and a manuscript of the American author and poet.

Sheean, Vincent, 1899-1975.

Papers of the American author, journalist. Collection includes correspondence; manuscript articles, books, book reviews, plays, radio broadcasts, short stories, and speeches; and clippings.

Terhune, Alfred McKinley, 1899-1975

Papers of the American professor, biographer. Correspondence, writings, notes, and FitzGerald memorabilia brought together by Terhune to support his ongoing research which culminated in the publication of the four-volume The Letters of Edward FitzGerald (1830-1883), an effort begun by Terhune and completed after his death by his wife Annabelle Burdick Terhune. In addition to FitzGerald, the collection is representative of the interests of a number of individuals (Henry B. Lister, Waldo Maas, Terhune) and organizations (most notably the Omar Khayyam Club), and spans nearly a century of collecting tastes and history. It is therefore also a resource for other notable 19th century British writers and scholars including Bernard Barton, Francis Capper Brooke, E.B. Cowell, George Crabbe, Joseph Fletcher, A.P. Moor, Bernard Quaritch, Alfred Tennyson, and William Makepeace Thackeray. It also provides much information about Suffolk, England and its environs as well as insights into the character of the Victorian period.

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Author and Marxian socialist. Collection contains correspondence with Konrad Bercovici and others, photographs, printed material and manuscripts.

Bloom, Lynn Z., 1934-

Collection of research material amassed by Lynn Z. Bloom for and during the writing of her 1972 biography of Dr. Spock.

Claire, William F.

Two copies of Publishing in the West: Alan Swallow, edited by William Claire, along with a collection of material pertaining to the creation and production of the book, including correspondence, manuscripts, galleys, reviews, notes, clippings, etc.

Coit, Margaret L.

Manuscript of Margaret Coit's biography of Bernard Baruch entitled Mr. Baruch.

Ferrara, Susan.

Correspondence and printed material related to children's author L. Frank Baum