Creator:
Kelly, Fred C. (Fred Charters), 1882-1959.
Inclusive Dates:
1867- 1966
Abstract:
Papers of the American humorist, journalist, author. Collections contains
correspondence, 1892-1959; typescript mss. of articles, books, poems,
speeches, and stories; notebooks; photographs; and memorabilia, including
clippings, drawings, genealogical material, reviews, a scrapbook, and a
subject file relating to Orville and Wilbur Wright, of whom Kelly wrote a
number of articles and books. Correspondents include, among others, George Ade, Sherwood
Anderson, Norman Angell, Newton D. Baker, Nicholas Biddle, Margaret Bourke-White,
Bruce Catton, Winston Churchill, Irvin S. Cobb, Homer Croy, Warren G. Harding, Arthur
Hosking, John T. McCutcheon, André Maurois, H.L. Mencken, William Sydney Porter (O. Henry), J. B. Priestley, Clarence Rook, Theodore Roosevelt,
Vilhjalmur Stefansson, Ida Tarbell, Booth
and Susanah Tarkington, Albert Payson Terhune, Harry S. Truman,
Wendell Willkie, P.G. Wodehouse, Orville
Wright, and Art Young.
Type of Material:
Articles.
Clippings (information artifacts)
Correspondence.
Juvenilia.
Manuscripts for publication.
Notebooks.
Photographs.
Photoprints.
Reviews (documents)
Scrapbooks.
Subject:
Authors.
Humorists.
Journalists.
Biography
Journalism
Literature -- American Fiction
Authors, American -- 20th century.
Humorists, American.
Journalists -- United States.
Creator:
Kipling, Rudyard, 1865-1936.
Inclusive Dates:
1874- 1964
Abstract:
Papers of the British author, novelist, poet, journalist. Includes correspondence, writings, and memorabilia of Kipling himself, well as research material from a number of private collections. Kipling material consists of correspondence, totaling over 950 items (over 750 authored by Kipling); writings, including manuscript (handwritten and typed) and published versions of Kipling's prose, speeches, verse and dramatic works; memorabilia (legal material, photographs, portraits and caricatures); printed materials; writings by others; and miscellany. The private collections consist of Kipling material formerly owned by H.H. and S.S. McClure, E.W. Martindell, and Alan D. Wilson.
Type of Material:
Articles.
Books.
Caricatures.
Catalogs (documents)
Clippings (information artifacts)
Correspondence.
Drafts (documents)
Galley proofs.
Illustrations.
Juvenilia.
Manuscripts for publication.
Photographs.
Poems.
Proofs (printed matter)
Scrapbooks.
Sketches.
Telegrams.
Subject:
Authors.
Dramatists.
Novelists.
Journalists.
Poets.
Literature -- British
Literature -- Children's
Dramatists, English.
English literature.
English poetry.
English literature -- 19th century.
English literature -- 20th century.
English literature -- Illustrations.
Journalists -- England.
Novelists, English.
Poets, English.
War stories, English.