Creator:
Roscoe, Theodore.
Inclusive Dates:
1871- 1992
Abstract:
Papers of the American author of adventure and mystery stories and U.S. Navy historian (1906-1992). Collection includes correspondence, writings, and memorabilia. Correspondence (1926-1992) with editors, publishers, colleagues, fans, and the U.S. Department of the Navy. Writings -- fiction, non-fiction, notebooks, reviews, and scripts -- contains manuscript drafts, manuscripts, and published material, including examples of adventure and mystery stories written for pulp magazines and material relating to the history of the U.S. Navy. Memorabilia comprises financial material, printed material, and scrapbooks. Printed material consists of books owned by Roscoe, clippings about Roscoe or those which contained story ideas, publicity, and reviews. Many of the scrapbooks pertain to his writings on naval history.
Type of Material:
Book reviews.
Clippings (information artifacts)
Correspondence.
Drafts (documents)
Galley proofs.
Histories.
Manuscripts for publication.
Notebooks.
Photographs.
Scrapbooks.
Scripts (documents)
Subject:
Authors.
Historians.
Historians
Military history
Popular culture
Literature -- American Fiction
Adventure and adventurers in literature.
Adventure stories, American -- 20th century.
American fiction -- 20th century.
Authors, American -- 20th century.
Detective and mystery stories, American -- 20th century.
Fiction -- Male authors -- United States -- 20th century.
Historians -- United States -- 20th century.
Naval history -- United States.
Naval history, Modern -- United States -- 20th century.
Popular literature -- United States.
War and literature -- United States -- 20th century.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval operations -- Submarine.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval operations -- American.
Creator:
O'Donnell, Thomas C. (Thomas Clay), 1881-1962.
Inclusive Dates:
1900- 1962
Abstract:
Papers of the American editor, author of books on
upstate New York folklore and children's literature. Correspondence, incoming and outgoing (1900-1962);
notebooks (1920-1957); scrapbooks; manuscript books, essays, lectures, plays, and poems, as well as research
material; published articles, books, and plays; and memorabilia, including photographs. Correspondents include
Conrad Aiken, C.W. Anderson, Richard Atwater, Marjorie Barrows, Henry Bedford-Jones, Maxwell Bodenheim, Padraic
Colum, Albert B. Corey, Homer Croy, James W. Earp, Walter D. Edmonds, and Vincent Starrett.
Type of Material:
Articles.
Clippings (information artifacts)
Correspondence.
Notebooks.
Photographs.
Poems.
Scrapbooks.
Scripts (documents)
Subject:
Authors.
Editors.
Literature -- American Fiction
Literature -- American Poetry
Literature -- Children's
New York State
American literature -- 20th century.
Authors, American.
Folklore -- New York (State)
Periodical editors -- United States.