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Title: General Literary Manuscripts collection
Collection number: 0375
Contributing Institution:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
0.42 linear ft.
1 legal-size document box
Date: 1677-1969
Abstract: The General Literary Manuscripts collection is an artificially created collection comprised chiefly of literary works and
manuscript fragments of well-known writers and other public figures. The time covered is late 17th century to the first half
of the 20th century.
creator:
Allmond, Marcus Blakey, 1851-1909 -- Correspondence
creator:
Andros, R. S. S., (Richard Salter Storrs), 1817-1868 -- Correspondence
creator:
Auden, W. H. (Wystan Hugh), 1907-1973 -- Correspondence
creator:
Burgess, Gelett, 1866-1951 -- Correspondence
creator:
Cooper, James Fenimore, 1789-1851 -- Correspondence
creator:
Davie, Donald -- Correspondence
creator:
Gosse, Edmund, 1849-1928 -- Correspondence
creator:
Herford, Oliver, 1863-1935 -- Correspondence
creator:
Howard, Robert, Sir, 1626-1698 -- Correspondence
creator:
Howells, William Dean, 1837-1920 -- Correspondence
creator:
Lindsay, Vachel, 1879-1931 -- Correspondence
creator:
Lofting, Hugh, 1886-1947 -- Correspondence
creator:
Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth, 1807-1882
creator:
Mabie, Hamilton Wright, 1846-1916 -- Correspondence
creator:
Maeterlinck, Maurice, 1862-1949 -- Correspondence
creator:
Morley, Christopher, 1890-1957 -- Correspondence
creator:
Norris, Frank, 1870-1902 -- Correspondence
creator:
Page, Thomas Nelson, 1853-1922 -- Correspondence
creator:
Perkoff, Stuart Z. -- Correspondence
creator:
Porter, Cole, 1891-1964 -- Correspondence
creator:
Read, Thomas Buchanan, 1822-1872 -- Correspondence
creator:
Roberts, Charles George Douglas, Sir, 1860-1943 -- Correspondence
creator:
Runyon, Damon, 1880-1946 -- Correspondence
creator:
Ruskin, John, 1819-1900
creator:
Saltus, Edgar, 1855-1921 -- Correspondence
creator:
Sherman, Frank Dempster, 1860-1916 -- Correspondence
creator:
Stevenson, Robert Louis, 1850-1894 -- Correspondence
creator:
Vale, Eugene -- Correspondence
creator:
Van Dyke, Henry, 1852-1933 -- Correspondence
creator:
Weismiller, Edward Ronald, 1915- -- Correspondence
creator:
Wells, Carolyn, d. 1942 -- Correspondence
[Box/folder# or item name], General Literary Manuscripts collection, Collection no. 375, Special Collections, USC Libraries,
University of Southern California
All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Manuscripts Librarian.
Permission for publication is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended
to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.
Advance notice is required for access.
The one-box collection is arranged alphabetically by author.
The manuscripts in the General Literary Manuscripts collection represent a wide variety of American and English writers, as
well as a range of written materials. Some items of note include a signed bank check from James Fenimore Cooper to "Daughters,"
some hand-written receipts with sealing wax of Sir Robert Howard dated 1677, several manuscripts by Christopher Darlington
Morley, and an original 1940s radio script by Damon Runyon called, "That Ever-Loving Wife of Hymie's."
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Allmond, Marcus Blakey, 1851-1909 -- Archives
Andros, R. S. S., (Richard Salter Storrs), 1817-1868 -- Archives
Auden, W. H. (Wystan Hugh), 1907-1973 -- Archives
Burgess, Gelett, 1866-1951 -- Archives
Cooper, James Fenimore, 1789-1851 -- Archives
Davie, Donald -- Archives
Eliot, T. S., (Thomas Stearns), 1888-1965 -- Archives
Gosse, Edmund, 1849-1928 -- Archives
Herford, Oliver, 1863-1935 -- Archives
Howard, Robert, Sir, 1626-1698 -- Archives
Howells, William Dean, 1837-1920 -- Archives
Lindsay, Vachel, 1879-1931 -- Archives
Lofting, Hugh, 1886-1947 -- Archives
Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth, 1807-1882 -- Archives
Mabie, Hamilton Wright, 1846-1916 -- Archives
Maeterlinck, Maurice, 1862-1949 -- Archives
Morley, Christopher, 1890-1957 -- Archives
Norris, Frank, 1870-1902 -- Archives
Page, Thomas Nelson, 1853-1922 -- Archives
Perkoff, Stuart Z. -- Archives
Porter, Cole, 1891-1964 -- Archives
Read, Thomas Buchanan, 1822-1872 -- Archives
Roberts, Charles George Douglas, Sir, 1860-1943 -- Archives
Runyon, Damon, 1880-1946 -- Archives
Ruskin, John, 1819-1900 -- Correspondence
Saltus, Edgar, 1855-1921 -- Archives
Sherman, Frank Dempster, 1860-1916 -- Archives
Stevenson, Robert Louis, 1850-1894 -- Archives
Vale, Eugene -- Archives
Van Dyke, Henry, 1852-1933 -- Archives
Weismiller, Edward Ronald, 1915- -- Archives
Wells, Carolyn, d. 1942 -- Archives
Authors, American--19th century--Archival resources
Authors, American--20th century--Archival resources
Autographs (manuscripts)
Essays
Financial records
Manuscripts
Poems
Short stories
Typescripts