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Caroline Beckwith notebook
Collection
Identifier: NC1120
Abstract
Book of manuscript poems and prose by various authors, primarily women.
Dates:
circa 1898-1918
Lucius Morris Beebe Papers
Collection
Identifier: NC22
Abstract
Lucius Morris Beebe was the author and editor of the Virginia City, Nevada, Territorial enterprise newspaper; also newspaper columnist for the New York Herald tribune, 1928-1947. Contains a complete file of clippings of Beebe's column "This New York" from the Herald tribune and incoming correspondence regarding his book Great railroad photographs: U. S. A.
Dates:
1928-1964
Ellin Berlin Papers
Collection
Identifier: 90-87
Overview
Materials relating to the research and preparation of Berlin's novel Silver Platter, about her grandmother Louise Mackay, the wife of one of the Comstock's Bonanza Kings, John Mackay. Berlin conducted her research from approximately 1947 through the publication of the book in 1957. Includes research notes and correspondence; early drafts and proofs of the novel; originals and copies of 19th and early 20th century newspapers, pamphlets and ephemera, mainly from...
Dates:
1833-1973; Majority of material found within 1948-1957
Walter Van Tilburg Clark Collection
Collection
Identifier: 2003-15
Overview
Walter Van Tilburg Clark (1909-1971) was a western author, editor of the Alfred Doten diaries, lecturer at the University of Nevada, Reno, and writer-in-residence at the University of Nevada, Reno, 1962-1971. Collection contains five articles by or about Walter Van Tilburg Clark taken from newspapers, journals and books. Date range: 1950-1973
Dates:
1950-1973
Walter Van Tilburg Clark Letter to Dorothy Day
Collection
Identifier: 2017-36
Overview
Walter Van Tilburg Clark (1909 – 1971) was an American novelist, short story writer, and educator. He ranks as one of Nevada's most distinguished literary figures of the 20th century, and was the first inductee into the 'Nevada Writers Hall of Fame' in 1988. Letter with illustrations by Walter Van Tilburg Clark sent to former student Dorothy Day in Cazenovia, New York in 1942. The two-page letter is dated March 30, with its postmarked envelope from Las Vegas, Nevada.
Dates:
March 30, 1942
Walter Van Tilburg Clark Letter to Jim Folger
Collection
Identifier: 2002-04
Abstract
Handwritten letter signed by Clark from Lakespur, California, dated June 11, 1962 that critiques a short story Jim Folger submitted to Walter Van Tilburg Clark.
Dates:
1962
Walter Van Tilburg Clark Papers
Collection
Identifier: NC527
Overview
Walter Van Tilburg Clark (1909-1971) was a Western author, editor of the Alfred Doten diaries, lecturer at the University of Nevada, Reno, and writer-in-residence at the University of Nevada, Reno, 1962-1971. The collection includes notes for class and public lectures; manuscripts of, and notes about Clark's term papers, short stories, articles, and novels, both published and unpublished; scrapbooks containing material related to published works, such as dust jackets, letters received, reviews,...
Dates:
1905-1997; Majority of material found within 1927-1971
Virginia Coffman Papers
Collection
Identifier: 2005-23
Overview
Virginia Coffman (1914-2005) was an American novelist best known for her Gothic novels. The collection consists primarily of materials related to Coffman's career as a popular novelist, including manuscript drafts, notes, proposals, and newspaper clippings, as well as articles, screenplay ideas, and correspondence relating to her film and screenwriter career. A small amount of personal and family material is also included.
Dates:
1907-1989; Majority of material found within 1959-1974
El dia de muerte
Collection
Identifier: 91-14_2
Abstract
Draft typescript of Bradbury's short story about a young boy's death in Mexico.
Dates:
1947
Mary Lee Fulkerson Papers
Collection
Identifier: NC1317
Overview
Mary Lee Fulkerson is an artist and author who is passionate about the culture, heritage, and landscape of the Great Basin. The collection contains background and publication materials on two of Fulkerson's books, Weavers of Tradition and Beauty: Basketmakers of the Great Basin (1995) and Women Artists of the Great Basin (2017) as well as her exhibit, Great Basin Points of View (2001).
Dates:
1985-2017
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