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Ruth and Augustus Goetz papers, 1930-1966

Title: Ruth and Augustus Goetz papers 1930-1966

The Papers of Ruth and Augustus Goetz contain documentation of their lives and collaboration as playwrights.

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http://archives.nypl.org/the/21567 View

Cain, James M. (James Mallahan), 1892-1977,. Oral history interview, 1975.

Title: Oral history interview, 1975.

Topics include Cain's experiences as a Hollywood screenwriter (1931-1948), and as managing editor of the New Yorker magazine in 1931, and his later life (after 1950) in Hyattsville, Md. Includes recollections of H.L. Mencken, Harold Ross, Walter Lippmann, George Antheil, and other screenwriters, actors, and journalists.

ArchivalResource: Typescript : 60 p.Tape : cassette (2.5 hr.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/32822016 View

Bracker, Jon, 1936-. Letters, 1965-1970.

Title: Letters, 1965-1970.

Consists primarily of letters written by prominent authors to Jon Bracker, 1936-, author. Included are also a few letters by Bracker. They relate chiefly to poetry. There is also an article by Hans Froelicher entitled "Fragments about Christopher Darlington Morley."

ArchivalResource: 23 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/40246365 View

Elizabeth, 1866-1941. Papers of Elizabeth Russell - Henry Norman, 1931-1938.

Title: Papers of Elizabeth Russell - Henry Norman, 1931-1938.

The collection consists of letters written by Elizabeth Russell, Countess Russell, to her friend and neighbor, Henry Norman. The letters span the years 1931 to 1938, and discuss her life, family and friends, the current authors of the day, including Michael Field, James M. Cain, Rebecca West, and Virginia Woolf, as well as current political events and the rise of Benito Mussolini and Adolf Hitler.

ArchivalResource: 23 pieces.1 box.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/677965309 View

Free Library of Philadelphia Collection of Literary Manuscripts, 1666-1990

Title: Free Library of Philadelphia Collection of Literary Manuscripts 1666-1990

This collection contains letters, manuscript fragments, autographs, and other documents by famous authors. The material dates from 1666 to 1990. The bulk of the collection consists of letters written by the authors to various friends with some letters to editors or critics. There is an even mix of American and European authors present.

ArchivalResource: 23 Linear feet

http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/pacscl/FLP_FLPRBDLITERARY View

Bergman, Bernard Aaron, 1894-1980. Papers, 1933-1978.

Title: Papers, 1933-1978.

Mostly ca. 1966-1978. Much of the material was gathered for an (unpublished) autobiographical memoir that Bergman worked on in the mid-60's. Correspondents include: James M. Cain, Dale Rex Coman, Morris Leopold Ernst, Ira Gershwin, Syd Hoff, Ogden Nash, S.J. Perelman, Carl Rose, Frank Sullivan, James Thurber, E.B. White, Andrew Wyeth, Philip Wylie. Major Subject files include: William Randolph Hearst, H.L. Mencken, The New Yorker, John O'Hara, Philadelphia daily news, Ted Lewis.

ArchivalResource: 2.5 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/16676574 View

Goetz, Ruth Goodman. Papers, 1916-1983.

Title: Papers, 1916-1983.

Papers of Ruth Goodman Goetz (1912-2001), a playwright and screenwriter, together with papers of two members of her theatrical family: her father, Philip Goodman (1885-1940), who was a producer of Broadway plays and musicals, and her husband and collaborator, Augustus Goetz (1889-1957). Also present are papers of agent Leah Salisbury pertaining to her management of Goetz's literary interests. Philip Goodman's papers include correspondence, contracts, agreements, financial records, and typescript copies of plays produced or written by Goodman. The work of Ruth Goodman and Augustus Goetz includes scripts, correspondence, and financial records for stage and screen plays such as "Carrie" (Para., 1952), "The Immoralist" (1954), "The Hidden River" (1957), and "One Man Show" (1945). "The Heiress," for which the Goetzes adapted both the stage (1947) and screen (Para., 1949) versions is partially documented, although scripts for neither are present. Prominent correspondents represented in the papers include Brooks Atkinson, Frith Banbury, James M. Cain, Constance Cummings, W. C. Fields, Andre Gide, Alan F. Guttmacher, Oscar Hammerstein II, George S. Kaufman, Jerome Kern, Eli Landau, Irving Paul Lazar, Sinclair Lewis, Don Marquis, Raymond Pearl, J. B. Priestley, Elmer Rice, Billy Rose, Robert E. Sherwood, and William Wyler. A large part of the correspondence is letters exchanged between Mrs. Goetz and her daughter over a thirty year period. Also part of the collection is a typescript journal of a trip made to China in 1978; references to associations with Clifford Odets, S. J. Perelman, and David Selznick; undated costume plates; and production designs and stills from "The Heiress."

ArchivalResource: photographs.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/173692547 View

Frederic Dannay Papers, ca.1920-1982.

Title: Frederic Dannay Papers, ca.1920-1982.

ArchivalResource: 85 linear ft (ca.25,000 items in 190 boxes).

http://findingaids.cul.columbia.edu/ead/nnc-rb/ldpd_4079731 View

Howells family papers, 1850-1954 (inclusive).

Title: Howells family papers, 1850-1954 (inclusive).

Correspondence, compositions, and diaries of American novelist William Dean Howells as well as papers of his wife and children.

ArchivalResource: 52 boxes, 2 volumes, 2 portfolio boxes (26 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou01480/catalog View

Angoff, Charles, 1902-1979. Charles Angoff collection, 1927-1978.

Title: Charles Angoff collection, 1927-1978.

Manuscripts by Angoff (literary criticism, history, poetry, memoir, essays, stories, articles, stage plays, and novels); manuscripts by others (articles, essays, poetry); printed material (chiefly periodicals); correspondence; photographs; legal material; audiotapes; artwork; memorabilia; diaries and journals; subject files; and miscellany. In Angoff's general correspondence, literary figures represented include Conrad Aiken, Norman Angell, Joseph Auslander, Carl Bode, Harry E. Barnes, Whit Barnett, Louise Bogan, Herschel Brickell, James M. Cain, John Ciardi, Norman Cousins, Miriam Allen de Ford, Clifton Fadiman, Helen Gardner, Allen Ginsberg, Louis Ginsberg, Philip Goodman, Robert Hillyer, Stewart H. Holbrook, Irving Howe, Zora Neale Hurston, Joel Joseph Keith, Alfred Kreymborg, Joseph Leftwich, Meyer Levin, Bernard Malamud, Peter Matthiessen, Mary McCarthy, George Jean Nathan, Blair Niles, Joyce Carol Oates, Cynthia Ozick, Era Pound, Henry Roth, Harold Ribalow, William Saroyan, May Sarton, Wilbert Snow, Lawrence Spivak, Charles Hanson Towne, Jim Tully, Louis Untermeyer, Peter Sammartino, Blanche Shoemaker Wagstaff, Stanley Walker, H.G. Wells, William Carlos Williams, Tom Wolfe, and Herman Wouk. Political and cultural figures include George Abbe, Eric Barker, Derek Bok, S. Miles Bouton, Clarence Decker, Bergen Evans, Harry Golden, Emma Goldman, Oliver St. Gogarty, Edith Hamilton, Henry Kissinger, Max Lerner, Eugene McCarthy, Merrill Moore, Benjamin Netanyahu, Eleanor Roosevelt, Dorothy Thompson, Joyce Varney, Kevin White, and Alan Wycherley.

ArchivalResource: 82 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/79379637 View

Visconti, Luchino, 1906-1976. Les amants diaboliques / de Luchino Visconti ; James M. Cain, aut. adapté ; avec Clara Calamai, Massimo Girotti et Juan De Landa.

Title: Les amants diaboliques / de Luchino Visconti ; James M. Cain, aut. adapté ; avec Clara Calamai, Massimo Girotti et Juan De Landa.

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http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/767339200 View

Oswald Garrison Villard papers

Title: Oswald Garrison Villard papers

Papers of American author, journalist, editor, and social reformer Oswald Garrison Villard. Includes materials that are unsorted and uncataloged.

ArchivalResource: 37 linear feet (169 boxes and 9 volumes)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou00082/catalog View

Curtiz, Michael, 1888-1962. Le roman de Mildred Pierce / Michael Curtiz, réal. ; James M. Cain, aut. adapté ; Ranald MacDougall, scénario ; Max Steiner, comp. ; Joan Crawford, Jack Carson, Zachary Scott... [et al.], act.

Title: Le roman de Mildred Pierce / Michael Curtiz, réal. ; James M. Cain, aut. adapté ; Ranald MacDougall, scénario ; Max Steiner, comp. ; Joan Crawford, Jack Carson, Zachary Scott... [et al.], act.

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http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/767284548 View

Swanberg, W. A., 1907-. W. A. Swanberg Papers, ca.1927-1992.

Title: W. A. Swanberg Papers, ca.1927-1992.

Correspondence, manuscripts, notes, memoranda, notebooks, notecards, proofs, photographs, microfilms, and printed materials. The Papers include the manuscript research materials and correspondence for each of his books except his biography of Theodore Dreiser. Among the correspondents are William Benton, Bruce Catton, Carey McWilliams, Mrs. Fremont Older, and Thornton Wilder.

ArchivalResource: 36 linear ft. (ca.20,300 items in 77 boxes).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/435637930 View

Gannett, Lewis, 1891-1966. Papers, 1681-1966 (bulk 1900-1960)

Title: Lewis Gannett papers, 1681-1966 (inclusive) 1900-1960 (bulk).

Correspondence, manuscripts, diaries, journals, notebooks, legal and business papers, memorabilia, photos, and other papers, together with Gannett family papers. Includes correspondence of Gannett's grandfather and father, Unitarian clergymen Ezra Stiles Gannett of Boston and William Channing Gannett; 91 letters, 1796-1817, from Gannett's great-grandfather Caleb Gannett to John Mico Gannett, and journals of his grandmother Anna Tilden Gannett.

ArchivalResource: 51 boxes (25.5 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou00670/catalog View

Mamet, David. The postman always rings twice : [screenplay] / by David Mamet ; from the novel by James M. Cain.

Title: The postman always rings twice : [screenplay] / by David Mamet ; from the novel by James M. Cain. 1979.

ArchivalResource: 121 leaves ; 28 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/422870944 View

Black Lizard Press. Archive, 1977-1994.

Title: Archive, 1977-1994.

The collection is arranged alphabetically by book title. Included are reviews, press releases, advertisements, photographs, legal correspondence, and personal correspondence.

ArchivalResource: 2.5 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122369499 View

Shaw, Thomas Shuler, 1906-. Papers of Thomas Shuler Shaw, 1944-1946.

Title: Papers of Thomas Shuler Shaw, 1944-1946.

Consists of a copy of Shaw's essay "Books and Fighting Men" and letters from authors, whose works were published in Armed Forces Editions, including comments from service men and women on how such books had helped to build morale. Includes letters from Henry Beston, Catherine Drinker Bowen, James M. Cain, MacKinlay Kantor, Ogden Nash, Katherine Anne Porter, and Philip Wylie.

ArchivalResource: 300 items (4 v.)1 container.0.4 linear feet.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/71070791 View

Mamet, David. The postman always rings twice : typescript, [1979].

Title: The postman always rings twice : typescript, [1979].

ArchivalResource: 1 item (ca. 120 p.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/270835188 View

Goetz, Ruth. Ruth and Augustus Goetz papers, 1930-1966.

Title: Ruth and Augustus Goetz papers, 1930-1966.

The Ruth and Augustus Goetz papers span 1900-1996, and consist of correspondence, manuscripts, family papers, production materials, scripts, photographs, clippings, ephemera, several ledgers and scrapbooks, and other materials concerning the work of Ruth and Augustus Goetz.

ArchivalResource: 15 lf + scrapbooks and oversized material.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122571440 View

Faulkner, William, 1897-1962. Mildred Pierce, screenplay. [microform].

Title: Mildred Pierce, screenplay. [microform]. 1944.

ArchivalResource: 169 l.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/45699925 View

Dannay, Frederic, 1905-1982. Papers, ca.1920-1982.

Title: Papers, ca.1920-1982.

Correspondence, outlines and drafts, manuscripts, letters of agreement, contracts, photographs, artwork, and memorabilia.

ArchivalResource: 85 linear ft (ca.25,000 items in 190 boxes).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/309773599 View

James M. Cain Papers, 1901-1978, (bulk 1925-1978)

Title: James M. Cain Papers 1901-1978 (bulk 1925-1978)

Author, journalist, and screenwriter. Correspondence, writings, legal and financial records, family papers, printed matter, and other papers relating primarily to Cain's work as a journalist and to his career as a novelist and Hollywood screenwriter.

ArchivalResource: 30,000 items; 94 containers; 36 linear feet

http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009011 View