Glendon and Kathryn Swarthout Papers 1942-1994

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Glendon and Kathryn Swarthout Papers 1942-1994

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This collection houses correspondence, newspaper clippings, handwritten notes, scrapbook materials, typescripts, and galley proofs documenting Glendon Swarthout's literary career. Also included are screen plays for novels that were made into movies, including , , and , (co-scripted with Miles Swarthout, Glendon Swarthout's son). They Came to Cordura Bless the Beasts and the Children The Shootist

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Swarthout, Glendon Fred

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American authors. Glendon Fred Swarthout was an English professor at Michigan State University from 1951 to 1959, and on the faculty of Arizona State University from 1959 to 1963. Kathryn Swarthout was an elementary school teacher from 1954 to 1959 and has also been a columnist for Woman's day magazine. They currently reside in Scottsdale, Arizona. The papers chiefly relate to Glendon Swarthout's novels which he began writing in the 1940's. From the descripti...

Swarthout, Kathryn

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Glendon Swarthout (1918 April 8-1992 September 23) taught English at Michigan State University (1951-1959) and at Arizona State University (1959-1963). He began writing novels in the 1940's and continued until 1988. He earned numerous awards, including the playwriting Award, Theater Guild (1947); the Hopwood Award in fiction (1946); the O. Henry Prize for short stories (1960); the Gold Medal, National Society of Arts and Letters (1972); the Spur award for best western novel, Western...