Agnes Newton Keith papers, 1913-1985 (bulk 1939-1975).

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Agnes Newton Keith papers, 1913-1985 (bulk 1939-1975).

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Includes drafts, diaries, correspondence, speech notes, research materials, and clippings, mostly related to Keith's literary work. Multiple complete drafts are present for Keith's books White Man Returns (1951), Bare Feet in the Palace (1955), Children of Allah (1966), Beloved Exiles (1972), and Before the Blossoms Fall (1975), as well as incomplete draft materials for Land Below the Wind (1939) and Three Came Home (1947). Drafts and published copies are also present for many of Keith's articles. The collection includes several diaries by Keith, most notably the secret records kept during her internment as a Japanese prisoner of war. Both her original notes, which she had kept hidden in her son's toys, and her subsequent typescript transcription are present, as well as the letters her husband smuggled to her from an adjacent camp. Correspondence is predominantly professional. A major correspondent is Edward A. Weeks, the editor of The Atlantic Monthly. The collection includes printed matter, government reports, and other research materials related to Keith's books, as well as clippings about Keith's life and work. Notes for speeches given by Keith are also present.

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Keith, Agnes Newton, 1901-1982

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Agnes Jones Goodwillie Newton Keith (1901-1982) was an American author, known for her autobiographical accounts of her family's experiences in Borneo, the Philippines, and Libya. Keith was born in Oak Park, Illinois, to an American mother and a British father. The family moved to California early in Keith's childhood. Keith graduated from the University of California, Berkeley in 1924, and worked for the San Francisco Examiner. Her career as a journalist came to an abrupt end in 19...

Weeks, Edward A. (Edward Augustus), 1898-1989

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Edward A. Weeks (1898-1989) was an author, essayist, and editor for the Atlantic Monthly . He was also author of more than 10 books, including: Breaking into Print: an Editor's Advice on Writing (1962); In Friendly Candor [1959]; and Writers and Friends (1981). Weeks opposed censorship and, during the 1920's, served as chairman of the Massachusetts Committee to Reform Book Censorship. From the guide to the Edward Weeks Letter to Mrs. Henry Pettit (MS 235), 16 June 1961...