Papers, 1940-.

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Papers, 1940-.

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Includes 26 document boxes containing newspaper clippings, handwritten notes, typescripts, galley proofs, setting copies, page proofs relating to the authors' novels and short stories. Includes screenplays for novels that were made into movies such as They came to Cordura, Bless the beasts and the children, and The shootist which the Swarthout's son, Miles Hood Swarthout, co-scripted. Also includes a teleplay written by Miles Swarthout for The Melodean. Five of the document boxes contain materials dealing with children's books that Glendon and Kathryn co-authored. The collection is accompanied by 107 published monographs.

13.5 linear ft.

Arizona State University Libraries

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Arizona State University Libraries

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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, Miles Hood

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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...